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Wildfires are closely associated with human evolution, and humans have used them objectively during this evolutionary process even when they have not succeeded in taming them.
In recent times, however, wildfires have become rampant and devastating due to the warming planet. The wildfires that have occurred in several countries in the past couple of years have resulted in significant losses to lives and properties. Beyond these, the wildfires also impacted the environmental and ecological systems in various ways, i.e., air pollution, biodiversity loss, alteration of functional and structural aspects of the ecosystem, carbon release, habitat loss, and so on.
The landscape is an important unit where the impacts of wildfire on ecological systems can be objectively studied. On the other hand, it is also important to conduct qualitative and quantitative investigations of wildfire impacts at the ecosystem, biodiversity, population, and organism level. Satellite remote sensing has emerged as a promising tool in recent times with the availability of a range of datasets at coarser to finer spectral, spatial, temporal, and radiometric resolutions. Such datasets also differ in the mechanism/principals through which they were acquired i.e., optical, lidar, microwave, and hyperspectral remote sensing.
The application of satellite remote sensing in assessing wildfire-related emissions and investigating their ecological and environmental impact is a moderately investigated research area, and thus it is important to understand the dynamics of ecological systems as a consequence of wildfire using state-of-the-art remote sensing datasets.
We welcome Original Research submissions relating to (but not limited to) the following areas:
• Remote sensing systems (including UAVs) in monitoring and management of wildfires.
• Assessment of ecological impacts of wildfire at natural landscapes, ecosystems, biodiversity, soil, population, and at the organism level using satellite remote sensing.
• Investigation of wildfire emissions and analyzing their impact on environmental health.
• Modeling the fire progression, atmospheric loading, and its impact on environmental health.
In recent times, however, wildfires have become rampant and devastating due to the warming planet. The wildfires that have occurred in several countries in the past couple of years have resulted in significant losses to lives and properties. Beyond these, the wildfires also impacted the environmental and ecological systems in various ways, i.e., air pollution, biodiversity loss, alteration of functional and structural aspects of the ecosystem, carbon release, habitat loss, and so on.
The landscape is an important unit where the impacts of wildfire on ecological systems can be objectively studied. On the other hand, it is also important to conduct qualitative and quantitative investigations of wildfire impacts at the ecosystem, biodiversity, population, and organism level. Satellite remote sensing has emerged as a promising tool in recent times with the availability of a range of datasets at coarser to finer spectral, spatial, temporal, and radiometric resolutions. Such datasets also differ in the mechanism/principals through which they were acquired i.e., optical, lidar, microwave, and hyperspectral remote sensing.
The application of satellite remote sensing in assessing wildfire-related emissions and investigating their ecological and environmental impact is a moderately investigated research area, and thus it is important to understand the dynamics of ecological systems as a consequence of wildfire using state-of-the-art remote sensing datasets.
We welcome Original Research submissions relating to (but not limited to) the following areas:
• Remote sensing systems (including UAVs) in monitoring and management of wildfires.
• Assessment of ecological impacts of wildfire at natural landscapes, ecosystems, biodiversity, soil, population, and at the organism level using satellite remote sensing.
• Investigation of wildfire emissions and analyzing their impact on environmental health.
• Modeling the fire progression, atmospheric loading, and its impact on environmental health.
Keywords: satellite remote sensing, modeling, wildfire, biodiversity, soil population, ecosystems, climate change, landscape
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