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Linking the Remote Sensing of Geodiversity and Traits Relevant to Biodiversity—Part II: Geomorphology, Terrain and Surfaces
- Source :
- Remote sensing, 12(22):3690, 1-61. MDPI, Remote Sensing, Vol 12, Iss 3690, p 3690 (2020), Remote sensing 12(22), 3690 (2020). doi:10.3390/rs12223690, Remote Sensing
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Abstract
- The status, changes, and disturbances in geomorphological regimes can be regarded as controlling and regulating factors for biodiversity. Therefore, monitoring geomorphology at local, regional, and global scales is not only necessary to conserve geodiversity, but also to preserve biodiversity, as well as to improve biodiversity conservation and ecosystem management. Numerous remote sensing (RS) approaches and platforms have been used in the past to enable a cost-effective, increasingly freely available, comprehensive, repetitive, standardized, and objective monitoring of geomorphological characteristics and their traits. This contribution provides a state-of-the-art review for the RS-based monitoring of these characteristics and traits, by presenting examples of aeolian, fluvial, and coastal landforms. Different examples for monitoring geomorphology as a crucial discipline of geodiversity using RS are provided, discussing the implementation of RS technologies such as LiDAR, RADAR, as well as multi-spectral and hyperspectral sensor technologies. Furthermore, data products and RS technologies that could be used in the future for monitoring geomorphology are introduced. The use of spectral traits (ST) and spectral trait variation (STV) approaches with RS enable the status, changes, and disturbances of geomorphic diversity to be monitored. We focus on the requirements for future geomorphology monitoring specifically aimed at overcoming some key limitations of ecological modeling, namely: the implementation and linking of in-situ, close-range, air- and spaceborne RS technologies, geomorphic traits, and data science approaches as crucial components for a better understanding of the geomorphic impacts on complex ecosystems. This paper aims to impart multidimensional geomorphic information obtained by RS for improved utilization in biodiversity monitoring.
- Subjects :
- Earth observation
010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences
0211 other engineering and technologies
Biodiversity
Terrain
coastal
02 engineering and technology
earth observation
01 natural sciences
Bürgerwissenschaften
remote sensing
DSM
traits
Ecosystem model
surface
Nationales Bodensegment
geodiversity
lcsh:Science
Geomorphology
021101 geological & geomatics engineering
0105 earth and related environmental sciences
Remote sensing
ddc:910
geography
geography.geographical_feature_category
Landform
fluvial
spectral traits
Aufklärung und Sicherheit
DEM
geomorphology
910 Geografie und Reisen
DTM
monitoring
Geodiversity
Remote sensing (archaeology)
ITC-ISI-JOURNAL-ARTICLE
terrain
Ecosystem management
General Earth and Planetary Sciences
Environmental science
lcsh:Q
aeolian
ddc:620
ITC-GOLD
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 20724292
- Volume :
- 12
- Issue :
- 22
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Remote Sensing
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....d0a1031df1549479cdad93266d4b5d19
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3390/rs12223690