Alamdarloo et al. (2025) Remote sensing for assessing ecosystem drought impact

Identification

• Journal: Elsevier eBooks
• Year: 2025
• Date: 2025-11-29
• Authors: Esmail Heydari Alamdarloo, Maliheh Behrang Manesh, Azam Abolhasani, Hassan Khosravi, Bing Liu, Mozhdeh Khojasteh
• DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-443-26722-2.00007-6

Research Groups

• Department of Reclamation of Arid and Mountainous Regions, Faculty of Natural Resources, University of Tehran, Tehran, Tehran, Iran
• Baygan Tabiat Radman Consulting Engineers Company, Yazd, Yazd, Iran
• State Key Laboratory of Ecological Safety and Sustainable Development in Arid Lands, China and Iran Joint Laboratory on Agriculture and Ecology in Arid Regions, Linze Inland River Basin Research Station, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, Gansu, P.R. China

Short Summary

This chapter introduces the multifaceted nature of drought, its various classifications, and its devastating impacts on ecosystems, agriculture, and water resources, setting the context for the application of remote sensing in assessing these impacts.

Objective

• To define and classify drought into its meteorological, agricultural, hydrological, and socioeconomic forms.
• To describe the extensive and detrimental impacts of drought on ecosystems, agricultural performance, and water security.
• To establish the critical importance of assessing ecosystem drought impacts, particularly through remote sensing techniques.

Study Configuration

• Spatial Scale: Not specified in the provided introduction; discussed generally as "a wide area" and "each unique location."
• Temporal Scale: Not specified in the provided introduction; described as "over a long period," "one or more seasons," and developing "gradually over time."

Methodology and Data

• Models used: Not specified in the provided introduction.
• Data sources: Implied to be remote sensing data for assessing ecosystem drought impact, but specific sources are not detailed in the provided introduction.

Main Results

Not applicable; the provided text is an introduction and does not contain study results.

Contributions

As an introductory chapter, it synthesizes existing literature on drought definitions, types, and impacts, emphasizing the critical need for assessing ecosystem drought impacts using remote sensing.

Funding

Not specified in the provided introduction.

Citation

@article{Alamdarloo2025Remote,
  author = {Alamdarloo, Esmail Heydari and Manesh, Maliheh Behrang and Abolhasani, Azam and Khosravi, Hassan and Liu, Bing and Khojasteh, Mozhdeh},
  title = {Remote sensing for assessing ecosystem drought impact},
  journal = {Elsevier eBooks},
  year = {2025},
  doi = {10.1016/b978-0-443-26722-2.00007-6},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-443-26722-2.00007-6}
}