FYI Roger -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Final Call for Paper - Special Issue: Remote Sensing of Natural Resources and the Environment- Sensors Journal Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:22:49 +0200 From: Laura Simon <simon@mdpi.org> Reply-To: <simon@mdpi.org> To: <rbarry@nsidc.org> CC: <seitz@mdpi.org>, <simon@mdpi.org>, <lin@mdpi.org> Dear Dr. Barry, On behalf of the Guest Editor Dr. Assefa M. Melesse we would like to send you a final "Call for Paper" to contribute a research paper or comprehensive review to be published in the Special Issue " Remote Sensing of Natural Resources and the Environment ". You may send your manuscript soon or by 30 November 2007. Papers accepted will be published immediately. Finally, all the papers belonging to this special issue will be gathered together at http://www.mdpi.org/sensors/specialissues/remote-sensing-sensors.htm Therefore, you may submit your paper now. The time taken between submission and publication can be less than four weeks now. Please send your paper by e-mail to sensors@mdpi.org and send a copy to assefa.melesse@fiu.edu. The subject title of the message should be " Remote Sensing of Natural Resources and the Environment for the journal SENSORS". For detailed information please visit the special issue website at http://www.mdpi.org/sensors/specialissues/remote-sensing-sensors.htm. Published Papers Mónica García 1*, Luis Villagarcía 2, Sergio Contreras 1, Francisco Domingo1,3 and Juan Puigdefábregas 1 Full Research Paper: Comparison of Three Operative Models for Estimating the Surface Water Deficit Using ASTER Reflective and Thermal Data - http://www.mdpi.org/sensors/papers/s7060860.pdf Philippe Forget 1 and Gael André 2 Full Research Paper: Can Satellite-derived Chlorophyll Imagery Be Used to Trace Surface Dynamics in Coastal Zone? A Case Study in the Northwestern Mediterranean Sea - http://www.mdpi.org/sensors/papers/s7060884.pdf Patrick Heasler *, Christian Posse, Jeff Hylden and Kevin Anderson Full Research Paper: Nonlinear Bayesian Algorithms for Gas Plume Detection and Estimation from Hyper-spectral Thermal Image Data - http://www.mdpi.org/sensors/papers/s7060905.pdf Gabriel B. Senay 1,*, Michael Budde 2, James P. Verdin 3 and Assefa M. Melesse 4 Full Research Paper: A Coupled Remote Sensing and Simplified Surface Energy Balance Approach to Estimate Actual Evapotranspiration from Irrigated Fields - http://www.mdpi.org/sensors/papers/s7060979.pdf Jens Nieke 1 and Ils Reusen 2 Full Research Paper: A New Method to Retrieve the Data Requirements of the Remote Sensing Community - Exemplarily Demonstrated for Hyperspectral User Needs - http://www.mdpi.org/sensors/papers/s7081545.pdf Toby Carlson Review: An Overview of the "Triangle Method" for Estimating Surface Evapotranspiration and Soil Moisture from Satellite Imagery - http://www.mdpi.org/sensors/papers/s7081612.pdf Dimitrios Biliouris 1,*, Willem W. Verstraeten 1, Phillip Dutré 2, Jan A.N. van Aardt 3, Bart Muys 4 and Pol Coppin 1 Review: A Compact Laboratory Spectro-Goniometer (CLabSpeG) to Assess the BRDF of Materials. Presentation, Calibration and Implementation on Fagus sylvatica L. Leaves - http://www.mdpi.org/sensors/papers/s7091846.pdf Assefa M. Melesse 1,*, Vijay Nangia 2, Xixi Wang 3 and Michael McClain 1 Review: Wetland Restoration Response Analysis using MODIS and Groundwater Data - http://www.mdpi.org/sensors/papers/s7091916.pdf Natascha Oppelt * and Wolfram Mauser Review: The Airborne Visible / Infrared Imaging Spectrometer AVIS: Design, Characterization and Calibration - http://www.mdpi.org/sensors/papers/s7091934.pdf Quazi K. Hassan 1,*, Charles P.-A. Bourque 1,2, Fan-Rui Meng 1 and Roger M. Cox 3 Full Paper: A Wetness Index Using Terrain-Corrected Surface Temperature and Normalized Difference Vegetation Index Derived from Standard MODIS Products: An Evaluation of Its Use in a Humid Forest-Dominated Region of Eastern Canada - http://www.mdpi.org/sensors/papers/s7102028.pdf Best Regards, Dr. Assefa M. Melesse Ph. D., P.E., Assistant Professor Department of Environmental Studies, ECS 339, Florida International University 11200 SW 8th Street, Miami, FL 33199 - USA Tel. (305) 348 6518, Fax (305) 348 6137 E-mail: assefa.melesse@fiu.edu; http://www.fiu.edu/~melessea/ --- Ms. Laura Simon Editorial Assistant MDPI Center - Sensors Office Matthaeusstrasse 11 CH-4057 Basel / Switzerland E-mail: sensors@mdpi.org Tel +41 61 683 7734, Fax +41 61 302 8918 http://www.mdpi.org/sensors