Remote Sensing Methodology to Study Wetlands Under Conditions of Climate Change

Abstract

Wetlands, marshes, and swamps have great natural importance. They have a number of important environmental functions, supporting the water balance of the area and ensuring its high biodiversity. This is reflected in the wide range of ecosystem services provided within this area. At the same time, they are one of the most vulnerable ecosystems on the planet. The study of the carbon cycle, emissions, and absorption in the current climate change and conditions and anthropogenic pressures are important and urgent tasks in terms of refining the climate models and more accurate determination of climate impacts to the environment and society. This study proposes a methodological approach based on the classification methods of remote sensing data to identify different types of land cover. This chapter is focused on the CO2 adsorption by wetlands with the GOSAT satellite data usage. During the 2010-2020 years, the changes in CO2 concentration were estimated.