This textbook reflects the changing landscape of water management by combining the fields of satellite remote sensing and water management. Divided into three major sections, it begins by discussing the information that satellite remote sensing can provide about water, and then moves on to examine how it can address real-world management challenges, focusing on precipitation, surface water, irrigation management, reservoir monitoring, and water temperature tracking. The final part analyses governance and social issues that have recently been given more attention as the world reckons with social justice and equity aspects of engineering solutions. This book uses case studies from around the globe to demonstrate how satellite remote sensing can improve traditional water practices and includes end-of-chapter exercises to facilitate student learning. It is intended for advanced undergraduate and graduate students in water resource management, and as reference textbook for researchers and professionals.

‘Faisal Hossain's Satellite Remote Sensing for Water Management offers a clear and timely treatise on how to use remote sensing technologies to track freshwater resources around the world. It is an excellent resource for all students, teachers, and practitioners of remote sensing hydrology.’

Laurence C. Smith - Brown University, and author of Rivers of Power

‘Satellite Remote Sensing for Water Management is a comprehensive treatment of satellite applications to a variety of topics in hydrology, hydraulics, and irrigation which constitute the essential ingredients for planning, design, development, operation, and management of water resources projects. The real strength of book lies in the description of real-world case studies and end-of-chapter exercises. This will be an excellent textbook for an undergraduate or a beginning graduate class in civil, agricultural, environmental, watershed, and Earth systems engineering. Faculty members teaching a course in remote sensing will find the book to be useful and informative.’

Vijay P. Singh - Texas A&M University, and co-author of Applied Hydrology

‘This is an excellent book, either as a text for upper-level undergraduates seeking to obtain an understanding of how remote sensing data can be applied to water management problems, or as a reference for professionals in the field. The first four introductory chapters, which will be essential for undergraduates, can be skipped by professionals who will be interested in specific sensors, products, and applications addressed in chapters 5-10. However, all readers should find chapter 4 (Introduction to Cloud Computing) particularly useful.’

Dennis P. Lettenmaier - University of California, Los Angeles