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Sensors 2007, 7, 3209-3241 sensors ISSN 1424-8220 © 2007 by MDPI /sensors Review Remote Sensing Sensors and Applications in Environmental Resources Mapping and Modelling Assefa M. Melesse 1,*, Qihao Weng 2, Prasad S.Thenkabail 3 and Gabriel B. Senay 4 1 Department of Environmental Studies, Florida International University 2 Center for Urban and Environmental Change, Department of Geography, Indiana State University 3 International Water Management Institute, Sri Lanka 4 SAIC, contractor to U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Center for Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS), Sioux Falls, SD, USA. * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: melessea@ Received: 8 November 2007 / Accepted: 26 November 2007 / Published: 11 December 2007 Abstract: The history of remote sensing and development of different sensors for environmental and natural resources mapping and data acquisition is reviewed and reported. Application examples in urban studies, hydrological modeling such as land-cover and floodplain mapping, fractional vegetation cover and impervious surface area mapping, surface energy flux and micro-topography correlation studies is discussed. The review also discusses the use of remotely sensed-based rainfall and potential evapotranspiration for estimating crop water requirement satisfaction index and hence provides early warning information for growers. The review is not an exhaustive application of the remote sensing