IJAEIS: Special issue on Environmental and agricultural data

International Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Information Systems (IJAEIS) http://www.igi-global.com/IJAEIS Call for Papers - Special Issue: Environmental and agricultural data processing for water and territory management Planning: Abstract submission: October 01, 2009 Paper submission: November 01, 2009 Feedback from referees: December 15, 2009 Submission due date of revised paper: February 01, 2010 Notification of acceptance: March 15, 2010 Submission of final revised paper: May 01, 2010 Guest Editors: Sandro Bimonte, TSFC, Cemagref, France André Miralles, TETIS, Cemagref, France Objective of Special Issue: Information systems and decision support systems represent more and more powerful solutions to raise the recent challenges concerning water and territory management. In this context, collecting or acquiring environmental data is a true challenge. The techniques used (e.g. inquest) or the deployed instrumentation (e.g. satellite) are often complex and expensive. However, the data acquisition process is essential. Without relevant and quality information, the information systems become quickly inoperative. It is important to develop new techniques to improve and facilitate thenull