What the future integrated watershed management patterns requires is that data

information

and knowledge can flow freely among all the managers

scientists

engineers and stakeholders.Basin-scale data acquisition

information extraction

and knowledge abstraction are the basis for such activities.Satellite remote sensing technology provides a new technological means for this mode of management.In the past

the application of remote sensing in watershed management was limited

due to the difficulty in obtaining data and the scarcity of the application methods.This paper introduces the progress of watershed management and its requirements for data and methods;analyzes the progress of remote sensing methods used in watershed management and its development potential

and proposes two types of remote sensing methods for watershed management including remote sensing coprocessing（as inversion） and watershed space management.Furthermore

taking the Hai Basin as a typical study area

the research results about the watershed remote sensing methods and application cases obtained from a sub-project of the Key Innovation Project of Chinese Academy of Sciences

which is called the "Environmental Effects Monitoring and Evaluation of the Hai Basin Management Project Using Remote Sensing" were introduced

and the prospects of remote sensing for watershed management in the future will be demonstrated.