Space-Geodetic Techniques (Third Edition)

Dear Colleagues,

Thank you all for your efforts and support that made our previous two Special Issues: ‘Space-Geodetic Techniques I’ and Space-Geodetic Techniques II’ a success. We have published a number of excellent studies and contributed to a reprint of articles in the open access journal Remote Sensing. Now, we are pleased to announce the release of this third volume to continue tracking the latest improvements in the field of space geodesy.

Space-geodetic techniques, such as very long baseline interferometry (VLBI), global navigation satellite systems (GNSSs), satellite laser ranging (SLR), interferometric synthetic aperture radar (InSAR), Doppler orbitography and radio positioning integrated by satellite (DORIS), and satellite altimetry and gravimetry, etc., have played an increasingly significant role in Earth exploration and geodetic research. Benefiting from the rapid development of satellite techniques and the creation of ground- and space-based observing systems, the establishment and maintenance of the Earth’s reference frame, the Earth’s rotation and geodynamics, high-precision navigation and positioning, gravity fields, geodetic observation, and the remote sensing and modeling of the Earth’s atmosphere and ionosphere, as well as deep-space exploration, are facilitated with more accurate and dense data and are attracting more and more attention focused on solving challenging scientific problems.

This third Special Issue welcomes all studies related to applications of different space-geodetic techniques in space and ground observations across the fields of planetary and Earth sciences. The topics may cover anything from the classical estimation of high-precision Earth observation, to more comprehensive aims and scales. Articles may address, but are not limited to, these topics:

• Global and regional gravity field modeling;
• Satellite gravimetry and applications in global change;
• Satellite altimetry and oceanography;
• Geodetic remote sensing;
• Applications of remote sensing in the global water cycle;
• Next-generation positioning;
• Techniques and applications in high-precision GNSS;
• Atmosphere modeling and monitoring;
• Space weather research;
• GNSS reflectometry;
• Geodetic observations and geodynamics;
• Crust deformation and natural hazard monitoring;
• Earth rotation;
• Planetary geodesy.

Dr. Xiaogong Hu
Dr. Walyeldeen Godah
Guest Editors

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• ground and satellite gravimetry
• satellite altimetry
• positioning
• orbit determination
• atmosphere
• space weather
• global climate change
• geodynamics
• natural hazard monitoring
• earth rotation
• planetary geodesy
• GNSS-R

• Space-Geodetic Techniques II in Remote Sensing (13 articles)