Atmospheric Effects on High-Frequency Communication and Remote Sensing Systems
A special issue of Atmosphere (ISSN 2073-4433). This special issue belongs to the section "Atmospheric Techniques, Instruments, and Modeling".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 October 2026 | Viewed by 79
Special Issue Editors
Interests: atmospheric radio-propagation; satellite communication; radio-propagation modeling; ground-based microwave radiometry; mitigation strategies; sun-tracking microwave radiometry
Interests: synthetic aperture radar for sea observation; microwave radiometry; sea surface scattering; GNSS reflectometry
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Dear Colleagues,
The characterization and understanding of the Earth’s atmosphere are crucial for both telecommunications and remote sensing applications. At high frequencies, the atmosphere plays a dual role: it acts as a source of signal degradation in communication systems, while in remote sensing, it represents either a source of information or a disturbance, depending on whether atmospheric or Earth observation applications are considered. High-frequency bands (from millimeter-wave to sub-terahertz and optical frequencies) are increasingly exploited in both satellite and terrestrial communications, as they provide a larger available bandwidth and enable the higher channel capacity and data rates required by next-generation systems, including high-throughput satellites, backhaul/fronthaul links, and emerging optical satellite communications and optical feeder links. At the same time, these frequency ranges are widely used and increasingly explored in remote sensing for advanced imaging, weather radar, atmospheric sounding, and high-resolution Earth observation. However, at such frequencies, the propagation channel becomes highly challenging, due to the atmospheric effects on the electromagnetic signal.
This Special Issue aims to present recent advances in the characterization of atmospheric effects on high-frequency communication and remote sensing systems, including experimental, theoretical, and modeling approaches.
Dr. Marianna Biscarini
Prof. Dr. Ferdinando Nunziata
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- high-frequency propagation
- millimeter-wave and sub-terahertz communications
- optical communications and optical feeder links
- atmospheric effects and impairments
- atmospheric attenuation and scintillation
- active and passive remote sensing
- atmospheric sensing and profiling
- earth observation
- weather radar and radiometry
- high-frequency channel modeling
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