Uncovering Earth System Processes through Satellite Remote Sensing and GIS
A special issue of Geomatics (ISSN 2673-7418).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 April 2024) | Viewed by 762
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Interests: SAR; InSAR; satellite remote sensing; earthquakes; active tectonics; surface deformations
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Interests: fundamental physics in space; particle physics; cosmic rays; magnetospheric physics; nonimaging earth observations
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Dear Colleagues,
Satellite remote sensing, either with onboard optical sensors or SAR (synthetic aperture radar) sensors, is an effective tool used in Earth sciences and in the monitoring of anthropogenic activities. Since the early 1990s, the use of SAR satellite images for detecting and measuring surface movements has been progressively expanded. Today, synthetic aperture radar (SAR) sensors and SAR interferometry (InSAR) techniques have a key role in Earth sciences for studying the surface effects of natural processes and anthropogenic activities. InSAR-derived maps are used in the study of tectonics, seismology, volcanology, environmental studies, surface and deep landslides, mining and gas storage, and urban subsidence. In 1991, the European Space Agency (ESA) launched its ERS-1 satellite with a C-band (5.6 cm wavelength) SAR system, followed by ERS-2 in 1995. Nowadays, scientists can exploit a large fleet of SAR missions, involving, among others, the Italian X-band COSMOSkymed constellation, the European C-band Sentinel 1 platforms, the Japanese L-band ALOS PALSAR, and many others. As far as optical satellite missions are concerned, since 1972 (Landsat 1 mission) till now, plenty of very high-resolution (VHR), high-resolution (HR), and medium-resolution (MR) optical satellites have been available for Earth observation aims. In particular, panchromatic, multispectral, and hyperspectral sensors provide reliable instruments for observations of land (soil wetness, agriculture, forestry, mapping, and disaster monitoring), sea (fishery), and space weather. Papers related to data interoperability, mining, and management are warmly welcome.
The objective of the Special Issue is to provide an overview of the state-of-the-art applied research exploiting the capabilities of optical and SAR remote sensing applied to the Earth system (solid Earth, fluid Earth, and atmosphere). Satellite outcomes and in situ data can be cross-validated and compared in the GIS environment, which is a reliable tool for scientists, stakeholders, and decision makers.
Dr. Salvatore Stramondo
Prof. Dr. Roberto Battiston
Dr. Fawzi Doumaz
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- remote sensing
- GIS
- natural hazards
- optical satellites
- InSAR
- situation maps
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