Remote Sensing for Marine Environmental Applications
A special issue of Journal of Marine Science and Engineering (ISSN 2077-1312). This special issue belongs to the section "Ocean Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 1 July 2026
Special Issue Editors
Interests: synthetic aperture radar; polarimetry; scattering; sea
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Remote sensing technologies are transforming the way we observe, model, and understand the marine environment. The growing availability of remotely sensed data collected by satellites, aircrafts, and UAVs at different spatio-temporal scales enables a comprehensive analysis of surface and underwater ocean dynamics and the development of advanced added-value products. On this basis, several applications have been proposed that deal with the exploitation of remote sensing capabilities, including natural and man-made target detection and the classification and estimation of geophysical parameters.
The aim of this Special Issue is to collect the most up-to-date contributions on remote sensing tools for environmental applications in the marine domain. We welcome original research and review papers that propose innovative methodologies or integrated remote sensing-based monitoring approaches in combination with modelling and in situ observations or robotic platforms. The latter include Earth Observation microwave (radiometer, synthetic aperture radar, high-frequency coastal radar, scatterometer, and mmW radar) and optical (multi-spectral, spectroradiometer, and lidar) sensors; spaceborne and airborne measurements; autonomous aerial and underwater platforms, such as drones and gliders; advanced algorithms based on image, statistical, and physical processing; and supervised and unsupervised machine learning approaches.
Dr. Andrea Buono
Dr. Alberto Topini
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- sensors
- platforms
- modelling
- sea
- open ocean
- coastal areas
- underwater
- detection
- classification
- time-series
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