Rockfall Hazard Analysis Using Remote Sensing Techniques (Second Edition)

Dear Colleagues,

Rockfall is one of the most dangerous and harmful phenomena in mountainous and hilly areas. Such incidents can cause huge losses of people, property, and infrastructure. Therefore, appropriate rockfall hazard analysis methods are needed to save lives and provide guidance for regional development. The development of remote sensing has seen this technology become an important technical means, and it has been popularly used in numerous studies. Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) photogrammetry and 3D laser scanning have been successively applied to the early identification of rockfall hazards, and multi-temporal imagery data acquired by optical satellites and aircrafts are used to identify potential rockfall source areas.

This Special Issue aims to cover studies exploring different means of remote sensing data acquired by various platforms or sensors in rockfall hazard analysis.

This Special Issue aims to publish high-quality research papers, as well as salient and informative review articles addressing emerging trends in remote sensing-based rockfall hazard analysis.  Original contributions in relevant areas, that are not currently under review in a journal or a conference, are welcome. We look forward to receiving your contributions.

Dr. Tao Chen
Prof. Dr. Weile Li
Prof. Dr. Chaoying Zhao
Prof. Dr. Antonio J. Plaza
Prof. Dr. Chong Xu
Guest Editors

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• remote sensing-based rockfall mapping and measurement
• remote sensing-based methods for rockfall hazard analysis
• rockfall-triggering factors
• parameters for rockfall analysis
• detection and characterization of rockfall
• landslides
• rockfall monitoring
• optical/multispectral/hyperspectral image processing
• SAR/LiDAR
• unmanned aerial system (UAS)

• Rockfall Hazard Analysis Using Remote Sensing Techniques in Remote Sensing (8 articles)