Early Warning Systems and Real-Time Monitoring for Geohazards by Remote Sensing Techniques
A special issue of Remote Sensing (ISSN 2072-4292). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Remote Sensing".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 August 2025 | Viewed by 376
Special Issue Editors
Interests: remote sensing; earthquake; insar
Interests: high precision satellite navigation and positioning; GNSS seismology
Interests: landslides; GIS; remote sensing; natural hazards
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Geohazards, such as earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and landslides, continue to pose significant threats to human lives and infrastructure, making the need for effective detection and risk management more urgent than ever. Remote sensing technologies, including visible satellite imagery, InSAR, and GNSS, offer distinct advantages—enabling the real-time monitoring of large areas, detecting subtle surface changes, and providing critical data to predict and mitigate the impact of these hazards. These tools have revolutionized our ability to monitor seismic, volcanic, and landslide activities, offering valuable insights into ground deformation, fault movements, and volcanic behavior—often identifying early warning signs before or during an event.
However, integrating these technologies into operational early warning systems remains a challenge. Issues such as data accuracy, temporal resolution, and the complexity of combining multiple data sources must be addressed to enhance system effectiveness. Moreover, advancements in remote sensing data analysis, particularly the increasing potential of AI techniques, are expected to significantly improve early warning capabilities and deepen our understanding of geohazard mechanisms in the near future.
This Special Issue aims to showcase the latest developments in early warning systems and the real-time monitoring of geohazards through remote sensing technologies. Specifically, we focus on methodologies and case studies that highlight how these technologies can be applied to enhance geohazard monitoring and improve early warning systems. Through this issue, we seek to inspire innovation and foster collaboration in order to strengthen disaster preparedness and response globally.
In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:
- Earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and landslides;
- Remote sensing technologies, e.g., visible satellite imagery, InSAR, and GNSS;
- Geohazards real-time monitoring;
- Ground deformation and fault movements;
- Geohazards early warning systems;
- Data accuracy and temporal resolution;
- AI techniques in remote sensing;
- Geohazards preparedness and response.
Dr. Yingfeng Zhang
Dr. Jianfei Zang
Prof. Dr. Chong Xu
Dr. Qi Ou
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- earthquakes
- volcanic eruptions
- landslides
- earth observation
- geohazards
- optical imagery
- SAR imagery
- UAV
- hazard detection and mapping
- geohazard monitoring
- geohazard modeling
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