Multi-, Hyperspectral and SAR Sensing Data for Environmental Monitoring and Natural Hazard Management

Dear Colleagues,

Earth remote sensing is consolidating its role in supporting the analysis of natural risks (UHI, earthquakes, volcanoes, fires, flood, drought). Only a few years ago, what seemed to be a frontier research sector is now current and shows the scientific and technological capacity to provide products with high information content. Currently, we have both optical and radar data from proximal or remote platforms to support the knowledge of the state of health of the territory, as well as remote sensing technologies to monitor changes in the environment and the geomatics necessary for the analysis of the results. Data are available from different types of satellite, airborne and terrestrial sensors that, analyzed individually or combined with each other, allow us to obtain a wide variety of information. Furthermore, structured information can be made available to researchers and decision makers through information systems and GIS platforms that allow knowledge based on multi-source data sets with variability in space and time. This Special Issue aims to collect original papers concerning algorithms, applications, methodologies and case studies on active and passive sensors and remote sensing applied to risks and geo-resources, including studies based on time series analysis. Review articles that analyze the state of the art of algorithms and the proposition of new solutions to generate advanced products are also welcome. The new missions and the activities of CAL/VAL in support of the new and current missions are also of interest. The contributions should be equally distributed between optical and radar data, and also be of a multidisciplinary approach.

Dr. Massimo Musacchio
Dr. Cristiano Tolomei
Dr. Maria Teresa Melis
Dr. Federico Rabuffi
Guest Editors

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