Advancing Synthetic Aperture Radar: Imaging, Processing, and Applications in Remote Sensing
A special issue of Remote Sensing (ISSN 2072-4292). This special issue belongs to the section "Remote Sensing Image Processing".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 October 2025 | Viewed by 136
Special Issue Editors
Interests: SAR imaging; SAR countermeasure; SAR signal processing
Interests: SAR/PolSAR information processing
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Interests: SAR/PolSAR image processing; machine learning; artificial intelligence
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR), with its all-day, all-weather, and global observation capabilities, has become an indispensable device for Earth observation across diverse environmental and operational conditions. Currently, SAR has achieved significant technological breakthroughs in the following critical aspects: resolution enhancement from meter-level to submeter-level, imaging mode evolution from conventional stripmap mode to advanced azimuth beam steering techniques like spotlight mode, system expansion from single-channel to multi-channel architectures, and polarization advancement from basic single-polarization to comprehensive full-polarization measurements. With continuous technological progress in sensor design and information processing, future SAR will achieve further breakthroughs in innovative imaging concepts, advanced technical approaches, and novel imaging modes. These advancements specifically include high-resolution wide-swath imaging solutions that overcome traditional resolution-swath tradeoffs, multi-static SAR configurations with distributed platforms, payload and intelligence-embedded systems incorporating AI-driven processing.
Without doubt, these technologies will expand SAR's observational dimensions across spatial, temporal, and polarization domains, ultimately enabling comprehensive multidimensional information acquisition. Given these, it is necessary and meaningful to set one Special Issue for further stimulating the development of next-generation SAR applications.
This Special Issue aims at studies covering multi-mode SAR imaging and information processing in remote sensing. The integration of advanced SAR processing techniques—such as signal processing, image processing, and machine learning—is essential to enhance SAR image interpretation and extract meaningful geophysical parameters. The synergy between SAR imaging and information processing drives innovation in remote sensing, addressing challenges in data analytics and automated decision-making for sustainable development.
To promote and guide the further development and application of SAR technology, we are now calling papers for the Special Issue, and warmly welcome contributions from the experts and the scholars all over the world.
In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but not limited to) the following:
(1) Multi-mode SAR Signal Processing;
(2) SAR Imaging Jamming and Anti-jamming;
(3) Target Scattering Characteristic Analysis for SAR Images;
(4) SAR Image Feature Modulation;
(5) SAR Target Detection and Recognition;
(6) AI-based SAR Information Processing;
(7) SAR/PolSAR Image Processing;
(8) Digital Beamforming.
Dr. Shiqi Xing
Dr. Sinong Quan
Dr. Tao Zhang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR)
- SAR imaging
- SAR information processing
- SAR signal processing
- SAR image processing
- digital beamforming
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