Remote Sensing for Maritime Monitoring
A special issue of Remote Sensing (ISSN 2072-4292). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Remote Sensing".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 28 February 2026
Special Issue Editors
Interests: marine radar oil-spill detection; marine radar small-target recognition
Interests: marine radar oil-spill detection; marine radar small-target recognition; high-precision sonar velocimetry
Interests: marine pollution monitoring; ship detection; maritime traffic remote sensing
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Special Issue Information
Within the conceptual framework of maritime traffic safety, human operators, vessels, and the operational environment constitute the fundamental three governing secure navigation. Maritime monitoring systems function as critical operational safeguards, providing real-time risk mitigation through personnel protection via emergency response coordination, vessel operations optimization through navigational hazard detection, and environmental preservation by pollution incident tracking.
Remote sensing has emerged as a transformative technological paradigm in maritime surveillance, including maritime domain awareness through vessel-traffic pattern analysis, pollution detection via spectral signature identification, automated vessel tracking using synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imaging, and intelligent navigation support systems integrating real-time oceanographic data.
This Special Issue aims to collect the latest theoretical, experimental, modeling, and application results in the field of remote sensing for maritime monitoring. Contributions may also include case studies, review articles, or short communications. We look forward to your contributions.
Dr. Jin Xu
Dr. Peng Liu
Prof. Dr. Bingxin Liu
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- Marine pollution detection
- Ship monitoring
- Maritime traffic situation awareness
- Multi-source remote sensing
- Image process and analysis
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