InSAR for Earth Observation
A special issue of Remote Sensing (ISSN 2072-4292).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2019) | Viewed by 73756
Special Issue Editors
Interests: satellite remote sensing; SAR interferometry; InSAR and GNSS data analysis; optical data analysis; natural and anthropogenic hazard characterization and modeling
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Interests: earthquake and interseismic deformation; evolution of crustal temperatures in volcanic regions; InSAR time series; time-dependent strain rate estimation from GNSS data; cycling of seismogenic stresses
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The past twenty-five years have seen InSAR progress, from its initial development as a new and pioneering remote sensing tool for measuring Earth topography and surface deformation, to a mature technology that now provides crucial constraints on a broad and diverse range of Earth science processes. While its extensive use for mapping ground deformation with high spatial resolution and sub-centimeter precision over large areas makes it ideal for studying natural and anthropogenic hazards, such as landslides, subsidence, volcanic unrest, and earthquake processes, it also has had important impacts in environmental and land surface studies. These latter studies include, but are not limited to, applications in the fields of glaciology (e.g., ice dynamics), oceanography (e.g., wave dynamics), hydrology (e.g., flood inundation), and geomorphology (e.g., sediment erosion and deposition).
For this Special Issue, we invite contributions that illuminate the advances in SAR technology, processing and analysis, including modelling studies that have contributed to the expansion in InSAR applications for Earth observation and study. The primary goal of the Special Issue is to present overviews of both the state-of-the-art of SAR and the next generation of applications across the broad range of InSAR Earth science applications. Papers that address the expanding depth of SAR databases, the increase in resolution (both in time and space), and the growth of the number of SAR sensors orbiting the Earth are of particular interest. We welcome submissions from all areas of Earth sciences that might include, but are not limited to, techniques that take advantage of the recent and upcoming SAR satellite acquisitions, develop advanced methods for improving ionospheric and/or atmospheric artefact corrections, present innovative methods for unwrapping, investigate specific methods such as multichromatic interferometry, or investigate methods for assimilating and optimizing the associated large quantities of data and quantifying the associated error, or describe algorithms for integrating various types of satellite observations.
Dr. Kristy Tiampo
Dr. Eric Hetland
Dr. Nicolas D'Oreye
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- SAR
- InSAR processing
- remote sensing
- environmental science
- hydrology
- tectonics
- cryosphere
- glaciology
- anthropogenic and natural hazards
- land surface change
- ocean surface processes
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