Mars Remote Sensing

Dear Colleagues,

Until the successful Viking landings in 1976, our understanding of the physical processes on Mars was entirely based on flybys (Mariner; 1965) and orbital missions (Mariner 9; Mars 2 and 3), which provided the first close-up imagery of another planet. Since then, numerous landers and rovers have successfully achieved soft landings on the surface. They have been accompanied by a number of orbital missions that now provide the scientific community with high-resolution surface imagery.

Analysis of remote sensing data, both from orbit and from instruments on rovers and static platforms, now allow for detailed assessments of Martian atmospheric, surface and subsurface characteristics. Additional missions currently in transit to Mars will provide further enhancement of these capabilities and opportunities for analysis. 

We would like to invite you to submit articles on new orbital and rover-based remote sensing methods and applications of these methods that enhance our understanding of the atmospheric, surface and subsurface characteristics of Mars. This includes surface mapping, analysis, and the interpretation of geomorphic forms, chemical analysis of constituent atmospheric, surface and subsurface units, seismologic analysis of the Martian interior, and the fusion of surface observations from rovers with space-based data.

We therefore seek original research articles covering all aspects of Martian remote sensing and mapping from the interpretation of orbital and rover based remotely sensed data, to new instruments, methods, algorithms, machine learning approaches, datasets and validations.

We look forward to receiving your submissions, which will be thoroughly reviewed within a much shorter turnaround time than most current journals.

Dr. Louis Scuderi
Guest Editor

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