Microwave Radar Remote Sensing: From Emerging Technologies to Earth Observation Applications
A Special Issue of Remote Sensing (ISSN 2072-4292) belonging to the section "Remote Sensing in Geology, Geomorphology and Hydrology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 April 2027 | Viewed by 29
Editors
Interests: microwave radar remote sensing; spatial data mining and modelling; AI for remote sensing
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Interests: InSAR; multi-temporal InSAR; deformation analysis
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Interests: InSAR; AI; land subsidence; image understanding
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Interests: disaster and infrastructure monitoring; InSAR; point cloud processing; photogrammetry
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Microwave radar remote sensing has become one of the most powerful Earth observation technologies, providing all-weather, day-and-night monitoring capabilities for the Earth’s surface and atmosphere. Recent advances in satellite constellations, airborne and unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) platforms, ground-based radar systems, and commercial SAR missions have significantly expanded the availability and diversity of radar observations. At the same time, rapid developments in signal processing, artificial intelligence, physics-informed modelling, and multi-source data fusion are reshaping the way radar data are processed, interpreted, and applied. These emerging technologies enable unprecedented opportunities for high-resolution mapping, dynamic monitoring, environmental assessment, infrastructure management, and disaster resilience across a wide range of Earth observation applications.
This Special Issue aims to collate cutting-edge research on emerging technologies in microwave radar remote sensing and their applications to Earth observation, seeking to provide an interdisciplinary platform for researchers working on methodological innovations, sensor development, intelligent information extraction, and practical applications using radar remote sensing. The topic aligns closely with the scope of Remote Sensing as it promotes advances in remote sensing theory, algorithms, systems, and applications that address scientific, environmental, and societal challenges.
Topics of interest for publication include, but are not limited to:
- Microwave radar sensing technologies (SAR, InSAR, PolSAR, PolInSAR, and TomoSAR);
- Advanced radar signal processing and intelligent information extraction;
- Artificial intelligence and physics-informed methods for radar remote sensing;
- Multi-platform, multi-frequency, and multi-source radar observations;
- Earth surface dynamics, deformation monitoring, and change detection;
- Natural hazards, resilient infrastructure, and environmental monitoring;
- Emerging radar missions and Earth observation applications.
Dr. Bochen Zhang
Dr. Hongyu Liang
Dr. Siting Xiong
Prof. Dr. Chisheng Wang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- microwave radar remote sensing
- synthetic aperture radar (SAR)
- interferometric SAR (InSAR)
- artificial intelligence
- multi-platform radar systems
- earth surface dynamics
- earth observation
- infrastructure monitoring
- natural hazards
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