SAR Interferometry: Methods and Applications for Earth Science and Environmental Monitoring

Dear Colleagues,

The Earth changes constantly over a wide range of temporal and spatial scales as a result of natural processes and direct human activities. Within this scenario, Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Interferometry is a mature technology that provides a unique way to resolve spatial and temporal characteristics of the Earth’s surface deformation, with application to a plethora of natural and anthropogenic processes.

In the last decades, Earth Observation platforms with enhanced SAR sensors have rapidly evolved, thus being able to acquire information in different portions of the microwave spectrum, with improved spatial and temporal coverage. At the same time, refined interferometric SAR (InSAR) processing methodologies are able to provide a wealth of information of interest for a broader science community.

This special issue aims at highlighting recent advancements, developments and applications in InSAR methodologies, including applications to geoscience investigations and environmental monitoring. We solicit papers describing challenging conceptual and practical problems for Earth observation and monitoring.

Potential topics include (but are not limited to) the following:

• Innovative InSAR algorithms and processing methods
• Phase unwrapping and multi-channel phase unwrapping methods
• Processing techniques for mitigating atmospheric artefacts
• SAR interferometry with New-Generation and Forthcoming Spaceborne Sensors
• Airborne and Ground-Based SAR interferometry
• Advances in understanding of ground deformation processes (both natural and anthropogenic)
• InSAR applications to geomorphology, hydrology, glaciology and geophysical processes
• Deformation monitoring of Infrastructures (e.g. buildings, dams, engineered slopes, bridges)
• Parallel algorithms and High-Performance Computing architectures for SAR data processing

Dr. Pasquale Imperatore
Dr. Eugenio Sansosti
Guest Editors

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