Widespread Applications Based on Hyperspectral Technologies from Space

Dear Colleagues,

Hyperspectral spaceborne missions have been acquiring images for over a decade, with hundreds of contiguous spectral (from VSWIR to LWIR) bands worldwide, supporting the development of a wide range of environmental applications.

Hyperion, Chris, HJ-1A and others, have highlighted both criticalities and the opportunities offered by the use of spaceborne hyperspectral technologies in the development of environmental products.

From 2017, a significant number of new orbit missions (such as GF-5, EnMAP, PRISMA, CCRSS, ECOSTRESS) will become available, giving scientists the new challenging scenario of a hyperspectral sensor constellation acquiring data at global scale with a reduced time frequency.

Moreover, according to scientific literature, more complex hyperspectral missions are under development/study (e.g., HYSPIRI, HISUI, HYPXIM, Shalom).

The aim of this Special Issue is to highlight the impact of the past hyperspectral missions and foresee the effectiveness of the future ones. The Special Issue will reflect on the experiences learnt in the past and present missions and perspectives potentially offered by the advent of the new ones. This could be achieved by describing how the retrieval of surface parameters and the understanding of surface phenomena can be enhanced by the availability of the new hyperspectral spaceborne missions.

Some scientific challenges relate to the development of land surface (including coastal systems) products that will benefit from the upcoming hyperspectral resources, especially when combined with available EO data.

Therefore, we would like to invite submissions on the following topics:

• Integration and comparison of new hyperspectral image data/constellation;
• Natural processes and human activities and their interactions, including archaeology;
• Environmental and natural hazards and risks reduction;
• Coastal systems, including inlands waters, and their interaction with the land;
• Geology, soil and agriculture;
• Atmospheric correction and atmospheric constituent characterization;
• Hyperspectral data processing for defence and security;
• Astrophysics and planetary exploration;
• Hyperspectral sensors synergy with the other missions;
• Sensor calibration including vicarious calibration.

Authors are required to check and follow the specific Instructions to Authors, http://www.mdpi.com/journal/remotesensing/instructions.

Dr. Stefano Pignatti
Dr. Maria Fabrizia Buongiorno
Dr. Bing Zhang
Guest Editors