Optical and Laser Remote Sensing of the Atmosphere

Dear Colleagues,

Optical and laser sensing of the atmosphere has been used for decades for the quantitative measurement and imaging of chemical species and physical parameters of the atmosphere as well as optical spectroscopy of remote targets.

This Special Issue of Remote Sensing will emphasize laser and optical remote sensing used for detection, mapping, imaging, and analysis of the atmosphere itself or of distant targets where the atmosphere plays an important role in the spectroscopic analysis or propagation of the optical or laser remote sensing process. All topics related to experimental measurement, theoretical analysis, and instrumentation research of atmosphere laser and optical remote sensing are solicited, including research in optical and laser remote sensing of:

• atmospheric aerosols and clouds, smoke plumes, chemical species, and chemical and physical parameters,
• wind fields, temperature, vegetation and canopy detection, water vapor transport, and marine environment parameters,
• mapping and imaging of ground based and hard targets of interest.  

Optical and laser remote sensing technologies related to satellite, airborne, or ground based platforms are appropriate including those associated with atmospheric laser radar, lidar, Differential Absorption Lidar (DIAL), hyper-spectral imaging, long-path spectroscopic instrumentation, Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS), and laser spectroscopic detection of trace species. New results, novel sensing techniques, and field measurements are welcomed.

Related References

1. Killinger, D.K.; Mooradian, A. Optical and Laser Remote Sensing; Springer: Berlin, Heidelberg, 1983.
2. Weitkamp, C. Lidar, Range-Resolved Optical Remote Sensing of the Atmosphere; Springer: Berlin, Heidelberg, 2005
3. Fujii, T.; Fukuchi, T. Laser Remote Sensing; CRC: Boca Raton, FL, USA 2005
4. Prasad, S.; Bruce, L.; Chanussot. J. Optical Remote Sensing; Springer: Berlin, Heidelberg, 2011.

Prof. Dennis K. Killinger
Dr. Robert T. Menzies
Guest Editors

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