Remote Sensing for Target Object Detection and Identification

Dear Colleagues,

Target object detection and identification is one of the main tasks for a remote sensing system and is of paramount importance in several fields, including environmental and urban monitoring, geological research, hazard and disaster management, and emergency/security and military applications. Moreover, the huge amount of data acquired nowadays by sensors on-board satellite platforms allows for the development of new methodologies to properly address this specific remote sensing task.

Thus, this Special Issue focuses on presenting the latest advances and trends for target object detection and identification within the wide field of remote sensing. Both methodological/theoretical and application-oriented papers are welcome. This Special Issue will cover (but will not be limited to) the following topics:

• Target object detection, tracking, and identification for the environmental monitoring of the atmosphere (e.g., cloud and plume detection/identification);
• Target object detection, tracking, and identification for the environmental monitoring of the sea (e.g., sea ice monitoring, iceberg tracking, oil spills);
• Target object detection, tracking, and identification for security and military applications;
• Target object detection and identification for urban monitoring (e.g., change detection);
• Optical and/or infrared data for target object detection and identification;
• Radar and/or SAR data for target object detection and identification;
• Multi-sensor (spatio-temporal, spatio-spectral, and multimodal) data fusion for target object detection and identification;
• Methods, algorithms, and theoretical models for target object detection, tracking, and identification;
• Machine learning for target object detection, tracking, and identification.

Dr. Gemine Vivone
Dr. Paolo Addesso
Dr. Amanda Ziemann
Guest Editors

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