Space and Planetary Environmental Sensing and Monitoring
A special issue of Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Sensing".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 October 2023) | Viewed by 454
Special Issue Editors
2. School of Geosciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen AB24 3FX, UK
Interests: space instrumentation; radiative transfer; remote sensing; atmospheric studies; planetary exploration and research; astrobiology
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Interests: habitability; planetary exploration; astrobiology; Mars, planetary protection; brines
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In recent decades, there has been increasing interest in the scientific community conducting research on outer space, beyond the boundaries of Earth’s atmosphere. We are pleased to announce this Special Issue, which aims to publish a set of papers that typify the most insightful and influential articles or reviews on the topic of “Space and Planetary Environmental Sensing and Monitoring”.
Potential topics include the following:
- Satellite remote sensing;
- Radars for planetary observation;
- Exploring the Moon, Mars, and asteroids;
- Space-geodetic techniques;
- Optical remote sensing for planetary exploration;
- Space robotics;
- Space navigation techniques;
- Robotic mobility and sample acquisition systems;
- Space weather;
- Air, soil and water sensing in space;
- Machine learning methods for space data processing;
- Image acquisition and processing;
- Planetary atmospheres, oceans and interiors;
- Planetary or space simulation chambers.
Prof. Dr. Francisco Javier Martin-Torres
Prof. Dr. Maria-Paz Zorzano
Guest Editors
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