Remote Sensing Applications for Improvements in Understanding the Oceans
A special issue of Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220). This special issue belongs to the section "Remote Sensors".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 October 2026 | Viewed by 131
Special Issue Editor
Interests: validation of remote sensing data in coastal areas; application of high resolution remote sensing and models to coastal areas; includes identification of climate signals and development of monitoring methodologies; connections of Earth’s water cycle between land and ocean
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue seeks articles on remote sensing data sets as they relate to specific sensors and the current technology. The major sensors that have been used in satellite imaging focus on microwave bands that range from L-band (1–2 Gigahertz) to X-band (8–12 GHz). The L-band is used extensively for deriving salinity. Infrared sensors are used primarily to detect sea surface temperature. Sensors such as the Advanced Very High-Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) contain bands in the 0.58 to 11 12.4 micron range including both an optical and infrared spectral band. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer has both longwave and shortwave bands in the micron range.
It improves on the spatial resolution over AVHRR. The Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) also provides spectral bands in the visible and infrared. Additional bands allow higher spatial resolution. Satellite altimeters primarily use Ku band at 13.6 GHz. Alimeters are primarily used to measure changes in sea level.
This Special Issue is focused on publishing articles that describe some of the latest results using imaging from remote sensing instruments. Results do not have to be limited to the above sensors. Applications that show improvements in imaging using higher resolution are welcomed.
- Sea Level (TOPEX/Poseidon, Sentinal series)
- Salinity (Soil Moisture Ocean Salinity SMOS, Soil Moisture Active Passive SMAP)
- Sea Surface Temperature (includes multiple sensors, such as Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer MODIS, Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite VIIRS)
- Winds (QuikSCAT, ASCAT, CYGNSS)
- Gravity (Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment GRACE)
- Surface Waves
- Surface Water Ocean Topography Mission (SWOT)
Dr. Jorge Vazquez-Cuervo
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- sensor
- data
- improvements in imaging
- applications (operational and science)
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