Near Surface Remote Sensing Using Unmanned Systems

Dear Colleagues,

Recent advances in the development of lightweight magnetic, electromagnetic, acoustic, and optical sensing technologies have created new applications for unmanned (ground robot and aerial) systems (USs). The sensing technologies mounted on USs can provide high-fidelity data to detect and identify hazardous subsurface targets safely and cost-effectively. This Special Issue is open to all contributors in the field of US remote sensing technologies (hardware and software) for mapping electromagnetic properties of near-surface soils and detecting and identifying targets of interest. We invite the submission of original research papers, case studies, and reviews to this Special Issue that extend and advance our scientific/technical understanding of the state-of-the-art in US remote sensing in areas that include, but are not limited to:

• magnetic, electromagnetic, acoustic, seismic, and optical sensors and unmanned (ground robot and aerial) systems for subsurface target detection and identification;
• combined US remote sensing technology and signal processing approaches for mapping electromagnetic properties of near-surface soils;
• forward and inverse modeling for processing US remote sensing technologies datasets;
• classification techniques, such as linear classifiers, support vector machines, quadratic classifiers, and neural networks, applied to data from US mounted sensors;
• recent developments in and the integration of remote sensing technologies with US; and case studies during the mapping of electric and magnetic properties of soils for agriculture applications.

You may choose our Joint Special Issue in Remote Sensing.

Prof. Dr. Fridon Shubitidze
Guest Editor

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• unmanned aerial systems
• robotics
• soil
• remote sensing
• UXO
• magnetics
• electromagnetic induction
• acoustic
• land mine
• improvised explosive devices
• classification
• hazardous materials.