GNSS for Geosciences
A special issue of Remote Sensing (ISSN 2072-4292). This special issue belongs to the section "Remote Sensing in Geology, Geomorphology and Hydrology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 March 2021) | Viewed by 51389
Special Issue Editors
Interests: geodesy; gravimetry; time-variable gravity; GNSS; loading modeling
Interests: geodesy; time-lapse gravimetry; Earth tides; GNSS; ground deformation monitoring; GNSS tropospheric delay; space geodesy
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Dear Colleagues,
The development of global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) has revolutionized not only geodesy but also geosciences. Nowadays, GNSS is widely used for various forms of geodynamics research, such as plate tectonics, earthquake mechanics, volcano monitoring, surface loading, and glacial isostatic adjustment. GNSS is an ideal tool for these studies because it can remotely and continuously provide 3D surface positions with millimetric precision at a relatively inexpensive cost. Currently, GNSS observations are widely used for the retrieval of precipitable water vapor (PWV) for the benefit of weather forecasters and numerical weather prediction. The contributions extend from application to the whole atmosphere, through the radio-occultation technique, down to the scale of the retrieval of soil moisture through GNSS reflectometry.
This Special Issue welcomes articles presenting innovative research or case studies dealing with application of GNSS and integration with other space and terrestrial geodetic techniques, which may include (but are not limited to) the following topics:
- Plate tectonics and seismic cycle;
- Volcano, earthquake, and rockslide monitoring and forecasting;
- Loading phenomena due to past and present mass variations in the Earth’s ice sheets (GIA), continental water balance, and the associated sea level changes;
- GNSS meteorology, ionosphere sounding, radio occultation, and reflectometry.
Dr. Jean-Paul Boy
Prof. Dr. Umberto Riccardi
Dr. Umberto Tammaro
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- GNSS
- Plate tectonics
- Loading deformation
- Environmental changes
- Atmosphere sounding
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