Advances in Remote Sensors for Earth Observation
A special issue of Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220). This special issue belongs to the section "Remote Sensors".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (21 April 2022) | Viewed by 9736
Special Issue Editor
2. Department of Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Delft University of Technology, 2628 Delft, The Netherlands
Interests: land surface processes; terrestrial water cycle; water management; optical remote sensing
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This is an invitation to contribute to a Special Issue aiming to provide a snapshot of new horizons in Earth observations introduced simultaneously by advances in new physical measurements and by the rapid miniaturization of established sensor systems. The efforts of the science and engineering community have paved the way for fundamentally new measurements, such as Doppler lidars and fluorescence radiometry, and for far-reaching miniaturization of complex instruments, including hyperspectral imagers. In addition, the feasibility of on-board data processing has been demonstrated even on nano-satellites. This leads to instrument design and information extraction based on increasingly focused and solid physics underpinning narrowly defined measurement concepts. In addition, technological evolution has led to a larger and diverse community of players in sensor development and exploitation. Such developments are evident in Earth observation from space- and airborne platforms and a host of mobile systems. Both Earth system science and the sustainable use of natural resources are benefiting from such advances.
We aim at publishing manuscripts of high quality, both scientific and review contributions, that demonstrate the advancement of remote sensing technology and successfully present new science and application areas. We are particularly interested in studies on new measurement concepts and on the demonstration of miniaturized instruments and platforms, possibly in combination with an evaluation of the impacts on current Earth observation science and applications. Likewise, the combination of on-board data processing and cloud computing to offer information services to end-users, reducing the reliance on centralized data centers, are highly relevant.
Dr. Massimo Menenti
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- multispectral, hyperspectral, and active radar and LiDAR sensors
- space-borne, air-borne, and UAV platforms
- proximal sensing and robotic manned and unmanned systems
- water resources
- extreme events
- cryospheric processes
- land cover dynamics
- ecosystem functioning
- air quality
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