Advances in Remote Sensing of Mars: Geomorphological Research and Environmental Assessment
A special issue of Remote Sensing (ISSN 2072-4292). This special issue belongs to the section "Satellite Missions for Earth and Planetary Exploration".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 May 2024 | Viewed by 2079
Special Issue Editor
Interests: geomorphology and surface processes; remote sensing; geographic information system; climate reconstruction
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
While our current understanding of Martian geomorphology has significantly improved over the last decade, many processes and rates remain poorly understood and/or are subject to multiple and conflicting interpretations, in part due to a lack of clear terrestrial analogs. The coupling of new sensors and high-resolution repeat imagery has allowed the observation of surface-altering processes, which provide insights into recent changes on the Martian surface. As a result, many existing hypotheses regarding form and process, including some dating to interpretations made during the era of early coarser resolution imagery, are being overturned.
This Special Issue aims to address the use of new satellite sensors and rover platforms in order to interpret and reinterpret Martian geomorphology. Research papers may address anything from satellite and rover remote sensing systems that collect data to the analysis of specific geomorphic forms and processes using this data, to studies that interpret past and current rates of deposition and erosion on the Martian surface. The scope of the submitted articles includes, but is not limited, to the following topics:
- Satellite and rover remote sensing of the Martian surface:
- satellite/rover RS sensor systems (current and future planned)
- terrain analysis techniques as applied to mars
- change detection/current geomorphic activity
- Analysis of Martian geomorphic forms, processes and rates, including, but not limited to, the following:
- glacial: cirques, eskers, moraines, lineated valley fill
- periglacial: frost polygons, araneiforms
- hillslope: slope streaks, recurring slope lineae, landslides, chaos terrain
- aeolian: TARs, barchans, ventifacts, yardangs, dust deposition
- fluvial: river channels, deltas, alluvial fans
- rates of erosion and deposition: cratering impacts, physical and chemical processes
- Terrestrial analogs for Martian landforms
Prof. Dr. Louis Scuderi
Guest Editor
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- satellite sensors
- rover sensors
- terrain analysis
- geomorphic processes
- Martian landforms
- rates
- terrestrial analogs
