Application of Microwave Remote Sensing in Earth’s Surface Observation
A special issue of Remote Sensing (ISSN 2072-4292). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Remote Sensing".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2024 | Viewed by 787
Special Issue Editors
Interests: Microwave radiometry, Synthetic Aperture Radar, Observations of land surfaces: bare soils, agricultural vegetation, forests, snow cover (extension and quality); Retrieval algorithms of geophysical parameters from satellite and ground based sensors (radiometers and radar); Planning new satellite sensors. International experimental campaigns.
Interests: microwave remote sensing; soil moisture; vegetation biomass; snow water equivalent; SAR; microwave radiometry
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The aim of this Special Issue is to take stock of the current state of knowledge on the interactions (emission and scattering) of microwaves with land surfaces (namely, bare rough soils, agricultural and forest vegetation, dry and wet snow cover, ocean and sea ice) for a quantitative estimate of geophysical parameters from the presently available and recent planned satellites. To do this, contributions could involve both experimental and theoretical studies concerning observations of the Earth’s surface using Radar (SAR and Scatterometers) and Microwave Radiometers. Also, the exploitation of more recent sensors such as GNSS-R satellites could be considered. Particular attention should be paid to the evaluation of the current state of the art in the accuracy of the retrieval of the parameters that characterize the Earth's surfaces and which can influence global changes.
Some potential topics of interest for this Special Issue are the potential of X band and lower frequencies in snow cover surveys in mountainous regions; capability of monitoring liquid water in wet snow; estimating vegetation biomass and sensitivity to soil moisture in dense forests. Suggestions for future satellites (including geostationary systems) are welcome.
Dr. Paolo Pampaloni
Dr. Simonetta Paloscia
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- microwave radiometry
- radar
- earth observation
- soil moisture
- vegetation
- snow
- ocean
- sea ice
