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Synthetic Aperture Radar for Marine Pollution

A special issue of Remote Sensing (ISSN 2072-4292).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2019)

Special Issue Editors

Head, Marine Remote Sensing Group (MRSG), Department of Marine Sciences, University of the Aegean, 81100 Mytilini, Greece
Interests: analysis of remote sensing datasets, including satellite and aerial images, for marine and coastal applications; oil spill detection, automatic detection of oceanographic phenomena; object-based image analysis; image processing algorithms and coastal mapping
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German Aerospace Center (DLR), Remote Sensing Technology Institute, Henrich-Focke Str, 428199 Bremen, Germany
Interests: SAR polarimetry; SAR oceanography; marine and coastal applications of SAR; machine learning
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Key Laboratory of Digital Earth Science, Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100094, China
Interests: SAR oceanography; retrieval of marine–meteor parameters by SAR, observation of multi-scale processes of ocean dynamics by satellite remote sensing
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The different types of marine pollution, from oil to marine plastics, significantly affect sea ecosystems. The different sources of marine pollution can be located on the mainland or directly at sea. Sea-based sources can be discharges coming from ships or offshore platforms (accidentally or deliberate). Synthetic aperture radar (SAR) systems have traditionally been used for oil spill detection. Fortunately, the number of marine accidents and the volume of oil released accidentally are on the decline. However, many threats exist from fuel oil sludge, engine room wastes, and foul bilge water produced by all type of ships.

Combinations of different SAR sensors, bands, polarimetric data, and/or new SAR systems (e.g., compact polarimetry) are expected to increase our ability to locate, monitor, and discriminate pollution from lookalikes in the sea. 

This Special Issue focuses on the way in which SAR sensors can be used for detection and monitoring of marine pollution, and how these sensors can detect and quantify processes and phenomena that are of importance for the pollution processes. Studies on synergy of SAR and optical sensors are also welcome. Further, we encourage manuscripts on big data and machine learning for marine pollution monitoring from space. 

The processes and phenomena this Special Issue will cover include but are not restricted to the following:

  • Oil spills (illegal discharges or accidents);
  • Marine litters;
  • Thermal pollution;
  • Chemical pollution;
  • Nutrient pollution.

We are looking forward to receiving your contribution to this Special Issue on ‘Synthetic Aperture Radar for Marine Pollution’.

Dr. Konstantinos Topouzelis
Dr. Suman Singha
Prof. XiaoMing Li
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Remote Sensing is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2700 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • Oil spill detection
  • Marine pollution
  • Marine plastics
  • emical pollution
  • AR

Published Papers

There is no accepted submissions to this special issue at this moment.
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