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Remote Sensors in Polar Regions Land Surface Monitoring

A special issue of Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220). This special issue belongs to the section "Remote Sensors".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2020) | Viewed by 5189

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Dr. Alfred Stach

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Institute of Geoecology and Geoinformation, Adam Mickiewicz University, B. Krygowski 10 st., 61-712 Poznań, Poland
Interests: polar ecosystems; Svalbard; extreme rainfall; Poland; GIS; remote sensing; geostatistics; spatial modeling
Prof. Dr. Grzegorz Rachlewicz

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1. Department of Health and Environmental Sciences, Xi-an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Ren’ai Road 111, Suzhou 215123, China
2. Institute of Geoecology and Geoinformation, Adam Mickiewicz University, B. Krygowski 10 st., 61-712 Poznań, Poland
Interests: glacial geomorphology; glaciology; permafrost; polar environments; climate change; GIS; UAV

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The snow is melting, the ice is crumbling, and the polar desert is turning green. During the life of one generation, the polar regions have changed beyond recognition. Science must identify these phenomena, explain their genesis, mechanism of their functioning and course, and their impact on the entire planet’s system. Unfortunately, these areas are still very inaccessible. Conducting research in their areas is still a big logistic challenge and associated with substantial additional costs. The extent and spatial diversity of polar areas also make it very difficult to create syntheses combining the results of research on various environmental components at different time and space scales. However, as in the case of weather forecasts, the so-called "quiet revolution" has been underway for some time in polar research. This quiet revolution is the result of continuous accumulation of knowledge and technical progress rather than groundbreaking, one-off discoveries. One of the foundations of this revolution is the extensive use and progress in remote sensing.

Dear colleagues, we believe that the time has come to sum up the next stage in polar research using remote sensing technologies. We invite you to publish your own results and review studies on various aspects of the structure and functioning of the polar zones on the lands of both hemispheres based on remote sensing data. However, the following topics will be preferred:

  • Long-term monitoring instead of one-off “snapshots” of the state;
  • Analysis of the relationship of many environmental components in terms of systems instead of studies on individual components (only glaciers, vegetation, permafrost, coasts, lakes, etc.);
  • Comparative analyses: one area–different sensors, one sensor–many areas;
  • Using remote sensing data in modeling land polar systems;
  • Calibration and validation of polar remote sensing data and processing of large data sets;
  • New sensors and operational services.

Prof. Dr. Alfred Stach
Prof. Dr. Grzegorz Rachlewicz
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • Polar zone
  • Remote sensing
  • Land surface monitoring
  • Polar ecosystems
  • Ice and snow cover
  • Permafrost and periglacial processes

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A Heterogeneous Layer-Based Trustworthiness Model for Long Backhaul NVIS Challenging Networks and an IoT Telemetry Service for Antarctica
by Adrià Mallorquí and Agustín Zaballos
Sensors 2021, 21(10), 3446; https://doi.org/10.3390/s21103446 - 15 May 2021
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Antarctica is a key location for many research fields. The lack of telecommunication systems that interconnect remote base camps hardens the possibility of building synergies among different polar research studies. This paper defines a network architecture to deploy a group of interconnected remote [...] Read more.
Antarctica is a key location for many research fields. The lack of telecommunication systems that interconnect remote base camps hardens the possibility of building synergies among different polar research studies. This paper defines a network architecture to deploy a group of interconnected remote Antarctic wireless sensor networks providing an IoT telemetry service. Long backhaul NVIS links were used to interconnect remote networks. This architecture presents some properties from challenging networks that require evaluating the viability of the solution. A heterogeneous layer-based model to measure and improve the trustworthiness of the service was defined and presented. The model was validated and the trustworthiness of the system was measured using the Riverbed Model simulator. Full article
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Glacier Geometry Changes in the Western Shore of Admiralty Bay, King George Island over the Last Decades
by Mariusz Pasik, Krzysztof Bakuła, Sebastian Różycki, Wojciech Ostrowski, Maria Elżbieta Kowalska, Anna Fijałkowska, Marcin Rajner, Sławomir Łapiński, Ireneusz Sobota, Marek Kejna and Katarzyna Osińska-Skotak
Sensors 2021, 21(4), 1532; https://doi.org/10.3390/s21041532 - 23 Feb 2021
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This paper presents changes in the range and thickness of glaciers in Antarctic Specially Protected Area (ASPA) No. 128 on King George Island in the period 1956–2015. The research indicates an intensification of the glacial retreat process over the last two decades, with [...] Read more.
This paper presents changes in the range and thickness of glaciers in Antarctic Specially Protected Area (ASPA) No. 128 on King George Island in the period 1956–2015. The research indicates an intensification of the glacial retreat process over the last two decades, with the rate depending on the type of glacier front. In the period 2001–2015, the average recession rate of the ice cliffs of the Ecology Glacier and the northern part of the Baranowski Glacier was estimated to be approximately 15–25 m a−1 and 10–20 m a−1, respectively. Fronts of Sphinx Glacier and the southern part of the Baranowski Glacier, characterized by a gentle descent onto land, show a significantly lower rate of retreat (up to 5–10 m a−1 1). From 2001 to 2013, the glacier thickness in these areas decreased at an average rate of 1.7–2.5 m a−1 for the Ecology Glacier and the northern part of the Baranowski Glacier and 0.8–2.5 m a−1 for the southern part of the Baranowski Glacier and Sphinx Glacier. The presented deglaciation processes are related to changes of mass balance caused by the rapid temperature increase (1.0 °C since 1948). The work also contains considerations related to the important role of the longitudinal slope of the glacier surface in the connection of the glacier thickness changes and the front recession. Full article
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