Advances in Seafloor Mapping
A special issue of Journal of Marine Science and Engineering (ISSN 2077-1312). This special issue belongs to the section "Ocean Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 June 2019) | Viewed by 343
Special Issue Editors
Interests: marine geomorphology; coastal and marine volcanism; cartography; hazard; coastal archaeology; coastal and marine pollution
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Interests: seafloor mapping; acquisition and processing of multibeam and sidescan sonar data; image analysis; habitat mapping; environmental science; sedimentology
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In the last years, coastal zone management, environmental sustainability and civil protection issues have triggered an increasing demand for highly affordable seafloor mapping technologies, both for the coastal and the deep marine areas. Consequently, marine data acquisition, survey equipment, data processing, data fusion and presentation techniques are receiving a decisive push in the adoption of specific innovative solutions.
In this Special Issue, we will focus on multibeam swath bathymetry and backscatter, side scan sonar, underwater images, ROV and/or AUV video collections that may broaden our knowledge of seafloor mapping, particularly with regard to data processing, presentation or interpretation both in onshore and offshore areas.
Any type of scientific contribution, research articles, technical notes, scientific reviews and monitoring studies are welcome.
Dr. Salvatore Passaro
Dr. Sara Innangi
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Multibeam swath bathymetry
- Side-scan sonar
- Image analysis in coastal areas
- Habitat mapping
- Seabed classification
- Marine cartography
- Seafloor observation
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