Engineering Remote Sensing
A section of Remote Sensing (ISSN 2072-4292).
Section Information
The importance of remote sensing methods and techniques for different engineering branches has been well known for several decades, even before the deployment of the first satellite sensor for Earth observation. Indeed, it has been recognized since the first applications of aerial and close-range photogrammetry to mapping, digital terrain and man-made object modeling, ground and infrastructure geomatic monitoring, cultural heritage documentation and industrial metrology.
These still constitute most of the fields of remote sensing applications in engineering, which nowadays are more and more supported by geospatial information models, methods and techniques. Geospatial information has in fact emerged as a fundamental asset to process, integrate, publish and share remote sensing and other data coming from various sources, like environmental, social and economic databases and archives.
The emerging approach could be summarized with the acronym GEO, which stands for Geospatial information and Earth Observation. Geospatial information includes the basic aspects of GIS and advanced geospatial platforms (Digital Twin Earth(s)) that allow us to navigate, query and analyze online the state of our planet in space and time. Earth observation is conceptually the integration of the network of sensors, on any platform, that allow us to sense the Earth and the arsenal of methods useful to retrieve information from the sensed data.
The continuous science and technology improvement (with respect to sensors, model- and data-driven algorithms, geospatial infrastructures and computational facilities) has made more and newer observations and results available, in an increasingly distributed and shared way, and at a higher and higher rate. Thanks to this, new important application fields have been opened where GEO plays a pivotal role; examples are given by UN Sustainable Development Goals achievement monitoring, geospatial analysis of the water–food–energy ecosystem nexus, multiresolution spacetime landscape monitoring, natural and anthropogenic hazard and disaster monitoring and human and good mobility. In addition, requests for new demanding applications have asked for new data quality assessment, integration and analysis methods.
The main aim of this section is therefore the presentation and discussion of new advancement in GEO: sensors and data acquisition modeling, innovative signal, image and geospatial processing (including artificial intelligence approaches) and management methods and tools, in relation to the abovementioned application fields, related to civil, constructional, environmental, industrial safety and civil protection engineering. Research as well as review articles on these topics are welcome within the Special Issues of this section.
Keywords
- Underwater, terrestrial, aerial, space remote sensing sensors
- Physical/mathematical models for remote sensing sensors
- Models and applications of new/unconventional remote sensing sensors
- Signal processing for remote sensing
- Signal processing and artificial intelligence
- Image processing and pattern recognition
- Optical, radar and sonar signal processing
- Remote sensing and GIS science integration
- Calibration and validation in GEO
- Artificial intelligence for GEO integration
- GEO for SDGs
- GEO data-driven applications for a sustainable planet
- Water–food–energy nexus geospatial analysis
- GEO for humanitarian and resilient applications
- GEO for climate change monitoring
- Destination Earth, Digital Twin Earth(s)
Editorial Board
Topical Advisory Panel
Special Issues
Following special issues within this section are currently open for submissions:
- Rock Slope Hazard, Vulnerability and Risk Modelling Using Remotely Sensed Data and Data-Driven Techniques (Deadline: 25 November 2024)
- Advanced Ground-Penetrating Radar (GPR) Technologies and Applications (Deadline: 28 November 2024)
- Intelligent Perception of Geo-Hazards from Earth Observations (Second Edition) (Deadline: 28 November 2024)
- Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) in Remote Sensing Big Data (Second Edition) (Deadline: 30 November 2024)
- Remote Sensing in Geomatics (Second Edition) (Deadline: 1 December 2024)
- Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) Applications in Earth, Moon and Planetary Exploration (Deadline: 1 December 2024)
- Data-Driven City and Society—a Remote Sensing Perspective (Deadline: 15 December 2024)
- Remote Sensing for Sustainability and Durability of Transportation Infrastructures (Deadline: 15 December 2024)
- Processing Methods and Techniques of Spaceborne SAR with Ultra-High Resolution (Deadline: 31 December 2024)
- Remote Sensing and GIS in Freshwater Environments (Deadline: 31 December 2024)
- Geomatics and Natural Hazards (Deadline: 15 January 2025)
- Advances in the Application of Lidar (Deadline: 15 January 2025)
- Recent Advances in Nonlinear Processing Technique for Radar Sensing (Deadline: 31 January 2025)
- Advances in Spaceborne SAR—Technology and Applications (Second Edition) (Deadline: 31 January 2025)
- BDS/GNSS for Earth Observation: Part II (Deadline: 1 February 2025)
- Satellite Navigation and Signal Processing (Second Edition) (Deadline: 15 February 2025)
- Advanced Geoinformatics and Remote Sensing Technologies for Early Warning and Disaster Management (Deadline: 15 February 2025)
- Advanced Array Signal Processing for Target Imaging and Detection (Second Edition) (Deadline: 15 February 2025)
- Innovative UAV Applications (Deadline: 15 February 2025)
- Planetary Exploration Using Remote Sensing—Volume II (Deadline: 15 February 2025)
- Advances in Multiple Sensor Fusion and Classification for Object Detection and Tracking (Deadline: 28 February 2025)
- Remote Sensing of Landmines and ERW Using Ground Penetrating Radar (Deadline: 28 February 2025)
- Microwave Tomography: Advancements and Applications (Deadline: 28 February 2025)
- Dam Stability Monitoring with Satellite Geodesy II (Deadline: 28 February 2025)
- Structural Health Monitoring and Damage Assessment by Advanced Remote Sensing Techniques and Methods (Deadline: 28 February 2025)
- Expanding Horizons: Testing and Evaluating Non-conventional Mobile Devices for Remote Sensing in Built and Natural Environment (Deadline: 28 February 2025)
- Advances in Remote Sensing to Understand Hydrological and Meteorological Extreme Events (Deadline: 15 March 2025)
- Advances in Microwave Remote Sensing for Earth Observation (EO) (Deadline: 15 March 2025)
- Signal Processing and Machine Learning for Space Geodesy Applications (Deadline: 15 March 2025)
- Rockfall Hazard Analysis Using Remote Sensing Techniques (Second Edition) (Deadline: 25 March 2025)
- Geospatial Artificial Intelligence (GeoAI) in Remote Sensing (Deadline: 31 March 2025)
- 3D Scene Reconstruction, Modeling and Analysis Using Remote Sensing (Deadline: 31 March 2025)
- Decision Support Systems for Civil Infrastructure Management Based on Satellite Technology (Deadline: 31 March 2025)
- State-of-the-Art Remote Sensing Technologies for Environmental Monitoring (Deadline: 15 April 2025)
- Advances in Remote Sensing and Digital Twin Technologies for Transportation Infrastructure (Deadline: 15 April 2025)
- Innovative Geospatial Information and Earth Observation (GEO) Techniques for Sustainable Development (Deadline: 15 April 2025)
- Advances in the Remote Sensing Application of Autonomous Unmanned Vehicles (UAV/UGV/USV/UUV) (Deadline: 20 April 2025)
- Editorial Board Members' Collection Series: 'New Advances on SAR/Pol/InSAR/TomoSAR Techniques and Applications' (Deadline: 25 April 2025)
- GNSS Advanced Positioning Algorithms and Innovative Applications (2nd Edition) (Deadline: 30 April 2025)
- Array and Signal Processing for Radar (Deadline: 30 April 2025)
- Signal Processing Theory and Methods in Remote Sensing (Second Edition) (Deadline: 1 May 2025)
- Remote Sensing in Engineering Geology (Third Edition) (Deadline: 15 May 2025)
- Earth Observation and Citizen Contributed Data for Urban Sustainability (Deadline: 31 May 2025)
- Advances in Synthetic Aperture Radar: Calibration, Analysis and Application II (Deadline: 31 May 2025)
- Advances in 3D Reconstruction Based on Remote Sensing Imagery and Lidar Point Cloud (Deadline: 30 June 2025)
- Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning with Applications in Remote Sensing (Third Edition) (Deadline: 30 June 2025)
- Supporting Earth Observation and Human–Environment Interaction with Global Geospatial Information (Deadline: 30 June 2025)
- Laser Scanning in Environmental and Engineering Applications (Deadline: 31 October 2025)