Radar Signal Processing and Imaging for Ocean Remote Sensing (Second Edition)
A special issue of Remote Sensing (ISSN 2072-4292). This special issue belongs to the section "Ocean Remote Sensing".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 May 2025 | Viewed by 40
Special Issue Editors
Interests: ocean remote sensing; radar signal processing; radar signal imaging
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Interests: ocean remote sensing
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2. Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao 266237, China
Interests: asymptotic and numerical simulations of electromagnetic wave scattering; ocean microwave remote sensing
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Interests: ocean features extracting; ocean microwave scattering; spaceborne radar system design
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Interests: ocean remote sensing; physical oceanography; surface waves; HF radar remote sensing; radio wave scattering from the sea surface
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Following the success of our previous Special Issue “Radar Signal Processing and Imaging for Ocean Remote Sensing”, we are happy to announce that a new one has been created.
For several decades, radar sensors have been used for sea surface observations at a range of spatial and temporal scales. Marine radar remote sensing, with its ever-increasing technological maturity, has become a widely validated method to detect and study the ocean. For instance, satellite altimeters conduct accurate daily measurements of changes in the elevation of the ocean surface; synthetic aperture radar (SAR) maps internal waves and oil spills; radar scatterometers estimate sea surface winds; and the spaceborne spectrometer SWIM (Surface Wave Investigation and Monitoring) measures the global wave direction spectrum. These phenomena are mainly the results of variation in the characteristics of the upper water layers and the modulation of short wind waves on the sea surface, which are key to imaging these phenomena in signals of radar remote sensing instruments. Although significant progress has been made in ocean remote sensing, many aspects of ocean surface electromagnetic wave scattering and the mechanisms of the signaling and imaging of oceanic/atmospheric phenomena are still poorly understood.
This Special Issue is focused on the latest developments in radar signal processing and imaging for ocean remote sensing. We encourage submissions on the theory and modeling of ocean microwave scattering and radar signal processing, as well as field and laboratory experiments, including but not limited to the following topics:
- Design and investigation of radar signal processing and imaging algorithms for ocean remote sensing;
- Radar remote sensing of sea surface winds, waves, currents, sea ice, internal waves, oil spills; and other features;
- Radar remote sensing detections or recognitions of hard targets (ships, oil rigs, etc.);
- Radar remote sensing image segmentation and classification in coastal environments;
- Innovative or improved methods and algorithms for radar remote sensing for oceanography applications;
- Algorithms or schemes for the retrieval of key surface parameters of the lower atmosphere or the upper ocean;
- Application of artificial intelligence for pre- and post-processing remotely sensed data and signals.
Prof. Dr. Xiaoqing Wang
Prof. Dr. Jinsong Chong
Dr. Yunhua Wang
Dr. Lei Liu
Prof. Dr. Yukiharu Hisaki
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- ocean remote sensing
- radar signal processing
- radar imaging
- ocean numerical modeling
- artificial intelligence
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