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:
- Decision Support Systems for Civil Infrastructure Management Based on Satellite Technology (Deadline: 25 April 2024)
- State-of-the-Art on Satellite and UAV Remote Sensing in Geoscience Research (Deadline: 26 April 2024)
- Planetary Exploration Using Remote Sensing II (Deadline: 26 April 2024)
- Mapping and Change Analysis Applications with Remote Sensing and GIS (Deadline: 26 May 2024)
- Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) in Remote Sensing Big Data (Second Edition) (Deadline: 26 May 2024)
- Remote Sensing for Sustainability and Durability of Transportation Infrastructures (Deadline: 26 May 2024)
- Advances in Positioning, Navigation and 3D Mapping of Underwater Environments (Deadline: 26 May 2024)
- Deep Learning Techniques Applied in Remote Sensing (Deadline: 31 May 2024)
- GNSS Positioning, Navigation, and Timing—Present and Beyond (Deadline: 31 May 2024)
- Rock Slope Hazard, Vulnerability and Risk Modelling Using Remotely Sensed Data and Data-Driven Techniques (Deadline: 31 May 2024)
- SAR Data Processing and Applications Based on Machine Learning Method (Deadline: 1 June 2024)
- Advances in the Application of Lidar (Deadline: 20 June 2024)
- Modeling, Processing and Analysis of Microwave Remote Sensing Data (Deadline: 26 June 2024)
- Advanced Technologies for Position and Navigation under GNSS Signal Challenging or Denied Environments III (Deadline: 30 June 2024)
- Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) Applications in Earth, Moon and Planetary Exploration (Deadline: 15 July 2024)
- Remote Sensing in Civil and Environmental Engineering (Deadline: 15 July 2024)
- High-Precision and High-Reliability Positioning, Navigation, and Timing: Opportunities and Challenges (Deadline: 19 July 2024)
- Structural Health Monitoring and Damage Assessment by Advanced Remote Sensing Techniques and Methods (Deadline: 31 July 2024)
- Geomatics and Natural Hazards (Deadline: 31 July 2024)
- BDS/GNSS for Earth Observation: Part II (Deadline: 31 July 2024)
- Synergy of GIS and Remote Sensing in Civil Engineering (Deadline: 15 August 2024)
- Expanding Horizons: Testing and Evaluating Non-conventional Mobile Devices for Remote Sensing in Built and Natural Environment (Deadline: 15 August 2024)
- State-of-the-Art Remote Sensing Technologies for Environmental Monitoring (Deadline: 20 August 2024)
- Advances in Remote Sensing to Understand Hydrological and Meteorological Extreme Events (Deadline: 31 August 2024)
- Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning with Applications in Remote Sensing II (Deadline: 31 August 2024)
- Advances in Multiple Sensor Fusion and Classification for Object Detection and Tracking (Deadline: 31 August 2024)
- Dam Stability Monitoring with Satellite Geodesy II (Deadline: 31 August 2024)
- Advances in Microwave Remote Sensing for Earth Observation (EO) (Deadline: 31 August 2024)
- Satellite Navigation and Signal Processing (Second Edition) (Deadline: 31 August 2024)
- Microwave Tomography: Advancements and Applications (Deadline: 31 August 2024)
- Geospatial Artificial Intelligence (GeoAI) in Remote Sensing (Deadline: 31 August 2024)
- Advances in Synthetic Aperture Radar: Calibration, Analysis and Application II (Deadline: 31 August 2024)
- Innovative UAV Applications (Deadline: 31 August 2024)
- Advanced Array Signal Processing for Target Imaging and Detection (Second Edition) (Deadline: 15 September 2024)
- Earth Observation and Citizen Contributed Data for Urban Sustainability (Deadline: 15 September 2024)
- Ionospheric Observations and Modelling with Multi-source Remote Sensing Data and Its Application in Navigation and Positioning Technology (Deadline: 30 September 2024)
- Signal Processing Theory and Methods in Remote Sensing (Second Edition) (Deadline: 30 September 2024)
- Rockfall Hazard Analysis Using Remote Sensing Techniques (Second Edition) (Deadline: 30 September 2024)
- Signal Processing and Machine Learning for Space Geodesy Applications (Deadline: 30 September 2024)
- Remote Sensing and GIS in Freshwater Environments (Deadline: 31 December 2024)