Microwave Passive Remote Sensing of Sea Surface Temperature, Salinity and Wind Vector (Second Edition)

Dear Colleagues,

Accurate, reliable, and timely ocean environmental parameters, including sea surface salinity, temperature, wind vector, sea ice concentration and depth, are very important for many applications, including global climate study, water resource management, numerical weather prediction, coastal management, and Arctic shipping. Space-borne microwave radiometers have been applied to ocean and polar monitoring for several decades, providing a large amount of valuable data products. However, there are still challenges related to measuring these parameters with high accuracy and spatial resolution, especially in cold-water and coastal regions. Therefore, it is necessary to further improve the measurement performance of the space-borne radiometers and develop the advanced algorithm for data processing and geophysical parameters retrieval.

This Special Issue aims to showcase the latest advances, challenges, and applications in the passive microwave remote sensing of oceans and polar regions. We hope that researchers and practitioners from diverse fields will share their knowledge, insights, and experiences to promote the advancement of remote sensing techniques for monitoring ocean and polar environments.

We welcome papers exploring the areas of microwave passive sensors, theory and models of microwave radiation, and in field and laboratory experiments, including, but not limited to, the investigations of microwave radiative transfer models of the sea/ice surface, geophysical parameters retrieval algorithms, and the design and optimization of microwave sensors for measuring sea surface, ice and snow parameters. Submissions addressing low-temperature, extreme weather and coastal measurements for sea surface salinity, temperature, ice and snow using new-type microwave radiometers are particularly encouraged. Furthermore, we invite studies focusing on the detection and mitigation of environmental factors, such as ionosphere, RFI, and rain.

Dr. Wu Zhou
Dr. Yinan Li
Dr. Shubo Liu
Dr. Yili Zhao
Prof. Dr. Shiyang Tang
Guest Editors

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• sea surface salinity, temperature, wind
• sea ice, snow depth, ice sheet
• coastal monitoring
• microwave radiometer
• retrieval algorithm
• microwave remote sensing

• Microwave Passive Remote Sensing of Sea Surface Temperature, Salinity and Wind Vector in Remote Sensing (10 articles)