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TGARS Special Issue on Calibration & validation of ALOS sensors (PALSAR, AVNIR-2, and PRISM), and their use for Bio- and Geophysical parameter retrievals
The Advanced Land Observing Satellite “Daichi” (ALOS) has been on-orbit more than two years viewing the Earth surface using three high resolution optical and radar imaging sensors. These include the Phased Array type L-band Synthetic Aperture Radar (PALSAR), the Advanced Visible and Near Infrared Radiometer type-2 (AVNIR-2), and the Panchromatic Remote-sensing Instrument for Stereo Mapping (PRISM). The objectives of ALOS are to provide for the generation of digital elevation models, obtaining regional observations for sustainable development, disaster monitoring, exploration for natural resources, and technology development for future Earth observing satellites...
The technologies covered by this Special Issue include calibration and validataion as well as geophysical parameter retrieval. Papers for this issue should deal with theory and its verification, accuracy measurement, demonstration of geophysical parameter retrieval, or technology development. Topics of interest include Interferometry, Polarimetry, Polarimetric SAR interferometry, cartography including digital elevation model construction, disaster mitigation, forest monitoring and its relationship to the Kyoto and Carbon initiatives, land use and land cover monitoring, sea ice monitoring related to the IPY (International Polar year), soil moisture retrieval, ionospheric research, and other applications in agriculture, geology, or related areas.
Prospective authors should follow the regular guidelines of the IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, as listed in the back cover of the Transactions. Authors should submit their manuscripts electronically to http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/tgrs. Instructions for creating new accounts, if necessary, are available on the login screen. Please indicate in your submission that the paper is intended for Special Issue by selecting “ALOS Special Issue” from the pull-down menu for manuscript type. Questions concerning the submission process should be addressed to tgars-editor@ieee.org. Inquiries concerning the Special Issue should be directed to the Guest Editors:
Dr. Masanobu Shimada
Earth Observation Research Center, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Sengen 2-1-1, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan, 305-8505, shimada.masanobu@jaxa.jp
Dr. Ridha Touzi
Canada Centre for Remote Sensing,Natural Resources Canada, 588 Booth St., Ottawa, Ont. K1A 0Y7, ridha.touzi@ccrs.nrcan.gc.ca
Dr. Take Tadono
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Earth Observation Research Center, Sengen2-1-1, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan, 305-8505, tadono.takeo@jaxa.jp
Dr.James A. Smith
Hydrospheric and Biospheric Sciences Laboratory, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Greenbelt, MD 20771, James.A.Smith@nasa.gov
Submission Deadline: November 30, 2008
TGARS Special Issue on TerraSAR-X: Mission, Calibration and First Results
Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) is an indispensable source of information in earth observation since SAR is the only spaceborne sensor that has high-resolution, all-weather and day-and-night imaging capability. Only recently we entered a new era of spaceborne and airborne SAR systems. New satellite systems like TerraSAR-X, COSMO/Skymed, Radarsat-2, TanDEM-X, and Sentinel-1 provide / will provide radar images with a resolution up to hundred times better than the one of conventional SAR systems. They are also outperforming by far existing systems with respect to their imaging flexibility and interferometric modes. These SAR satellites open new fields for scientific use of radar data. Therefore a Special Issue of IEEE TGRS will be dedicated to the radar satellite TerraSAR-X.
TerraSAR-X has been realized in a public private partnership between DLR and industry. The high-resolution SAR satellite, which was successfully launched in June 15, 2007, delivers high-quality radar images for scientific and commercial applications. TerraSAR-X is the fruit of consistent development of German radar technology over many years and is an example of successful cooperation with the German space industry. More than 25,000 data sets have been acquired and processed since the launch of the satellite. The image product quality is exceeding all specifications and setting new standards for future spaceborne SAR missions.
The TerraSAR-X Special Issue will report the above developments and innovations to a wider community and will document the state of the art in high-resolution spaceborne SAR systems and applications. Scientists and engineers from research, industry and academia, engaged in technologies and techniques, research, data processing and applications of TerraSAR-X, are encouraged to submit papers to this Special Issue.
Topics to be covered by the Special Issue are (but not limited to): TerraSAR-X mission concept, space and ground segments, TerraSAR-X commissioning, system performance and calibration, SAR processing and image products, innovative imaging modes and associated processing algorithms (e.g. Spotlight, TOPS-SAR, bi-static, GMTI), innovative applications with high resolution, applications results (e.g. interferometry, differential interferometry with permanent scatterers, GMTI, oceanography, land cover, ship monitoring, geocoding, forestry, polarimetry and polarimetric interferometry, bi-static experiments), follow-on mission TanDEM-X.
Updated information about TerraSAR-X is available here.
Prospective authors should follow the regular guidelines of the IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing (TGRS), as listed in the back cover of the Transactions. Authors should submit their manuscripts electronically to http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/tgrs. Instructions for creating new accounts, if necessary, are available on the login screen. Please indicate in your submission that the paper is intended for the Special Issue by selecting “TerraSAR-X Special Issue” from the pull-down menu for manuscript type. Questions concerning the submission process should be addressed to tgrs-editor@ieee.org. For this Special Issue, page charges – including voluntary and mandatory charges – should be paid by the authors’ institutions.
Inquiries concerning the Special Issue should be directed to the Guest Editors:
Prof. Alberto Moreira
Microwaves and Radar Institute,
German Aerospace Center, DLR, 82234
Wessling, Germany
alberto.moreira@dlr.de
Prof. Richard Bamler
Remote Sensing Technology Institute,
German Aerospace Center, DLR, 82234
Wessling, Germany
richard.bamler@dlr.de
Submission Deadline: January 31, 2009
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