Microwave (X- and S-band) Marine Radars for Ocean Sensing

Submission Deadline: 30 September 2018

IEEE Access invites manuscript submissions in the area of Microwave (X- and S-band) Marine Radars for Ocean Sensing.

Non-coherent X-band (8-12 GHz) and S-band (2-4 GHz) marine radars have been used to aid the navigation of ships and monitor the traffic in coastal approaches for decades. These traditional marine radar (MR) applications treat the radar return from the sea surface, or sea clutter, as a noise that must be suppressed. In recent years, there has been a growing interest in X- and S-band MR ocean sensing. Non-coherent MRs have been shown to yield accurate surface wave frequency-direction spectra, maps of the sea surface elevation, the near-surface current, and the bathymetry, as well as surface wind information, among other products, under a broad range of environmental conditions. Meanwhile, MR technology is currently undergoing a transition towards a fully coherent solid state architecture. In MR ocean sensing, coherent on-receive magnetron-based systems are finding broader use. It has been shown to yield accurate significant wave heights Hs, doing away with the calibration step that is needed to retrieve Hs from non-coherent systems, and is being used to improve our understanding of grazing incidence radar scattering mechanisms. What is more, digital signal processing is becoming more commonplace in off-the-shelf commercial MRs, potentially broadening the scope of oceanographic applications.

MR ocean sensing is now being used by academia, government, and industry, e.g., for studying air–sea interaction processes, monitoring oil spills, or supporting offshore platform operations. This Special Section in IEEE Access provides a forum for MR scientists all over the world to present recent advances in the field. These advances in ocean sensing are critical to the sustainable exploration and management of the diverse coastal and off-shore resources worldwide. Authors are encouraged to submit original work related to microwave (X- and S-band) marine radar. The topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

  • Surface waves
  • Upper ocean currents
  • Coastal bathymetry
  • Internal waves
  • Sea ice
  • Sea surface roughness and winds
  • Surfactants
  • Rain effect
  • Marine birds and mammals
  • Small vessels
  • Radar scattering and imaging mechanisms

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Associate Editor: Weimin Huang, Memorial University, Canada

Guest Editors:

  1. Björn Lund, University of Miami, USA
  2. Jochen Horstmann, Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht, Germany

 

IEEE Access Editor-in-Chief: Michael Pecht, Professor and Director, CALCE, University of Maryland

Paper submission: Contact Associate Editor and submit manuscript to:
http://ieee.atyponrex.com/journal/ieee-access

For inquiries regarding this Special Section, please contact: weimin@mun.ca

Underwater Wireless Communications and Networking

Submission Deadline: 15 December 2017

IEEE Access invites manuscript submissions in the area of Underwater Wireless Communications and Networking.

Underwater wireless communications play an important role in marine activities such as environmental monitoring, underwater exploration, and scientific data collection. Underwater wireless communications still remain quite challenging, due to the unique and harsh conditions that characterize underwater channels. These conditions include for example severe attenuation, multipath dispersion, and limited resource utilization. Nonetheless advanced communication techniques using acoustic, electromagnetic and/or optical waves have emerged to tackle fundamental and practical challenges of underwater wireless communications. Recently, many academic and industrial researchers have paid attention to the development of state-of-the-art solutions for future underwater wireless communications and networks. This Special Section will enlighten and guide the potential research communities about the recent progress in the area of underwater wireless communications, and will encourage some of the leading research communities to present the state-of-the-art contributions and future research directions.

Authors are encouraged to submit original work presenting new research topics on underwater wireless communications and networking from the theoretical and practical point of views. Here, underwater wireless communication systems refer to general communication systems utilized or taken into consideration under water including, but not limited to, acoustic, radio-frequency, and optical wireless communications. Special attention will be given to articles reporting new results and insights along the following principal technical areas:

  • Underwater channel characterization, statistical modeling and estimation
  • Underwater wireless communications: Fundamental limits and theories
  • Transceiver design: Modulation, coding and detection techniques
  • Underwater wireless networking protocols and cross-layer design

This Special Section in IEEE Access will also solicit top-quality papers focusing on the applied technical areas. The topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

  • Advanced signal processing techniques for underwater wireless communications
  • MIMO and diversity systems in underwater communications
  • Multi-carrier systems in underwater communications
  • Cooperative communications in underwater
  • Hybrid and multi-modal underwater communications
  • Optimization and game-theoretic techniques for underwater wireless communications
  • Underwater wireless sensor networks
  • Energy harvesting for underwater sensor networks
  • Real-time data transmission under water
  • Underwater localization, positioning, and tracking in underwater
  • Mobile underwater communications and network
  • Applications of underwater wireless communications
  • Devices and systems for underwater wireless communications
  • Demonstration of field trials, experiments, and test-beds

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Associate Editor: Muhammad Ali Imran, University of Glasgow, UK

Guest Editors:

  1. Ki-Hong Park, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia
  2. Paolo Casari, IMDEA Networks Institute, Spain
  3. Fraser Dalgleish, Florida Atlantic University, USA
  4. Hovannes Kulhandjian, California State University, Fresno, USA
  5. Ali Abdi, New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA
  6. Huifang Chen, Zhejiang University, China

 

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  1. Optimization for Emerging Wireless Networks: IoT, 5G and Smart Grid Communication Networks
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IEEE Access Editor-in-Chief: Michael Pecht, Professor and Director, CALCE, University of Maryland

Paper submission: Contact Associate Editor and submit manuscript to:
http://ieee.atyponrex.com/journal/ieee-access

For inquiries regarding this Special Section, please contact: Bora M. Onat, Managing Editor, IEEE Access (Phone: (732) 562-6036, specialsections@ieee.org)