Themes
IGARSS 2025 Special Scientific Themes
SP: Special Scientific Themes
- SP.1: Natural disasters and disaster management
- SP.2: Geoscience and remote sensing in developing countries
- SP.3: Remote sensing for sustainable development in the Asia-Pacific region
- SP.4: Remote sensing for barrier reef conservation
- SP.5: Global warming, climate records and climate change analysis
- SP.6: Data security in remote sensing
- SP.7: Al for on-board satellite analytics
- SP.8: GIS development and remote sensing
- SP.9: Wave propagation and remote sensing
General Themes
T/S: SAR Imaging and Processing Techniques
- T/S.1: Interferometry: Along and Across
- T/S.2: Differential SAR Interferometry
- T/S.3: Multi-Channel DBF Imaging Techniques
- T/S.4: PolSAR and PolInSAR
- T/S.5: Bistatic SAR
- T/S.6: Tomography
- T/S.7: Sub-surface sensing
T/D: Data Analysis
- T/D.8: Feature Extraction and Reduction
- T/D.9: Image Segmentation
- T/D.10: 3D mapping
- T/D.11: Object Detection and Recognition
- T/D.12: Classification and Clustering
- T/D.13: Inversion Techniques
- T/D.14: Change Detection and Temporal Analysis
- T/D.15: Hyperspectral Data Processing and Analysis
- T/D.16: RFI Detection and Mitigation
- T/D.17: Data Fusion
- T/D.18: External Calibration
T/A: AI and Big Data
- T/A.19: Data Management Systems and Computing Platforms in Remote Sensing
- T/A.20: IoT in Geoscience and Remote Sensing
- T/A.21: Spatio-temporal Data Harmonization
- T/A.22: Data Analytics and AI Techniques in Remote Sensing
T/M: Modeling
- T/M.23: Electromagnetic Modeling
- T/M.24: EM Emission Modeling
- T/M.25: EM Scattering Modeling
- T/M.26: EM Polarimetric Scattering and Emission Modeling
- T/M.27: EM Modeling for Signals of Opportunity (e.g. GNSS-R)
C: Cryosphere
- C.1: Snow Cover
- C.2: Ice Sheets and Glaciers
- C.3: Sea Ice
- C.4: Permafrost
L: Land Applications
- L.1: Land Use Applications
- L.2: Land Cover Dynamics
- L.3: Forest and Vegetation: Application and Modelling
- L.4: Forest and Vegetation: Biomass and Carbon Cycle
- L.5: Agriculture
- L.6: Urban and Built Environment
- L.7: Topography, Geology and Geomorphology
- L.8: Soils and Soil Moisture
- L.9: Wetlands
- L.10: Inland Waters
- L.11: Geology and Geomorphology
M: Atmosphere Applications
- M.1: Precipitation and Clouds
- M.2: Numerical Weather Prediction and Data Assimilation
- M.3: Atmospheric Sounding
- M.4: Aerosols and Atmospheric Chemistry
- M.5: Ionospheric Remote Sensing
O: Oceans
- O.1: Ocean Biology (Color) and Water Quality
- O.2: Ocean Surface Winds and Currents
- O.3: Ocean Temperature and Salinity
- O.4: Coastal Zones
- O.5: Ocean Altimetry
P: Remote Sensing of Planetary and other Celestial Bodies
- P.1: Moon
- P.2: Mars
- P.3: Other Celestial Bodies
- P.4: Moons
- P.5: Planets
S/M: Mission, Sensors and Calibration
- S/M.1: Spaceborne SAR Missions
- S/M.2: Spaceborne Passive Microwave Missions
- S/M.3: Spaceborne GNSS-R Missions
- S/M.4: Spaceborne Hyperspectral Missions
- S/M.5: Spaceborne LIDAR Missions
- S/M.6: Exploration Missions (other Planets)
- S/M.7: New Space Missions
- S/M.8: UAV and Airborne Platforms
- S/M.9: Ground based Systems
- S/M.10: High Altitude Platforms
S/I: Sensors, Instruments and Calibration
- S/I.11: Sensors Using Signals of Opportunity (e.g. GNSS-R)
- S/I.12: Lidar Sensors
- S/I.13: Passive Optical Multi- and Hyperspectral Sensors and Calibration
- S/I.14: SAR Instrument
- S/I.15: Advanced Future Instrument Concepts
- S/I.16: Microwave Radiometer Calibration
- S/I.17: SAR and Radar Instrument Calibration
- S/I.18: Microwave Radiometer Instruments
- S/I.19: Ground Penetrating Radar
- S/I.20: Onboard Signal Processing
- S/I.21: Scatterometer, Clouds and Rain Radar
D/E: Education and Policy
- D/E.1: Data Management and Systems
- D/E.2: Remote Sensing Data and Policy Decisions
- D/E.3: Education and Remote Sensing
D/S: Societal Engagement and Impacts
- D/S.4: Citizen and Open Science
- D/S.5: Risk and Disaster Management (Extreme Weather, Earthquakes, Volcanoes, etc)
- D/S.6: Food security
- D/S.7: Remote Sensing for Sustainable Development
- D/S.8: Standardization in Remote Sensing
- D/S.9: Remote Sensing for Climate Change Impacts