Prevention and Treatment of Natural Disasters

Topical Collection on "Application of Remote Sensing Observations to Characterize Earth's Geological and Atmospheric Disasters"

A topical collection of Prevention and Treatment of Natural Disasters (PTND) (E-ISSN: 2753-7544).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 5 March 2025

Collection Editors: 

Dr. Maria Pedone
Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI), Italian Space Agency, Via del Politecnico, I-00133 Rome, Italy
Research Interests: in situ and remote sensing; natural hazards; geology; geochemistry; gas monitoring and modelling; ash leachates; earth and planetary sciences; volcanism and cryo-volcanism; salt–water solutions; hydrothermal systems; fumarolic vents; hazard assessment and risk

 

Dr. Paola Manzari
Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI), Italian Space Agency, Via del Politecnico, I-00133 Rome, Italy
Research Interests: geology; mineralogy; hyperspectral data; laboratory; remote spectroscopy; earth and planetary data validation, impact craters

 

Topical Collection Information:

Dear Colleagues,

The current Topical Collection aims to gather original research articles, reviews, and technical notes on natural hazard assessment, applied to geological systems, based on the collection of data and/or numerical modelling derived from proximal and remote sensing (including from satellites) measurements. Observations from space and correlation with in situ analysis of terrestrial areas are welcomed! Moreover, analysis of geological tracks of natural disasters in terrestrial areas of particular interest as planetary field analogue are welcomed!

The collection is open but not limited to:

  • Different kinds of geological hazard assessment (earthquakes; landslides; erosions; volcanic eruptions; ash plumes; ground fissures; fumarolic fields; and subsidences, evidence and effects of paleo-tsunami, past eruptions, hydrothermal vents, volcanic sites, permafrost);
  • Atmospheric modeling of natural and anthropogenic emissions and dispersion.

This Collection will examine the state of the art of monitoring, including the complete range of aspects: the acquisition of the data, its interpretation, its application to generate models and forecasts. We would appreciate multidisciplinary research studies, including expertise from various fields of physics, chemistry, and geology, and as well as computer science and statistics.

We welcome papers aiming to understand natural events using proximal, and remote sensing observations (also from space), and aiming to correlate the study with in situ measurements, laboratory analyses, numerical modeling, geophysical/geochemical techniques.

We look forward to receiving your contributions.

Dr. Maria Pedone
Dr. Paola Manzari
Collection Editors

Keywords:

  • Remote sensing
  • Data from satellites
  • Forecast
  • Risk evaluation and communication
  • Geological hazards
  • Atmospheric modelling and dispersion
  • Planetary field analogues
  • Numerical modelling

Manuscript Submission Information:

Please visit the Submissions Guidelines page before submitting a manuscript. Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Manuscripts should be submitted online through the online manuscript submission and editorial system. Additionally, please include a cover letter specifying that the manuscript is intended for the Topical Collection "Application of Remote Sensing Observations to Characterize Earth's Geological and Atmospheric Disasters" when submitting it online. Manuscripts can be submitted until the submission deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal and will be listed together on the Topical Collection website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract can be sent to the Editorial Office ptnd@ukscip.com for announcement on this website.

The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 600 USD. Authors who are unable to cover this cost or those who are invited to submit papers may be eligible for discounts or waivers.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a double-blind peer-review process.

Published Papers:

This Topical Collection is now open for submission.

Planned Paper Information:

1: Title: An Application of Hyperspectral PRISMA Dataset to Characterize the Solfatara Crater, Southern Italy