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Editors
Editor-in-Chief-Peter K. Willett
Associate Editor-in-Chief-David F.
Crouse
VP Publications-Maria S. Greco
AESS President-Joe Fabrizio
Executive Assistant, AESS-
Jane Buckingham

Contributing Editors
Awards-Erwin C. Gangl
Book Reviews Editor-Darin Dunham
Conferences-Mark Davis
Distinguished Lecturers &
Tutorials-Kathleen Kramer
Education-Kathleen Kramer
History-Hugh D. Griffiths
Student Research-Wenbo Dou,
Federico Lombardi
Technical Panels-Walter Downing
Tutorials Editor-W. Dale Blair
Website Updates-Judy Scharmann

Associate Editors and Areas of
Specialty
Scott Bawden-Energy Conversion
Systems
Erik Blasch, Roberto Sabatini-
Avionics Systems
Dietrich Franken-Communications,
Signal Processing, and Data Fusion
David Crouse-Target Tracking
Mauro De Sanctis-Signal Processing
and Communication in Aerospace
Systems
Michael Braasch-Navigation,
Positioning
Giancarmine Fasano-UAS
Daniel O'Hagan-Radar Systems
Open-Astronautic and Aeronautic
Systems
Haiying Liu-Control System
Engineering and Robotic Systems
Michael Cardinale-Electro-Optic and
Infrared Systems, Image Processing
Ruhai Wang-Systems Engineering
Peter Willett-Multi-Sensor Systems

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June 2019

ISSN 0885-8985

Volume 34 Number 6

COLUMN
In This Issue - Technically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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From the Editors of the Special Issue on Wireless Sensor Networks and
Remote Sensing for Environmental Applications
O. Kanoun, S. Marcuccio, S.L. Ullo, M. Carminati . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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FEATURE ARTICLES
Sensor Placement Algorithm With Range Constraints for Precision
Agriculture
K. Visalini, B. Subathra, S. Srinivasan, G. Palmieri, K. Bekiroglu, S. Thiyaku . .

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The NEFOCAST System for Detection and Estimation of Rainfall Fields by
the Opportunistic Use of Broadcast Satellite Signals
F. Giannetti, A. Vaccaro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Classification of Covariance Matrix Eigenvalues in Polarimetric SAR for
Environmental Monitoring Applications
P. Addabbo, F. Biondi, C. Clemente, D. Orlando, L. Pallotta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Prospects of Distributed Wireless Sensor Networks for Urban Environmental
Monitoring
M. Carminati, O. Kanoun, S.L. Ullo, S. Marcuccio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

NEWS AND INFORMATION
Call for Papers: Special Issue on Artificial Intelligence for Data Fusion . . . . . 54
2019 Aerospace & Electronics Systems Society Distinguished Lecturers . . .
AESS Meetings and Conferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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