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. 2021 Aug 16;7:e659. doi: 10.7717/peerj-cs.659

Table 2. Application domains and state-of-the-art research in LEO satellite communications.

Reference(s) Application
Campbell, Melebari & Moghaddam (2020) Terrain and topography monitoring using Global Navigation Satellite System Reflectometry (GNSS-R)
Huang et al. (2019) Landslide monitoring for early detection and disaster recovery applications
Anghel et al. (2019) Monitoring large built structures using satellite interferometry
Chen et al. (2020b) Urban densification analysis using satellite imagery
Mendez-Espinosa et al. (2020) Analysis of air quality during pandemics and periods of extended lockdowns
Ouaadi et al. (2020) Monitoring wheat crops using satellite interferometry
Castaño et al. (2020) Disaster prevention scheme to monitor thermal anomalies and volcanic eruptions using infrared satellite imagery
Chen et al., 2020a Monitoring regional development by analysing land use and land cover areas from satellite imagery
Rauste et al. (2012) Landslide and soil stability monitoring using satellite imagery
Gawuc et al. (2020) Climate change and urban heat islanding effects monitoring based on MODIS spectroradiometer (Minnett, 2019)
Xu et al. (2020) Analysing global vegetation drought from remotely sensed data using MODIS spectroradiometer
Jing et al. (2020) Analysis of natural calamity such as earthquake using passive microwave radiometry
Sturdivant & Chong (2016) Satellite link and IoT connectivity
Palma & Birkeland (2018) Arctic terrain monitoring IoT system by deploying free swamp satellite constellation
Minei & Cohen (1999) High-speed internet delivery through satellite links
Gavrilă et al. (2020) Software-defined radio-based satellite gateway for IoT applications extending 5G and beyond systems with IoT edge on satellites