Remote Sensing

Advanced Application of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Vision in Remote Sensing (Third Edition)

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submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 22 articles | Viewed by 95607

Keywords: artificial intelligence (AI); machine vision (MV); machine learning (ML); geospatial information systems (GIS); optimisation; spatial framework; deep learning (DL)

(This special issue belongs to the Section AI Remote Sensing)

Remote Sensing Band Ratios for the Assessment of Water Quality

edited by

Anita Simic-Milas

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Yuhong He

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 10 articles | Viewed by 35713

Keywords: vegetation indices for water quality; empirical methods in monitoring inland and coastal waters; feature extraction techniques and machine learning methods for water quality; optimal wavelength(s) to measure water quality parameters; multispectral and hyperspectral imagery for water quality using band ratios; optimal sampling methods and data collection strategies in monitoring water quality; role of spatial resolution of imagery in mapping water quality parameters

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Remote Sensing)

Advances in Remote Sensing and Electromagnetic Spectrum Sensing: Data Acquisition and Signal Processing

edited by Hongbing Ji,

Lin Li

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Tiancheng Li

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 23977

Keywords: remote sensing; spectrum sensing; signal processing; target recognition; target tracking; signal classification; information fusion; deep learning

Remote Sensing for Vegetation Phenology in a Changing Environment

edited by

Mei Yu

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Yuyu Zhou

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 20953

Keywords: vegetation phenology; climate change; multisource remote sensing; SIF; ground phenology images; phenological model

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Remote Sensing)

The Recent Progression of Machine Learning in Remote Sensing: Theory and Modelling

edited by Rong Wang and

Lefei Zhang

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 10 articles | Viewed by 19241

Keywords: machine learning; image processing; remote sensing; data fusion; satellite images; aerial images

(This special issue belongs to the Section AI Remote Sensing)

Remote Sensing of Solar Radiation Absorbed by Land Surfaces

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submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 15023

Keywords: land surface albedo; incoming solar radiation; aerosols; clouds; BRDF; photovoltaic; radiative forcing; validation; climate change/mitigation; earth radiation budget; applications of radiation products

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Remote Sensing)

Validation and Evaluation of Global Ocean Satellite Products (Second Edition)

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submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 14085

Keywords: sea surface current; temperature; and salinity; ocean color and chlorophyll-a concentration; oceanic front; new approaches; methods and algorithms; climatic variables; ocean– typhoon interaction; multiscale ocean dynamics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Remote Sensing)

Urban Sensing Methods and Technologies II

edited by

Paolo Santi

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Amin Anjomshoaa

and

Priyanka Nadia DeSouza

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 13401

Keywords: environmental monitoring; smart city; sensor networks; intelligent systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Remote Sensing)

Spaceborne SAR Calibration Technology

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submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 13225

Keywords: novel calibration concept; polarimetric and interferometric radar calibration model; LT-1; TerraSAR-X GF-3; HJ-1-E; and ALOS-2 calibration for SAR data; calibration algorithms; big data and AI for calibration; ongoing and future missions’ calibration

(This special issue belongs to the Section Satellite Missions for Earth and Planetary Exploration)

Advances in Remote Sensing and Digital Twins for Management of Civil Infrastructure Assets

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submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 11778

Keywords: digital twins; structural health monitoring (SHM); artificial intelligence (AI); UAV-based photogrammetry; terrestrial laser scanning (TLS); building and bridge information modeling (BIM/BrIM); 3D reconstruction and modeling; computer vision; bridge inspection; infrastructure inspection and assessment; infrastructure management systems; virtual reality (VR); augmented reality (AR)

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Remote Sensing)

Hydrometeorological Modelling Based on Remotely Sensed Data

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submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 11568

Keywords: warming climate; warming world; hydrological cycle; hydrological hazards; water cycle; hydro-meteorology; climatic and hydrological extremes

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biogeosciences Remote Sensing)

Applications of Remote Sensing in Forest Management and Biodiversity Conservation II

edited by

Maciej Bartold

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Rasa Šimanauskienė

and

Krzysztof Stereńczak

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 11226

Keywords: applications in remote sensing; machine learning/deep learning; multispectral/hyperspectral image processing; LiDAR; SAR; forest management; biodiversity; natural ecosystems conservation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ecological Remote Sensing)

Environmental Monitoring Using Satellite Remote Sensing (Second Edition)

edited by

Emanuele Mandanici

and

Sara Kasmaeeyazdi

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 10382

Keywords: environmental monitoring; sustainability and resilience; LULC mapping; change-detection; hazard assessment; image classification; multi and hyperspectral remote sensing; multi-sensor integration; optical and SAR integration; multi-scale analysis; time-series analysis; satellite imagery calibration; validation strategies; geostatistical analysis for RS

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Remote Sensing)

Editorial Board Members’ Collection Series: Recent Progress in Atmospheric Remote Sensing

edited by Gorden Videen and

Ismail Gultepe

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 9006

Keywords: aerosols; smoke; ash; dust; ice crystals; clouds; polarimetry; lidar; satellites; neural networks and AI

(This special issue belongs to the Section Atmospheric Remote Sensing)

Innovative UAV and Satellite Technologies and Applications for Spatiotemporal Analysis

edited by

Apostolos Papakonstantinou

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Eufemia Tarantino

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Alessandra Capolupo

and

Athos Agapiou

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 8073

Keywords: UAV and satellite mapping; spatiotemporal phenomena; geospatial technologies; geospatial artificial intelligence (GeoAI); aerial and satellite remote sensing; environmental change detection; multi-source data integration; high-resolution imagery; machine learning in geodata; natural disaster assessment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Satellite Missions for Earth and Planetary Exploration)

Remote Sensing in Support of Crisis Management: How Space-Based Information Can Support Operations and the Decision-Making Process

edited by

Valerio Baiocchi

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Roberta Onori

and

Erica Nocerino

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 6220

Keywords: LST; air pollutants; environment; climate; heat islands; lockdown periods; change detection; hot-spot analysis; seismic events; emergencies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Earth Observation for Emergency Management)

Remote Sensing Data for Modeling and Managing Natural Disasters

edited by

Andrey Krasovskiy

, Frédéric Berger and

Florian Kraxner

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5017

Keywords: disaster modeling; natural disasters monitoring; resilience to natural disasters; multi-hazard hotspot maps; climate change impacts; early warning systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Earth Observation for Emergency Management)

International GNSS Service Validation, Application and Calibration (2nd Edition)

edited by

Serdjo Kos

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Mario Bakota

and

David Brčić

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4605

Keywords: GNSS technique/technology; GNSS positioning error budget; GNSS risk assessment; Space weather impact on GNSS; GNSS satellite orbit determination; GNSS data validation; GNSS applications on environments including water vapor; water level; and underwater surveying; GNSS applications in disasters such as fires and oil spills; GNSS applications on infrastructures; GNSS time and frequency transfer; GNSS atmospheric parameters; GNSS geodetic research; GNSS interferometric reflectometry applications

(This special issue belongs to the Section Satellite Missions for Earth and Planetary Exploration)

Monitoring Urban Thermal Environments and Landscapes Through Remote Sensing

edited by

Ruci Wang

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Hao Hou

and

Yuji Murayama

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3416

Keywords: land surface temperature; urban climate; scenario simulation; sustainable development; machine learning; cooling effect and scale; future prediction; landscape modeling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Remote Sensing)

Application of Remote Sensing and Numerical Modelling in River, Estuarine and Coastal Environments

edited by

Eleonora Perugini

, Lorenzo Melito and

Erwin Bergsma

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3338

Keywords: remote sensing; numerical modelling; flood risk; coastal erosion; waves; river flow; surface velocity; video monitoring; hydro-morphodynamics; CFD

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Remote Sensing)

Ionosphere and Space Weather Based on Satellite Remote Sensing Observation

edited by

Xudong Gu

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2737

Keywords: ionospheric monitoring; space weather impacts; satellite-based observations; ionospheric irregularities; GNSS disruptions; remote sensing for space weather; ionospheric scintillation; space weather forecasting models

(This special issue belongs to the Section Atmospheric Remote Sensing)

New Advances in SmallSat and Landsat Algorithms and Applications for Earth Observation

edited by

David P. Groeneveld

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Hankui Zhang

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1296

Keywords: Landsat; smallsats; small satellite constellations; analysis-ready data; time series analysis; scientific application; earth observation; calibration and validation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing in Geology, Geomorphology and Hydrology)

The Application of Nighttime Remote Sensing in Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (Second Edition)

edited by

Jinyao Lin

and

Jinpei Ou

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1230

Keywords: sustainable development goals; social indicators; land use planning; environmental conservation; artificial intelligence

(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Remote Sensing)

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for Multi-Modal and Multi-Spectral Remote Sensing Image Processing

edited by

Tao Lei

, Tao Gao,

Lefei Zhang

and

Asoke K. Nandi

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1177

Keywords: deep learning; transformer; diffusion model; multi-modal remote sensing data; multi-spectral remote sensing data; feature representation; feature fusion; remote sensing interpretation

(This special issue belongs to the Section AI Remote Sensing)

Beidou/GNSS Positioning, Navigation and Timing: Methods and Technology (Third Edition)

edited by

Baocheng Zhang

and

Robert Odolinski

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 750

Keywords: multi-frequency and multi-constellation GNSS; BDS; POD/LEO; navigation and timing; geodesy and geophysics; the advance of high-precision products

(This special issue belongs to the Section Satellite Missions for Earth and Planetary Exploration)

New Trends on Remote Sensing Applications to Mineral Deposits (Third Edition)

edited by

Joana Cardoso-Fernandes

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Ana Cláudia Teodoro

and

Alexandre Lima

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 377

Keywords: mineral exploration; multispectral and hyperspectral data; sar data; machine learning; deep learning; satellite data; raw materials

(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing in Geology, Geomorphology and Hydrology)

Multi-Source Remote Sensing and Spatial Statistical Analysis in Urban Sustainability Research

edited by

Hao Zhang

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Ashraf Dewan

and Rui Zhou

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 345

Keywords: remote sensing; multi-source remote sensing data; data mining; urban sustainability; climate change; spatial statistics; urban resilience; geohazards; biological degradation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Remote Sensing)

Remote Sensing of Urban Built Environment for Sustainable Development

edited by

Shengbiao Wu

, Siqi Jia and

Raffaele Lafortezza

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 319

Keywords: urban built environment; remote sensing; sustainable development

(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Remote Sensing)

Advances in the Remote Sensing Application of Autonomous Unmanned Vehicles (UAV/UGV/USV/UUV) (Second Edition)

edited by

Mariusz Specht

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 310

Keywords: autonomous vehicle; drone; earth observation; remote sensing; sensors used in unmanned systems; unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV); unmanned ground vehicle (UGV); unmanned surface vehicle (USV); unmanned system (US); unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV)

(This special issue belongs to the Section Engineering Remote Sensing)

State of the Art and Future Developments: Short-Range Radar (2nd Edition)

edited by

Yanhua Wang

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Liang Zhang

and Shichao Chen

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 274

Keywords: short-range radar; object detection; recognition; and tracking; radar imaging; sensor integration and data fusion; signal processing

Satellite Measurements and the Monitoring of Ionosphere and Space Weather (Second Edition)

edited by Fuyang Ke,

Wang Li

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Lei Liu

and

Dongsheng Zhao

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 178

Keywords: ionospheric modeling; deep learning; ionospheric disturbance; ionospheric tomography; severe space event; ionospheric scintillation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Atmospheric Remote Sensing)

High-Precision Calibration and Polarimetric and Interferometric Image Processing Technology

edited by

Fengli Zhang

, Kun Li and Chang Liu

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 124

Keywords: novel calibration algorithms; polarimetric and interferometric calibration models; application of big data and artificial intelligence for SAR calibration; calibration strategies for ongoing and upcoming SAR missions; multi-source data processing with physical modeling and deep learning techniques; quantitative applications of calibrated SAR data

(This special issue belongs to the Section Engineering Remote Sensing)

Remote Sensing Applications Along the Dead Sea Fault: From the Red Sea to Anatolia

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submission deadline 1 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 10579 | Submission Open

Keywords: Dead Sea Fault; earth surface deformation; submarine groundwater discharge; multispectral analysis; InSAR; photogrammetry; machine-learning-based remote sensing analysis; vegetation patterns; land use; geomorphology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing Image Processing)

Signal Processing Theory and Methods in Remote Sensing (Third Edition)

edited by

Shaohui Mei

, Junhui Hou, Kun Hu, Mingyang Ma and Fan Li

submission deadline 1 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 696 | Submission Open

Keywords: signal processing; remote sensing; image processing; deep learning; information fusion; time-series analysis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Engineering Remote Sensing)

Advances in GNSS for Time Series Analysis

edited by Junping Chen,

Alfonso Vitti

, Weijie Tan and Nannan Guo

submission deadline 10 Dec 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 18499 | Submission Open

Keywords: non-linear crustal deformation; common mode error; independent component analysis; noise analysis; mass loadings

(This special issue belongs to the Section Engineering Remote Sensing)

Machine Learning for Intelligent Processing and Applications of Multi-Source Remote Sensing Data

edited by

Wei Li

, Haiyong Gan,

Heng-Chao Li

and Wenshuai Hu

submission deadline 14 Dec 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 30405 | Submission Open

Keywords: multi-source remote sensing data; intelligent processing; earth observation applications; registration; data fusion; feature extraction; classification; object detection; advanced machine learning methods; lightweight designs

(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing Image Processing)

Applications of Remote Sensing Technology in Volcano Hazard Monitoring

edited by

Emanuela De Beni

, Cristina Proietti,

Gaetana Ganci

and

Simona Scollo

submission deadline 14 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 14759 | Submission Open

Keywords: volcano monitoring and analysis; remote sensing systems; estimation of eruption parameters; ground-based; satellite; and UAS sensors; GIS

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Remote Sensing)

Remote Sensing Interpretation Systematic Engineering for Natural Resources Monitoring and Management (Second Edition)

edited by

Dongping Ming

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Jagannath Aryal

and

Kasturi Devi Kanniah

submission deadline 14 Dec 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 10715 | Submission Open

Keywords: multi-source data fusion; sample database construction; object based image analysis; GeoAI; region/parcel partition on different scales; land cover/use classification; land cover/use change monitoring/projection/modelling; thematic information extraction; advanced image processing techniques (machine learning and deep learning); authenticity verification; cloud based intelligent remote sensing application; GIS for land use/cover management; Impact of land use/cover on environment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing for Geospatial Science)

Monitoring and Early Warning for Heavy Precipitation, Flash Floods and Waterlogging Disasters Using Remote Sensing

edited by Youcun Qi,

Zhe Zhang

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Zhanfeng Zhao

, Donghuan Li and Bong-Chul Seo

submission deadline 14 Dec 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 10433 | Submission Open

Keywords: weather radars; satellites; flash floods and waterlogging; quantitative precipitation estimation (QPE); remote sensing data assimilation; extreme weather and hydrological events; artificial intelligence and machine (deep) learning; application of remote sensing equipment in geological disaster; disastrous weather analysis; and observation of hydrometeorological extremes; weather and hydrological forecast

(This special issue belongs to the Section Atmospheric Remote Sensing)

Investigating State-of-the-Art Machine Learning Approaches in Vegetation Analysis through Earth Observation Data

edited by

Arnick Abdollahi

and

Chandrama Sarker

submission deadline 14 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6661 | Submission Open

Keywords: CNNs; RCNN; deep reinforcement learning; machine learning algorithms; ensemble algorithms; random forest; support vector machines; Gaussian Bayes; decision tree classifier; vegetation mapping; monitoring; trend analysis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing in Agriculture and Vegetation)

Advancements in LiDAR Technology and Applications in Remote Sensing

edited by Luis Miguel González de Santos

submission deadline 14 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 6491 | Submission Open

Keywords: LiDAR; point cloud processing; UAV; infrastructure monitoring; machine learning; power lines inspection

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Remote Sensing)

Remote Sensing for Digital Twins in Forestry: Applications and Future Perspectives

edited by Juan Suarez-Minguez and Jacqueline Rosette

submission deadline 14 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3412 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital twins; earth observation; forestry; AI; tree growth models; high-resolution remote sensing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Remote Sensing)

Advances in CubeSat Missions and Applications in Remote Sensing

edited by

Pedro Orgeira Crespo

and Fernando Aguado-Agelet

submission deadline 14 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2978 | Submission Open

Keywords: CubeSat; remote sensing; payload; artificial intelligence; earth observation; planetary exploration

Advances in Drone-Based Multi-Sensor Image Translation and Augmentation

edited by Min Sun and

Yong Wang

submission deadline 14 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 630 | Submission Open

Keywords: multi-sensor image translation; drone image augmentation; image super-resolution; complex target classification; air-ground collaboration; multi-type sensor image fusion; image quality evaluation; UAV AI applications

(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing Image Processing)

Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Applied to Deep Space Exploration

edited by

Bin Liu

,

Mao Ye

and Philipp Gläser

submission deadline 15 Dec 2025 | 10 articles | Viewed by 29039 | Submission Open

Keywords: moon; Mars; remote sensing; photogrammetry; planetary mapping; planetary geodesy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Satellite Missions for Earth and Planetary Exploration)

Advances in Methods and Techniques for Satellite Image Processing and Analysis

edited by

Ali Jamali

submission deadline 15 Dec 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 19563 | Submission Open

Keywords: deep learning; computer vision; machine learning; image processing; remote sensing; image analysis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing Image Processing)

Remote Sensing of Soil Moisture and the Dynamics of Soil–Vegetation Systems

edited by

Ankur Srivastava

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Mauro Holzman

and

Facundo Carmona

submission deadline 15 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 17873 | Submission Open

Keywords: vegetation water stress; surface and sub-surface soil moisture; solar-thermal spectra; evapotranspiration; arid and semi-arid ecosystems; vegetation productivity; water deficit in agricultural lands

(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing in Agriculture and Vegetation)

Advances in Exploring the Moon, Mars, and Asteroids Based on In-Situ and Remote Sensing Measurements

edited by Simone Pirrotta,

Francesca Esposito

, Alice Lucchetti and

Maurizio Pajola

submission deadline 15 Dec 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 10710 | Submission Open

Keywords: geological features; study of the environment; resources; robotic and human exploration; innovative strategies; remote sensing dataset analyses; new instrumentation concepts; smallsat concepts

(This special issue belongs to the Section Satellite Missions for Earth and Planetary Exploration)

Remote Sensing in Applied Ecology (Second Edition)

edited by

Jun Ma

submission deadline 15 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 10323 | Submission Open

Keywords: ecological applications; remote sensing data; spatio-temporal scales; ecosystems; sustainable development

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ecological Remote Sensing)

Coastal Environment Monitoring Based on Remote Sensing and Artificial Intelligence

edited by

Scot Smith

and

Kamal Darwish

submission deadline 15 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 10076 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; remote sensing; coastal monitoring; LiDAR; satellite imagery

(This special issue belongs to the Section AI Remote Sensing)

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