Environmental Remote Sensing
A section of Remote Sensing (ISSN 2072-4292).
Section Information
Aims
Growing concern about the human impact on the environment has led to the development of new observation and analysis tools to tackle and monitor types, magnitudes, and rates of environmental changes. Timely observations by Earth Observation (EO) satellite systems and improved mapping and analysis tools are enabling a better understanding of the ecological and environmental interactions that underlie our Earth systems, which is critical for developing sustainable solutions. The Section Environmental Remote Sensing deals with emerging methods, technologies, and high-impact EO applications in real world contexts. It may include sensors such as synthetic aperture radar for coastal subsidence monitoring, UAV based disaster damage and recovery assessment, high resolution multispectral data for ecosystem vulnerability and rehabilitation assessment, or hyperspectral data for biodiversity mapping and analysis. Topics may cover a broad range of environments from coastal to forest and desert areas as well as applications, e.g., conservation management, land conversion, natural resources mapping, and ecosystem dynamics. The focus is on environmental issues in light of climate change and human impacts.
Scope
- Ecosystem assessment and monitoring;
- Land use/cover changes (LUCC);
- Arid environments and droughts;
- Wetlands and coastal dynamics;
- Water resources vulnerability;
- Advanced methods for environmental applications;
- Coastal environments and climate change;
- Land subsidence and disaster monitoring;
- New sensors/platforms for environmental studies
Editorial Board
Topical Advisory Panel
Special Issues
Following special issues within this section are currently open for submissions:
- Environmental Monitoring Using UAV and Mobile Mapping Systems (Deadline: 25 May 2025)
- Advancements in LiDAR Technology and Applications in Remote Sensing (Deadline: 28 May 2025)
- Advances in Radiative Transfer Modeling: Applications in Natural, Urban, and Emerging Environments (Deadline: 28 May 2025)
- Applications of Remote Sensing in Earth Observation and Geo-Information Science (Deadline: 30 May 2025)
- Weather and Climate Extremes Monitoring Based on Remote Sensing Methods (Deadline: 30 May 2025)
- Multi-Source Remote Sensing Data for Water Resource Management in Agriculture (Deadline: 30 May 2025)
- Remote Sensing Supporting the Inventorying and Analysis of Ground Instabilities Scenarios Induced by Earthquakes (Deadline: 30 May 2025)
- Remote Sensing in Natural Resource and Water Environment II (Deadline: 30 May 2025)
- Recent Advances in Remote Sensing of Soil Science (Deadline: 31 May 2025)
- Application of Remote Sensing in Cultural Heritage Research II (Deadline: 31 May 2025)
- Road Extraction and Distress Assessment by Spaceborne, Airborne and Terrestrial Platforms (Second Edition) (Deadline: 31 May 2025)
- Landslide Studies Integrating Remote Sensing and Geophysical Data (Second Edition) (Deadline: 31 May 2025)
- Advanced InSAR Techniques for Geohazard Monitoring and Risk Evaluation (Deadline: 31 May 2025)
- Recent Achievements in Remote Sensing-Based Archaeological Research (Deadline: 31 May 2025)
- Remote Sensing Technologies for the Conservation and Preservation of Cultural Heritage Sites (Deadline: 31 May 2025)
- Recent Advances in Water Quality Monitoring (Deadline: 1 June 2025)
- Nighttime Light Remote Sensing Products for Urban Applications (Deadline: 10 June 2025)
- Multi-Data Integration in Near-Surface Geophysics and Close Range Remote Sensing Applied to Cultural Heritage (Deadline: 15 June 2025)
- Recent Advances in Remote Sensing Image Processing Technology (Deadline: 15 June 2025)
- Remote Sensing in Monitoring and Modelling the Patterns and Processes of Land System Change (Deadline: 15 June 2025)
- Time-Series Mapping and Analysis of Land Surface Parameters and Changes Using Remote Sensing Data (Deadline: 15 June 2025)
- Advances and Challenges in Ultra-High-Resolution Land Cover and Land Use Classification (Deadline: 15 June 2025)
- Applications of Remote Sensing Technology in Volcano Hazard Monitoring (Deadline: 15 June 2025)
- Environmental Monitoring with Sentinel Satellites: Applications and Future Perspectives (Deadline: 15 June 2025)
- Remote Sensing of Floods: Progress, Challenges and Opportunities (Second Edition) (Deadline: 15 June 2025)
- Remote Sensing Measurements of Land Use and Land Cover (Deadline: 28 June 2025)
- Advances in Remote Sensing Used in Mineral Exploration (Deadline: 28 June 2025)
- Remote Sensing for Mineral Exploration: Current Progress and Future Vision (Deadline: 28 June 2025)
- Integrating Remote Sensing, Machine Learning, and Process-Based Modelling for Monitoring Environmental and Agricultural Landscapes Under Climate Change (Deadline: 28 June 2025)
- Ecological Environment Remote Sensing and Sustainable Development Evaluation in Coastal Zones (Deadline: 29 June 2025)
- Vegetation Mapping through Multiscale Remote Sensing (Deadline: 30 June 2025)
- Advances of Remote Sensing and GIS Technology in Surface Water Bodies (Deadline: 30 June 2025)
- Artificial Intelligence for Natural Hazards (AI4NH) (Deadline: 30 June 2025)
- Machine Learning and Image Processing for Object Detection (Deadline: 30 June 2025)
- Remote Sensing Applications in Land Cover Changes and Associated Environmental Effects: Progress, Challenges, and Opportunities (Deadline: 30 June 2025)
- Remote Sensing Applications for Trace Gases and Air Quality (Deadline: 30 June 2025)
- Remote Sensing of Climate Change Influences on Urban Ecology (Deadline: 30 June 2025)
- Application of Remote Sensing Technology in Wetland Ecology (Deadline: 30 June 2025)
- Remote Sensing for Mapping and Monitoring Wetlands and Their Ecosystems (Deadline: 10 July 2025)
- Remote Sensing Applications in Hydrology and Water Resources Management (Deadline: 10 July 2025)
- 4D (Multi-Temporal) Remote Sensing: Opportunities, Challenges and Issues for Environmental Monitoring over Time (Deadline: 15 July 2025)
- Glacial Lakes and Related Hazards: Mapping, Monitoring, and Risk Assessment (Deadline: 15 July 2025)
- Monitoring Coastal and Marine Environments Based on Remote Sensing Data (Deadline: 15 July 2025)
- Machine Learning and Automation in Remote Sensing Applied in Hydrological Processes (Deadline: 15 July 2025)
- Advances in Deep Learning in the Retrieval of Key Parameters of Agrometeorological Remote Sensing (Deadline: 15 July 2025)
- Recent Advances in Remote Sensing Products for Water and Environment Monitoring (Deadline: 15 July 2025)
- Quantitative Remote Sensing of Vegetation and Its Applications (Deadline: 15 July 2025)
- Applications of Remote Sensing in Vegetation Cover and Phenology Observation (Deadline: 15 July 2025)
- Advanced Multi-GNSS Positioning and Its Applications in Geoscience (Deadline: 15 July 2025)
- Advances in Spectral Imagery and Methods for Fire and Smoke Detection (Deadline: 28 July 2025)
- Environmental Monitoring Based on Remote Sensing, Earth Observation and Geoinformation (Deadline: 29 July 2025)
- Advances in Surface Deformation Monitoring Using SAR Interferometry (Deadline: 29 July 2025)
- Remote Sensing Monitoring for Earthquakes, Tectonics and Seismic Hazards (Deadline: 30 July 2025)
- Multi-Source Remote Sensing for Environmental Component Monitoring and Target Detection (Deadline: 30 July 2025)
- Study on Hydrological Hazards Based on Multi-Source Remote Sensing (Deadline: 31 July 2025)
- Advancements in Environmental Remote Sensing and GIS (Deadline: 31 July 2025)
- Environment Observation Analysis Based on Remote Sensing and Geospatial Artificial Intelligence (Deadline: 31 July 2025)
- Precipitation, Flood and Earthquake Events Monitoring, Simulation, Analysis and Early Warning by Advanced Environmental Remote Sensing and AI (Deadline: 31 July 2025)
- Global, Regional and Cross-Event Transferability of Deep Learning and Machine Learning Models for Landslide Detection and Susceptibility Mapping (Deadline: 31 July 2025)
- Satellite Remote Sensing for Monitoring Forest Carbon and Supporting Nature-Based Carbon Crediting Mechanisms (Deadline: 31 July 2025)
- Remote Sensing for Ionospheric Studies (Deadline: 31 July 2025)
- Remote Sensing and Ecosystem Modeling for Nature-Based Solutions (Deadline: 15 August 2025)
- Remote Sensing of Solar Radiation Absorbed by Land Surfaces (Deadline: 15 August 2025)
- Remote Sensing of Coastal Waters, Land Use/Cover, Lakes, Rivers and Watersheds III (Deadline: 15 August 2025)
- Remote Sensing for Groundwater Hydrology (Deadline: 15 August 2025)
- New Tools or Trends for Large-Scale Mapping and 3D Modelling (Second Edition) (Deadline: 15 August 2025)
- Advances in Pedestrian Positioning and Navigation Based on Ultra-Wideband Technology (Deadline: 15 August 2025)
- Remote Sensing Applications in Natural Hazards and Sustainable Development (Deadline: 15 August 2025)
- Selected Papers from the XXI Brazilian Remote Sensing Symposium—SBSR 2025 (Deadline: 20 August 2025)
- Local-Scale Remote Sensing for Biodiversity, Ecology and Conservation (Deadline: 29 August 2025)
- Applications of SAR for Environment Observation Analysis (Deadline: 29 August 2025)
- Machine Learning for Spatiotemporal Remote Sensing Data (2nd Edition) (Deadline: 29 August 2025)
- Remote Sensing for Hydrological Management (Deadline: 29 August 2025)
- Advances of Optics Imaging Technologies for Environmental Remote Sensing (Deadline: 29 August 2025)
- Root-Zone Soil Moisture Retrieval and Applications from Remote Sensing Measurements (Deadline: 31 August 2025)
- Applications of Radar Remote Sensing in Earth Observation (Deadline: 31 August 2025)
- Early Warning Systems and Real-Time Monitoring for Geohazards by Remote Sensing Techniques (Deadline: 31 August 2025)
- Advances in Deep Learning Approaches: UAV Data Analysis (Deadline: 31 August 2025)
- Current and Future Earth Observing Sensor Systems aboard the International Space Station (ISS) (Deadline: 15 September 2025)
- Drones for Natural Hazards (Deadline: 15 September 2025)
- Marine Ecology and Biodiversity by Remote Sensing Technology (Deadline: 15 September 2025)
- River and Lake Dynamic Monitoring and Ecological Assessment Based on Remote Sensing (Deadline: 15 September 2025)
- Remote Sensing Applications in Digital Soil Mapping and Soil Property Modelling for Sustainable Agriculture (Deadline: 28 September 2025)
- HF Surface Wave Radar: Improving Performance and Extending Capabilities (Deadline: 30 September 2025)
- Remote Sensing for Land Surface Temperature and Related Applications (Deadline: 30 September 2025)
- Using Remote Sensing Satellites to Explore the Electromagnetic Environment and Natural Hazard Disturbances in Space (Deadline: 30 September 2025)
- Remote Sensing for 2D/3D Mapping (Deadline: 30 September 2025)
- Advances in Multi-GNSS Technology and Applications (Deadline: 30 September 2025)
- Progress in Estimating, Monitoring, and Modelling Wildfire Fuel Loads Using Remote Sensing (Deadline: 30 September 2025)
- Earth Observation of Glacier and Snow Cover Mapping in Cold Regions (Deadline: 30 September 2025)
- Remote Sensing for Structural Monitoring and Assessment of Constructions (Deadline: 30 September 2025)
- Unmanned Aerial Vehicle-Based Inspection in Infrastructure Maintenance (Deadline: 30 September 2025)
- Remote Sensing for Natural and Urban Scene Understanding and Applications (Deadline: 30 September 2025)
- Machine Learning and GeoAI for Remote Sensing Environmental Monitoring (2nd Edition) (Deadline: 30 September 2025)
- Big Earth Data and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Multi-Objectives Comprehensive Evaluation (Deadline: 15 October 2025)
- Remote Sensing and GIS-Based Innovative Techniques for Confronting Land Subsidence and Landslides (Deadline: 15 October 2025)
- Applications of Remote Sensing in Landscape Archaeology (Deadline: 15 October 2025)
- GeoAI and EO Big Data Driven Advances in Earth Environmental Science (Deadline: 15 October 2025)
- Recent Progress in Understanding Global Sea Level Rise Using Space and Earth Observations (Deadline: 15 October 2025)
- Application of Remote Sensing to Flood and Drought Analysis, Monitoring and Risk Management (Deadline: 15 October 2025)
- Applications of Remote Sensing in the Monitoring of the Mountain Cryosphere (Deadline: 15 October 2025)
- Dynamic Monitoring of Forest Resources Based on Multi-Source Remote Sensing Data (Deadline: 15 October 2025)
- Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing in Environmental and Engineering Applications (Second Edition) (Deadline: 15 October 2025)
- Coastal Dynamics Monitoring Using Remote Sensing Data (Deadline: 15 October 2025)
- Remote Sensing for Risk Assessment, Monitoring and Recovery of Fires (Deadline: 15 October 2025)
- Remote Sensing and GeoAI in Natural Hazard Assessment: Emerging Trends and Applications (Deadline: 29 October 2025)
- Remote Sensing Tools for Monitoring Vegetation and Enhancing Biodiversity Conservation Strategies (Deadline: 29 October 2025)
- Estimating Above-Ground Biomass and Above-Ground Carbon by Remote Sensing Data (Deadline: 31 October 2025)
- Advances in Satellite Image Analysis and Applications for Earth Observation (Deadline: 31 October 2025)
- Remote Sensing Monitoring and Assessment of Forest, Grassland, Wetland and Urban Ecosystem (Deadline: 31 October 2025)
- Application of UAV Images in Precision Agriculture (Deadline: 31 October 2025)
- Proximal and Remote Sensing for Low-Cost Soil Carbon Stock Estimation (Deadline: 31 October 2025)
- Remote Sensing and GIS for Monitoring Urbanization and Urban Health (Second Edition) (Deadline: 31 October 2025)
- Advanced Algorithms and Techniques for Remote Sensing Image Processing (Deadline: 31 October 2025)
- Precipitation Estimations Based on Satellite Observations (Deadline: 31 October 2025)
- Ecologically Vulnerable Zones (EVZs) in Focus: Remote Sensing and AI for Sustainable Futures (Deadline: 31 October 2025)
- Remote Sensing Applications for Environmental Monitoring and Land Changes (Deadline: 31 October 2025)
- Advanced Remote Sensing Approaches for Multi-Scale Atmospheric Components Monitoring and Impact Assessment (Deadline: 31 October 2025)
- Applications of Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) in Natural Hazard (Deadline: 31 October 2025)
- Recent Advances in Remote Sensing of Soil Moisture (Deadline: 14 November 2025)
- Remote Sensing Applications for Infrastructures (Deadline: 15 November 2025)
- Estimation of Terrestrial Water Storage Changes Based on Satellite Remote Sensing Datasets (Deadline: 28 November 2025)
- Advancements in Remote Sensing and Digital Twins for Bridge Infrastructure (Deadline: 30 November 2025)
- Recent Progress in Hyperspectral Remote Sensing Data Processing (Deadline: 30 November 2025)
- Remote Sensing Band Ratios for the Assessment of Water Quality (Deadline: 30 November 2025)
- Environmental Monitoring Using Satellite Remote Sensing (Second Edition) (Deadline: 30 November 2025)
- Application of Remote Sensing and Numerical Modelling in River, Estuarine and Coastal Environments (Deadline: 30 November 2025)
- Advancement of Multi-Source Remote Sensing Data Fusion in Environmental Monitoring (Deadline: 15 December 2025)
- Remote Sensing for Modeling and Understanding Land-Atmosphere Interaction Processes (Deadline: 15 December 2025)
- Remote Sensing of River and Lake Ice/Water Using Spaceborne, Airborne, and Ground Platforms (Deadline: 25 December 2025)
- Understanding Snow Hydrology Through Remote Sensing Technologies (Deadline: 31 December 2025)
- Multi-Data Applied to Near-Surface Geophysics (Second Edition) (Deadline: 31 December 2025)
- Spatial Calculation and Remote Sensing Diagnosis for Environmental Health (Deadline: 31 December 2025)
- Impacts of Climate Change on Water Cycle and Terrestrial Ecosystems by Remote Sensing (Deadline: 31 December 2025)
- Remote Sensing for Monitoring Land-Use/Land-Cover Change and Impacts on Ecosystem Service (Deadline: 31 December 2025)
- Remote Sensing for Monitoring Water and Carbon Cycles (Deadline: 31 December 2025)
- Remote Sensing for Soil and Water Conservation and Sustainable Development in the Context of Climate Change (Deadline: 28 February 2026)
- Improving Remote Sensing Crop Mapping and Yield Estimation by New Techniques (Deadline: 31 March 2026)
Topical Collection
Following topical collection within this section is currently open for submissions:
