Remote Sensing

Algorithm Development in Earth Observation Modeling Using Multi-Sensor Data

edited by Sanaz Vajedian, Rishabh Dutta and Indhu Varatharajan

submission deadline 10 Aug 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2238 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; multisensor data; earth observation modeling; satellite data; algorithm development; radar remote sensing; InSAR; tectonic geomorphology; optical remote sensing; multispectral sensors; hyperspectral sensors; seismic activity; geological hazards; multisource data integration; LiDAR

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

State-of-the-Art in Land Cover Classification and Mapping

edited by

Jingxiong Zhang

and

Won-Ho Nam

submission deadline 15 Aug 2025 | 12 articles | Viewed by 40077 | Submission Open

Keywords: classification; mapping; classification systems; land cover; remote-sensing images; scale; resolution; semantics; spectral– spatial– temporal features; phenology; pattern analysis; machine learning; rule bases; accuracy metrics and assessment; uncertainty; confusion matrix; mixed pixels; sampling; reference samples; image interpretation

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

LEO-Augmented PNT Service

edited by

Kan Wang

,

Ahmed El-Mowafy

and

Xuhai Yang

submission deadline 15 Aug 2025 | 14 articles | Viewed by 32585 | Submission Open

Keywords: Low Earth orbit (LEO); Precise orbit determination (POD); Time and frequency transfer; Positioning; Navigation; Integrity monitoring; Quality control; Signal processing; Sensor calibration

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

Near Real-Time (NRT) Agriculture Monitoring

edited by

Liang Sun

,

Feng Gao

,

Wenbin Wu

and Peng Yang

submission deadline 15 Aug 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 21880 | Submission Open

Keywords: near real-time (NRT); early crop mapping; crop stress; crop phenology; yield prediction; soil monitoring; data fusion; time-series analysis

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

Towards Biodiversity Conservation: Remote Sensing Applications in Ecological Modeling

edited by

Grant Hamilton

and Evangeline Corcoran

submission deadline 15 Aug 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 21802 | Submission Open

Keywords: biodiversity; conservation; remote sensing; ecological modeling; species distribution modeling; spatial ecology; mapping and monitoring; population analysis; threatened species; invasive species

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

Remote Sensing of Coastal Waters, Land Use/Cover, Lakes, Rivers and Watersheds III

edited by

Jiayi Pan

,

Bo Huang

,

Hongsheng Zhang

and Adam T. Devlin

submission deadline 15 Aug 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 16940 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing of coastal waters and zones; remote sensing data fusion technology; land cover/use; remote sensing of lakes; rivers; and watersheds; remote sensing and GIS technology; marine remote sensing

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

Remote Sensing and Ecosystem Modeling for Nature-Based Solutions

edited by

Lei Ma

and

Aolin Jia

submission deadline 15 Aug 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 16901 | Submission Open

Keywords: nature based solutions; remote sensing observations; afforestation; reforestation; deforestation; carbon; water and energy fluxes; carbon sequestration potential; empirical or process-based modeling

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

Remote Sensing Cross-Modal Research: Algorithms and Practices

edited by

Xiangtao Zheng

, Xiumei Chen and

Jinchang Ren

submission deadline 15 Aug 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 14552 | Submission Open

Keywords: cross-modal representation learning; cross-modal detection and identification; cross-modal conversion and retrieval; cross-modal knowledge reasoning; cross-modal image generation; cross-modal collaborative learning; remote sensing cross-modal application; domain adaptation; transfer learning; cross-modal consistency feature representation

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

Air-Sea Interaction and Climate Variability in the Ocean: Observations and Modeling Based on Remote Sensing Techniques

edited by

Yuhong Zhang

,

Xiaomei Liao

and

Vladimir N. Kudryavtsev

submission deadline 15 Aug 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 13556 | Submission Open

Keywords: air-sea interactions; climate variability; oceanic dynamics; small- and meso-scale processes; remote sensing observations; high-resolution modeling

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

Pattern Recognition in Remote Sensing II

edited by

Chunlei Huo

,

Zhiqiang Zhou

, Lurui Xia and

Samia Ainouz

submission deadline 15 Aug 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 12659 | Submission Open

Keywords: pattern recognition; deep learning; remote sensing; image processing; artificial intelligence

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

Artificial Intelligence-Based Sensor Data Processing for Remote Sensing

edited by

Seongwook Lee

and Byung-Kwan Kim

submission deadline 15 Aug 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 12347 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; artificial intelligence/deep learning; sensors (e.g.; camera; lidar; radar); sensor fusion; signal/image processing; target detection and tracking; target recognition and classification; image segmentation

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

Processes and Effects of Atmospheric and Ionospheric Dynamics Based on Remote Sensing Observations

edited by

Yun Gong

,

Guozhu Li

and Maosheng He

submission deadline 15 Aug 2025 | 10 articles | Viewed by 10863 | Submission Open

Keywords: gravity/tidal/planetary waves; ionospheric irregularities; solar activity; geomagnetic storms; atmosphere– ionosphere coupling; remote sensing techniques

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

New Advances in Remote Sensing Techniques Applied in Surface and Underground Mine Operations

edited by

Kamran Esmaeili

submission deadline 15 Aug 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 9919 | Submission Open

Keywords: open-pit mining; underground mining; mapping; mine process monitoring; operational efficiency; mine safety; mine environmental monitoring

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

Object Detection and Information Extraction Based on Remote Sensing Imagery (Second Edition)

edited by

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, Gong Cheng and

submission deadline 15 Aug 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 8634 | Submission Open

Keywords: object detection of remote sensing images; object detection and tracking of remote sensing videos; few/zero-shot learning; multi-source data fusion; weakly supervised learning; semantic segmentation; remote sensing image classification

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

Monitoring Vegetation Response Based on Remote Sensing and Climate Data (Second Edition)

edited by

Rui Yao

and

Mario Cunha

submission deadline 15 Aug 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7143 | Submission Open

Keywords: vegetation cover; vegetation phenology; vegetation productivity; crop yield; NDVI/EVI/LAI; climate change; human activity detection/monitoring

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

New Tools or Trends for Large-Scale Mapping and 3D Modelling (Second Edition)

edited by

Tarig Ali

,

Jorge Delgado García

and

Fayez Tarsha Kurdi

submission deadline 15 Aug 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6989 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; topographic mapping; mobile mapping; data acquisition; sensors; LiDAR; UAVs (drone); feature extraction; 3D modelling; machine learning; data classification; forests modelling; digital twins; city information modelling (CIM); building information modelling (BIM); land information modelling (LAM); tree information modelling (TIM); processing quality

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

Microwave Remote Sensing of Soil Moisture II

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submission deadline 15 Aug 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5365 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil moisture; active microwave remote sensing; passive microwave remote sensing; product validation and error analysis; retrieval algorithms; downscaling/upscaling methods; spatiotemporal fusion techniques; GNSS-R; data assimilation; eco-hydrological applications

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

Advancements in AI-Based Remote Sensing Object Detection

edited by

Yu Oishi

and Daniele Pannone

submission deadline 15 Aug 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4678 | Submission Open

Keywords: deep learning; image recognition; change detection; object detection; tracking; monitoring; new sensors; algorithms; applications

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

Advances in Remote Sensing for Regional Soil Moisture Monitoring

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submission deadline 15 Aug 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4226 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; soil moisture; water resources management; regional scale; hydrological processes; data integration and interpretation; multi-sensor remote sensing observations

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

Monitoring and Modelling of Geological Disasters Based on InSAR Observations: 3rd Edition

edited by

Chisheng Wang

,

Bochen Zhang

,

Chuanhua Zhu

and Bin Zhang

submission deadline 15 Aug 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3753 | Submission Open

Keywords: InSAR; geological disaster; disaster monitoring; disaster modeling and interpretation

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

Advanced Satellite Earth Observing Technologies for Weather and Climate Resilience

edited by

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and Longjiang Li

submission deadline 15 Aug 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2873 | Submission Open

Keywords: satellite Earth observations; GNSS atmospheric monitoring; International GNSS Service data and products; severe weather forecasting; climate risks assessment; environmental monitoring; numerical weather prediction model; artificial intelligence (AI)-empowered climate model; GNSS tropospheric tomography; miscellaneous advanced methodologies and applications

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

Advances in Pedestrian Positioning and Navigation Based on Ultra-Wideband Technology

edited by

Vincenzo Di Pietra

and

Paolo Dabove

submission deadline 15 Aug 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2343 | Submission Open

Keywords: ultra-wideband (UWB); android; smartphone; indoor positioning and tracking; multisensor integration and fusion; PNT; GNSS; cooperative positioning; seamless navigation; ubiquitous positioning

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

3D Reconstruction in Cultural Heritage Conservation Through Range-Based and Image-Based Techniques

edited by

Domenica Costantino

and

Vincenzo Saverio Alfio

submission deadline 15 Aug 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1827 | Submission Open

Keywords: range and imaged-based techniques; three-dimensional (3D) datasets; 3D modelling; BIM; FEM; digital twin; cultural heritage; G.I.S.; big data

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

Remote Sensing Applications in Natural Hazards and Sustainable Development

edited by

Yaohui Liu

, Bo Yu and

Fangbin Liu

submission deadline 15 Aug 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1633 | Submission Open

Keywords: natural hazards; risk; sustainable development goals; resilience; flood; earthquake; geology; landslide; ecology; fire; sustainably

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

Crop Biophysical Parameters Retrieval Using Remote Sensing Data (Second Edition)

edited by

Jiangang Liu

,

Bo Li

and

Zhenjiang Zhou

submission deadline 15 Aug 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1473 | Submission Open

Keywords: crop biophysical parameters; optical remote sensing; active remote sensing; multisource data integration; radiative transfer model; deep learning

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

Deep Learning for Multi-Source Remote Sensing Image Interpretation: Exploring, Rethinking, and Limiting Breakthroughs

edited by

Xin Zhang

, Xueyao Hu, Yang Li,

Fernando José Aguilar

and

Muhammad Yasir

submission deadline 15 Aug 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1101 | Submission Open

Keywords: multi-source remote sensing image processing; remote sensing image generation; multimodal remote sensing image interpretation model; target characteristic analysis; radar signal processing; new task dataset and benchmark for remote sensing image interpretation

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

Using Atmospheric Components as Tracers for Optical Remote Sensing in Different Height Regions

edited by Guotao Yang and Zelong Wang

submission deadline 15 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 149 | Submission Open

Keywords: optical remote sensing; lidar; airglow; metal layer; atmosphere detection

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

Machine Learning at the Object: Fine-Grained Extraction and Analysis in Remote Sensing

edited by

Yongyang Xu

, Zhong Xie, Sheng Hu and

Anna Hu

submission deadline 20 Aug 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4139 | Submission Open

Keywords: deep learning; machine learning; remote sensing applications; classification; segmentation; remote sensing interpretation; pattern recognition; height extraction; object detection; land use and land cover; vision transformer model; multi-source remote sensing data

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

New Image Processing Theories and Methods in Hyperspectral Remote Sensing

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submission deadline 20 Aug 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1731 | Submission Open

Keywords: rectification; denoising; restoration; and enhancement; feature selection and extraction; super-resolution; clustering; unmixing; and image fusion; classification; target detection; change detection; segmentation; and scene recognition; deep learning algorithms designed for hyperspectral remote sensing image processing; application of hyperspectral remote sensing image processing results; opportunities and challenges in hyperspectral remote sensing image processing

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

Advances in Remote Sensing and AI for Monitoring and Mitigating Land Subsidence and Secondary Geohazards

edited by Jing Wang,

Sen Du

,

Joaquín Menéndez

and Xiwei Fan

submission deadline 20 Aug 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 799 | Submission Open

Keywords: land subsidence; InSAR; GNSS deformation monitoring; 3D deformation analysis; machine learning/deep learning; subsidence modeling; GPS optical image urban monitoring

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

Selected Papers from the XXI Brazilian Remote Sensing Symposium—SBSR 2025

edited by

Luiz E. O. C. Aragao

,

Yosio Edemir Shimabukuro

,

Marcos Adami

and Lubia Vinhas

submission deadline 20 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 336 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban area; agriculture; forestry; land use and land cover; geoinformatics; radar; lidar; hyperspectral; time series; water

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

Cutting-Edge PolSAR Imaging Applications and Techniques

edited by Dapeng Tao,

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submission deadline 25 Aug 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 347 | Submission Open

Keywords: multitemporal SAR/PolSAR; polarimetric target decomposition; change detection; PolInSAR; deep learning for PolSAR image; land coverage mapping and classification

(This special issue belongs to the Section Earth Observation Data)

Space-Photogrammetry for High-Precision Measurement by Multi-Sensor Data Fusion

edited by Rujin Zhao,

Zhenming Peng

and

Xiong Xu

submission deadline 28 Aug 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2095 | Submission Open

Keywords: space target; high-precision measurement; remote sensing; information fusion; space photogrammetry; spectral measurement

Forest Disturbance Monitoring with Optical Satellite Imagery

edited by Antoine Masse and

Nikolay S. Strigul

submission deadline 28 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 232 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest disturbance; optical remote sensing; forest degradation; forest monitoring multi-source data fusion; data calibration and validation

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

Advances in High-Resolution Crop Mapping at Large Spatial Scales

edited by

Lingbo Yang

and Pengliang Wei

submission deadline 28 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 129 | Submission Open

Keywords: high-resolution crop mapping; remote sensing for agriculture; large-scale crop monitoring; multi-source satellite data; crop classification; machine learning in agriculture; temporal dynamics of crops; agricultural change detection; precision agriculture; remote sensing applications in food security

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

Local-Scale Remote Sensing for Biodiversity, Ecology and Conservation

edited by

Jesper Erenskjold Moeslund

submission deadline 29 Aug 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 13469 | Submission Open

Keywords: biodiversity; ecology; local scale; remote sensing; conservation; restoration; laser scanning; satellite sensors; drones

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

Challenges and New Advances for Human-Climate Interactions in Cities Using Remote Sensing

edited by

Hajime Seya

and

Hasi Bagan

submission deadline 29 Aug 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 11241 | Submission Open

Keywords: Thermal environment; Urban growth; Local climate zone; Urban systems design; Urban carbon management; Disaster resilience; Land cover mapping; Image fusion; Machine learning

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

Applications of SAR for Environment Observation Analysis

edited by

Vahid Akbari

,

Nizar Bouhlel

,

Alireza Tabatabaeenejad

and

Esra Erten

submission deadline 29 Aug 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 9475 | Submission Open

Keywords: synthetic aperture radar; earth observation; machine (deep) learning; image processing; statistical signal processing; environmental monitoring; radar polarimetry; radar interferometry; multivariate statistical analysis; big data analysis

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

Machine Learning for Spatiotemporal Remote Sensing Data (2nd Edition)

edited by

Lianfa Li

,

Xiaomei Yang

,

Yong Ge

and

Nikolaos L. Tsakiridis

submission deadline 29 Aug 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5042 | Submission Open

Keywords: spatiotemporal modeling; spatiotemporal dependency; spatiotemporal prediction; spatiotemporal fusion; forecast; machine learning; deep learning; regression; classification; remote sensing; forecast

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

Remote Sensing for Soil Properties and Plant Ecosystems

edited by

Jarosław Zawadzki

submission deadline 29 Aug 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3668 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil properties; plant ecosystems; soil spectroscopy; soil monitoring; soil mapping; deep learning; multisensoral analysis; soil moisture; plant stress detection

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

Coastal and Marine Monitoring and Restoration Mapping Using UAS and Remote Sensing Systems

edited by

Niall Burnside

,

Jonathan Dale

and Matthew Brolly

submission deadline 29 Aug 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2851 | Submission Open

Keywords: UAVs; remote sensing; blue carbon; coastal vegetated systems; saltmarsh; seagrass; kelp; marine mammals; birds

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

Application of Remote Sensing in Snow and Ice Monitoring

edited by Qian Yang,

Xiaohua Hao

, Yanli Zhang and Yuwen Pang

submission deadline 29 Aug 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1198 | Submission Open

Keywords: snow cover; lake ice; ice dynamics; sea ice; climate change; multi-sensor and multi-source data; change detection; remote sensing applications; resources assessment

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

Electromagnetic Modeling of Geophysical Prospecting in Remote Sensing

edited by

Guoqiang Xue

,

Xiaolei Tu

and Hongzhu Cai

submission deadline 29 Aug 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 973 | Submission Open

Keywords: electromagnetic modeling; geophysical prospecting; remote sensing; machine learning in geophysics; electromagnetic wave propagation; subsurface exploration; mineral exploration; groundwater detection; environmental monitoring; inversion methods; data integration; computational geophysics

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

GNSS and Multi-Sensor Integrated Precise Positioning and Applications

edited by

Guorui Xiao

,

Xinghan Chen

, Peiyuan Zhou and

Lingxuan Wang

submission deadline 29 Aug 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 896 | Submission Open

Keywords: GNSS; multi-sensors integration; integration algorithms; cooperative positioning; challenging environments; precise positioning; robust positioning

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

Advanced Image Processing Algorithms for Object Detection and Tracking in Aerial and Satellite Imagery

edited by

Jun Zhou

,

Libao Zhang

, Junpeng Zhang and

Jue Zhang

submission deadline 29 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 584 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; deep learning; object detection; object tracking; cross-modal representation learning; hyperspectral videos

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

Remote Sensing in Soil Organic Carbon Dynamics

edited by Xiangtian Meng,

Huanjun Liu

and

Chong Luo

submission deadline 29 Aug 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 549 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil organic carbon; remote sensing; multi-source data; spatiotemporal dynamics; deep learning model; driver analysis

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

Digital Twins of the Earth: Contribution to a More Sustainable Society

edited by

Stefano Nativi

and

Paolo Mazzetti

submission deadline 29 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 464 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital twin; earth observation; sustainability; cyber-physical world (virtual worlds); Web 4.0 (intelligent web); AI

Remote Sensing for Hydrological Management

edited by

Ram L. Ray

and

Gebrekidan Tefera

submission deadline 29 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 421 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; hydrological monitoring; hydrological extremes; hydrological models; soil moisture; water quality; water management

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

SAR Target Detection and Recognition with Intelligent Methods and Its Applications

edited by Zongyong Cui, Sihang Dang,

Siqian Zhang

and Zongjie Cao

submission deadline 29 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 271 | Submission Open

Keywords: synthetic aperture radar; SAR target detection; SAR target recognition; artificial intelligence; small sample; SAR image interpretation

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

Advancements in Deep Learning for Remote Sensing: Exploring Planetary and Earth Observation Applications

edited by

Riccardo La Grassa

and

Ignazio Gallo

submission deadline 29 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 261 | Submission Open

Keywords: deep learning; earth observation; planetary science; feature detection; mapping; super-resolution; classification

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

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