Reviews in Environmental Remote Sensing

Dear Colleagues,

Environmental remote sensing is an indispensable tool for understanding, monitoring, and managing Earth’s complex environmental systems. From the launch of early Earth observation satellites in the 1970s to today’s constellation of advanced multispectral, hyperspectral, and radar sensors, remote sensing technologies have improved our ability to observe environmental changes. The field has witnessed remarkable advances in sensor capabilities, data processing algorithms, and analytical frameworks. As environmental challenges intensify globally, the synthesis and critical evaluation of remote sensing applications through comprehensive review papers has become increasingly vital for advancing the field and informing evidence-based environmental management.

This Special Issue requests high-quality review papers that synthesize current knowledge, identify research gaps, and provide future perspectives on various aspects of environmental remote sensing. We welcome systematic reviews, meta-analyses, critical reviews, and state-of-the-art assessments that consolidate findings from multiple studies and offer comprehensive insights into methodological developments, applications, and emerging trends.

Articles may address, but are not limited to, the following topics:

• Advances in satellite and airborne sensor technologies for environmental monitoring;
• Machine learning and deep learning applications in environmental remote sensing;
• Data fusion and multi-source integration techniques;
• Climate change impacts and adaptation monitoring;
• Land use/land cover change detection and analysis;
• Water resources assessment and management;
• Agricultural and food security applications;
• Natural hazards and disaster management;
• Air quality and atmospheric monitoring;
• Ecosystem and biodiversity monitoring;
• Time series analysis for environmental trend detection;
• Remote sensing for sustainable development goals (SDGs);
• Socio-ecological system monitoring and human–environment interactions.

Prof. Dr. Timo Balz
Dr. Walter Musakwa
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 250 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for assessment.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Remote Sensing is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2700 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.