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Intelligent Remote Sensing: AI-Powered Techniques for Enhanced Data Analysis and Interpretation

A special issue of Remote Sensing (ISSN 2072-4292). This special issue belongs to the section "AI Remote Sensing".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 August 2025 | Viewed by 6499

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Prof. Dr. Hai Wang

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School of Aerospace Science and Technology, Xidian University, Xi’an 710126, China
Interests: hyperspectral image; remote sensing image processing; artificial intelligence; hyperspectral anomaly detection; object detection; radar signal processing
Prof. Dr. Nianyin Zeng

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Department of Instrumental and Electrical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 61102, China
Interests: intelligent data analysis; machine learning and computer vision; computational intelligent; artificial intelligence in biomedical and industry
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Dr. Shou Feng

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College of Information and Comminication Engineering, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin 150001, China
Interests: remote sensing image processing; data mining; machine learning
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Intelligent Remote Sensing harnesses the power of Artificial Intelligence to revolutionize data analysis and interpretation in remote sensing. As remote sensing data deluge in from satellites and drones, AI techniques offer unprecedented capabilities for processing, classifying, and extracting insights from this vast trove of information. By automating complex tasks and revealing patterns unseen to the naked eye, this research area is crucial for advancing precision agriculture, environmental monitoring, disaster response, and urban planning, among others.

This Special Issue is highly relevant to the scope of remote sensing, as it addresses a key trend in the field: the integration of AI with remote sensing technologies. By highlighting the potential and applications of AI-driven techniques, it contributes to advancing the state of the art in remote sensing research and practice, fostering interdisciplinary collaboration and innovation.

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

  • General remote sensing image processing, including object detection, classification, segmentation, anomaly detection, change detection, denoising, fusion, etc.
  • Real-world application with remote sensing data, such as optical images, SAR images, multispectral/hyperspectral images, multi-source data, and so on.
  • Methodology: deep learning models, traditional models, interpretable models, etc.

Prof. Dr. Hai Wang
Dr. Nianyin Zeng
Dr. Shou Feng
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Keywords

  • remote sensing image processing
  • remote sensing semantic analysis
  • remote sensing applications
  • big data analysis
  • data fusion
  • artificial intelligence
  • machine learning
  • deep learning

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An Active Object-Detection Algorithm for Adaptive Attribute Adjustment of Remote-Sensing Images
by Jianyu Wang, Feng Zhu, Qun Wang, Pengfei Zhao and Yingjian Fang
Remote Sens. 2025, 17(5), 818; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs17050818 - 26 Feb 2025
Cited by 1 | Viewed by 550
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In recent years, the continuous advancement of deep learning has led to significant progress in object-detection technology for remote-sensing images. However, most current detection methods passively perform detection on the input image without considering the relationship between imaging configurations and detection-algorithm performance. Therefore, [...] Read more.
In recent years, the continuous advancement of deep learning has led to significant progress in object-detection technology for remote-sensing images. However, most current detection methods passively perform detection on the input image without considering the relationship between imaging configurations and detection-algorithm performance. Therefore, when factors such as poor lighting conditions, extreme shooting angles, or long acquisition distances degrade image quality, the passive detection framework limits the effectiveness of the current detection algorithm, preventing it from completing the detection task. To address the limitations above, this paper proposes an active object-detection (AOD) method based on deep reinforcement learning, taking adaptive brightness and collection position adjustments as examples. Specifically, we first established an end-to-end network structure to generate attribute control policies. Then, we designed a reward function suitable for remote-sensing images based on the degree of improvement in detection performance. Finally, we propose a new viewpoint-management method in this paper, which is successfully implemented by a training method of long-term Prioritized Experience Replay (LPER), which significantly reduces the accumulation of negative and repetitive samples and improves the success rate of the AOD algorithm for remote-sensing images. The experiments on two public datasets have fully demonstrated the effectiveness and advantages of the algorithm proposed in this paper. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Intelligent Remote Sensing: AI-Powered Techniques for Enhanced Data Analysis and Interpretation)
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DeepDR: A Two-Level Deep Defect Recognition Framework for Meteorological Satellite Images
by Xiangang Zhao, Xiangyu Chang, Cunqun Fan, Manyun Lin, Lan Wei and Yunming Ye
Remote Sens. 2025, 17(4), 585; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs17040585 - 8 Feb 2025
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Raw meteorological satellite images often suffer from defects such as noise points and lines due to atmospheric interference and instrument errors. Current solutions typically rely on manual visual inspection to identify these defects. However, manual inspection is labor-intensive, lacks uniform standards, and is [...] Read more.
Raw meteorological satellite images often suffer from defects such as noise points and lines due to atmospheric interference and instrument errors. Current solutions typically rely on manual visual inspection to identify these defects. However, manual inspection is labor-intensive, lacks uniform standards, and is prone to both false positives and missed detections. To address these challenges, we propose DeepDR, a two-level deep defect recognition framework for meteorological satellite images. DeepDR consists of two modules: a transformer-based noise image classification module for the first level and a noise region segmentation module based on a pseudo-label training strategy for the second level. This framework enables the automatic identification of defective cloud images and the detection of noise points and lines, thereby significantly improving the accuracy of defect recognition. To evaluate the effectiveness of DeepDR, we have collected and released two satellite cloud image datasets from the FengYun-1 satellite, which include noise points and lines. Subsequently, we conducted comprehensive experiments to demonstrate the superior performance of our approach in addressing the satellite cloud image defect recognition problem. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Intelligent Remote Sensing: AI-Powered Techniques for Enhanced Data Analysis and Interpretation)
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Multiscale Spatial–Spectral Dense Residual Attention Fusion Network for Spectral Reconstruction from Multispectral Images
by Moqi Liu, Wenjuan Zhang and Haizhu Pan
Remote Sens. 2025, 17(3), 456; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs17030456 - 29 Jan 2025
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Spectral reconstruction (SR) from multispectral images (MSIs) is a crucial task in remote sensing image processing, aiming to enhance the spectral resolution of MSIs to produce hyperspectral images (HSIs). However, most existing deep learning-based SR methods primarily focus on deeper network architectures, often [...] Read more.
Spectral reconstruction (SR) from multispectral images (MSIs) is a crucial task in remote sensing image processing, aiming to enhance the spectral resolution of MSIs to produce hyperspectral images (HSIs). However, most existing deep learning-based SR methods primarily focus on deeper network architectures, often overlooking the importance of extracting multiscale spatial and spectral features in the MSIs. To bridge this gap, this paper proposes a multiscale spatial–spectral dense residual attention fusion network (MS2Net) for SR. Specifically, considering the multiscale nature of the land-cover types in the MSIs, a three-dimensional multiscale hierarchical residual module is designed and embedded in the head of the proposed MS2Net to extract spatial and spectral multiscale features. Subsequently, we employ a two-pathway architecture to extract deep spatial and spectral features. Both pathways are constructed with a single-shot dense residual module for efficient feature learning and a residual composite soft attention module to enhance salient spatial and spectral features. Finally, the spatial and spectral features extracted from the different pathways are integrated using an adaptive weighted feature fusion module to reconstruct HSIs. Extensive experiments on both simulated and real-world datasets demonstrate that the proposed MS2Net achieves superior performance compared to state-of-the-art SR methods. Moreover, classification experiments on the reconstructed HSIs show that the proposed MS2Net-reconstructed HSIs achieve classification accuracy that is comparable to that of real HSIs. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Intelligent Remote Sensing: AI-Powered Techniques for Enhanced Data Analysis and Interpretation)
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Band Selection Algorithm Based on Multi-Feature and Affinity Propagation Clustering
by Junbin Zhuang, Wenying Chen, Xunan Huang and Yunyi Yan
Remote Sens. 2025, 17(2), 193; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs17020193 - 8 Jan 2025
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Hyperspectral images are high-dimensional data containing rich spatial, spectral, and radiometric information, widely used in geological mapping, urban remote sensing, and other fields. However, due to the characteristics of hyperspectral remote sensing images—such as high redundancy, strong correlation, and large data volumes—the classification [...] Read more.
Hyperspectral images are high-dimensional data containing rich spatial, spectral, and radiometric information, widely used in geological mapping, urban remote sensing, and other fields. However, due to the characteristics of hyperspectral remote sensing images—such as high redundancy, strong correlation, and large data volumes—the classification and recognition of these images present significant challenges. In this paper, we propose a band selection method (GE-AP) based on multi-feature extraction and the Affine Propagation Clustering (AP) algorithm for dimensionality reduction of hyperspectral images, aiming to improve classification accuracy and processing efficiency. In this method, texture features of the band images are extracted using the Gray-Level Co-occurrence Matrix (GLCM), and the Euclidean distance between bands is calculated. A similarity matrix is then constructed by integrating multi-feature information. The AP algorithm clusters the bands of the hyperspectral images to achieve effective band dimensionality reduction. Through simulation and comparison experiments evaluating the overall classification accuracy (OA) and Kappa coefficient, it was found that the GE-AP method achieves the highest OA and Kappa coefficient compared to three other methods, with maximum increases of 8.89% and 13.18%, respectively. This verifies that the proposed method outperforms traditional single-information methods in handling spatial and spectral redundancy between bands, demonstrating good adaptability and stability. Full article
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SSUM: Spatial–Spectral Unified Mamba for Hyperspectral Image Classification
by Song Lu, Min Zhang, Yu Huo, Chenhao Wang, Jingwen Wang and Chenyu Gao
Remote Sens. 2024, 16(24), 4653; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs16244653 (registering DOI) - 12 Dec 2024
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How to effectively extract spectral and spatial information and apply it to hyperspectral image classification (HSIC) has been a hot research topic. In recent years, the transformer-based HSIC models have attracted much interest due to their advantages in long-distance modeling of spatial and [...] Read more.
How to effectively extract spectral and spatial information and apply it to hyperspectral image classification (HSIC) has been a hot research topic. In recent years, the transformer-based HSIC models have attracted much interest due to their advantages in long-distance modeling of spatial and spectral features in hyperspectral images (HSIs). However, the transformer-based method suffers from high computational complexity, especially in HSIC tasks that require processing large amounts of data. In addition, the spatial variability inherent in HSIs limits the performance improvement of HSIC. To handle these challenges, a novel Spectral–Spatial Unified Mamba (SSUM) model is proposed, which introduces the State Space Model (SSM) into HSIC tasks to reduce computational complexity and improve model performance. The SSUM model is composed of two branches, i.e., the Spectral Mamba branch and the Spatial Mamba branch, designed to extract the features of HSIs from both spectral and spatial perspectives. Specifically, in the Spectral Mamba branch, a nearest-neighbor spectrum fusion (NSF) strategy is proposed to alleviate the interference caused by the spatial variability (i.e., same object having different spectra). In addition, a novel sub-spectrum scanning (SS) mechanism is proposed, which scans along the sub-spectrum dimension to enhance the model’s perception of subtle spectral details. In the Spatial Mamba branch, a Spatial Mamba (SM) module is designed by combining a 2D Selective Scan Module (SS2D) and Spatial Attention (SA) into a unified network to sufficiently extract the spatial features of HSIs. Finally, the classification results are derived by uniting the output feature of the Spectral Mamba and Spatial Mamba branch, thus improving the comprehensive performance of HSIC. The ablation studies verify the effectiveness of the proposed NSF, SS, and SM. Comparison experiments on four public HSI datasets show the superior of the proposed SSUM. Full article
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Remote Sensing Image Denoising Based on Feature Interaction Complementary Learning
by Shaobo Zhao, Youqiang Dong, Xi Cheng, Yu Huo, Min Zhang and Hai Wang
Remote Sens. 2024, 16(20), 3820; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs16203820 - 14 Oct 2024
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Optical remote sensing images are of considerable significance in a plethora of applications, including feature recognition and scene semantic segmentation. However, the quality of remote sensing images is compromised by the influence of various types of noise, which has a detrimental impact on [...] Read more.
Optical remote sensing images are of considerable significance in a plethora of applications, including feature recognition and scene semantic segmentation. However, the quality of remote sensing images is compromised by the influence of various types of noise, which has a detrimental impact on their practical applications in the aforementioned fields. Furthermore, the intricate texture characteristics inherent to remote sensing images present a significant hurdle in the removal of noise and the restoration of image texture details. In order to address these challenges, we propose a feature interaction complementary learning (FICL) strategy for remote sensing image denoising. In practical terms, the network is comprised of four main components: noise predictor (NP), reconstructed image predictor (RIP), feature interaction module (FIM), and fusion module. The combination of these modules serves to not only complete the fusion of the prediction results of NP and RIP, but also to achieve a deep coupling of the characteristics of the two predictors. Consequently, the advantages of noise prediction and reconstructed image prediction can be combined, thereby enhancing the denoising capability of the model. Furthermore, comprehensive experimentation on both synthetic Gaussian noise datasets and real-world denoising datasets has demonstrated that FICL has achieved favorable outcomes, emphasizing the efficacy and robustness of the proposed framework. Full article
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