Intelligent UAV Remote Sensing for Next-Generation Precision Agriculture
A special issue of Remote Sensing (ISSN 2072-4292). This special issue belongs to the section "Remote Sensing in Agriculture and Vegetation".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 April 2026 | Viewed by 5
Special Issue Editors
Interests: remote sensing; geomatic; precision agriculture
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Interests: remote sensing; geomatic; precision agriculture
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The necessity for sustainable agricultural practices and the global challenge of food security require management and monitoring solutions with very high spatiotemporal resolution. These solutions must strengthen and support the differential management of crops, consolidating Agriculture 4.0 and advancing towards 5.0. This Special Issue aims to gather cutting-edge research by combining Artificial Intelligence and remote sensing carried out by Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs).
UAV systems provide an unmatched platform for recording LiDAR, thermal, hyperspectral, and multispectral data, with unparalleled flexibility at both the spatial and temporal levels. However, to transform these datasets into valuable information that assists decision-making for precise and automated agronomic actions, the development of effective and intelligent algorithms is essential.
The advances in methodologies and practical applications of the intelligent use of UAVs in agriculture are the proposed topics for the submission of original manuscripts. Areas of interest include:
- Artificial intelligence and deep learning algorithms for the identification, prediction, or early detection of water stress, pests, and/or diseases in crops.
- Integration and fusion of multi-sensor data (e.g., UAV LiDAR, thermal, multispectral, and RGB) for the accurate description of vegetation parameters related to structure, vigor, nutrition, among others.
- Creation and development of autonomous and real-time systems for UAV route planning, variable rate application of inputs, and connection/interaction with other systems.
- Application of advanced processing techniques to model and map weeds and distinguish them from the main crop.
- Use of UAV-borne sensors for yield assessment.
Prof. Dr. Francisco Javier Mesas Carrascosa
Dr. Fernando Pérez Porras
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- precision agriculture
- 3D point cloud analysis
- spectral and structural data fusion
- artificial intelligence
- UAV
- geospatial data
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