Remote Sensing

Advances in Sensor Design and Algorithm Development for Cloud Remote Sensing

edited by Zhonghui Tan, Weihua Ai and

Di Di

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1892 | Submission Open

Keywords: clouds and precipitation; sensor design; algorithm; radar simulator; satellite simulator; extreme weather

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

Intelligent Perception of Disaster Information in Remote Sensing Imagery

edited by Yakun Xie,

Shengjun Tang

and Saeid Pirasteh

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1885 | Submission Open

Keywords: disaster perception; artificial intelligence; multimodal data; emergency rescue; post-disaster reconstruction; geospatial big data

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

Recent Advances in the Processing of Hyperspectral Images (Second Edition)

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submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1729 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing image processing; hyperspectral image; mixed pixels; machine learning; deep learning

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

Multi-Source Remote Sensing Integrations in Geological Hazards Research

edited by Jie Zhao,

Shufang Tian

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Ying Zhang

and

Die Hu

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1541 | Submission Open

Keywords: data fusion; landslide; mudslide; ground collapse; earthquake; hazard monitoring; hazard assessment; hazard prediction

(This special issue belongs to the Section Earth Observation for Emergency Management)

ERA5 Climate Application in Cold and Arid Regions

edited by

Yetang Wang

, Giuseppe Longo-Minnolo,

Matteo Ippolito

and

Baojuan Huai

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1411 | Submission Open

Keywords: ERA5 application; cryospheric dynamics; climate changes in cold and arid regions; weather and climatic extremes; ERA5 downscaling techniques; global and regional climate models

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

The Advancements in Aerosol, Cloud and Cloud–Aerosol Interaction by Remote Sensing

edited by

Wenhao Zhang

, Lili Zhang and

Yu Wu

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1098 | Submission Open

Keywords: aerosol; cloud; satellite remote sensing; machine learning; climate effects; cloud detection; atmospheric particulate matter; dust; air quality; environment and health

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

Automated Mapping and Monitoring of Soil Key Components and Functions Using Satellite Imagery and Artificial Intelligence Learning

edited by Fubo Zhao,

Huiwen Li

and

Shaohui Zhang

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 935 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil carbon and nitrogen mapping; soil moisture monitoring; soil moisture mapping; soil sustainable management; climate change; land use change; deep learning machine learning

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

SAR Image Change Detection: From Hand-Crafted to Deep Learning

edited by

Yuming Xiang

, Ling Wan,

Niangang Jiao

and

Sourabh Paul

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 879 | Submission Open

Keywords: deep learning for SAR image change detection; SAR change detection applications; multi-modal image change detection; multi-temporal data analysis; SAR change detection datasets

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

Remote Sensing Imagery for Agricultural Monitoring and Precision Farming

edited by Lang Xia and

He Li

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 817 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing imagery; artificial intelligence (AI); precision farming; crop health; crop mapping; yield prediction; sustainable agriculture; multi-sensor fusion; real-time monitoring; farmland infrastructure

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

Remote Sensing for Ecohydrology

edited by Ayele Almaw Fenta and

Mewcha Amha Gebremedhin

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 776 | Submission Open

Keywords: ecohydrology; remote sensing; vegetation dynamics; water and sediment flux monitoring; evapotranspiration; soil moisture; water quality prediction; groundwater– surface water interaction; ecohydrological extremes; land use change impacts; climate change impacts; ecosystem-water interaction; hydrological modeling

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

Recent Achievements in Remote Sensing-Based Archaeological Research

edited by

Rosa Lasaponara

and

Cláudia Maria de Almeida

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 762 | Submission Open

Keywords: VHR satellite imagery; close-range photogrammetry; SfM and 3D reconstruction; LiDAR data processing; ALS; TLS; MLS; BLS platforms; walls stratigraphy; coupling DL parameterization to dynamic models; SAR images processing for archaeological investigation; interior-environment 3D models

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

Advances in Drone-Based Multi-Sensor Image Translation and Augmentation

edited by Min Sun and

Yong Wang

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 669 | Submission Open

Keywords: multi-sensor image translation; drone image augmentation; image super-resolution; complex target classification; air-ground collaboration; multi-type sensor image fusion; image quality evaluation; UAV AI applications

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

Landslide Studies Integrating Remote Sensing and Geophysical Data (Second Edition)

edited by

Veronica Pazzi

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Anne-Sophie Mreyen

and

Sebastian Uhlemann

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 552 | Submission Open

Keywords: joint remote sensing and geophysical surveys; geophysical landslide monitoring; 3D data integration models; cross-validation of RS; ground-based; and subsurface information; visualization in extended reality

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

Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) for Civil Aviation

edited by

Yiping Jiang

, Eugene Bang, Fuxin Yang and

Kun Fang

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 446 | Submission Open

Keywords: multi-constellation global navigation satellite system; air navigation; integrity monitoring; global navigation satellite system jamming and spoofing; atmospheric delay; integrated positioning; fault detection and exclusion; precise positioning; machine learning; LEO navigation

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

Remote Sensing of Inland Waters and Their Catchments (2nd Edition)

edited by

Cheng Su

,

Hankui Zhang

and

Rafia Mumtaz

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 371 | Submission Open

Keywords: inland waters; catchments; multispectral/hyperspectral sensors; data fusion; water body monitoring; water quality; flood disasters; AI algorithms; ecological balance; sustainable development

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

Deep Neural Networks for Hyperspectral Remote Sensing Image Processing (Second Edition)

edited by

Yulei Wang

, Enyu Zhao,

Weiying Xie

and

Chein-I Chang

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 340 | Submission Open

Keywords: deep neural networks; deep feature extraction; lightweight model; hyperspectral remote sensing images; thermal infrared; quantitative remote sensing; multi-sensor and multi-platform analyses; remote sensing applications

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

Landslide Detection Using Machine and Deep Learning

edited by

Wen Liu

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 334 | Submission Open

Keywords: landslide detection; real-time monitoring; time series analysis; deep learning; machine learning

(This special issue belongs to the Section Earth Observation for Emergency Management)

Remote Sensing Observation Methods for Leaf Area Index (LAI)

edited by Weiliang Fan,

Qian Zhang

and Meihong Fang

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 322 | Submission Open

Keywords: leaf area index; canopy structure; ground-based observation; satellite-based remote sensing; remote sensing inversion; ground-based remote sensing platform; remote sensing modeling

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

Advancements in Satellite and Ground-Based Retrievals for Aerosol and Cloud Characterization

edited by

Deaconu Lucia

and

Haipeng Zhang

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 283 | Submission Open

Keywords: aerosols; clouds; satellite remote sensing; ground-based measurements; aerosol– cloud interactions; validation; machine learning; retrieval algorithms

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

Remote Sensing Monitoring of Conservation Tillage

edited by

Jia Du

,

Jochem Verrelst

and

Thomas Alexandridis

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 251 | Submission Open

Keywords: conservation tillage; crop residue cover; remote sensing; tillage classification; spatiotemporal fusion; machine learning; sustainable agriculture; precision farming

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

Intelligent Methods and Deep Learning Advances with Multimodal Remote Sensing Data for Environmental Hazard Applications

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submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 206 | Submission Open

Keywords: environmental hazard; intelligent algorithms; deep learning; multimodal data; hyperspectral data; foundation models; interpretable AI; self-supervised learning; change detection; 3D reconstruction; AI4EO (artificial intelligence for earth observation)

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

Applications of Multi-Instrument Remote Sensing in Climate Change and Sustainability Monitoring

edited by

John J. Qu

,

Xianjun Hao

and Zhiliang Zhu

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 189 | Submission Open

Keywords: multi-instrument remote sensing; environment monitoring; sustainability assessment; airborne and ground-based sensors; optical and radar sensing; climate change monitoring; remote sensing big data; water– energy– food– health (WEFH) nexus; artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML)

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

Advanced Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Remote Sensing Image Recognition (2nd Edition)

edited by Dong Ren, Huiqin Ma, Hang Sun and Li Liu

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 121 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; deep learning; remote sensing image interpretation; object detection; change detection; data fusion; environmental monitoring; remote sensing image quality enhancement and restoration

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

Forest Fire Monitoring Using Remotely Sensed Imagery

edited by

Michael Wing

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 72 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest fire; productivity; water; hydrology; timber resources; fire operations

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

Multi-Sensor Fusion for UAV Remote Sensing: Deep Learning-Driven Target Detection in Complex Environments

edited by

Yong Jia

, Shisheng Guo and Yongping Song

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 58 | Submission Open

Keywords: UAV remote sensing; multi-sensor fusion; deep learning; complex environments; target detection; multimodal data registration

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

Integrated Retrieval of Atmospheric Temperature and Humidity by Hyperspectral Microwave Radiometers

edited by

Jieying He

and

Gang Ma

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 56 | Submission Open

Keywords: hyperspectral microwave radiometer; integrated retrieval; temperature and humidity profile; calibration and validation; end-to-end simulation/OSSE; data assimilation impact

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

Advanced Application of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Vision in Remote Sensing (Fourth Edition)

edited by Hossein M. Rizeei

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 52 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence (AI); machine vision (MV); machine learning (ML); geospatial information systems (GIS); optimisation; spatial framework; deep learning (DL)

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

Multi-Platform Hydrometeorological Monitoring and Analysis Using Remote Sensing (Second Edition)

edited by

Marios Anagnostou

,

John Kalogiros

and

Jianzhong Lu

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 48 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing of hydrology; weather radar; multi-platform analysis; soil moisture; precipitation; evapotranspiration; meteorology; weather reanalysis; flood and drought

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

Recent Advances in Multi-Platform SAR for Surface and Structural Deformation Monitoring

edited by

Seung Kuk Lee

and

Sang-Hoon Hong

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 42 | Submission Open

Keywords: InSAR (interferometric SAR); surface deformation monitoring; multi-platform SAR; Ground-based radar (GBSAR); UAV-SAR

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

Remote Sensing Advances in Spaceborne Laser Altimetry for High-Accuracy Elevation Modeling and Application

edited by

Binbin Li

and

Huan Xie

submission deadline 1 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 238 | Submission Open

Keywords: spaceborne laser altimetry; high-accuracy elevation modeling; calibration and validation; multi-source data integration; sensor technology; planetary and asteroids mapping

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

Recent Progress in Hyperspectral Remote Sensing Data Processing

edited by Joan Serra-Sagristà,

Vladimir Lukin

and

Benoit Vozel

submission deadline 10 Jun 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 13805 | Submission Open

Keywords: hyperspectral data processing; remote sensing data processing; classification; segmentation; and detection; transmission and compression; machine-learning based remote sensing processing

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

Advances in Remote Sensing and Digital Twins for Management of Civil Infrastructure Assets

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submission deadline 10 Jun 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 12389 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital twins; structural health monitoring (SHM); artificial intelligence (AI); UAV-based photogrammetry; terrestrial laser scanning (TLS); building and bridge information modeling (BIM/BrIM); 3D reconstruction and modeling; computer vision; bridge inspection; infrastructure inspection and assessment; infrastructure management systems; virtual reality (VR); augmented reality (AR)

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

Application of Remote Sensing and Numerical Modelling in River, Estuarine and Coastal Environments

edited by

Eleonora Perugini

, Lorenzo Melito and

Erwin Bergsma

submission deadline 10 Jun 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3547 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; numerical modelling; flood risk; coastal erosion; waves; river flow; surface velocity; video monitoring; hydro-morphodynamics; CFD

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

Remote Sensing Applications Along the Dead Sea Fault: From the Red Sea to Anatolia

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submission deadline 15 Jun 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 11083 | Submission Open

Keywords: Dead Sea Fault; earth surface deformation; submarine groundwater discharge; multispectral analysis; InSAR; photogrammetry; machine-learning-based remote sensing analysis; vegetation patterns; land use; geomorphology

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

Algorithms Exploration of Land Surface Temperature Retrieval from Satellites Data

edited by Caixia Gao

submission deadline 15 Jun 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 793 | Submission Open

Keywords: thermal infrared sensors; atmospheric effect correction; land surface temperature and emissivity separation; land surface temperature downscaling; land surface temperature validation; artificial intelligence

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

Advanced Methods and Applications in SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar) Image Target Detection and Recognition

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submission deadline 15 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 191 | Submission Open

Keywords: synthetic aperture radar (SAR); target detection and recognition; multi-modal information fusion; explainability

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

Multi-Temporal 3D Point Cloud Analysis for Heritage Site Monitoring and Preservation

edited by

Nicodemo Abate

, Antonio Minervino Amodio and

Alessia Frisetti

submission deadline 15 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 92 | Submission Open

Keywords: 3D point clouds; cultural heritage; multi-temporal analysis; change detection; LiDAR; photogrammetry; heritage conservation; remote sensing

Remote Sensing-Driven Advances from Mesoscale to Convective-Scale Predictions: Process Modelling, Observations, Data Assimilation and Machine Learning

edited by

Bin Chen

and

Stephan Havemann

submission deadline 15 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 88 | Submission Open

Keywords: mesoscale convective systems; data assimilation; numerical modelling; physical mechanisms; artificial intelligence

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

Recent Progress in AI-Based Satellite Sensor Calibration and Remote Sensing Applications

edited by Daewon Chung,

Dongryeol Ryu

and Dochul Yang

submission deadline 15 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 53 | Submission Open

Keywords: calibration for high-quality remote sensing products; validation for high-quality remote sensing products; calibration and validation of constellation satellite missions; AI application for high-quality remote sensing products; application for high-quality remote sensing products; remote sensing preprocessing; image processing; deep learning; MML; VLM; and encoders; AI agents

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

Multi-Source Remote Sensing for Agricultural Water and Soil Management

edited by

Caixia Li

and

Liang Sun

submission deadline 20 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 96 | Submission Open

Keywords: multi-source remote sensing; soil moisture; evapotranspiration; data fusion; machine learning; deep learning; precision agriculture; soil and crop health ; agricultural field management

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

Advances in GIS and Remote Sensing Applications in Natural Hazards

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submission deadline 28 Jun 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 18642 | Submission Open

Keywords: GIS; natural hazards; remote sensing; vulnerability; machine learning

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

Remote Sensing of Soil Moisture and the Dynamics of Soil–Vegetation Systems

edited by

Ankur Srivastava

,

Mauro Holzman

and

Facundo Carmona

submission deadline 28 Jun 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 18599 | Submission Open

Keywords: vegetation water stress; surface and sub-surface soil moisture; solar-thermal spectra; evapotranspiration; arid and semi-arid ecosystems; vegetation productivity; water deficit in agricultural lands

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

Advances in 3D Reconstruction with High-Resolution Satellite Data

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submission deadline 28 Jun 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 6725 | Submission Open

Keywords: satellite photogrammetry; dense image matching; semantic 3D reconstruction; realistic 3D reconstruction; 3D scene understanding; multi-model 3D reconstruction

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

Integrating Deep Learning with Image Perception for Advanced Remote Sensing Applications

edited by Xin He, Yushi Chen, Jinghui Yang and

Aili Wang

submission deadline 28 Jun 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6520 | Submission Open

Keywords: deep learning; remote sensing data analysis; hyperspectral classification; multimodal remote sensing data fusion; deep learning-based SAR methods

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

Using Remote Sensing Technology to Quantify Greenhouse Gas Emissions

edited by

Ge Han

,

Simit Raval

and Tianqi Shi

submission deadline 28 Jun 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6166 | Submission Open

Keywords: greenhouse gas emissions; CO2; CH4; N2O; flux inversion; point sources; space– ground-based remote sensing; hyperspectral and LiDAR remote sensing; OCO-2/3 GOSAT TROPOMI TANSAT DQ-1

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

Advances in SAR Remote Sensing for Landslide Monitoring and Hazard Assessment

edited by Wanji Zheng,

Jun Hu

, Zhong Lu and

Jiehua Cai

submission deadline 28 Jun 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2481 | Submission Open

Keywords: Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR); Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR); landslide monitoring; ground deformation; multi-temporal analysis; data fusion; deep learning

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

Revolutionizing Earth Observation: Convolutional Neural Networks Innovations in Remote Sensing and Environmental Monitoring

edited by

Antonio Mazza

, Massimiliano Gargiulo,

Sergio Vitale

and

Matteo Ciotola

submission deadline 28 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 414 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; deep learning; convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs); generative Adversarial Networks (GANs); earth observation; remote sensing; image processing; data fusion; super resolution

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

Advances in GNSS Remote Sensing for Ionosphere Observation

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