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SAR Monitoring of Marine and Coastal Environments
edited by Tao Xie, , and Xinwei Chen
submission deadline 15 Feb 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 10267 | Submission Open
Keywords: synthetic aperture radar (SAR); marine environments; coastal hazards; remote sensing; deep learning; harsh environments; polar oceans; marine pollution; habitat mapping; climate change
(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Remote Sensing)
Advancements of Vision-Language Models (VLMs) in Remote Sensing
edited by Zhixi Feng, Chuang Yang, Hongyuan Zhang, Chen Yang and Yue Chang
submission deadline 15 Feb 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 9367 | Submission Open
Keywords: vision– language models (VLMs); multimodal data fusion; remote sensing VQA; automatic annotation; semantic segmentation; object detection; super-resolution reconstruction; change detection; pretraining models; multimodal retrieval
Estimating Atmospheric Aerosols and Cloud Physics with Optical and Multispectral Sensors
edited by , Haofei Wang, Chunsong Lu and
submission deadline 15 Feb 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5721 | Submission Open
Keywords: aerosol– cloud interactions; remote sensing; multispectral sensors; aerosol optical depth (AOD); cloud microphysical properties; cloud condensation nuclei (CCN); lidar; radiometers; satellite; machine learning
(This special issue belongs to the Section Atmospheric Remote Sensing)
Sub-Pixel Mapping, Spatio-Temporal Fusion of Multi-Spectral and Hyperspectral Remote Sensing Data submission deadline 15 Feb 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3948 | Submission Open
Keywords: sub-pixel mapping; spatiotemporal fusion method; optical/multispectral/hyperspectral image analysis; mixed pixel problem; urban land use mapping; time-series analysis; multitemporal remote sensing data processing; change detection method
(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing Image Processing)
Satellite Remote Sensing Techniques for Ionospheric and Thermospheric Observations
edited by , Ningbo Wang, and
submission deadline 15 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2847 | Submission Open
Keywords: ionosphere; thermosphere; satellite; GNSS; radio occultation; radio waves; radar sounding; optical imaging; ionospheric/thermospheric modeling; space weather
(This special issue belongs to the Section Atmospheric Remote Sensing)
Remote Sensing Applications in Urban Ecosystem Services (Second Edition)
edited by Songbing Zou
submission deadline 15 Feb 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2819 | Submission Open
Keywords: urban ecosystem services; quantification and assessment; climate change; human activity; sustainable management; urbanization; urban heat island effect; air quality; water resource management; biodiversity conservation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Remote Sensing)
Satellite Remote Sensing for Monitoring Forest Carbon and Supporting Nature-Based Carbon Crediting Mechanisms
edited by You-Ren Wang and
submission deadline 15 Feb 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2693 | Submission Open
Keywords: satellite remote sensing; forest carbon monitoring; carbon flux analysis; nature-based solutions (NbSs); carbon crediting mechanisms; carbon MRV; blue carbon
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Remote Sensing)
Advancing Earth Observation Through Artificial Intelligence: From Foundation Models to Intelligent Retrieval Systems
edited by , , Andrew Parnell, Sid-Ahmed Boukabara and Chiara Maria Cocchiara
submission deadline 15 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 331 | Submission Open
Keywords: earth observations; foundation models; radiative transfer; meteorology; machine learning
(This special issue belongs to the Section Earth Observation Data)
Innovative Remote-Sensing Technologies for Sea Ice Observing
edited by Mingzhe Jiang, and Linlin Xu
submission deadline 15 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 143 | Submission Open
Keywords: sea ice remote sensing; satellite SAR and passive microwave; airborne/UAV hyperspectral imaging; ice thickness and altitude retrieval; multi-sensor data fusion; deep learning classification; climate and operational forecasting; cryosphere monitoring
(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing in Geology, Geomorphology and Hydrology)
Satellite Observation of Middle and Upper Atmospheric Dynamics
edited by , Haiyang Gao and
submission deadline 15 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 110 | Submission Open
Keywords: atmospheric parameters retrieval; novel satellite-based observation technologies; atmospheric dynamics; near-space modeling and prediction; coupling and long-term change mechanism; multi-source data assimilation technologies
(This special issue belongs to the Section Atmospheric Remote Sensing)
Remote Sensing at Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV) — Geophysics and Volcanology Experience submission deadline 16 Feb 2026 | 9 articles | Viewed by 30679 | Submission Open
Keywords: volcanic activity; explosive and effusive phases; volcanic hazard assessment; modelling of volcano processes; volcano hazard forecasting; monitoring active volcanoes
(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing in Geology, Geomorphology and Hydrology)
Current Trends Using Cutting-Edge Geospatial Remote Sensing submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 17170 | Submission Open
Keywords: geospatial remote sensing; artificial intelligence; machine learning; deep learning; classification and recognition; change detection; three-dimensional remote sensing; remote sensing big data; data processing; VR/AR reality; internet of things  (IoT); edge computing; blockchain; small/stereo/video satellite; UAV; LiDAR; object detection; object modelling
(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing for Geospatial Science)
Evapotranspiration Model Based on Remote Sensing and Ground Station Observation Data and Its Application in Agriculture
edited by , Yun Yang and
submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 16742 | Submission Open
Keywords: evapotranspiration (ET); water resource management; environmental monitoring; crop growth; irrigation management; drought monitoring; precision agriculture; crop yield prediction
(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing in Agriculture and Vegetation)
Real-Time Flood Monitoring and Prediction Using Integrative Remote Sensing and AI
edited by Pietro Ceccato, Pekel Jean-François and Peter Salamon
submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 15564 | Submission Open
Keywords: satellite image; artificial intelligence; flood depth; flood monitoring; flood forecasting; airplane/drone images; urban flood; hydrological models
(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing in Geology, Geomorphology and Hydrology)
Remote Sensing Approaches for the Detection and Analysis in Coastal and River Delta Regions submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 14005 | Submission Open
Keywords: earth observation; remote sensing; river delta; coastal regions; disaster risk assessment
(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Remote Sensing)
Towards High-Precision 3D Reconstruction and Modelling from Multi-Sensor Geospatial Data submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 7076 | Submission Open
Keywords: data acquisition techniques; sensor calibration; multi-sensor integration; data integration and fusion; 3D geospatial data processing; 3D reconstruction; 3D modeling; point cloud analysis; surface reconstruction; AI/ML; semantic modeling; 3D geospatial modeling; change detection; topographic mapping; quantitative analyses and comparisons; accuracy assessment
(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Remote Sensing)
Remote Sensing and Geoinformatics in Sustainable Development submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5908 | Submission Open
Keywords: remote sensing; geospatial analysis; sustainable development goals; earth observation; resilience
(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing for Geospatial Science)
Advanced Hyperspectral Imaging and AI for Geological Applications
edited by Lizhe Wang, Yingjun Zhao, Fuping Gan and
submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 227 | Submission Open
Keywords: hyperspectral imaging; artificial intelligence (AI); machine learning; mineral mapping; ore deposit prediction; geological exploration; landslide detection; environmental geology; anomaly detection; critical minerals
(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing in Geology, Geomorphology and Hydrology)
Precipitation, Flood and Earthquake Events Monitoring, Simulation, Analysis and Early Warning by Advanced Environmental Remote Sensing and AI
edited by , Jiamou Liu and Hongbin Chen
submission deadline 25 Feb 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 15802 | Submission Open
Keywords: radar; satellite; microwave links; AI and algorithms; flood and drought prediction; simulation; modeling; and analysis; short-term precipitation forecasting; precipitation monitoring; earthquake prediction and monitoring and geophysical exploration; technology for disaster information acquisition; disaster monitoring and disaster mitigation and avoidance simulation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Remote Sensing)
Advances in Atmospheric Chemistry and Transportation of Aerosol by Remote Sensing and Modeling (Second Edition) submission deadline 25 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3167 | Submission Open
Keywords: aerosol; aerosols species; optical properties; vertical profile; long-range transport; radiative forcing; light-absorbing aerosol; snow; aerosol cloud; extreme weather
(This special issue belongs to the Section Atmospheric Remote Sensing)
Remote Sensing of Coastal Waters, Land Use/Cover, Lakes, Rivers and Watersheds III
edited by , , and Adam T. Devlin
submission deadline 26 Feb 2026 | 9 articles | Viewed by 24954 | 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)
Crop Yield Prediction Using Remote Sensing Techniques submission deadline 26 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1431 | Submission Open
Keywords: crop yield prediction; remote sensing; NDVI and vegetation indices; machine learning; light use efficiency (LUE); data fusion (e.g.; MODIS– Landsat); phenology and crop growth models; climate and environmental drivers; UAV and satellite imagery; precision agriculture
(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing in Agriculture and Vegetation)
Storms and Floods Analysis Based on the Fusion of Satellite, Meteorological and Ground Station Observation Data
edited by , , Donglian Sun and
submission deadline 27 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 226 | Submission Open
Keywords: remote sensing; flood monitoring; storm tracking; data fusion; extreme event analysis; AI and machine learning; disaster risk reduction
(This special issue belongs to the Section Earth Observation for Emergency Management)
Remote Sensing and Geospatial Analysis in the Big Data Era
edited by and
submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 21214 | Submission Open
Keywords: remote sensing; geospatial analysis; Big Data; machine learning; data fusion and integration; spatial modeling; advanced algorithms
(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing for Geospatial Science)
Object Detection and Information Extraction Based on Remote Sensing Imagery (Second Edition)
edited by , , , Gong Cheng and
submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 20326 | 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)
Remote Sensing for Mapping and Monitoring Wetlands and Their Ecosystems
edited by
submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 18918 | Submission Open
Keywords: remote sensing; wetland mapping; wetland ecology; wetland condition assessment; wetland hydrological monitoring; watershed modeling; hydrological dynamics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Remote Sensing)
Advances in Earth Observation to Improve Flood Disaster Monitoring and Management (Second Edition)
edited by , and Sandro Martinis
submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 15752 | Submission Open
Keywords: flood disaster; flood monitoring and management; remote sensing; modelling; machine learning
(This special issue belongs to the Section Earth Observation for Emergency Management)
Applications of SAR for Environment Observation Analysis submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 14117 | 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)
New Advances in Remote Sensing Techniques Applied in Surface and Underground Mine Operations
edited by
submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 13854 | 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)
Remote Sensing for Soil and Water Conservation and Sustainable Development in the Context of Climate Change
edited by , , Guoqing Wang, Shuai Zeng, and
submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 13459 | Submission Open
Keywords: soil and water conservation; management techniques for soil and water loss; net primary productivity; aquatic ecosystems health; water quality parameters retrieval; non-optically active parameters; machine/deep learning; vegetation phenology; lake/river ice phenology; climate change and human activities impacts
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Remote Sensing)
Application of Remote Sensing-Based Monitoring of Local Climate in Urban Areas
edited by , Guangjun He, , , Hanfa Xing and
submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 12272 | Submission Open
Keywords: remote sensing; urban areas; local climate; risk assessment; sustainable urban development; green space; geographic big data
(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Remote Sensing)
Machine Learning for Applications in Agriculture and Vegetation Using Remote Sensing submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 12143 | Submission Open
Keywords: artificial intelligence; machine learning; deep learning; remote sensing; data mining; water– energy– food nexus; crop yield prediction; agriculture; climate change; sustainable irrigation and fertilization
(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing in Agriculture and Vegetation)
Advances in the Spatial and Spatio-Temporal Modeling of Environmental Data
edited by George Christakos, and Jiaping Wu
submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 12101 | Submission Open
Keywords: multi-sourced data fusion; spatiotemporal geostatistics; artificial intelligence; remote sensing; high spatiotemporal resolution; uncertainty assessment
(This special issue belongs to the Section Earth Observation Data)
Applications of Remote Sensing in Monitoring Ionospheric and Atmospheric Physics (Third Edition) submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 11783 | Submission Open
Keywords: ionosphere; atmosphere; ionospheric irregularities; ionospheric/thermosphric modeling; data assimilation; geomagnetic storms; radars; radio occultations; GNSS TEC; airglow observations
(This special issue belongs to the Section Atmospheric Remote Sensing)
Advances in Exploring the Moon, Mars, and Asteroids Based on In-Situ and Remote Sensing Measurements
edited by Simone Pirrotta, , Alice Lucchetti and
submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 11771 | Submission Open
Keywords: geological features; study of the environment; resources; robotic and human exploration; innovative strategies; remote sensing dataset analyses; new instrumentation concepts; smallsat concepts
(This special issue belongs to the Section Satellite Missions for Earth and Planetary Exploration)
Marine Ecology and Biodiversity by Remote Sensing Technology
edited by Laura Martín-García and
submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 10454 | Submission Open
Keywords: marine and coastal habitats; habitat mapping; remote sensing; distribution models; marine biodiversity; coastal biodiversity; marine management
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Remote Sensing)
Antarctic Remote Sensing Applications (Second Edition) submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 10426 | Submission Open
Keywords: antarctica; ice sheets change; permafrost state; landform dynamics; biota occupation; human presence; multi-sensor and multiplatform analysis; remote sensing applications
(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing Image Processing)
Deep Learning for Multi-Source Remote Sensing Image Interpretation: Exploring, Rethinking, and Limiting Breakthroughs
edited by , Xueyao Hu, Yang Li, and
submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 9675 | 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)
High-Resolution Observations of Planetary Geological and Geomorphic Investigation (Second Edition) submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 9454 | Submission Open
Keywords: planetary geology; planetary geomorphology; planetary landforms; planetary surface processes; planetary composition; planetary geological mapping; high-resolution planetary imaging; shallow subsurface detection; space weathering
(This special issue belongs to the Section Satellite Missions for Earth and Planetary Exploration)
Land Surface Temperature Estimation Using Remote Sensing II
edited by
submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 9109 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biogeosciences Remote Sensing)
Remote Sensing of Aquatic Ecosystem Monitoring
edited by
submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 8794 | Submission Open
Keywords: aquatic ecosystem; algal blooms; aquatic vegetation; artificial intelligence; mechanism; extreme events
(This special issue belongs to the Section Ecological Remote Sensing)
Advanced Artificial Intelligence and Deep Learning for Remote Sensing (3rd Edition)
edited by , and Yimian Dai
submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8563 | Submission Open
Keywords: object detection; artificial intelligence; deep learning; scene reconstruction; scene perception; data mining; change detection; object recognition
(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing Image Processing)
Advances in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Deep Learning (DL) in UAV-Based Remote Sensing
edited by and Ryan Rad
submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8554 | Submission Open
Keywords: artificial intelligence; deep learning; UAV remote sensing; object detection; semantic segmentation; environmental monitoring; precision agriculture; 3D reconstruction; real-time analytics; multi-sensor integration
(This special issue belongs to the Section AI Remote Sensing)
State of the Art of GNSS and SAR/InSAR Techniques for Geomatic Applications
edited by Claudia Pipitone and
submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 7252 | Submission Open
Keywords: geomatic applications; SAR/InSAR; GNSS time series; deformation analysis; fault/crustal property; active tectonics; multi-source data integration; seismic activities; stability modeling; time series analysis; landslides; hazard mapping
(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing in Geology, Geomorphology and Hydrology)
Study on Hydrological Hazards Based on Multi-Source Remote Sensing
edited by Jun Zhang, Shaonan Zhu and
submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6896 | Submission Open
Keywords: multi-source remote sensing; hydrological hazards; flood monitoring; drought assessment; landslide risk; remote sensing data fusion; machine learning; climate change
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Remote Sensing)
Observations of Atmospheric and Oceanic Processes by Remote Sensing
edited by , , Xiaofeng Zhao and
submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 6382 | Submission Open
Keywords: ocean– atmosphere interaction; atmospheric processes; oceanic monitoring; climate change monitoring; microwave remote sensing; satellite observations; observation methods; observation instruments; artificial intelligence in remote sensing; emerging remote sensing technologies
(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Remote Sensing)
Coastal and Marine Monitoring and Restoration Mapping Using UAS and Remote Sensing Systems
edited by , and Matthew Brolly
submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6307 | 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)
Uncertainty in Remote Sensing Image Analysis (Second Edition)
edited by Penglin Zhang, and
submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 6232 | Submission Open
Keywords: image processing and uncertainty analysis; uncertainty in remote sensing applications; uncertainty quantification; uncertainty suppression/control; error or uncertainty modeling; process or mechanism of uncertainty propagation; data quality; reliability; the impact of uncertainty on decision making; geospatial statistics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing Image Processing)
Machine Learning and Deep Learning Applied to Remote Sensing Image Analysis
edited by Sen Lei, and
submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6027 | Submission Open
Keywords: remote sensing; machine learning; deep learning; generative models; multimodal learning; multispectral; hyperspectral; synthetic aperture radar
(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing Image Processing)
Advancing Hydrological Monitoring and Prediction Through Multisource Geodetic Observations
edited by , Daocheng Yu and
submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5248 | Submission Open
Keywords: satellite geodesy; hydrological geodesy; land water storage; joint inversion; machine learning; hydrological monitoring and predication
(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing in Geology, Geomorphology and Hydrology)
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