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Ground, Proximal and Remote Sensing for Precision Agriculture Applications submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 9627 | Submission Open
Keywords: satellite remote sensing; UAS and UGV; digital soil mapping; ground sensor network; vegetation analysis and yield estimation; precision agriculture and forestry; image processing and pattern recognition; field and laboratory  Spectroscopy; DEM; DTM; DSM; DDM; artificial intelligence; decision support systems; geographical information systems; geostatistics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing in Agriculture and Vegetation)
Remote Sensing of Ecosystem Structure and Function Dynamics Due to Climate Change and Human Activities (2nd Edition)
edited by , and
submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8937 | Submission Open
Keywords: ecosystem structure; ecosystem function; ecological protection; biodiversity; nature reserves; carbon sequestration; climate change
(This special issue belongs to the Section Ecological Remote Sensing)
Road Extraction and Distress Assessment by Spaceborne, Airborne and Terrestrial Platforms (Second Edition) submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 8900 | Submission Open
Keywords: road extraction and pavement distress analysis; very high resolution satellite imagery; airborne remote sensing; synthetic aperture radar (SAR); UAV and UGV; multispectral and hyperspectral remote sensing; time series analysis; change detection; imaging spectroscopy; pavement management systems (PMS); photogrammetry and 3D modelling; GIS modelling for management plan; decision support systems based on remote sensed techniques; geostatistics; artificial intelligence; ML (machine learning); CNN; deep learning; data fusion; light detection and ranging (LiDAR); pattern recognition
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Remote Sensing)
PAZ Ciencia: Review of the Scientific Results from Radar PAZ Mission Data
edited by , , María José González Bonilla, Juan Manuel Cuerda Muñoz and Nuria Casal Vázquez
submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 8818 | Submission Open
Keywords: synthetic aperture radar; SAR interferometry; SAR polarimetry; ground deformation; land cover; geo-hazards; hidrology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Satellite Missions for Earth and Planetary Exploration)
Advancement of Multi-Source Remote Sensing Data Fusion in Environmental Monitoring
edited by Junjue Wang, , Yinhe Liu, Zhuo Zheng and
submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 8592 | Submission Open
Keywords: multi-source remote sensing data fusion; multi-source transferable or domain adaptation models; multi-modal models for remote sensing tasks; ecosystem monitoring; urban analysis; crop monitoring and yield forecasting; glacier and sea ice monitoring; atmospheric monitoring; greenhouse gas emission monitoring; vegetation dynamics and carbon cycle
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Remote Sensing)
Multi-Source Remote Sensing Data for Water Resource Management in Agriculture submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 8435 | Submission Open
Keywords: irrigation; optical and microwave remote sensing; evapotranspiration; soil moisture; unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV); ground sensor
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Remote Sensing)
Remote Sensing and Associated Artificial Intelligence in Agricultural Applications (2nd Edition) submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 8304 | Submission Open
Keywords: remote sensing; agricultural application; common agricultural policy (CAP); precision agriculture; machine learning; service prototype development; crop monitoring; crop detection; deep learning; artificial intelligence; crop classification; yield prediction; GIS application; precision farming; remotely piloted aircraft systems (RPASs); image segmentation
(This special issue belongs to the Section AI Remote Sensing)
Applications of Remote Sensing in Vegetation Cover and Phenology Observation
edited by and Annarita D’Addabbo
submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 8156 | Submission Open
Keywords: vegetation monitoring; plant phenology; multispectral and hyperspectral imaging; environmental monitoring; satellite; aerial and UAV data fusion; vegetation pathology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Remote Sensing)
GIS and Remote Sensing in Soil Mapping and Modeling (Second Edition)
edited by , , and Xiaoji Shen
submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8002 | Submission Open
Keywords: GIS; remote sensing; soil science; soil moisture; spatial modeling; climate change; precision agriculture
(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing for Geospatial Science)
GNSS and Multi-Sensor Integrated Precise Positioning and Applications
edited by , , Peiyuan Zhou and
submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6979 | Submission Open
Keywords: GNSS; multi-sensors integration; integration algorithms; cooperative positioning; challenging environments; precise positioning; robust positioning
(This special issue belongs to the Section Engineering Remote Sensing)
Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) Applications in Earth, Moon and Planetary Exploration (Second Edition)
edited by
submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6975 | Submission Open
Keywords: ground-penetrating radar (GPR); planetary radar; subsurface structure; earth; moon; mars; system; simulation; signal processing; imaging; interpretation; etc.
(This special issue belongs to the Section Engineering Remote Sensing)
Intelligent Processing of 3D Point Clouds for Scene Understanding and Modelling
edited by , Rong Huang, Shuhang Zhang and Linfu Xie
submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6549 | Submission Open
Keywords: LiDAR; point cloud processing; deep learning; artificial intelligence; 3D mapping and modelling
(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing Image Processing)
Remote Sensing Measurements of Land Use and Land Cover
edited by
submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5721 | Submission Open
Keywords: image classification; change detection; image processing; urban sprawl; environmental science
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Remote Sensing)
Advances in Remote Sensing Used in Mineral Exploration
edited by Hai Li and
submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5146 | Submission Open
Keywords: mineral exploration; geospatial analysis; data integration; geological mapping; machine learning; hyperspectral imaging
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Remote Sensing)
Point Cloud Data Analysis and Applications submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4923 | Submission Open
Keywords: point clouds processing; geospatial digital twin modeling; data fusion
(This special issue belongs to the Section Engineering Remote Sensing)
Application of Remote Sensing in Landscape Ecology
edited by and
submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4738 | Submission Open
Keywords: remote sensing; landscape ecology; image analysis; environmental indicators; lidar; radar; ecosystem services; spatial analysis; machine learning; drones; multispectral; digital elevation model; UAV; satellite imagery; radiotracking; digital sound recording; landscape fragmentation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Ecological Remote Sensing)
Satellite Remote Sensing for Meteorological Disaster Monitoring and Forecasting submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4535 | Submission Open
Keywords: meteorological hazards; extreme Precipitation; flash floods; early warning systems; droughts; wildfires; heat waves; meteorological disaster management
(This special issue belongs to the Section Atmospheric Remote Sensing)
Underwater Remote Sensing: Status, New Challenges and Opportunities
edited by and
submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4454 | Submission Open
Keywords: multibeam sonar; synthetic aperture sonar; airborne lidar; underwater vehicles; hyperspectral satellites; satellite-derived bathymetry; satellite-based bathymetric measurements
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Remote Sensing)
Remote Sensing for Monitoring Water and Carbon Cycles
edited by , Fang Cao and Shujie Yu
submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4351 | Submission Open
Keywords: remote sensing; water quality; water volume; carbon cycle; total suspended matter; Chlorophyll; dissolved organic carbon; particulate organic carbon; water color; global change
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Remote Sensing)
Remote Sensing for Digital Twins in Forestry: Applications and Future Perspectives
edited by Juan Suarez-Minguez and Jacqueline Rosette
submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4347 | Submission Open
Keywords: digital twins; earth observation; forestry; AI; tree growth models; high-resolution remote sensing
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Remote Sensing)
Remote Sensing in Monitoring and Modelling the Patterns and Processes of Land System Change submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3780 | Submission Open
Keywords: land system science; human– environment interactions; ecosystem; ecological process; land degradation; land use function; land configuration; environmental performance; change detection; time series analysis; ecological restoration; social-ecological systems; human well-being
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Remote Sensing)
Remote Sensing of Water Dynamics in Permafrost Regions
edited by Zeyong Gao and Lingxiao Wang
submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3777 | Submission Open
Keywords: permafrost degradation; thermokarst processes; ground-ice melting; active layer dynamics; climate change impacts; eco-hydrological effects
(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing in Geology, Geomorphology and Hydrology)
Remote Sensing Applications for Trace Gases and Air Quality
edited by Songyan Zhu, and Haolin Wang
submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3700 | Submission Open
Keywords: trace gases; air quality; remote sensing; public well-being; pollution exposure; ecosystem responses
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Remote Sensing)
High-Resolution Soil Moisture Products for Hydrology, Agriculture, and Hazard Applications
edited by Yuchuan Luo, Juan Cao and Peng Zhu
submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2958 | Submission Open
Keywords: high-resolution soil moisture; remote sensing; data assimilation; soil moisture retrieval; hydrological modeling; agricultural productivity; hazard risk assessment
(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing in Geology, Geomorphology and Hydrology)
Close-Range LiDAR for Forest Structure and Dynamics Monitoring
edited by Panagiotidis Dimitrios
submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2763 | Submission Open
Keywords: • Forest Growth & Dynamics • Airborne Laser Scanning • Terrestrial Laser Scanning • 3D Point Clouds • Unmanned Aerial Systems • Forest Inventory • Forest Monitoring & Mapping • UAV
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Remote Sensing)
Remote Sensing and GIS for Monitoring Urbanization and Urban Health (Second Edition) submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2688 | Submission Open
Keywords: urbanization and health both regionally and globally; urban landscape; urban ecological system; and health; territorial spatial planning and health city; urbanization speed and acceleration; spatial– temporal analysis of urbanization; green space/blue space/gray space remote sensing monitoring; map of urban development and evolution; urban environment changes and health effects; remote sensing GIS big data and urban health; remote sensing and GIS monitoring; simulating; and predicting of infectious diseases; such as COVID-19
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Remote Sensing)
Vegetation Biophysical Variables and Remote Sensing Applications (Second Edition)
edited by and
submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2546 | Submission Open
Keywords: vegetation biophysical variables; parameter retrieval; data fusion; vegetation dynamics; carbon cycling; LiDAR; SAR; precision agriculture; ecological modelling; machine learning
(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing in Agriculture and Vegetation)
Remote Sensing of River and Lake Ice/Water Using Spaceborne, Airborne, and Ground Platforms
edited by and
submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2164 | Submission Open
Keywords: river ice; lake ice; ice/snow properties; water quality; water ecosystem; remote sensing; remote sensing applications; multi-sensor and multi-source data; climate change; resources assessment; machine learning
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Remote Sensing)
Remote Sensing of Clouds and Aerosols: Techniques and Applications
edited by , and Yasmin Aboel Fetouh
submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2116 | Submission Open
Keywords: clouds; precipitation; cloud pollution; remote sensing; radiative transfer; light scattering; atmospheric ice crystals; aerosol remote sensing; air quality; climate change
(This special issue belongs to the Section Atmospheric Remote Sensing)
Remote Sensing of Climate Change Influences on Urban Ecology submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2016 | Submission Open
Keywords: urban ecology; climate change; nature-based solutions; urban wetlands; green infrastructure; environmental justice; urban forestry; remote sensing; ecosystem services; urban sustainability; urban biodiversity
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Remote Sensing)
Advances in Calibration, Validation, and Quality Assurance for Optical Remote Sensors submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1860 | Submission Open
Keywords: optical remote sensing; radiometric calibration; polarimetric calibration; spectral calibration; geometric calibration; vicarious calibration; cross-calibration; uncertainty analysis; validation; data quality assurance
(This special issue belongs to the Section Satellite Missions for Earth and Planetary Exploration)
Advances in Remote Sensing for Burned Area Mapping submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1594 | Submission Open
Keywords: burn areas’ detection and mapping; geo-informatics; fire severity; fire regime; biomass loss; wildland– urban interface (WUI) fires; three-dimensional modeling; image processing
(This special issue belongs to the Section Earth Observation for Emergency Management)
Microwave Remote Sensing on Ocean Observation
edited by and
submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1499 | Submission Open
Keywords: ocean dynamic parameter retrieval; detection of marine dynamic phenomena and artificial targets; advanced forward modeling of ocean scattering and emission; data fusion and reconstruction of multi-source ocean products; deep learning/artificial intelligence in ocean remote sensing; scatterometer/radiometer/SAR/GNSS-reflectometry; scale effect analysis; Polarization theory and Polarimetric SAR applications in ocean remote sensing
(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Remote Sensing)
Remote Sensing of the Cryosphere (Third Edition) submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1433 | Submission Open
Keywords: cryosphere; GIS; glacier; ice; frozen ground; remote sensing; snow
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Remote Sensing)
Radiometric Calibration of Satellite Sensors Used in Remote Sensing
edited by , , Boyang Chen and Juyang Hu
submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1380 | Submission Open
Keywords: calibration; radiometer; SNO; SCO; vicarious calibration; lunar calibration; pre-launch calibration
(This special issue belongs to the Section Satellite Missions for Earth and Planetary Exploration)
Advances in Remote Sensing for Glacier Preservation
edited by Feiteng Wang, Chunhai Xu and
submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1319 | Submission Open
Keywords: glacier preservation; remote sensing; glacier region engineering; anthropogenic impacts; SAR/InSAR; machine learning; glacier dynamics; glacier mass balance
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Remote Sensing)
Environmental Monitoring with Sentinel Satellites: Applications and Future Perspectives
edited by Silvia Scifoni, and
submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 1245 | Submission Open
Keywords: Sentinel-1; Sentinel-2; Sentinel-3; Sentinel-5P; Sentinel-6; environmental monitoring; copernicus programme
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Remote Sensing)
Multi-Sensor Remote Sensing Synergies for Flood Hazard Monitoring and Geomorphic Analysis submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 893 | Submission Open
Keywords: multi-sensor remote sensing; flood hazard; geomorphology; flood geomorphic dynamics monitoring; process coupling; data fusion; risk assessment
(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing in Geology, Geomorphology and Hydrology)
Recent Advances in Quantitative Thermal Imaging Using Remote Sensing submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 842 | Submission Open
Keywords: thermal remote sensing; land surface temperature; sensor calibration; urban heat island; wildfire detection; multisource data fusion; artificial intelligence; UAV thermal mapping; infrastructure monitoring
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Remote Sensing)
Remote Sensing Applications for Environmental Monitoring and Land Changes submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 713 | Submission Open
Keywords: remote sensing and environmental monitoring; AI and machine learning for remote sensing; land use and land cover change analysis; hyperspectral; lidar; optical and radar applications; climate change impact and disaster risk management; big data; cloud-based geospatial processing; data fusion in geospatial analysis; sustainable land management and policy applications
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Remote Sensing)
Deep Learning Techniques for Pixel Classification and Image Retrieval in Remote Sensing submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 648 | Submission Open
Keywords: high-resolution remote sensing; satellite imagery; pixel-wise classification; time-series image analysis; machine learning applications; deep learning applications; multi-source feature fusion; domain adaptation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing Image Processing)
Advances in High-Resolution Crop Mapping at Large Spatial Scales
edited by and Pengliang Wei
submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 572 | Submission Open
Keywords: high-resolution crop mapping; remote sensing for agriculture; large-scale crop monitoring; multi-source satellite data; crop classification; machine learning in agriculture; temporal dynamics of crops; agricultural change detection; precision agriculture; remote sensing applications in food security
(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing in Agriculture and Vegetation)
New Trends on Remote Sensing Applications to Mineral Deposits (Third Edition) submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 538 | Submission Open
Keywords: mineral exploration; multispectral and hyperspectral data; sar data; machine learning; deep learning; satellite data; raw materials
(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing in Geology, Geomorphology and Hydrology)
New Perspectives in Plant Phenotyping: Satellite-Based Multispectral Remote Sensing
edited by Luwei Feng, and Yan Zhao
submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 534 | Submission Open
Keywords: multispectral remote sensing; crop classification; phenology; deep learning; radiative transfer model; plant parameter retrieval; vegetation productivity simulation; crop yield prediction
(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing in Agriculture and Vegetation)
Advances in Scene Understanding with Hyperspectral Remote Sensing: From Data Benchmarks to Applications
edited by , , Shou Feng, and Zhiyong Lv
submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 319 | Submission Open
Keywords: remote sensing; hyperspectral image processing; benchmarking datasets; spectral unmixing; target detection; classification/segmentation; hyperspectral applications
(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing Image Processing)
Remote Sensing and GIS for Environmental Analysis and Cultural Heritage (2nd Edition) submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 307 | Submission Open
Keywords: climate change and CH site preservation; advanced change detection techniques for CH; monitoring of CH sites; 3D mapping and M Modeling for CH preservation; mapping hazards; risk mapping; geospatial standards; GIS-BIM integration
(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing for Geospatial Science)
Remote Sensing of Lithosphere–Atmosphere–Ionosphere Coupling Prior to Earthquakes and Other Natural Hazards: Second Edition
edited by , and Cristiano Fidani
submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 281 | Submission Open
Keywords: earthquake; precursors; LAIC; ground-based observations; satellite observations; ionospheric disturbances; volcano eruptions; extreme weather; geomagnetic storms/substorms; natural hazards
(This special issue belongs to the Section Atmospheric Remote Sensing)
Applications of Remote Sensing in Hydrology and Ecology: Observations, Methods, and Innovations
edited by , and
submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 228 | Submission Open
Keywords: remote sensing; hydrological modelling; data assimilation; machine learning; climate extremes monitoring; ground water storage; surface water dynamics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing in Geology, Geomorphology and Hydrology)
3D Computer Vision for Remote Sensing: Point Clouds, Reconstruction and Scene Understanding
edited by , Li Li, Qi Dong and
submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 216 | Submission Open
Keywords: remote sensing; computer vision; LiDAR; point clouds; 3D synthesis and reconstruction; scene understanding; multimodal data fusion; deep generative models; large vision– language models; 3D remote sensing applications
(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing for Geospatial Science)
Multimodal Learning and Explainable AI for Remote Sensing Image Interpretation
edited by Le Yang, , Lei Shi, and
submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 216 | Submission Open
Keywords: remote sensing; multimodal machine learning; explainable AI; image interpretation; data fusion; heterogeneous data; image registration; earth observation; environmental monitoring; model interpretability
(This special issue belongs to the Section AI Remote Sensing)
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