Remote Sensing

Intelligent Processing and Analysis of Multi-Modal Remote Sensing Data

edited by

and Giorgio Antonino Licciardi

submission deadline 30 Jul 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 9587 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; image processing; image analysis; artificial intelligence; deep learning; data fusion; multispectral and hyperspectral data; synthetic aperture radar; LiDAR

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

Advances in Data Processing and Geoscience Applications of the Geology-1 Hyperspectral Satellite

edited by

Yuewei Wang

, Wei Han and

Yi Wang

submission deadline 30 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 100 | Submission Open

Keywords: geology-1 hyperspectral satellite; hyperspectral remote sensing; spectral unmixing and feature extraction; mineral and lithological mapping; geological hazard investigation; multi-source data fusion; geoscience applications; earth observation data processing; spectral– spatial analysis

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

Remote, Proximal Sensing and Geophysics for Cultural Heritage Knowledge and Conservation (Second Edition)

edited by

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Sergio Vincenzo Calcina

and

Ilaria Catapano

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 16020 | Submission Open

Keywords: methods and techniques for cultural heritage knowledge and conservation; geophysical and micro-geophysical methods; ground penetrating radar; electrical resistivity methods; magnetic and electromagnetic methods; seismic and acoustic methods; wide area geophysics; archaeological surveys; optical and infrared photogrammetry; infrared thermography; terahertz and microwave imaging; geomatics for imaging (LiDAR; laser scanner; structure for motion; etc.); image and data processing; NDT and diagnostics methods; satellite and aerial remote sensing; vulnerability studies; satellite and terrestrial radar interferometry (RAR; SAR); radar polarimetry; multispectral and hyperspectral remote sensing; motion magnification technique; integrated methods; virtual restoration and musealization

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

Hydrometeorological Modelling Based on Remotely Sensed Data

edited by

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and

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 13170 | Submission Open

Keywords: warming climate; warming world; hydrological cycle; hydrological hazards; water cycle; hydro-meteorology; climatic and hydrological extremes

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

Monitoring and Early Warning for Heavy Precipitation, Flash Floods and Waterlogging Disasters Using Remote Sensing

edited by Youcun Qi,

Zhe Zhang

,

Zhanfeng Zhao

, Donghuan Li and Bong-Chul Seo

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 11939 | Submission Open

Keywords: weather radars; satellites; flash floods and waterlogging; quantitative precipitation estimation (QPE); remote sensing data assimilation; extreme weather and hydrological events; artificial intelligence and machine (deep) learning; application of remote sensing equipment in geological disaster; disastrous weather analysis; and observation of hydrometeorological extremes; weather and hydrological forecast

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

Editorial Board Members’ Collection Series: Recent Progress in Atmospheric Remote Sensing

edited by Gorden Videen and

Ismail Gultepe

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 10041 | Submission Open

Keywords: aerosols; smoke; ash; dust; ice crystals; clouds; polarimetry; lidar; satellites; neural networks and AI

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

Remote Sensing Applications in Urban Environment and Climate

edited by

Jia Hu

,

Yuyu Zhou

, Ying-Bao Yang and Zhengyuan Zhu

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 9344 | Submission Open

Keywords: land use/cover change; urban climate; urban sustainability; urban extreme events; environmental inequality; human– environmental interactions; urban ecology; building energy use

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

Deep Learning Techniques and Applications of MIMO Radar Theory

edited by

Chen Zhao

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 8233 | Submission Open

Keywords: deep learning; MIMO radar; signal processing; target detection and classification; target tracking; parameter estimation; data fusion; multi-sensor collaboration; generative model and LLM; image reconstruction; super resolution

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

Root-Zone Soil Moisture Retrieval and Applications from Remote Sensing Measurements

edited by

David Fairbairn

, Bertrand Bonan and

Luca Brocca

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 7549 | Submission Open

Keywords: root-zone; soil moisture; data assimilation; machine learning; remote sensing; observations; vegetation

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

Applications of Unmanned Aerial Remote Sensing in Precision Agriculture

edited by Erica Isabella Parisi and

Fabiana Di Ciaccio

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6545 | Submission Open

Keywords: precision agriculture; unmanned aerial systems (UASs); remote sensing; crop monitoring; soil analysis; irrigation management; multi-spectral imaging; hyper-spectral imaging; thermal imaging; machine learning; environmental impact; data fusion

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

The Application of Nighttime Remote Sensing in Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (Second Edition)

edited by

Jinyao Lin

and

Jinpei Ou

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2075 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable development goals; social indicators; land use planning; environmental conservation; artificial intelligence

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

Remote Sensing and Non-Destructive Testing Solutions for Sustainable Development and Urban Resilience

edited by

Livia Lantini

, Atiyeh Ardakanian and

Enzo Rizzo

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1924 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; non-destructive testing; urban resilience; sustainable development; environmental monitoring; disaster preparedness; urban infrastructure; climate adaptation; resource management; smart cities

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

Observation of Optical and Radiative Properties of Atmospheric Aerosols by Ground-Based Remote Sensing Measurements

edited by

Disong Fu

, Kai Wu, Hongrong Shi and

Yu Zheng

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1354 | Submission Open

Keywords: atmospheric aerosols; ground-based remote sensing; aerosol optical properties; radiative transfer modeling; lidar measurements; radiative forcing; sun photometry; long-term monitoring; data validation

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

Remote Sensing Modelling and Measuring Snow Cover and Snow Albedo

edited by

Donghang Shao

,

Alexander Kokhanovsky

,

Zhiguang Tang

and

Anxin Ding

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1324 | Submission Open

Keywords: snow cover; snow albedo; light-absorbing particles; radiative forcing; Earth radiation budget

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

Remote Sensing for Monitoring Harmful Algal Blooms (Second Edition)

edited by

Gongliang Yu

,

Junsheng Li

, Chen Wang and

Yao Liu

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 913 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; UAVs; citizen science; harmful algal blooms; eutrophication; water quality; bio-optical properties; natural and anthropogenic factors

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

Multi-Source Remote Sensing and Spatial Statistical Analysis in Urban Sustainability Research

edited by

Hao Zhang

,

Ashraf Dewan

and Rui Zhou

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 677 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; multi-source remote sensing data; data mining; urban sustainability; climate change; spatial statistics; urban resilience; geohazards; biological degradation

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

Remote Sensing and Smart Forestry (Third Edition)

edited by

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and

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 485 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; smart forestry; intelligent forestry; forestry technology; virtual reality; artificial intelligence; image processing; remote sensing classification; LiDAR application in forestry

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

Multi-Source Remote Sensing for Spatiotemporal Monitoring of Soil Quality and Degradation

edited by Weichao Sun and

Kun Shang

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 71 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil properties; soil quality; soil degradation; reflectance spectroscopy; multi-source remote sensing; time-series remote sensing; prediction and mapping; spatiotemporal monitoring

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

The Recent Progression of Machine Learning in Remote Sensing: Theory and Modelling (Second Edition)

edited by Rong Wang and

Lefei Zhang

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 61 | Submission Open

Keywords: machine learning; image processing; remote sensing; data fusion; satellite images; aerial images

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

Object Detection in Remote Sensing Imagery

edited by

Dandan Ma

,

Zhiyu Jiang

and Le Dong

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 41 | Submission Open

Keywords: object detection remote sensing; deep learning; foundation models; transformer networks; VHR imagery; data fusion; urban monitoring; disaster and environmental assessment

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

Deep Fusion and Analysis of Hyperspectral and Multi-Source Remote Sensing Data via Advanced AI

edited by

Zhu Han

,

Longfei Ren

, Xu Sun and Minghua Wang

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 40 | Submission Open

Keywords: multi-source data fusion; foundation model; frontier applications; hyperspectral image analysis; remote sensing; deep learning

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

Multi-Source Remote Sensing for Terrestrial Vegetation and Ecosystem Services Mapping

edited by Richard Crabbe and

Wei He

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 30 | Submission Open

Keywords: image classification; SAR; LiDAR; UAV; mapping mosses and lichens; mapping grasslands; mapping groundwater-dependent ecosystems; mapping mangroves; machine learning and deep learning; mapping invasive plants

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

Multimodal Learning for Intelligent Remote Sensing Interpretation

edited by Wenkai Zhang, Yue Zhang and

Chen Wang

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 19 | Submission Open

Keywords: AI algorithm; VLM models; cross-modal retrieval; visual grounding; image caption; object detection and recognition; semantic segmentation; multi-modal change-detection; spatio-temporal semantic understanding

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

Machine Learning for Remote-Sensing Data Processing and Analysis

edited by Maria Kaselimi,

Olga Sykioti

,

Konstantinos Koutroumbas

and Yongzhi Wang

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 13 | Submission Open

Keywords: machine learning and deep learning for satellite; UAV and aerial-image analysis; data fusion of multispectral; hyperspectral; SAR; LiDAR and other sensors; change detection; segmentation; classification and object detection; generative AI; foundation models and self-supervised learning for remote sensing; interpretable; explainable and physics-informed machine learning; spatiotemporal modeling and prediction; AI-driven environmental monitoring and climate applications; applications in precision agriculture; urban analytics; water resources; forestry and natural-hazard assessment; including wildfires and earthquakes; machine learning for geoscience applications; including mineral and ore deposits exploration; mine-land monitoring; open-pit mine management and safety; mine recovery and geochemical pattern analysis; benchmark datasets; open-source tools and reproducibility in remote-sensing ML

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

Remote Sensing Applications in Ocean Observation—4th Edition

edited by

Chung-Ru Ho

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 13 | Submission Open

Keywords: ocean remote sensing; internal waves; eddies; oil spills; algal blooms; sea ices; rogue waves; upwelling; bathymetry; air– sea interaction; marine debris; AI in ocean remote sensing

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

Advances in Multi-Source Remote Sensing, Space-Based Observations, Data Assimilation and Deep Learning for Localized Extreme Weather: Understanding Remote Sensing

edited by Chuang Zhang,

Zhengxia Zou

and Xiaoling Zhang

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 12 | Submission Open

Keywords: localized extreme weather; remote sensing data assimilation; multi-source data fusion; deep learning in meteorology; precipitation nowcasting; statistical post-processing; high-resolution weather prediction; cognitive science in remote sensing

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

Advancing Polar Cryosphere Science with Remote Sensing: From Snow Cover to Sea Ice Dynamics

edited by Alexander Kokhanovsky

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 6 | Submission Open

Keywords: snow; ice; remote sensing; ice dynamics; ice concentration; snow cover and albedo

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

Advances in Retrieval and Validation of Atmospheric Components by Remote Sensing

edited by

Yuhan Luo

,

Lei Liu

, Shanshan Wang and

Youwen Sun

submission deadline 10 Aug 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7816 | Submission Open

Keywords: satellite trace gas product validation; satellite cloud product validation; trace gas vertical profile; atmospheric composition; high-resolution imaging; data assimilation; data fusion

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

Remote Sensing Data Refinement and Utilization for Advanced Atmospheric Observations

edited by

Bangyu Ge

, Zhenwei Qiu and Sifeng Zhu

submission deadline 10 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 48 | Submission Open

Keywords: satellite remote sensing; atmospheric observation; data validation; sensor calibration; atmospheric components; retrieval algorithms; data assimilation; climate change; environmental monitoring; machine learning

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

Monitoring of Volcanoes and Earthquakes with SAR and Satellite

edited by

Alfredo Falconieri

and

Valeria Satriano

submission deadline 30 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 258 | Submission Open

Keywords: volcano monitoring; earthquake monitoring; thermal anomalies; ground deformation; geohazards; machine learning for geohazards

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

Advanced Remote Sensing Technology for Precision Forestry and Carbon Sink Assessment

edited by

,

, Tao Liu,

and

submission deadline 30 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 80 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest structure and function; forest dynamics 3D point cloud; advanced algorithms; multi-source data fusion; UAV remote sensing; carbon sink assessment; precision forestry management

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

Advances in Hyperspectral Remote Sensing Image Processing: 2nd Edition

edited by

Xudong Kang

and

Mingmin Chi

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 10865 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; hyperspectral image; feature extraction; image processing; image analysis; artificial intelligence; image classification; information fusion

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

Precipitation Estimations Based on Satellite Observations

edited by

Yuanwei Wang

and

Francisco J. Tapiador

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5664 | Submission Open

Keywords: precipitation estimation; satellite observations; remote sensing; algorithm development; validation and calibration; climate applications

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

Multi-Source Atmospheric Remote Sensing: Enabling High-Precision Meteorological Monitoring and Forecasting

edited by

Xiefei Zhi

, Donglian Sun, Yonghong Zhang,

Yan-An Liu

and

Wen Huo

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 5066 | Submission Open

Keywords: multi-source atmospheric remote sensing; meteorological monitoring; high-resolution vertical sounding; data fusion and assimilation; AI-driven analytics; extreme weather prediction; low-altitude economy meteorology; air quality monitoring; numerical weather prediction

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

Advanced Remote Sensing Approaches for Multi-Scale Atmospheric Components Monitoring and Impact Assessment

edited by

, Bing Chen,

,

and

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4769 | Submission Open

Keywords: aerosols; clouds; trace gases; multi-scale remote sensing; lidar; satellite; radiative transfer; atmospheric inversion; multi-source data fusion

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

Remote Sensing Satellites Calibration and Validation: 2nd Edition

edited by Yonghua Jiang,

Mingjun Deng

and Litao Li

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2019 | Submission Open

Keywords: new calibration method; accuracy of satellite calibration; challenge of satellite calibration

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

Applications of Advanced Computational Technologies and Algorithms for Spatiotemporal Analysis in the Artificial Intelligence Era

edited by Wenwu Tang,

Minrui Zheng

and

Zhengfeng Zhang

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 413 | Submission Open

Keywords: big spatiotemporal data; advanced computational technologies and algorithms; spatial analysis and modeling; artificial intelligence applications; land systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing for Geospatial Science)

Application of Satellite Data for Lightning Mapping

edited by

Adonis Ferreira Raiol Leal

and

Dongshuai Li

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 400 | Submission Open

Keywords: lightning; lightning climatology; spaceborne sensors; forecasting; nowcasting; GLM; LMI; LI; lightning mapping

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

Geodesy for Geohazards with AI Techniques

edited by

Yunlong Wu

,

Xiang Zhang

and

Yulong Zhong

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 326 | Submission Open

Keywords: GNSS; gravity; InSAR; geodetic observations; geohazards; extreme events; artificial intelligence

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

State-of-the-Art Remote Sensing in Precipitation and Thunderstorm

edited by

Zhiqun Hu

and

Filomena Romano

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 183 | Submission Open

Keywords: severe convective weather; thunderstorm gale; hail; short term heavy precipitation; nowcasting; artificial intelligence

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

Advances in Remote Sensing for Earthquake and Fault Detection

edited by

Ping He

and

Wei Qu

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 68 | Submission Open

Keywords: earthquake remote sensing; fault detection; InSAR; seismic hazard assessment; active tectonics; machine learning in geoscience

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

Remote Sensing-Guided Land-Use Optimization for Carbon Neutrality

edited by

Sébastien Gadal

and

Gintautas Mozgeris

submission deadline 1 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 304 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; carbon neutrality; climate change adaptation; land use; land– climate interactions; LULUCF; UAST; land planning adaptation; energy transition; above ground biomass; soil carbon

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

Radar Technologies for Meteorological and Atmospheric Observations

edited by Haijiang Wang,

Sheng Chen

and

Zhiqun Hu

submission deadline 1 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 75 | Submission Open

Keywords: radar technologies; meteorological and atmospheric observations; data quality control; atmospheric physical field retrieval; radar networking; artificial intelligence application

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

AI-Empowered Remote Sensing Monitoring and Geospatial Analysis for Ocean and Coastal Environments

edited by Gang Yang,

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and

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4545 | Submission Open

Keywords: coastal ocean modeling; coastal ocean remote sensing; coastal and ocean environment monitoring; coastal ocean forecasting; biodiversity; ecological process and risk assessment; artificial intelligence (AI); deep learning; UAV; radar; digital twin; ocean and coastal scenario— simulation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing for Geospatial Science)

Advances in Remote Sensing Image Target Detection and Recognition

edited by

Yin Zhuang

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5242 | Submission Open

Keywords: semi-supervised learning; few-shot learning; long-tail distribution; domain adaptation; open-vocabulary; zero-shot learning

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

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for Multi-Modal and Multi-Spectral Remote Sensing Image Processing

edited by

Tao Lei

, Tao Gao,

Lefei Zhang

and

Asoke K. Nandi

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1740 | Submission Open

Keywords: deep learning; transformer; diffusion model; multi-modal remote sensing data; multi-spectral remote sensing data; feature representation; feature fusion; remote sensing interpretation

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

Remote Sensing of Extreme Heat Events, Urban Heat Islands, and Public Health Impacts: Integrating Hydrological and Atmospheric Dynamics

edited by

Yuei-An Liou

,

Shih-Chun Candice Lung

and

Kim Anh Nguyen

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 864 | Submission Open

Keywords: adaptation strategies; atmospheric dynamics; climate resilience; earth observation data; extreme heat events; heatwaves; heat vulnerability; human health and heat exposure; hydrological processes; hydrological dynamics; mitigation measures; thermal remote sensing; urban heat islands; water– energy– climate nexus; public health impacts

Reviews in Environmental Remote Sensing

edited by

Timo Balz

and

Walter Musakwa

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 68 | Submission Open

Keywords: environmental remote sensing; earth observation; environmental monitoring; satellite imagery; climate change; machine learning; AI

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

Advances in Optical Sensors Research: Pre-Flight and In-Orbit Characterization, Calibration, Product Validation and Data Applications

edited by

Bahjat Alhammoud

, Julia A. Barsi, Camille Desjardins and Steffen Dransfeld

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 128 | Submission Open

Keywords: optical sensors; pre-flight characterization; in-orbit calibration; product validation; radiometric; spectral and geometric calibration uncertainty analysis; multi-sensor harmonization; earth observation applications

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

Advances in Far-to-Near-Infrared Quantitative Spectroscopy and Application to Remote Sensing, in Honor of Prof. Carmine Serio

edited by

Guido Masiello

, Tiziano Maestri and

Giuliano Liuzzi

submission deadline 20 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 162 | Submission Open

Keywords: radiative transfer of Earth and planetary atmospheres; far and thermal infrared spectroscopy and applications; remote sensing of surface and atmospheric parameters (including clouds and aerosols); greenhouse gases assessment from satellite; air quality; forward models; inverse problems; instrument characterization

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

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