Remote Sensing

Object Detection and Information Extraction Based on Remote Sensing Imagery (Second Edition)

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, Gong Cheng and

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 32260

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)

Estimating the Ecological Services of Urban Green Infrastructures Using Remote Sensing

edited by

Oz Kira

and

Arnon Karnieli

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 25961

Keywords: urban sustainability; urban green infrastructures; urban ecological services; vegetation classification; carbon cycle; evapotranspiration; urban heat islands; shading

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

Precipitation, Flood and Earthquake Events Monitoring, Simulation, Analysis and Early Warning by Advanced Environmental Remote Sensing and AI

edited by

Congzheng Han

, Jiamou Liu and Hongbin Chen

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 9 articles | Viewed by 25715

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)

AI-Driven Satellite Data for Global Environment Monitoring (Second Edition)

edited by

Yang-Won Lee

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 9 articles | Viewed by 23494

Keywords: artificial intelligence; semantic segmentation; remote sensing of disaster; applications in agriculture, forest, hydrology, and meteorology

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

Remote Sensing for Soil and Water Conservation and Sustainable Development in the Context of Climate Change

edited by

Shaohua Lei

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Xiaojun Wang

, Guoqing Wang, Shuai Zeng,

Yongjian Ruan

and

Xianghui Lu

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 21932

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)

Advances in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Deep Learning (DL) in UAV-Based Remote Sensing

edited by

Michal Aibin

and Ryan Rad

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 12 articles | Viewed by 21609

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)

Deep Learning for Multi-Source Remote Sensing Image Interpretation: Exploring, Rethinking, and Limiting Breakthroughs

edited by

Xin Zhang

, Xueyao Hu, Yang Li,

Fernando José Aguilar

and

Muhammad Yasir

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 10 articles | Viewed by 21067

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)

Advances in Hyperspectral Remote Sensing Image Processing: 2nd Edition

edited by

Xudong Kang

and

Mingmin Chi

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 18897

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)

SAR Monitoring of Marine and Coastal Environments

edited by Tao Xie,

Junmin Meng

,

He Wang

and Xinwei Chen

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 16554

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 31 Aug 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 16409

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

Artificial Intelligence and Remote Sensing for Geohazards

edited by

Pierluigi Confuorto

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Silvia Bianchini

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Chiara Martinello

and Davide Festa

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 14693

Keywords: modeling; monitoring; landslides; subsidence; geohazard; susceptibility; risk analysis; GIS; machine learning

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

Advancements in Thunderstorm Nowcasting and Atmospheric Electricity Monitoring by Remote Sensing

edited by

Richard Müller

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 14202

Keywords: thunderstorms; convective initiation; lightning; life cycle; hazards

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

Coastal and Marine Monitoring and Restoration Mapping Using UAS and Remote Sensing Systems

edited by

Niall Burnside

,

Jonathan Dale

and Matthew Brolly

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 13791

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)

Remote Sensing for Risk Assessment, Monitoring and Recovery of Fires

edited by Xikun Hu,

Ioannis Gitas

and Puzhao Zhang

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 13606

Keywords: remote sensing; geoscience and earth observation; artificial intelligence; machine learning; forest fires; post-fire assessment; visualization and mapping

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

High-Resolution Observations of Planetary Geological and Geomorphic Investigation (Second Edition)

edited by

Ákos Kereszturi

and

Jiannan Zhao

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 13498

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)

State of the Art of GNSS and SAR/InSAR Techniques for Geomatic Applications

edited by Claudia Pipitone and

Gino Dardanelli

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 12284

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)

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 | 9 articles | Viewed by 11140

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)

Study on Hydrological Hazards Based on Multi-Source Remote Sensing

edited by Jun Zhang, Shaonan Zhu and

Qiang Dai

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 11019

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)

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

edited by

, Bing Chen,

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submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 10691

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)

Environmental Monitoring Based on Remote Sensing, Earth Observation and Geoinformation

edited by

George P. Petropoulos

,

Daniela Silva-Fuzzo

,

Nikos Koutsias

and

Yansong Bao

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 10573

Keywords: earth observation; remote sensing; geoinformation; geographical information systems; geospatial software tools; geoinformatics; operational products validation; natural disasters; time series analysis; multispectral and hyperspectral remote sensing sensors

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

Remote Sensing Image Change Detection and Feature Enhancement Based on Deep Learning

edited by Kaimin Sun, Wenzhuo Li,

Xin Tao

,

Ting Bai

and

Wangbin Li

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 10 articles | Viewed by 10073

Keywords: remote sensing change detection; feature enhancement; feature fusion; semantic segmentation; deep learning; multi-model image analysis

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

Advancing Hydrological Monitoring and Prediction Through Multisource Geodetic Observations

edited by

Jiashuang Jiao

, Daocheng Yu and

Cheinway Hwang

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 9004

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)

Advances in AI-Driven Remote Sensing for Geohazard Perception

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submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 8455

Keywords: remote sensing; artificial intelligence; deep learning; foundation models; geohazard; object detection; object recognition; monitoring and warning; risk assessment

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

Processing Methods and Techniques of Spaceborne SAR with Ultra-High Resolution

edited by

Guangcai Sun

,

Wenkang Liu

and

Vito Pascazio

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8348

Keywords: spaceborne SAR; ultra-high-resolution (UHR); focusing algorithm; interferometry; stereo SAR imaging; multi-view-angle image fusion; 3D deformation monitoring

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

Remote Sensing of River and Lake Ice/Water Using Spaceborne, Airborne, and Ground Platforms

edited by

Zhijun Li

and

Lilong Zou

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 8161

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)

Deep Learning-Based Analysis of High-Resolution Remote Sensing Images: Registration, Fusion, and Change Detection

edited by

Shikai Jiang

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 8098

Keywords: deep learning; high-resolution remote sensing images; image registration; image fusion; change detection; multi-modal data; computer vision for remote sensing

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

Satellite Remote Sensing for Ocean and Coastal Environment Monitoring (Second Edition)

edited by

Haidong Pan

,

Daosheng Wang

and

Jungang Yang

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 9 articles | Viewed by 7863

Keywords: sea level rise; ocean tides; model assimilation; sea surface temperature; sea surface salinity; chlorophyll; water transparency; sea waves; mesoscale eddy; ocean dynamics

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

Advances in Detection-Oriented Multi-Sensor Fusion Beyond the Visible Spectrum

edited by

Liangliang Li

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Zhenming Peng

, Yimian Dai, Fei Zhou and Xingchen Zhang

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7833

Keywords: image fusion; target detection; anomaly detection; change detection; SAR

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

Applications of Remote Sensing in Landscapes and Human Settlements

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submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 7492

Keywords: landscapes ecology; urban heat islands; local climate zones; human settlements; green infrastructure; urban and rural planning

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

Remote Sensing in Monitoring Coastal and Inland Waters

edited by Xiaoyun Wan, Qun Liu,

Salem Morsy

and

Yongjun Jia

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 7229

Keywords: coastal and inland waters; satellite remote sensing; airborne/terrestrial/mobile LiDAR; water level/quality/depth; phytoplankton; carbon fluxes and stocks; Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs)

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

Recent Advances in Remote Sensing Products for Water and Environment Monitoring

edited by

Gonzalo E. Espinoza-Dávalos

,

Mhd. Suhyb Salama

and

Marouane Temimi

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6888

Keywords: water resources; water fluxes; hydrologic modeling; Earth observations; environmental monitoring; hydroinformatics

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

New Views of the Moon: Recent Advances in Lunar Remote Sensing and Applications

edited by

Lingzhi Sun

,

Yuqi Qian

, Le Qiao and Honglei Lin

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6273

Keywords: the moon; lunar volatile; remote sensing; spectroscopy; lunar south pole; mineralogy

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

Development and Implementation of Early Detection and Warning Methods for Natural Hazards Utilizing Multi-Source Remote Sensing Data

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submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 6136

Keywords: remote sensing; reanalysis data; method development; natural hazards; early identification; monitoring and early warnings; glacier-related disasters; hill fire monitoring; flash flood; debris flow; drought; landslides

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

Applications of Radar Remote Sensing in Earth Observation

edited by Guoman Huang,

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submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6081

Keywords: SAR; InSAR; land cover and land use mapping; forest canopy height; aboveground biomass estimation; land hazard and risk monitoring; earth system; deep learning; machine learning

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

Artificial Intelligence for Remote Sensing: State-of-the-Art Reviews and Future Directions

edited by Fa-Ming Fang

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 5824

Keywords: image processing; remote sensing; artificial intelligence; review; survey

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

Applications of Multi-Scale Remote Sensing and Machine Learning to Study Agriculture and Agriculture Water Management

edited by

Weiwei Zhu

, Ya’nan Zhou and Nana Yan

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5016

Keywords: precision agriculture; crop monitoring; evapotranspiration; drought; agricultural water management remote sensing methods; machine learning; data analysis

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

Advancements in Deep Learning for Remote Sensing: Exploring Planetary and Earth Observation Applications

edited by

Riccardo La Grassa

and

Ignazio Gallo

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4699

Keywords: deep learning; earth observation; planetary science; feature detection; mapping; super-resolution; classification

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

Near Real-Time Remote Sensing Data and Its Geoscience Applications

edited by

John Trinder

and Zhiqi Zhang

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4641

Keywords: near real-time intelligent satellite systems; onboard processing; video data capture; multispectral and SAR image data; data processing for information servicing; deep learning applications; applications-ready data

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

Forest Disturbance Monitoring with Optical Satellite Imagery

edited by Antoine Masse and

Nikolay S. Strigul

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4639

Keywords: forest disturbance; optical remote sensing; forest degradation; forest monitoring multi-source data fusion; data calibration and validation

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

Remote Sensing for Structural Monitoring and Assessment of Constructions

edited by

Andrea Miano

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4549

Keywords: structural health monitoring; satellite data; structural assessment; structural analysis

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

Advances in Remote Sensing Approaches for Agricultural Monitoring at Field and Regional Scale (Second Edition)

edited by

Jitka Kumhálová

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4436

Keywords: precision agriculture; photogrammetry; UAV; yield monitoring; crop monitoring; agricultural monitoring; artificial intelligence

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

Remote Sensing for Ocean-Atmosphere Interaction Studies

edited by

Shakeel Asharaf

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4261

Keywords: air–sea interactions; satellite oceanography; ocean surface wind/heat fluxes; satellite/in situ data validation; high-impact weather events; impact studies; uncertainty quantification

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

Advances in GNSS-Reflectometry and Remote Sensing for Ocean Surface Monitoring

edited by

Xuerui Wu

and

Kaoru Ichikawa

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4219

Keywords: GNSS-R; Beidou; ocean; sea ice; wind speed

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

Satellite Soil Moisture Estimation, Assessment, and Applications (Second Edition)

edited by

Xiaojun Li

, Lun Gao,

Frédéric Frappart

and

Hui Lu

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4193

Keywords: surface and root-zone soil moisture; passive and active microwaves; SMOS/SMAP/AMSR2/CIMR; vegetation optical depth; evaluation/intercomparison; data assimilation

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

Interpretation and Attribution of Land Subsidence: A Remote Sensing and Machine Learning Perspective

edited by

Alex Hay-Man Ng

,

Linlin Ge

,

Hsing-Chung Chang

and Zheyuan Du

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4140

Keywords: land subsidence; remote sensing; machine learning; deep learning; subsidence monitoring; predictive modeling; data fusion; ground deformation

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

Advances in Artificial Intelligence and Multi-Source Remote Sensing for Surface Hydrology

edited by

Xingxing Zhang

and Liguang Jiang

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4069

Keywords: multi-source remote sensing; surface water monitoring; satellite altimetry; SWOT mission; GRACE gravimetry; hydrological modeling; AI-based methods; climate change impacts; flood and drought monitoring; transboundary river basins

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

Remote Sensing Satellites Calibration and Validation: 2nd Edition

edited by Yonghua Jiang,

Mingjun Deng

and Litao Li

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4067

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)

Remote Sensing in Maritime Navigation and Transportation

edited by

David Brčić

,

Mario Bakota

and

Serdjo Kos

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4052

Keywords: safety of maritime navigation; maritime traffic monitoring; environmental monitoring; vessel tracking and coastal surveillance; GNSS-based maritime navigation and transportation; synthetic aperture radar (SAR) and satellite imagery; navigation systems; port operations optimisation; maritime transportation efficiency; dynamic positioning; polar navigation

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

Remote Sensing for Hydrological Management

edited by

Ram L. Ray

and

Gebrekidan Tefera

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3967

Keywords: remote sensing; hydrological monitoring; hydrological extremes; hydrological models; soil moisture; water quality; water management

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

Hyperspectral Data Analysis of Vegetation and Soil Monitoring

edited by

Kun Shang

, Weichao Sun and

Naichen Xing

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 3692

Keywords: hyperspectral imaging; spaceborne remote sensing; vegetation parameters retrieval; soil properties mapping; precision agriculture; radiative transfer modeling; machine learning; spectral unmixing

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

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