Remote Sensing

Remote Sensing of the Global Cryosphere: Development, Application and Challenges

edited by Qiang Shen,

and

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 567 | Submission Open

Keywords: cryosphere remote sensing; glacier dynamics; InSAR; ice-sheet mass balance; sea ice monitoring; permafrost deformation; snow remote sensing; multi-sensor fusion; AI in geoscience

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

Crop Yield Estimation Based on Remote Sensing and Artificial Intelligence (Second Edition)

edited by

Orly Enrique Apolo Apolo

,

Simon Appeltans

,

Mino Sportelli

and

Borja Espejo-García

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 557 | Submission Open

Keywords: data analytics; remote sensing; LiDAR; spectral analysis; crop modelling; geospatial data

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

Imagery Classification and Feature Extraction Based on Hyperspectral Remote Sensing (Second Edition)

edited by

Xia Xu

, Yuanchao Su and

Xuanwen Tao

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 515 | Submission Open

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

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

Advancing Process Representation for Hydrological Modeling Across Spatiotemporal Scales

edited by

Yao Li

,

Tangao Hu

and

Tianlong Jia

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 472 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydrological modeling; spatiotemporal scales; flood; drought; data-scarce regions; hybrid models; remote sensing

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

Artificial Intelligence and Satellite Remote Sensing in Climate Smart Agriculture

edited by

Hankui Zhang

and

Dong Luo

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 384 | Submission Open

Keywords: deep learning; climate-smart agriculture; remote sensing; image processing; spatial analysis

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

Integration of Multispectral, LiDAR, and Artificial Intelligence Approaches for Characterizing Wetland Dynamics and Ecological Status

edited by

Javier Estornell

and

Maria-Teresa Sebastia-Frasquet

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 370 | Submission Open

Keywords: bathymetric LiDAR; machine learning; deep learning; classification; wetland; water quality; chlorophyll-a; suspended solids

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

Multimodal Sensing and Fusion Driven Intelligent Computing in Advanced Remote Sensing

edited by

Jinchang Ren

,

Jon Atli Benediktsson

,

Maher Assaad

,

Jaime Zabalza

and

Erlei Zhang

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 368 | Submission Open

Keywords: multimodal remote sensing; data fusion; hyperspectral imaging; SAR and LiDAR integration; intelligent image processing; machine learning for earth observation

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

3D Geospatial Intelligence and Scene Understanding from Multi-Source Remote Sensing

edited by

Banghui Yang

,

Jian Liu

and

Jing Li

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 362 | Submission Open

Keywords: multi-source data fusion; 3D realistic geospatial landscape model and digital twins; virtual geographic environments (VGE); 3D gaussian splatting (3DGS) for geospatial applications; multi-sensor SLAM and geo-localization; smart aerospace infrastructure; advanced remote sensing for agricultural water resources management; natural hazard simulation

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

Integrating Multi-Sensor Remote Sensing for Surface Deformation and Geohazard Detection

edited by

Zhuge Xia

,

Kun Qian

, Mimi Peng, Qi Zhang and

Wandi Wang

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 333 | Submission Open

Keywords: multi-sensor remote sensing; surface deformation; geohazard detection; InSAR; GNSS; time-series analysis; machine learning; data fusion

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

Application of Remote Sensing Data in Data Assimilation, Reanalysis and Artificial Intelligence for Mesoscale Numerical Weather Models (Third Edition)

edited by

, Yunheng Wang,

,

,

and

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 332 | Submission Open

Keywords: advances in remote sensing data assimilation; new types of remote sensing observations; network design or data analysis with numerical models; convective-allowing and regional numerical model developments; probabilistic prediction methods; verification methods and statistical modeling; new developments in artificial intelligence for numerical models; regional and global data reanalysis techniques; coupled data assimilation; artificial intelligence; machine learning; air-quality research

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

Remote Sensing Applications for Urban Tree Inventory, Health, and Management

edited by Jonathan Pando Ocón,

John Rogan

and

G. Andrew Fricker

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 321 | Submission Open

Keywords: applied remote sensing; urban forestry; tree segmentation; machine learning; deep learning; species/genus classification; vegetation health assessment; urban planning

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

Advances in GNSS Radio Occultation: Observation Physics, Uncertainty, Earth System Applications, and Using AI to Improve the RO Retrievals

edited by

Shu-Peng Ho

and

Michael E. Gorbunov

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 282 | Submission Open

Keywords: GNSS RO; boundary-layer retrievals; weather applications; atmospheric applications; benchmark observation for weather and climate model evaluation; AI applications on RO inversion

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

Advancements in Infrared Sounding Techniques and Applications

edited by Na Li and Xiaobin Zhao

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 270 | Submission Open

Keywords: atmospheric profiles; surface temperature; cloud properties; trace gases; fire detection; space target recognition; spectral signature analysis; radiometric calibration; urban heat; greenhouse gases

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

Satellite-Based Remote Sensing for Land Cover and Land Use Mapping in Agriculture

edited by Rémi D'Annunzio

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 260 | Submission Open

Keywords: commodities; land use change; monitoring; agroforestry; deforestation; perennial crop mapping

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

Remote Sensing for Disaster Science: Building Damage Recognition and Analysis

edited by

Fang Fang

, Shengwen Li,

Xiao Liu

and

Yongyang Xu

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

Keywords: remote sensing; disaster damage assessment; building damage detection; multi-modal remote sensing; high-resolution imagery; SAR-optical fusion; UAV remote sensing; LiDAR point clouds; deep learning; vision transformers

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

Optical Remote Sensing for Deep Space Exploration

edited by Bin Xue, Weiming Xu and Yiyi Zhao

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

Keywords: optical remote sensing instrumentation; radiometric and geometric calibration; hyperspectral spectroscopy; laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS); Raman spectroscopy; autonomous optical navigation; in situ and orbital remote sensing; deep space exploration missions; sensor validation and performance evaluation; multi-technique integration

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

Advances in Satellite Gravity Field Retrieval: From GRACE/GRACE-FO to Future Missions

edited by Malgorzata Szelachowska and

Walyeldeen Godah

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 228 | Submission Open

Keywords: gravity satellite missions; satellite mission constellation; technological innovations; hydrology; groundwater; cryosphere; noise reduction; data integration

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

Research Progress of Radar Remote Sensing in Sea Ice Monitoring

edited by

Igor L. Zakharov

and

Xuebo Zhang

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 218 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing of sea ice; systems for sea ice and iceberg surveillance; algorithms for sea ice parameter retrieval; model-based sea ice monitoring; sea ice instruments and new algorithms for data assimilation in models; iceberg detection

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

Multimodal Remote Sensing and Big Data Analytics for Earth Observation

edited by

Gizem Senel

,

Mehmet Furkan Celik

and

Mustafa Serkan Isik

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 209 | Submission Open

Keywords: multimodal remote sensing; big geospatial data; data fusion; GeoAI; time-series analysis; deep learning; foundational models in remote sensing; cloud computing; geospatial analytics

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

Intelligent Spatio-Temporal Dynamic Analysis Based on Multi-Temporal Remote Sensing Images

edited by

,

,

and

submission deadline 1 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 434 | Submission Open

Keywords: semantic segmentation; instance segmentation; panoptic segmentation; multi-temporal target correlation; multi-temporal target re-identification; change detection; remote sensing image description; change description; change analysis application

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

Remote Sensing for Monitoring Glacier and Ice Sheet Margin Dynamics

edited by

Levan Tielidze

submission deadline 1 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 299 | Submission Open

Keywords: glacier and ice sheet dynamics; synthetic aperture radar (SAR); satellite altimetry; machine learning in cryosphere studies; multi-sensor data fusion; glacier change detection and monitoring

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

3D Computer Vision for Remote Sensing: Point Clouds, Reconstruction and Scene Understanding

edited by

Hanyun Wang

, Li Li, Qi Dong and

Yao Wei

submission deadline 15 Dec 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 3755 | 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)

Advances in Deep Learning Change Detection Based on High-Resolution Remote Sensing Imagery

edited by

Daifeng Peng

,

Sicong Liu

, Yuxing Chen and

Zhi Zheng

submission deadline 15 Dec 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2075 | Submission Open

Keywords: high-resolution remote sensing imagery; change detection; deep learning; foundation model; vision-language model; label-efficient learning; domain adaptation; zero-shot learning

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

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

edited by

Binbin Li

and

Huan Xie

submission deadline 15 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1040 | Submission Open

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

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

Machine Learning for Feature Extraction and Classification in Remote Sensing Images

edited by Peng Dou,

Chunlin Huang

and

Weixiao Han

submission deadline 16 Dec 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2246 | Submission Open

Keywords: machine learning; feature extraction; image classification; remote sensing imagery; deep learning; target detection; hyperspectral imagery; SAR imagery; intelligent interpretation

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

Satellite Observations and Numerical Studies for Ionosphere, Plasma Dynamics, and Space Weather Prediction

edited by Dehe Yang and

Kwangsun Ryu

submission deadline 20 Dec 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4436 | Submission Open

Keywords: ionosphere; geomagnetic activities; space plasma; space weather/numerical weather monitoring; satellite remote sensing; in situ measurements; radio occultation

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

Applications of SAR for Environment Observation Analysis (Second Edition)

edited by

Vahid Akbari

,

Masoud Mahdianpari

and

Nizar Bouhlel

submission deadline 20 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 225 | Submission Open

Keywords: synthetic aperture radar (SAR); InSAR phase analysis; tomographic SAR; NISAR mission; BIOMASS mission; SAR polarimetry; environmental monitoring; machine learning for SAR; multitemporal SAR analysis; earth observation

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

Advances in Multi-Sensor Remote Sensing for Vegetation Monitoring

edited by

Shan Lu

and

Chunying Ren

submission deadline 29 Dec 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 14740 | Submission Open

Keywords: SAR–optical synergy; thermal–optical synergy; LIDAR–optical synergy; SIF–multispectral synergy; vegetation biomass; vegetation phenology; vegetation mapping; vegetation parameter inversion

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

Image Analysis for Forest Environmental Monitoring (2nd Edition)

edited by

El Khalil Cherif

and

Catarina Barata

submission deadline 29 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 860 | Submission Open

Keywords: image analysis; remote sensing; environment monitoring; forests; multispectral and hypespectral imaging; airborne image

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

GeoAI and EO Big Data Driven Advances in Earth Environmental Science (Second Edition)

edited by

, Hui Lin,

,

and

submission deadline 30 Dec 2026 | 9 articles | Viewed by 7916 | Submission Open

Keywords: earth observation big data; GeoAI; multisource/multimodal data fusion; long time-series analysis; retrievals of environmental variables; postprocessing of environmental variable retrievals; monitoring, evaluation, and prediction; land cover land use; natural hazards; high-impact events

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

Spaceborne Global Navigation Satellite System Reflectometry (GNSS-R): Techniques, Applications, and Challenges

edited by

Feixiong Huang

, Wei Wan and

Feng Wang

submission deadline 30 Dec 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 7643 | Submission Open

Keywords: GNSS-R; satellite mission; small satellite; ocean surface; soil moisture; sea ice; biomass; target detection

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

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

edited by

John J. Qu

,

Xianjun Hao

and Zhiliang Zhu

submission deadline 30 Dec 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4960 | Submission Open

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

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

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

edited by

Yulei Wang

, Enyu Zhao,

Weiying Xie

and

Chein-I Chang

submission deadline 30 Dec 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4259 | Submission Open

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

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

Remote Sensing with Radar or Lidar for Multi-Scale Atmospheric Observation

edited by

Zhifeng Shu

and

Zhiqiu Gao

submission deadline 30 Dec 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2437 | Submission Open

Keywords: radar remote sensing; lidar atmospheric sensing; multi-scale atmospheric observation; atmospheric boundary layer observation; atmospheric parameter retrieval; energy meteorology observation; wind field detection; cloud and precipitation detection; radar/lidar data assimilation; machine learning

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

Advanced Image Processing Technologies and Applications for Remote Sensing

edited by Feiming Wei,

Tao Zhang

and Jin Ma

submission deadline 30 Dec 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2234 | Submission Open

Keywords: deep learning; advanced image processing; target recognition; image classification; object detection

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

Monitoring Water Resources and Hydraulic Infrastructure with GNSS, InSAR, GRACE and SWOT Satellite Observations

edited by

,

,

and

submission deadline 30 Dec 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2177 | Submission Open

Keywords: water resources; hydraulic infrastructure; GNSS; InSAR; GRACE; SWOT; satellite observations; artificial intelligence; remote sensing

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

Remote Sensing for Planetary Geomorphology and Mapping

edited by

Weiming Cheng

and

Zhiyong Xiao

submission deadline 30 Dec 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1705 | Submission Open

Keywords: quantitative geomorphology; planetary geomorphology; remote sensing; DEM; GIS; impact geomorphology; ecological and environmental change; geology; geomorphological evolution; geomorphological classification and mapping

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

Artificial Intelligence and Satellite Remote Sensing for Environmental Monitoring

edited by

Ioannis Kakogeorgiou

,

Katerina Kikaki

and

Konstantinos Karantzalos

submission deadline 30 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1483 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; deep learning; environmental monitoring; ocean remote sensing; marine pollution; water quality monitoring; phytoplankton phenology monitoring; land use/land cover; coastline changes mapping; maritime target detection; hazards; floating material detection

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

Remote Sensing Observation Methods for Leaf Area Index (LAI)

edited by Weiliang Fan,

Qian Zhang

and Meihong Fang

submission deadline 30 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1154 | Submission Open

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

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

Multimodal Fusion for SAR Target Detection: Recent Advances and Challenges

edited by

,

,

,

and Jinsong Zhang

submission deadline 30 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 641 | Submission Open

Keywords: SAR target detection; multimodal fusion; multi-sensor registration; deep learning; explainable models; LiDAR; optical data fusion; multi-platform collaboration; target recognition

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

Multi-Source Remote Sensing for Cloud and Precipitation Monitoring

edited by

Yi Chang

and Zhaoxin Cai

submission deadline 30 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 544 | Submission Open

Keywords: clouds and precipitation; multi-source observation; weather modification; macro and micro characteristics; in situ observations; fog monitoring; aerosol–cloud–precipitation interactions

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

Mobile Mapping Systems in Environmental Remote Sensing: Advances for Urban and Forest Applications

edited by

Ehsan Khoramshahi

submission deadline 30 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 254 | Submission Open

Keywords: mobile mapping systems (MMS); LiDAR; GNSS/INS integration; photogrammetry; urban remote sensing; forest remote sensing; multi-source data fusion; geospatial data processing; artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning; environmental monitoring

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

Ecosystem Protection in Arid and Semi-Arid Regions Supported by Multi-Source Remote Sensing Data

edited by

Qiang Yu

, Junran Li,

Di Yang

and

Linyuan Li

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 19569 | Submission Open

Keywords: multi scale remote sensing data; remote sensing technology; arid and semi-arid regions; climate change; dryland ecosystems; structure and function farmland protection forest

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

Application of Advanced Remote Sensing Techniques in Mining Areas

edited by

Tingting He

,

He Ren

and

Yongjun Yang

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 9 articles | Viewed by 18310 | Submission Open

Keywords: high-resolution remote sensing; optical data; SAR images; surface/open-pit mining; disturbances; coal waste dumps; mining subsidence area; land degradation; land reclamation and ecological restoration; active/abandoned mining; deep learning; change detection; Google Earth Engine

Remote Sensing and Associated Artificial Intelligence in Agricultural Applications (2nd Edition)

edited by

Enrico Corrado Borgogno Mondino

,

Filippo Sarvia

and

Samuele De Petris

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 14605 | 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)

Advanced Quantitative Remote Sensing for Sustainable Agriculture and Vegetation: From Multi-Sensor Fusion to AI-Driven Global Food Security

edited by

Zhijun Zhen

, Zunjian Bian,

Lisai Cao

and

Bingxue Zhu

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 13989 | Submission Open

Keywords: quantitative remote sensing; precision agriculture; deep learning and foundation models; multi-sensor data fusion; crop yield prediction and phenotyping; carbon sequestration and soil health; vegetation radiative transfer models (RTMs); climate change adaptation; UAV and high-resolution imaging; digital twins in agriculture

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

Signal Processing, Image Processing and Fusion Techniques in Remote Sensing

edited by

Georgia Koukiou

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 12478 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; multichannel information; sensor types; signal processing; image processing; information fusion; registration; elevation models; target detection; surface characterization

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

Multi-Object Detection and Feature Extraction of Remote Sensing Images

edited by

Yu Zhang

, Yan Zhang, Zhiguang Shi and Ruigang Fu

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 12037 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing imagery; multi-object detection; feature extraction; deep learning; transformer-based architectures; multi-modal fusion

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

Ground Deformation Patterns Detection by InSAR and GNSS Techniques (3rd Edition)

edited by

Mimmo Palano

,

Alessandra Carollo

and Federica Sparacino

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 8707 | Submission Open

Keywords: earthquakes; plate motion; volcano geodesy; land subsidence; GNSS reflectometry; ground deformation modelling

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

Remote Sensing of Water Dynamics in Permafrost Regions

edited by Zeyong Gao and Lingxiao Wang

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 8678 | 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)

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