Remote Sensing

AI-Powered Remote Sensing Forest Monitoring: Biodiversity and Climate Resilience

edited by

and

submission deadline 15 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 491 | Submission Open

Keywords: AI-powered remote sensing; multi-scale forest monitoring; multi-scale biodiversity monitoring; multi-source data fusion; ecological modeling; carbon stocks/carbon sink; ecosystem resilience

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

Remote Sensing-Based Digital Soil Mapping of Organic Carbon Stocks

edited by

George Zalidis

submission deadline 15 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 349 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital soil mapping; soil organic carbon; SOC stocks; carbon accounting; spatial modelling; uncertainty quantification; validation and benchmarking; MRV

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

New Trends in Remote Sensing Multispectral Monitoring of Plant Phenotypic Characteristics

edited by Kaihao Cheng,

Shichao Jin

and

Dong Li

submission deadline 15 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 343 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant phenotyping; multispectral remote sensing; spectral data fusion; vegetation indices; plant functional traits; plant abiotic/biotic stress

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

Earth Observation for SDGs in Coastal Areas and Small Islands

edited by Changyong Dou,

Yunwei Tang

,

Charles Galdies

and Siqin Wang

submission deadline 15 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 295 | Submission Open

Keywords: earth observation; sustainable development goals (SDGs); coastal monitoring; small island developing states (SIDS); coastal ecosystems; SDG localization; blue economy

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

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

edited by

Zhiqun Hu

and

Filomena Romano

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3808 | 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)

AI-Driven Forestry Remote Sensing: Datasets, Models, Analysis and Applications

edited by

Fang Huang

, Lingling Ma,

Jia Wang

and

Peng Liu

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3386 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence in forestry remote sensing; multi-source data fusion; forest parameter intelligent inversion and modeling; forest dynamic simulation and prediction; forest structure and global change; 3D point cloud analysis and applications; remote sensing image analysis and applications; digital twin & visualization; smart forestry

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

3D Scene Perception and Reconstruction of Remote Sensing Imagery

edited by

Jun Xiao

, Haiyong Jiang,

Lupeng Liu

and

Zhengda Lu

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3159 | Submission Open

Keywords: multi-modal fusion; structural reconstruction; weak supervision and semi-supervision; remote sensing; annotation efficiency

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

Radar Technologies for Meteorological and Atmospheric Observations

edited by Haijiang Wang,

Sheng Chen

and

Zhiqun Hu

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1969 | 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)

Dam Stability Monitoring with Satellite Geodesy (Third Edition)

edited by

Antonio Miguel Ruiz Armenteros

,

,

,

and

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1294 | Submission Open

Keywords: dam; satellite geodesy; remote sensing; GNSS; radar interferometry; InSAR; deformation monitoring; geodetic measurements; geotechnical measurements; infrastructure; earth observation; sensors

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

Deep Learning for Remote Sensing Image Segmentation

edited by Zhenghang Yuan and

Lanlan Rao

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 564 | Submission Open

Keywords: deep learning; remote sensing image segmentation; transformers and foundation models; label-efficient learning; multi-modal Earth observation

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

Satellite Observation of Middle and Upper Atmospheric Dynamics

edited by

Shengyang Gu

, Haiyang Gao and

Zhaoai Yan

submission deadline 25 Feb 2027 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2623 | Submission Open

Keywords: atmospheric parameters retrieval; novel satellite-based observation technologies; atmospheric dynamics; near-space modeling and prediction; coupling and long-term change mechanism; multi-source data assimilation technologies

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

Vision–Language and Multimodal Foundation Models for Intelligent Remote Sensing Interpretation

edited by Yuxiang Xie,

Yanming Guo

and

Guoxiong Zhou

submission deadline 25 Feb 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 834 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing intelligent interpretation; vision–language model; multimodal foundation model; open-world perception; geospatial artificial intelligence; multi-source remote sensing data; large model adaptation

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

Drone-Based Remote Sensing of Archaeological Landscapes

edited by

Jesse Casana

and Paige E. Paulsen

submission deadline 25 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 424 | Submission Open

Keywords: UAS; UAV; lidar; thermal infrared; SWIR; multispectral; hyperspectral; magnetometry; GPR; real-time kinematic; GNSS; archaeological survey; landscape

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

Precipitation Estimations Based on Satellite Observations

edited by

Yuanwei Wang

and

Francisco J. Tapiador

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | 3 articles | Viewed by 9573 | 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)

Monitoring and Managing Environmental Sustainability Using Remote Sensing (Second Edition)

edited by

Dongmei Chen

and

Yuhong He

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7223 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; environmental sustainability; land use/cover change; habitat health; climate change monitoring; satellite imagery; environmental monitoring; ecosystem assessment

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

Advancing Ocean Observation, Analysis, and Forecasting Through AI-Powered Remote Sensing

edited by Lei Ren,

Indiana A. Olbert

and

Gang Zheng

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | 7 articles | Viewed by 5039 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; artificial intelligence technology; observation; forecast; analysis; reconstruction

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

Neural Networks and Deep Learning for Satellite Image Processing

edited by Jinsong Chen,

Shanxin Guo

,

Yanfei Zhong

and Yue Xu

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4947 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest canopy structure or parameter retrieval; deep learning; land cover and land use mapping; transfer learning; matric learning; transferability assessment; cloud removal; spatial-temporal image fusion; parameter efficient fine-tuning; change detection; object recognition; super resolution

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

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

edited by

Hao Zhang

,

Ashraf Dewan

and

Rui Zhou

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4003 | 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)

Advances in Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Imaging and Time-Varying Scattering Target Interaction: Innovation, Theory, and Applications

edited by

, Junjie Wang,

,

and

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | 5 articles | Viewed by 3801 | Submission Open

Keywords: Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR); Polarized Synthetic Aperture Radar (PolSAR); SAR imaging; SAR target feature extraction; SAR countermeasure; SAR target feature transformation; SAR target recognition

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

Object Detection in Remote Sensing Imagery

edited by

Dandan Ma

,

Zhiyu Jiang

and Le Dong

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | 5 articles | Viewed by 2394 | 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)

LiDAR Technology in Forest Ecosystems: Advances and Applications in Forest Management, Monitoring and Modelling

edited by Matteo Mura

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2136 | Submission Open

Keywords: LiDAR; airborne laser scanning; forest inventory; forest biometrics; large area estimation; forest management; forest monitoring

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

Hyperspectral and Thermal Remote Sensing for Precision Agriculture and Environmental Monitoring

edited by

Salvatore Falanga Bolognesi

and

Oscar Rosario Belfiore

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 1444 | Submission Open

Keywords: hyperspectral imaging; thermal remote sensing; precision agriculture; environmental monitoring; irrigation management; earth observation; UAV and satellite applications; machine learning in remote sensing

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

Learning-Based Remote Sensing and Earth Observation Intelligence: Representation, Fusion, Interpretation, and Generation

edited by

,

,

,

, Xiantao Jiang and

Yi Xiao

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1341 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; earth observation; artificial intelligence; deep learning; foundation models; multimodal learning; data fusion; generative AI; image interpretation

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

Recent Advances in SAR Images for Target Detection and Information Extraction

edited by

Shiyu Luo

,

Luca Pallotta

, Jian Wang and Ming Li

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1233 | Submission Open

Keywords: synthetic aperture radar (SAR); target detection; information extraction; physics-inspired deep learning; scattering mechanism inversion; semantic segmentation; multi-dimensional SAR; weakly supervised learning

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

Remote Sensing for Monitoring Nutrients in Coastal and Inland Waters

edited by

Christos Domenikiotis

and

Nikos Neofitou

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1163 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; water quality; nutrients; eutrophication; coastal waters; inland waters; regression; classification; machine learning; deep learning

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

Advances in Forest Aboveground Biomass Mapping Using Multi-Source Remote Sensing and Machine Learning

edited by

Wenquan Dong

,

Zhiqiang Cheng

, Songyan Zhu and

Yongjie Ji

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1093 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest aboveground biomass; optical; SAR; LiDAR; biomass mapping; machine learning; deep learning; forest carbon; data fusion

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

Multi-Platform and Multi-Modal Remote Sensing Data Fusion with Advanced Deep Learning Techniques (Third Edition)

edited by

,

,

and

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 643 | Submission Open

Keywords: multispectral and hyperspectral data fusion; hyperspectral and LiDAR data fusion; pansharpening or thermal sharpening; optical and SAR data fusion; optical and LiDAR data fusion; novel benchmark multi-platform or multi-modal datasets; advanced deep learning algorithm/architectures/theory; transfer, multitask, few-shot, and meta learning; attention mechanism and transformer; convolutional neural networks/graph convolutional networks; scene/object classification and segmentation; target detection/tracking; geological mapping

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

Remote Sensing Spatiotemporal Fusion with Deep and Generative Models

edited by

Huihui Song

and

Yongquan Zhao

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 561 | Submission Open

Keywords: spatiotemporal fusion; remote sensing; deep learning; generative model; diffusion model; generative adversarial network (GAN); transformer architecture; time‑series reconstruction; multi‑source data fusion; high-spatiotemporal resolution monitoring

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

Integrating Remote Sensing and Machine Learning for Intelligent Crop Monitoring and Yield Mapping

edited by Yingpin Yang, Jiancheng Luo and

Tianjun Wu

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 438 | Submission Open

Keywords: crop classification and mapping; yield prediction; phenology monitoring; machine learning; transfer learning; domain adaptation; multi-source data fusion; time-series analysis; AI agents; explainable AI; climate change; sustainable agriculture

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

GeoAI and Remote Sensing for Urban Planning and Human Comfort Analysis

edited by

Hossein Arefi

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 411 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban microclimate; thermal comfort; human comfort; climate-sensitive urban planning; urban heat island (UHI)

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

Artificial Intelligence and Big Data Remote Sensing for Land Use/Land Cover Mapping and Sustainable Development

edited by

Yumiao Wang

,

Qiong Hu

, Gang Yang and

Zhou Zhang

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 389 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; remote sensing; land use and land cover; deep learning; crop mapping; sustainable development; multi-source data fusion; change detection; geospatial intelligence

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

Advanced Deep Learning and Foundation Models for Hyperspectral Image Interpretation

edited by Jinghui Yang,

Lifeng Wang

,

Jiaqi Yang

and

Lingling Li

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 388 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; hyperspectral imaging; foundation models; deep learning; image interpretation; model interpretability; image registration; earth observation

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

Multi-Source Remote Sensing for Digital Terrain Modeling and Analysis

edited by Wen Dai, Chuanfa Chen and Linwei Yue

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 355 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital terrain models (DTMs); digital elevation models (DEMs); terrain analysis; multi-source remote sensing data; geomorphometry; terrain modeling

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

Remote Sensing with LiDAR Point Clouds: From Semantic Segmentation to 3D Scene Understanding

edited by Kaiqi Liu, Wenshuai Hu and

Junjie Wang

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 295 | Submission Open

Keywords: point clouds; semantic segmentation; environment perception; deep learning; datasets; three-dimensional understanding

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

Remote Sensing and AI for Crop Monitoring, Yield Prediction and Food Security Assessment

edited by

Xueying Li

,

El Houssaine Bouras

and

Shishi Liu

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 234 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; artificial intelligence; crop monitoring; crop yield prediction; crop phenology; agricultural drought; agricultural modeling; data assimilation; climate-smart agriculture

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

Recent Advances in Robust and Intelligent Remote Sensing Data Processing

edited by Zhenyu Fang,

Jinchang Ren

and

Jiangbin Zheng

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 193 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing image processing; robust deep learning; intelligent remote sensing interpretation; multi-source remote sensing data fusion; cross-domain adaptation; hyperspectral imagery; SAR image analysis

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

Next-Generation Earth Observation for Inland and Coastal Ecosystems: Integrating Satellites, UAVs, and AI for Water Quality and Sustainability

edited by

Sidrah Hafeez

,

Sawaid Abbas

, Majid Nazeer and Muhammd Asim

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 191 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles); aquatic ecosystems; algal blooms; invasive species; aquatic vegetation; water quality monitoring; machine learning

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

Multi-Source Remote Sensing Data Fusion for Hydrological Modelling

edited by

Hongxing Zheng

,

Guobin Fu

and

Ruirui Zhu

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 190 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydrological modelling; multisource remote sensing; data fusion; machine learning and deep learning; data assimilation; uncertainty; flood inundation; drought

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

Multimodal Remote Sensing and Artificial Intelligence for Natural Disasters Monitoring, Early Warning, and Risk Management

edited by

Yu Chen

, Bingqian Chen,

Jie Dou

and

Teng Wang

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 188 | Submission Open

Keywords: multimodal remote sensing; artificial intelligence; natural disaster monitoring; disaster risk management; data fusion; damage assessment

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

Advances in Remote Sensing and Geospatial Artificial Intelligence (GeoAI) for Geomorphological and Archaeological Research

edited by

Scot Smith

and

Kamal Darwish

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 186 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; archaeology; geology; geomorphology; remote sensing; geo-hazards

Land Cover and Vegetation Mapping Based on Spectral Unmixing and Multi-Source Remote Sensing Data Fusion

edited by

Hamdi A. Zurqani

and

Abdulsalam Al-Bukhari

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 184 | Submission Open

Keywords: spectral unmixing; multi-source data fusion; land-cover mapping; vegetation mapping; sub-pixel analysis; endmember variability; hyperspectral remote sensing; synthetic aperture radar; LiDAR; geospatial artificial intelligence

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

Uncertainty Quantification and Propagation in Vegetation Earth Observation

edited by

Jochem Verrelst

and

Luke A. Brown

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 183 | Submission Open

Keywords: uncertainty quantification; vegetation earth observation; epistemic and aleatoric uncertainty; machine learning and Bayesian inference; radiative transfer modeling

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

Physics-Informed Information Exploitation in Radar Remote Sensing

edited by

Junling Wang

and

Bangjie Zhang

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 183 | Submission Open

Keywords: physics-based remote sensing models; novel radar architectures; scattering mechanisms; feature-based signal processing; multi-source information fusion; motion-constrained target detection and tracking; information-constrained target recognition; physical property retrieval; spatiotemporal feature correlation; feature-based performance optimization

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

Artificial Intelligence Remote Sensing Change Detection: Development and Challenges (Second Edition)

edited by

Lingyan Ran

, Fa-Ming Fang, Tao Zhuo and Shizhou Zhang

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 176 | Submission Open

Keywords: AI-enhanced remote sensing; semantic segmentation; multitemporal change detection; deep learning in geospatial analysis; environmental dynamics monitoring; heterogeneous data fusion

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

Remote Sensing for Building Extraction and Large-Scale Urban Mapping

edited by

Jiepan Li

,

Wei He

,

Hongruixuan Chen

and Ting Hu

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 174 | Submission Open

Keywords: building extraction; large-scale urban mapping; change detection; high-resolution imagery; remote sensing; deep learning; sustainable urban development; three-dimensional reconstruction

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

Building Extraction and Reconstruction from Remote Sensing Imagery

edited by

Dawen Yu

,

Bowen Cai

and Shiqing Wei

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 159 | Submission Open

Keywords: building footprint extraction; 3D building reconstruction; building height estimation; multi-source data fusion; urban change analysis; deep learning model

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

Earth Observation for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): From Environmental Monitoring to Social Indicators

edited by

Ana Andries

and

Belén Martí-Cardona

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 159 | Submission Open

Keywords: Earth observation; Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs); post-2030 sustainability frameworks; satellite missions; greenhouse gas monitoring; biodiversity and ecosystem monitoring; hyperspectral remote sensing; radar remote sensing; geospatial indicators; environmental and social indicators; post-2030 sustainability

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

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

edited by

Yuli Sun

and

Luda Zhao

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 154 | Submission Open

Keywords: 3D computer vision; point clouds; LiDAR; 3D reconstruction; scene understanding; semantic segmentation; deep learning; multi-modal fusion

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

Multimodal Remote Sensing Image Processing and Understanding in the Era of Vision-Language Models

edited by Yuqi Han, Yufeng Wang and

Shichao Zhou

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 153 | Submission Open

Keywords: multimodal remote sensing image fusion; self-supervised learning; foundation models; vision-language models; cross-modal representation learning; generative learning; multimodal perception; earth observation

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

Efficient Multimodal AI for Remote Sensing: From Observation Enhancement to Target-Aware Spatiotemporal Intelligence

edited by Xizhe Xue, Jiang He and

Jing Yang

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 153 | Submission Open

Keywords: heterogeneous remote sensing observation enhancement; multimodal remote sensing image fusion; hyperspectral image restoration and super-resolution; spectral–spatial anomaly detection; target-aware remote sensing interpretation; prompt-guided target localization; vision-language remote sensing interpretation; lightweight remote sensing image understanding; moving target tracking and trajectory prediction; robust hyperspectral image classification

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

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