Remote Sensing

Laser Scanning in Environmental and Engineering Applications

edited by Maria Alessandra Tini and

Alessandro Lambertini

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1265 | Submission Open

Keywords: TLS; ALS; SLAM; MMSs; LiDAR; UAV; BIM; mapping; monitoring

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

Remote Sensing of Mountain and Plateau Vegetation (Second Edition)

edited by

Zhaoqi Wang

,

Donghai Wu

and

Hao Wang

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1169 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing of vegetation; vegetation productivity; carbon cycle; mountain and plateau regions; alpine vegetation; remote sensing algorithm; vegetation types; elevation gradient; remote sensing in hydrology

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

Knowledge-Driven and/or Data-Driven Methods for Remote Sensing Image Processing (2nd Edition)

edited by

Junmin Liu

, Xile Zhao and Bin Zhao

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1033 | Submission Open

Keywords: image processing; remote sensing; knowledge-driven methods; data-driven methods

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

Applications to Internet of Things with Images and Videos from Remote Sensing

edited by

Chen Chen

,

Liang Zhao

, Yoong Choon Chang and

Ying Ju

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 891 | Submission Open

Keywords: Internet of Things; remote sensing technology; environmental monitoring; image and video processing; intelligent data analysis; decision support systems

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

Application of UAV Images in Precision Agriculture

edited by

Ganesh Bora

and

Yali Zhang

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 871 | Submission Open

Keywords: UAV; precision agriculture; remote sensing; AI; image processing; geospatial data

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

Remote Sensing and GeoAI in Natural Hazard Assessment: Emerging Trends and Applications

edited by Husam A. H. Al-Najjar,

Bahareh Kalantar

and

Alfian Abdul Halin

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 576 | Submission Open

Keywords: natural hazards (floods; landslides; earthquakes; erosion; wildfires; droughts; etc.); remote sensing; GeoAI (geospatial artificial intelligence); damage assessment; data fusion (e.g.; SAR; optical; LiDAR); intelligent geohazard computation; explainable AI (XAI) for geohazards; hazard and risk assessment; Earth observation; vulnerability mapping

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

State of the Art in Positioning Under Forest Canopies

edited by

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submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 385 | Submission Open

Keywords: new techniques/methodologies for positioning; 2D/3D; data-processing for laser scanning/camera data for positioning; mobile mapping and positioning; real-time system; large-scale mapping and positioning in forests; applications of position data in forest environments; literature reviews about the positioning methods in forest science

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

Advancement of Environmental Studies with New SAR Sensors

edited by

Antonios Mouratidis

and Armando Marino

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 363 | Submission Open

Keywords: SAR; SAR polarimetry; SAR interferometry; climate change; disasters; biomass; land cover; land use; coastal; cryosphere

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

Image Matching and Target Recognition Technologies: Prospects and Challenges

edited by

Jianghua Cheng

,

Gui Gao

and

Xiongwu Xiao

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

Keywords: remote sensing; image matching; target recognition real-time image processing; machine learning; image feature extraction and processing

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

Satellite LiDAR for Vegetation Structure and Biomass Estimation: Advances with ICESat-2 and GEDI

edited by

Aobo Liu

,

Xiaoxiao Zhu

, Cangjiao Wang and

Yating Chen

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 171 | Submission Open

Keywords: ICESat-2; GEDI; forest canopy height; aboveground biomass; vegetation structure; LiDAR remote sensing; data fusion; forest monitoring; carbon mapping; machine learning

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

SAR Images Processing and Analysis (3rd Edition)

edited by Hongwei Dong, Lingyu Si and

Tong Gao

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 169 | Submission Open

Keywords: SAR image processing; target recognition; self-supervised learning; foundation model; small-sample learning; speckle noise suppression; remote sensing interpretation

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

Advancing Remote Sensing Through Large Multimodal Foundation Models: Toward Intelligent Earth Observation

edited by

Hao Chen

,

Wenyuan Li

, Sen Lei and Yinxia Cao

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 145 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; multimodal foundation models; generative AI; AI agents; multimodal fusion; earth system monitoring; intelligent; earth observation

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

Remote Sensing Intelligent Interpretation in the Era of Large Models and Intelligent Agents: New Challenges, Methods and Opportunities

edited by Lei Wang, Xiyu Qi,

Yongqiang Mao

, Xiaoxuan Liu, Zicong Zhu and Zhuohong Li

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 109 | Submission Open

Keywords: large language models (LLMs); intelligent agents; remote sensing; foundation models; multi-modal learning; earth observation; transfer learning; multi-modal learning; spatio-temporal analysis; sustainable development; geospatial tasks

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

Advances in Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) System, Signal Processing and Applications

edited by

Wei Wang

, Wei Yang, Guangcai Sun,

Jiaqi Chen

,

Ning Li

and

Yongwei Zhang

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 108 | Submission Open

Keywords: advanced SAR systems; ambiguity suppression; anti-jamming; multidimensional imaging; new concepts for SAR systems

(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

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submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 103 | 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)

Deep Learning for Remote Sensing Image Processing: Challenges and Future Directions

edited by

Wenyuan Li

, Sen Lei, Yuxiang Zhang and

Longfei Ren

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 91 | Submission Open

Keywords: deep learning; foundation models; data fusion; self-supervised learning; explainable AI (XAI); multi-temporal analysis

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

Remote Sensing Applications to Ecology: Opportunities and Challenges (Third Edition)

edited by

Paul Fergus

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 82 | Submission Open

Keywords: land; sea; air; space-based monitoring; multi-spectral remote sensing; hyperspectral remote sensing; LiDAR; sensor fusion; time series analysis; data fusion and data assimilation; wireless (2/3/4/5G/Wifi/satellite) mesh networking in remote areas; machine learning (image processing and pattern recognition); high performance inferencing; edge/IoT deployment and inferencing; robotics (rovers; drones); remote sensing applications; poaching; wildlife conservation; animal counting; environment monitoring; change detection

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

Mapping and Monitoring Soil Properties Using Remote Sensing Techniques

edited by Daorui Han,

Nicolas Baghdadi

and

Nathan Robinson

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 81 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil organic carbon; remote sensing; machine learning; soil monitoring; climate change; peatlands; soil moisture; permafrost; UAV and hyperspectral imaging; soil property mapping

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

Intelligent Interpretation of Remote Sensing Imagery: AI-Enhanced Monitoring of Geographical and Geological Environments

edited by Yusen Dong,

Yuewei Wang

and Kang He

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 81 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; deep learning; multi-sensor data fusion; image segmentation; change detection; explainable AI; geographical environment; geological environment; hazard monitoring

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

Monitoring Surface Water Dynamics and Quality Using Modern Remote Sensing

edited by

Sensen Wu

and

Hua Su

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 73 | Submission Open

Keywords: surface water dynamics; water quality monitoring; inland and ocean remote sensing; hyperspectral and multispectral imaging; SAR and LiDAR applications; AI and machine learning in water studies; climate and anthropogenic impacts; hydrology and water resources; aquatic ecosystems; UAV and satellite observations

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

Remote Sensed Image Processing and Geospatial Intelligence

edited by

Lirong Yin

,

Kenan Li

and

Shan Liu

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 73 | Submission Open

Keywords: GeoAI in remote sensing and earth observation; remote sensing data and satellite imagery optimization; enhancement; and mining; environmental and resource remote sensing; disaster and climate applications; remote sensing image processing advances; machine learning and deep learning; semantic segmentation and object detection in satellite imagery; hyperspectral imagery (HSI); LiDAR; and synthetic aperture radar (SAR); remote sensing for land; hydrology; and atmospheric sciences

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

Advances in Machine Learning and Multi-Source Remote Sensing for Monitoring Marine Aquatic Environments

edited by

Siqi Zhang

,

Zhenhua Zhang

and

Mengyu Li

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

Keywords: coastal remote sensing; aquatic environments; sediment transport and flux; water pollution; harmful algal blooms (HABs); ocean color; carbon flux; marine ecosystems; biogeochemical monitoring; big data; machine learning

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

Multimodal Fusion for SAR Target Detection: Recent Advances and Challenges

edited by

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and Jinsong Zhang

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 67 | 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)

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

edited by

, Hui Lin,

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submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 57 | 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)

GeoAI for Urban Understanding: Fusing Multi-Source Geospatial Data

edited by

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submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 52 | Submission Open

Keywords: GeoAI; urban understanding; data fusion; multi-source data; geospatial big data; remote sensing; social sensing; sustainable cities

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

Linking Marine Heatwaves/Cold-Spells, Eddies, and Sea Surface Features—2nd Edition

edited by

Wenjin Sun

and

Yulong Yao

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 51 | Submission Open

Keywords: marine heatwaves; marine cold-spells; oceanic eddies; sea surface features; remote sensing; AI; climate change; ecosystem impacts

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

Advanced Image Processing Technologies and Applications for Remote Sensing

edited by Feiming Wei,

Tao Zhang

and Jin Ma

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 44 | 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)

Time-Series Remote Sensing for Geohazard Monitoring and Early Warning

edited by Weiwei Zhan,

Yunus Ali Pulpadan

,

Weile Li

and

Adel Asadi

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 43 | Submission Open

Keywords: time-series remote sensing; geohazard monitoring; early warning systems; multi-sensor data fusion; machine learning; InSAR; LiDAR; disaster risk reduction

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

Remote Sensing in Landslide Susceptibility Evaluation and Management

edited by Haoyuan Hong,

Paraskevas Tsangaratos

and

Ioanna Ilia

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 39 | Submission Open

Keywords: landslide susceptibility; remote sensing; hazard assessment and monitoring; early warning; machine learning; disaster risk management

(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 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 39 | 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)

Remote Sensing and Ecosystem Modeling for Nature-Based Solutions (2nd Edition)

edited by

Lei Ma

and

Aolin Jia

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 36 | Submission Open

Keywords: nature-based solutions; remote sensing observations; afforestation; reforestation; and deforestation; carbon; water; and energy fluxes; carbon sequestration potential; empirical or process-based modeling

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

Advances in Synthetic Aperture Radar Data Processing and Application (Third Edition)

edited by

Hui Bi

, Daiyin Zhu and Jingjing Zhang

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 33 | Submission Open

Keywords: synthetic aperture radar (SAR); SAR data processing; 3D/4D SAR imaging; ISAR imaging; moving target imaging; SAR applications

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

Trends and Innovations in Geospatial Analysis Based on Remote Sensing and Artificial Intelligence Technologies

edited by

Xuan Zhu

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 30 | Submission Open

Keywords: geospatial analysis; remote sensing; artificial intelligence; image processing; geospatial data analytics; geospatial data fusion

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

Hyperspectral Remote Sensing for Soil Property Retrieval: Advances and Applications

edited by Mohammadmehdi Saberioon

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 29 | Submission Open

Keywords: hyperspectral remote sensing; soil spectroscopy; digital soil mapping; UAV- and satellite-based sensing; machine learning and data fusion; precision agriculture

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

Exploring the Urban Heat Island and Its Mechanisms Based on Satellite and AI

edited by Majid Nazeer, Xin-yu Yu and Charles Man Sing Wong

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 28 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban heat island (UHI); satellite remote sensing; artificial intelligence (AI); land surface temperature; urban climate; thermal infrared imaging; data fusion

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

Remote Sensing for Landslide Investigation: From Ground Deformation Mapping to Hazard Assessment

edited by

Junwei Ma

,

Ding Xia

and

Zhong Lu

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 25 | Submission Open

Keywords: space– air– ground– interior-based monitoring; multisource data; temporal and spatial deformation; multi-sensor data fusion; machine learning; explainable AI; landslide hazard and risk assessment

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

Intelligent UAV Remote Sensing for Next-Generation Precision Agriculture

edited by

Francisco Javier Mesas Carrascosa

and

Fernando Pérez Porras

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 22 | Submission Open

Keywords: precision agriculture; 3D point cloud analysis; spectral and structural data fusion; artificial intelligence; UAV; geospatial data

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

Radar Advances for Ocean Dynamics

edited by

Lingsheng Meng

,

Zhaoyun Chen

, Enhui Liao and

Young-Heon Jo

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 18 | Submission Open

Keywords: synthetic aperture radar (SAR); ocean surface dynamics; air– sea interaction; scatterometer and altimeter applications; ocean waves; currents; and eddies; deep learning and artificial intelligence; multi-sensor data fusion; coastal and extreme-event monitoring; radar oceanography; climate and marine applications

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

Advances in Remote Sensing Techniques for Exploring Forest Wildlife Habitats and Biodiversity Conservation

edited by

Thomas Katagis

,

Thomas Alexandridis

and

Nikolaos Oikonomakis

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 2 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest wildlife habitats; biodiversity conservation; remote sensing; ecological modeling; habitat suitability; sustainable forest management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest 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 Apr 2026 | 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)

BDS/GNSS for Earth Observation (Third Edition)

edited by

Gino Dardanelli

and Chen Wang

submission deadline 1 May 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2403 | Submission Open

Keywords: GNSS; NRTK; PPP; geodesy; geohazards; GNSS meteorology; GNSS ionosphere; GNSS reflectometry; GNSS small satellite; GNSS for autonomous space navigation; GNSS in precision farming (PF); GNSS interference detection

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

Remote Sensing for Air Quality, Health, and Sustainable Development

edited by

Ming Liu

, Xin-yu Yu,

Ximeng Cheng

and

Tao Huang

submission deadline 1 May 2026 | Viewed by 171 | Submission Open

Keywords: air pollution; air quality monitoring; aerosols; particulate matters; satellite observation; environmental health

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

High-Throughput Phenotyping in Plants Using Remote Sensing

edited by

Paulo Eduardo Teodoro

,

Carlos Antonio Da Silva Junior

and

Larissa Pereira Ribeiro Teodoro

submission deadline 15 May 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 26785 | Submission Open

Keywords: computational intelligence; agronomic traits of plants; physiological traits of plants; nutritional traits of plants; industrial traits of plants; UAV-multispectral sensor

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

Innovative Applications of HF Radar (Second Edition)

edited by

Yonggang Ji

, Yiming Wang,

Weifeng Sun

and

Weimin Huang

submission deadline 15 May 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8645 | Submission Open

Keywords: HF radar; target detection; target tracking; sea state inversion; OTH radar; clutter suppression

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

Advances in the Remote Sensing of Solar-Induced Chlorophyll Fluorescence for Vegetation Stress

edited by

Zhigang Liu

, Shan Xu and

Micol Rossini

submission deadline 15 May 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6842 | Submission Open

Keywords: solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence; stress detection and assessment; biotic stress; abiotic stress; drought

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

SAR Imaging and Deep Learning for Sea Target Detection and Maritime Surveillance

edited by

Ding Nie

,

Vassilis Anastassopoulos

and Hui Chen

submission deadline 15 May 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 4052 | Submission Open

Keywords: SAR imaging; maritime target detection; deep learning; electromagnetic scattering; multi-source data fusion; marine situational awareness

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

Advances in AI-Driven Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR): Data Processing to Automatic Interpretation

edited by Fan Zhang,

Bing Han

, Weixian Tan and Qiang Yin

submission deadline 15 May 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1071 | Submission Open

Keywords: synthetic aperture radar (SAR); AI-based synthetic aperture radar image processing; deep learning in remote sensing; automatic target recognition (ATR); InSAR and PolSAR interpretation; synthetic aperture radar data fusion; semantic segmentation of synthetic aperture radar

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

Multi-Dimensional Radar Sensing: Systems, Algorithms, and Applications (Second Edition)

edited by

Mou Wang

,

Jun Shi

, Xianxiang Yu,

Shunjun Wei

and Jiahui Chen

submission deadline 15 May 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 925 | Submission Open

Keywords: multi-dimensional radar sensing; imaging and sensing algorithms; object detection and recognition; 3-D image and point cloud processing; simultaneous localization and mapping; high-dimensional data visualization; multi-sensors image fusion

Remote Sensing Tools for Monitoring Vegetation and Enhancing Biodiversity Conservation Strategies

edited by

Marco Vuerich

and

Giacomo Trotta

submission deadline 15 May 2026 | Viewed by 228 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; upscaling approach; vegetation dynamics; biodiversity conservation; global change impact; machine learning technique; hyperspectral and multispectral data; time-series analyses; vegetation indices (e.g.; NDVI); vegetation mapping

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

Advances in Remote Sensing for Crop Monitoring and Food Security (Second Edition)

edited by

Lili Xu

, Yingying Dong,

Ran Huang

and

Hao Wu

submission deadline 15 May 2026 | Viewed by 62 | Submission Open

Keywords: crop monitoring; land use change; high-resolution imagery; precision agriculture; phenology; growth stages; vegetation indices; crop stress detection; yield models; machine learning

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

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