Remote Sensing

Remote Sensing in Water Quality Monitoring

edited by

Xuejiao Hou

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Shangbo Yang

and

Jilin Men

submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1229 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; water quality; water clarity; eutrophication; water turbidity; atmospheric correction; algal bloom; climate change; multi-source integrated observation; inherent/apparent optical properties

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

Reviews in Remote Sensing Image Processing: Methods, Architectures, and Applications

edited by Qi Wang

submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1199 | Submission Open

Keywords: image processing; remote sensing; review; survey

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

Remote Sensing for Environmental Monitoring in Cold and Arid Regions: Advances and Perspectives

edited by

Lihui Luo

,

Jie Xue

, Miao Zhang and Mingyang Lv

submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 787 | Submission Open

Keywords: cold and arid region; frozen soil monitoring; glacier monitoring; desert monitoring; data fusion; spatial modeling

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

Applications of Artificial Intelligence Methods to Agroforestry Remote Sensing

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Shukor Sanim Mohd Fauzi

submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 520 | Submission Open

Keywords: agricultural remote sensing; forestry remote sensing; multi-sensor fusion; deep learning; computer vision; crop monitoring; precision agriculture; sustainable forest management; internet of things; biomass estimation; algorithm improvement

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

Emerging Technologies in Hyperspectral Image 3A—Acquisition, Analysis and Application

edited by Jie Chen, Shumin Liu, Min Zhao, Shuaikai Shi and Xiuheng Wang

submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 379 | Submission Open

Keywords: image processing; hyperspectral data acquisition; computational imaging; spectral and spatial analysis; AI-tools; hyperspectral applications; deep learning

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

Innovative Remote Sensing Methods and Applications for Smart Cities

edited by

Tingting Xu

, Biao He and

Jay Gao

submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 336 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban remote sensing; smart city applications; artificial intelligence in remote sensing; multisensor data fusion; urban monitoring and management

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

Evaluation of Ecological Environment Quality Using Remote Sensing

edited by

Qifei Zhang

,

Gonghuan Fang

and

Shuhua Zhang

submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 303 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing technology; ecological environment quality; vegetation dynamics; land use/cover change (LUCC); ecosystem monitoring; ecological model

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

Remote Sensing for Cryospheric Hazards

edited by

Yao Li

, Jiansheng Hao and Chenchen Qiu

submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 302 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing detection; climate change; glacierized regions; glacier retreat; cryospheric hazards; ice-rock avalanche; GLOF; glacial debris flow; susceptibility mapping; risk assessment

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

Recent Advances and Future Vision for Remote Sensing of Cultural and Natural Heritage

edited by

Athanasios V. Argyriou

and

Dante Abate

submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 298 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; cultural heritage; natural heritage; natural hazards; cutting-edge technologies; disaster risk reduction; preservation; change detection; machine learning; decision support systems

High-Resolution Multisource Remote Sensing of Vegetation: Biomass, Structure, and Carbon Dynamics

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submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 255 | Submission Open

Keywords: high-spatial-resolution vegetation remote sensing product; carbon dynamic; biomass; vegetation structure parameters; vegetation monitoring; lidar based vegetation products

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

High Earth Orbit Spaceborne SAR Systems, Technologies, and Applications (2nd Edition)

edited by

Jianlai Chen

,

Yu Li

, Yongkang Li and

Mengdao Xing

submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 197 | Submission Open

Keywords: new imaging mechanism and theory; high Earth orbit spaceborne SAR; moving target indication; interference suppression; SAR image recognition and interpretation; antenna technologies for high Earth orbit spaceborne SAR; artificial intelligence in SAR applications; L-SAR4

Geospatial Big Data and Remote Sensing for Urban Analysis

edited by

Chen Zhou

, Chao Sun, Shanqi Zhang and Manchun Li

submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 186 | Submission Open

Keywords: geospatial big data; remote sensing; multi-source geographical data fusion; urban planning; AI-driven modeling; decision support; real-time monitoring

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

Ground- and Satellite-Based Remote Sensing for Air Quality Monitoring

edited by Patrizio Tratzi and

Cristiana Bassani

submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 178 | Submission Open

Keywords: ground-based remote sensing; DOAS; air quality monitoring; tropospheric pollution; long-term observations

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

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

edited by Matteo Mura

submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 151 | 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)

Multi-Sensor Remote Sensing and Advanced Computational Frameworks for Landslide Detection and Predictive Modeling

edited by

Paraskevas Tsangaratos

,

Wei Chen

and

Ioanna Ilia

submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 142 | Submission Open

Keywords: earth observation data— remote sensing technology; geographic information systems; machine learning; soft computing; landslide susceptibility; hazardous; and risk mapping; explainable AI in landslide phenomena prediction

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

Advancements in Ionospheric Research: Remote Sensing, Space Weather Impacts, and Machine Learning

edited by

Bo Xiong

and

Biqiang Zhao

submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 125 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing techniques; ionospheric modeling; ionospheric disturbances due to ionospheric irregularities; geomagnetic storms; solar flares; and solar eclipses

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

Advancements in Atmospheric Turbulence Remote Sensing

edited by

Andreu Salcedo-Bosch

and

Simone Lolli

submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 120 | Submission Open

Keywords: turbulence; atmospheric remote sensing; wind; boundary layer; lidar; radar; clear air turbulence

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

UAV Applications for Forest Management: Wood Volume, Biomass, and Mapping (Second Edition)

edited by

Mauro Maesano

and

Federico Valerio Moresi

submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 104 | Submission Open

Keywords: UAV; drone; remote sensing; forest management; forest inventory; precision forestry

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

Intelligent Processing, Mining and Application of Remote Sensing Information

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submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 22579 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing image processing; artificial intelligence; fusion of multi-sensor remote sensing data; nighttime light remote sensing; sustainable development goals; disaster and natural resource monitoring; socioeconomic remote sensing

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

Temporal Resolution, a Key Factor in Environmental Risk Assessment II - Integrating Data from Multiple Data Sources

edited by

Adrian Ursu

,

Cristian Constantin Stoleriu

and

Marian Mierlă

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 16696 | Submission Open

Keywords: time series data and projections; rapid evaluation of the impact of extreme events on the environment and society; climate change; environmental risks; land-use and land-cover changes Multispectral; hyperspectral and LiDAR data from a temporal perspective; ecosystems monitoring from RS data; history and heritage; multiple data source integrated in time evolution analysis

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

Plant Disease Detection and Recognition Using Remotely Sensed Data

edited by

Huajian Liu

and

Haiguang Wang

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 13799 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; plant disease detection; plant disease recognition; computer vision; machine learning; deep learning; image processing

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

Remote Sensing in Hydrometeorology and Natural Hazards

edited by

Peng Sun

,

Linyao Dong

and Rui Yao

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 13557 | Submission Open

Keywords: warming climate; remote sensing; hydrological cycle; hydrological hazards; hydrometeorology; climatic and hydrological extremes

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

Advancements in Thunderstorm Nowcasting and Atmospheric Electricity Monitoring by Remote Sensing

edited by

Richard Müller

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 9781 | Submission Open

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

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

Imagery Classification and Feature Extraction Based on Hyperspectral Remote Sensing

edited by

Xia Xu

, Sen Lei, Yuanchao Su and

Xuanwen Tao

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 9549 | 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)

Remote Sensing in Earth Surface Changes and Deformations Caused by Earthquake and Landslide (Third Edition)

edited by

Yi Wang

,

Jun Hu

and

Weile Li

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7633 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; earth surface change; surface deformation; earthquakes; landslides; hazard detection; hazard mapping; hazard evaluation

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

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning with Applications in Remote Sensing (Third Edition)

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submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6721 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing data; artificial intelligence; machine learning; deep learning; hyperspectral images

Remote Sensing for Mineral Exploration: Current Progress and Future Vision

edited by

Hengqian Zhao

, Zhifang Zhao,

Joana Cardoso-Fernandes

and Deshuai Yuan

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6334 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; mineral exploration; multispectral and hyperspectral; lithology; mineralization; deep learning

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

Artificial Intelligence and Big Data for Oceanography (2nd Edition)

edited by

Yongqing Li

,

Weimin Huang

and

Peng Ren

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 6191 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; oceanography; big data; remote sensing; information extraction; data mining

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

Artificial Intelligence and Remote Sensing for Geohazards

edited by

Pierluigi Confuorto

,

Silvia Bianchini

,

Chiara Martinello

and Davide Festa

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6169 | Submission Open

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

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

Remote Sensing Applications in Hydrology and Water Resources Management

edited by Ning Liu, Yun Yang,

Ge Sun

and

Gabriel Senay

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5742 | Submission Open

Keywords: water use; water supply; water availability; hydrologic modeling; remote sensing; water resource management

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

Advances in Remote Sensing of Vegetation Structure Analysis and Forest Ecosystems Monitoring

edited by

Carlos José Novillo Camacho

and

Arrogante-Funes Patricia

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4940 | Submission Open

Keywords: LiDAR remote sensing; forest monitoring; aerial photogrammetry; vegetation structure; time series vegetation index; land cover change

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

Deep Learning for Very-High Resolution Land-Cover Mapping (Second Edition)

edited by

Lei Ma

and

Claudio Persello

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 4300 | Submission Open

Keywords: deep learning; explainable deep learning; land-cover mapping; geo-information extraction; very high-resolution images; data augmentation; data fusion; semantic segmentation; instance segmentation; change detection; weak and semi-supervision

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

Water Quality Monitoring and Quantitative Analysis in Marine and Inland Areas Utilizing Remote Sensing Techniques

edited by Jing Tan,

Ishan Joshi

and

Zhigang Cao

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3364 | Submission Open

Keywords: ocean color; eutrophication; water quality; multi-sensor data; optical properties; atmospheric correction; marine ecosystems; remote sensing data

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

Advances in Multimodal Remote Sensing Data: Processing, Fusion and Applications

edited by Yixiang Luomei and Fa-Ming Fang

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3237 | Submission Open

Keywords: multimodal data alignment; multi-source data fusion; multimodal representation; multimodal co-learning; image interpretation; multimodal machine learning

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

Advanced Deep Learning Techniques for Information Extraction and Analysis of Remote Sensing Imagery

edited by Hao Zhu and Biao Hou

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2648 | Submission Open

Keywords: image fusion; image segmentation; object detection; model acceleration or compression; image matching

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

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 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2646 | Submission Open

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)

Remote Sensing of Land Surfaces: Observation, Modeling, and Data Assimilation

edited by

Yansong Bao

and

Fu Wang

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2375 | Submission Open

Keywords: land surface process; data assimilation; remote sensing ; land cover; soil moisture

Remote Sensing and Geophysical Tools for Land and Water System Analysis

edited by

Vivek Agarwal

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Stuart Marsh

and

Anuj Tiwari

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2363 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; geophysical tools; land system analysis; water resource management; subsurface mapping; environmental monitoring; data integration and modeling

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

Big Data Era: AI Technology for SAR and PolSAR Image

edited by

Weidong Sun

,

Jinqi Zhao

, Yexian Ren and Weixian Tan

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1894 | Submission Open

Keywords: synthetic aperture radar image processing; radar polarimetry; microwave remote sensing; explainable artificial intelligence; deep learning; earth resource monitoring; target attribute extraction

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

Remote Sensing in Monitoring Coastal and Inland Waters

edited by Xiaoyun Wan, Qun Liu,

Salem Morsy

and

Yongjun Jia

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1679 | Submission Open

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)

Radar Sensing and Intelligent Recognitions: Algorithms, Data and Advanced Applications

edited by Wei Yang, Tiaojie Xiao,

Mou Wang

, Conghui Qi and Shiwen Lei

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1494 | Submission Open

Keywords: radar scattering characteristics; ocean remote sensing; intelligent recognitions from radar data; radar data processing; artificial intelligence-based radar perception techniques; SAR imaging

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

Innovations in Remote Sensing Image Analysis

edited by Lu Xu,

Xianwei Lv

,

Wen Zhou

and

Gonzalo Pajares Martinsanz

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 995 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; multimodal data; object-based image analysis; image segmentation and classification; deep learning; knowledge graph

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

Integrating Artificial Intelligence and Remote Sensing for Wildfire Detection, Monitoring and Management

edited by

Arnick Abdollahi

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 894 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; wildfire; bushfire risk modelling and reduction; earth and space science informatics; environmental assessment and monitoring; photogrammetry and remote sensing; natural hazards; image processing; machine learning

(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 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 875 | Submission Open

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)

Recent Developments in Remote Sensing Instruments, Technologies, and Results for Aerosol and Cloud Measurements (Second Edition)

edited by Matthew McGill

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 778 | Submission Open

Keywords: clouds; cloud radiative effects; aerosols; aerosol radiative effects; cloud– aerosol interactions; aerosol transport; diurnal variability; remote sensing

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

Monitoring and Assessment of Ecohydrological Evolution of River–Lake–Wetland Systems Based on Remote Sensing Big Data

edited by

Yanfeng Wu

and

Hsiang-te Kung

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 749 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing big data; ecohydrological evolution; river– lake– coastal wetland systems; ecological monitoring; hydrological assessment; machine learning; data analytics

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

Advances in Remote Sensing of the Polar Ice with High Frequency (HF) to L-Band Radar

edited by

Shinan Lang

,

Xiangbin Cui

,

Bo Zhao

and Pedro Fidel Espín-López

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 684 | Submission Open

Keywords: ice sounding radar; system design; signal processing; Antarctic; Arctic; mountain glaciers; subglacial conditions; snow cover; sea ice; satellite and aerial cryosphere

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

Hyperspectral Classification in Remote Sensing: State-of-the-Art Methods and Emerging Trends

edited by

Hao Sun

, Zhigang Tu, Le Dong and

Zhitong Xiong

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 637 | Submission Open

Keywords: hyperspectral image classification; remote sensing; spectral-spatial features; feature extraction; deep learning; machine learning

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

Applications and Opportunities of Remote Sensing in Fire Ecology

edited by

Nikos Grammalidis

,

Kosmas Dimitropoulos

and

Panagiotis Barmpoutis

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 486 | Submission Open

Keywords: fire ecology; forest fire prevention; fire risk assessment and management; fire/smoke detection sensors and algorithms; fire/smoke modeling and prediction; burned area estimation; post-fire management and restoration

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

Assessment of Climate Change Impact on Terrestrial Ecosystems in Arid Regions Using Remote Sensing Data

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submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 369 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; terrestrial ecosystems; arid regions; remote sensing; vegetation dynamics; ecosystem monitoring; land surface phenology; natural resource management; nature-based solutions (NbS)

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

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