Remote Sensing

Intelligent Satellite Image Interpretation: Deep Learning-Driven Multi-Modal Land Cover Classification

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submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 128 | Submission Open

Keywords: deep learning; multimodal remote sensing; land cover classification; data fusion; vision transformers; geospatial foundation models; explainable AI; earth observation

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

State of the Art of Geomagnetic/Electromagnetic Satellites: Science and Applications (Third Edition)

edited by

Xuemin Zhang

,

Chieh-Hung Chen

, Yongxin Gao and

Katsumi Hattori

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 120 | Submission Open

Keywords: electromagnetic satellite; geomagnetic field disturbances; ionospheric perturbations; space weather; natural hazards; lithosphere–atmosphere–ionosphere coupling model; artificial intelligence technology

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

Remote Sensing of Leaf Trait, Canopy Structure, Ecosystem Function and Services

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submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 117 | Submission Open

Keywords: leaf traits; canopy structure; ecosystem functions; ecosystem services; spectroscopy; LiDAR; plant phenomics; cross-scale modeling; geospatial foundation models

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

Rethinking Remote Sensing from the Perspective of Visual Understanding: Enhancement, Fusion, Classification, Detection and Segmentation

edited by

Xin Li

, Xin Lyu and

Hongsheng Zhang

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 115 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; visual understanding; image enhancement; data fusion; scene classification; object detection; semantic segmentation; multimodal learning; foundation models; earth observation

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

Multi-Source Remote Sensing Data for Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences

edited by

Florian Mandija

and

Francesco Cairo

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 113 | Submission Open

Keywords: multi-source remote sensing; data fusion; atmospheric parameter retrieval; satellite meteorology; cloud and aerosol remote sensing; precipitation radar; lidar atmospheric sensing; machine learning; extreme weather monitoring; climate data records

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

Advanced Algorithms and Techniques for Remote Sensing Image Processing (Second Edition)

edited by Yuting Wan, Yang Chen and Junjue Wang

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 113 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; multi-model; deep learning; semantic segmentation; object detection; change detection; real-time processing; disaster emergency assessment; urban management and sustainable development; ecological risk assessment

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

New Paradigms and Advances in Intelligent Remote Sensing for Land Systems

edited by

Peng Liu

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 105 | Submission Open

Keywords: multimodal remote sensing large models; geoscience mechanism-embedded intelligent remote sensing; remote sensing intelligent agent; autonomous land system decision-making; spatio-temporal modeling of land system; urban land monitoring; forest ecosystem remote sensing monitoring

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

Remote Sensing of Vegetation Structure, Biomass, and Carbon Dynamics

edited by

Shaobo Sun

,

Xufeng Wang

and

Kai Liu

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 103 | Submission Open

Keywords: vegetation structure; aboveground biomass (AGB); belowground biomass (BGB); carbon stocks; forest biomass; biomass mapping; carbon mapping; vegetation height; canopy structure; canopy cover; forest inventory; remote sensing; allometric modeling; ecosystem carbon

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

Advanced Lidar Remote Sensing for Atmosphere, Vegetation, and Ocean Observations (Second Edition)

edited by Boming Liu, Zhiyu Zhang and

Yue Ma

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 91 | Submission Open

Keywords: lidar remote sensing; aerosol and clouds; boundary layer; leaf and canopy; lidar bathymetry; photon-counting lidar; high-spectral-resolution lidar

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

LiDAR Remote Sensing Signal Processing for Intelligent Interpretation

edited by

Zhiwei Dong

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 88 | Submission Open

Keywords: LiDAR point cloud; pattern recognition; semantic segmentation; object detection; deep learning; data fusion; 3D reconstruction; feature extraction; change detection; intensity image

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

Remote Sensing for Mineral Exploration: Current Progress and Future Vision (2nd Edition)

edited by

Hengqian Zhao

, Zhifang Zhao and Deshuai Yuan

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 88 | 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)

Remote Sensing for Low-Altitude Wind Field Retrieval in Complex Environments

edited by

Hang Gao

, Chun Shen and

Jinlong Yuan

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 85 | Submission Open

Keywords: low-altitude wind field; retrieval; remote sensing; lidar; hazardous wind detection; aviation safety; UAV path planning

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

Dynamic Monitoring of Geological Hazards Using InSAR and Optical Remote Sensing

edited by

Qing Zhao

and

Antonio Pepe

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 80 | Submission Open

Keywords: multi-sensor data fusion; landslide; subsidence; earthquake; spatiotemporal evolution; change detection; time-series InSAR; deep learning for hazard detection

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

Uncertainty Quantification in AI-Driven Remote Sensing of Air Quality and Wildfires: Methods, Benchmarks, and Applications

edited by Anusha Srirenganathan Malarvizhi and

Chaowei Yang

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 78 | Submission Open

Keywords: uncertainty quantification; AI-driven remote sensing; air quality monitoring; wildfire smoke; probabilistic modeling; conformal prediction; uncertainty propagation; operational environmental monitoring

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

Fusing Point Clouds for 3D Forest Monitoring and Structural Parameter Retrieval

edited by

Antonio Luis Montealegre Gracia

,

Alberto García-Martín

and

Raúl Hoffrén

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 76 | Submission Open

Keywords: point cloud fusion; 3D forest monitoring; forest remote sensing; LiDAR; multi-sensor data fusion; forest structural parameter retrieval; artificial intelligence; geometric deep learning; digital twins; precision forestry

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

Multi-Sensor Sea Surface Temperature: From Observations to Ocean Applications

edited by

Andrea Pisano

,

Daniele Ciani

,

Claudia Fanelli

and Neeraj Agarwal

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 75 | Submission Open

Keywords: sea surface temperature (SST); satellite remote sensing; multi-sensor data fusion; artificial intelligence; coastal remote sensing; high-resolution SST; climate change; operational oceanography; digital twin of the ocean; data assimilation

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

Remote Sensing and Artificial Intelligence for Urban Monitoring and Digital Twins

edited by

Fabiana Di Ciaccio

and Erica Isabella Parisi

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 70 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; artificial intelligence; urban monitoring; digital twins; geospatial AI; earth observation; UAV; smart cities; deep learning; multimodal data fusion

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

Artificial Intelligence and Image Processing for Geospatial Remote Sensing

edited by Xin He, Yushi Chen, Jinghui Yang and

Aili Wang

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 60 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence (AI); machine learning; deep learning; image processing; geospatial remote sensing; earth observation; satellite imagery; UAV remote sensing; hyperspectral imaging; multispectral imaging; synthetic aperture radar (SAR); image classification; object detection; semantic segmentation; change detection; data fusion; environmental monitoring; land cover and land use mapping; precision agriculture; urban mapping; disaster monitoring; climate change assessment; feature extraction; computer vision; explainable artificial intelligence (XAI)

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

Radar and Photo-Electronic Multi-Modal Intelligent Fusion

edited by

Ganggang Dong

,

Xinhua Mao

, Jianhua Shi and

Xiaowei Hu

submission deadline 10 Mar 2027 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2988 | Submission Open

Keywords: radar signal processing; photo-electronic image understanding; target detection and recognition; radar imaging

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

Advances in Remote Sensing of the Inland and Coastal Water Zones (3rd Edition)

edited by

Jacek Lubczonek

,

Paweł Terefenko

,

Katarzyna Bradtke

and

Marta Wlodarczyk-Sielicka

submission deadline 15 Mar 2027 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7642 | Submission Open

Keywords: coastal zone; coastal geomorphology; inland waters; shoreline change/erosion; ecosystem; water parameters; water level; bathymetry; topo-bathymetry; geodata processing; data fusion; LIDAR; spatial big data; satellite remote sensing; algal blooms; 3D modelling; spatial mapping; image processing and analysis; machine learning; digital elevation/bathymetric models

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

Ship Imaging, Detection and Recognition for High-Resolution SAR

edited by

Ze Yu

,

Jindong Yu

,

Xiaoqing Wang

, Lijia Huang and

Frank Zhang

submission deadline 15 Mar 2027 | 7 articles | Viewed by 6899 | Submission Open

Keywords: SAR; ship imaging; ship detection; ship recognition; motion estimation; clutter suppression; maritime surveillance

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

Remote Sensing Satellites Calibration and Validation: 2nd Edition

edited by Yonghua Jiang,

Mingjun Deng

and Litao Li

submission deadline 15 Mar 2027 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4214 | Submission Open

Keywords: new calibration method; accuracy of satellite calibration; challenge of satellite calibration

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

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

edited by

Xingxing Zhang

and Liguang Jiang

submission deadline 15 Mar 2027 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4175 | Submission Open

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

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

Remote Sensing Data Preprocessing and Calibration

edited by Qi Ming and Xudong Zhao

submission deadline 15 Mar 2027 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3650 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing preprocessing; deep learning; image processing; geometric correction; cross-sensor harmonization; multi-source data fusion; time-series consistency; uncertainty assessment; multi-modality data processing; cloud-based processing

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

AI-Enhanced Remote Sensing and Land Surface Modeling for Terrestrial Hydrology and Climate Systems

edited by

Ya Huang

,

Yuyan Zhou

and Qing Yang

submission deadline 15 Mar 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3625 | Submission Open

Keywords: Artificial Intelligence (AI); land surface model; remote sensing data assimilation; hydroclimatic extremes; climate modeling; human–environment interactions; hydrometeorological variables monitoring

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

Advanced AI Technology for Remote Sensing Analysis (Second Edition)

edited by Guangliang Cheng, Shuchang Lyu and

Hossein M. Rizeei

submission deadline 15 Mar 2027 | 5 articles | Viewed by 2957 | Submission Open

Keywords: multi-modality images; image fusion; cross-domain adaptation; visual–linguistic models; multi-modality downstream tasks; remote sensing; pattern analysis; advanced AI technology; image segmentation/detection and change detection

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

State of the Art in Land Cover Classification and Mapping: Building Up Digital Twins of Earth

edited by

Jingxiong Zhang

,

Won-Ho Nam

and

Wangle Zhang

submission deadline 15 Mar 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2636 | Submission Open

Keywords: classification; mapping; classification systems; land cover; remote sensing images; scale; resolution; semantics; spectral–spatial–temporal features; phenology; pattern analysis; machine learning; rule bases; accuracy metrics and assessment; uncertainty; confusion matrix; mixed pixels; sampling; reference samples; image interpretation

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

Remote Sensing-Guided Land-Use Optimization for Carbon Neutrality

edited by

Sébastien Gadal

and

Gintautas Mozgeris

submission deadline 15 Mar 2027 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2201 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; carbon neutrality; climate change adaptation; land use; land–climate interactions; LULUCF; UAST; land planning adaptation; energy transition; above ground biomass; soil carbon

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

The Applications of Remote Sensing, Machine Learning, and Deep Learning in Atmospheric Radiative Transfer

edited by

Kun Wu

and

Panagiotis Kosmopoulos

submission deadline 15 Mar 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1994 | Submission Open

Keywords: atmospheric radiative transfer; remote sensing detection; machine learning; deep learning; parameterization of physical processes; collaborativeinversion of multi-source

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

Monitoring Urban Environment from Space

edited by Yong Xue,

Pinliang Dong

and

Linlin Lu

submission deadline 15 Mar 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1825 | Submission Open

Keywords: land use/land cover change; urban heat island; air pollution mapping; sustainable cities; earth observation; machine learning; multi-sensor fusion; climate resilience; big data analytics; disaster risk assessment

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

Advances in Surface Deformation Monitoring Using SAR Interferometry (Second Edition)

edited by Yuedong Wang, Lijia He,

Honglei Yang

and Huiqiang Wang

submission deadline 15 Mar 2027 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1759 | Submission Open

Keywords: SAR interferometry (InSAR); wide-area InSAR; advanced methods for deformation monitoring; geohazard detection and analysis; geodetic and geophysical modeling; parameter inversion; deformation analysis

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

Recent Advances in SAR Object Detection

edited by

Odysseas A. Pappas

and

Oktay Karakus

submission deadline 15 Mar 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1640 | Submission Open

Keywords: synthetic aperture radar; object detection; object classification; machine learning; statistical signal processing; compressive sampling

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

Application of Satellite Data for Lightning Mapping

edited by

Adonis Ferreira Raiol Leal

and

Dongshuai Li

submission deadline 15 Mar 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1632 | Submission Open

Keywords: lightning; lightning climatology; spaceborne sensors; forecasting; nowcasting; GLM; LMI; LI; lightning mapping

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

Calibration and Validation of Remote Sensing Satellites

edited by

Yong Xie

,

Zui Tao

and Xingming Zheng

submission deadline 15 Mar 2027 | 4 articles | Viewed by 1615 | Submission Open

Keywords: absolute and relative radiomimetic calibration; geometric calibration; spectral calibration; validation of remote sensing product; validation field network system of remote sensing; characteristic evaluation of field campaign site; AI application for calibration and validation

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

Robust Perception in Open and Data-Limited Environments: From Earth to Deep Space

edited by Bobo Xi,

Yan Huang

,

Junshi Xia

and

Jiaojiao Li

submission deadline 15 Mar 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1110 | Submission Open

Keywords: data-limited learning; open-set recognition; multi-modal fusion; deep space exploration; generative AI and digital twins; robust perception; sim-to-real transfer

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

Precise Parameter Estimation in Remote Sensing Observations: From Satellite Corrections, Atmospheric Delay to Phase Unwrapping

edited by

Baocheng Zhang

submission deadline 15 Mar 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1070 | Submission Open

Keywords: parameter estimation ; Earth observation ; satellite correction ; calibration (radiographic calibration/geometric calibration) ; atmospheric delay compensation ; phase unwrapping ; InSAR

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

Remote Sensing for Surface Biophysical Parameter Retrieval (2nd Edition): Cross-Scale Vegetation Biochemical and Structural Retrieval for Carbon and Ecosystem Monitoring

edited by Faisal Mumtaz, Shahid Naeem and

Chang Liu

submission deadline 15 Mar 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 837 | Submission Open

Keywords: vegetation biochemical retrieval; leaf chlorophyll content; leaf area index; canopy radiative transfer; above-ground biomass; carbon cycle monitoring; ecosystem quality change; climate change; land-use transition; human settlement expansion; spectral invariant theory; hybrid inversion frameworks; uncertainty quantification

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

Cross-Modal Learning and Pattern Recognition in Multisource Remote Sensing

edited by Xia Yuan,

Mohamed Lamine Mekhalfi

and

Yakoub Bazi

submission deadline 15 Mar 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 786 | Submission Open

Keywords: cross-modal learning; multisource remote sensing; data fusion; pattern recognition; deep learning; multimodal representation; feature extraction; domain adaptation; explainable AI; environmental monitoring

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

Advancing Marine Biodiversity Monitoring and Ecology Through Remote Sensing and Data Science

edited by

Laura Martín-García

and

Manuel Arbelo

submission deadline 15 Mar 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 749 | Submission Open

Keywords: marine biodiversity; marine remote sensing; Earth observation; benthic habitat mapping; species distribution modelling; machine learning; deep learning; multi-sensor data fusion; time-series analysis; UAV remote sensing; essential biodiversity variables; climate change impacts; change detection; marine spatial planning; ecosystem-based management

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

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

edited by

Athanasios V. Argyriou

and

Dante Abate

submission deadline 15 Mar 2027 | Viewed by 722 | 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

Integrating Remote Sensing and Artificial Intelligence for Hydrological Variables Retrieval

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submission deadline 15 Mar 2027 | Viewed by 638 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; machine learning; remote sensing; data assimilation; water cycle; water resources; hydrology; hydrological processes

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

Deep Neural Networks for Hyperspectral Image Classification

edited by Zhen Ye and

Xiangtao Zheng

submission deadline 15 Mar 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 573 | Submission Open

Keywords: hyperspectral image classification; deep neural networks; hyperspectral image processing; spectral–spatial feature learning; band selection; intelligent remote sensing interpretation; attention mechanisms

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

Applications of Remotely Sensed Data in Hydrology and Climatology (Third Edition)

edited by

Yuei-An Liou

submission deadline 15 Mar 2027 | Viewed by 571 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; satellite observation; water resources; global water and energy cycles; remote sensing; water reservoir monitoring; cloud, temperature, humidity, precipitation, wind, etc.

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

Application of Remote Sensing in Land–Atmosphere Coupling

edited by

Zihan Zhang

,

Wei Chen

and Bin Yang

submission deadline 15 Mar 2027 | Viewed by 314 | Submission Open

Keywords: atmosphere; land surface; aerosol; trace gases; greenhouse gases; reflectance; land surface temperature; land cover; vegetation; ocean colour

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

Trends and Prospects in SAR Data Applications

edited by Xingchao Cui, Hao Wu and

Xin Zhang

submission deadline 15 Mar 2027 | Viewed by 231 | Submission Open

Keywords: SAR dataset construction; target imaging; target detection; target recognition; target classification; target characteristics

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

Remote Sensing of Landscape Ecology Using Innovative Data and Approaches

edited by Zihan Lin and

Ranjeet John

submission deadline 15 Mar 2027 | Viewed by 228 | Submission Open

Keywords: landscape ecology; machine learning; land cover land use change (LCLUC); coupled natural and human systems; vegetation dynamics

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

Remote Sensing of Snow Water Resources: Advances and Applications

edited by

Yanjun Gan

submission deadline 15 Mar 2027 | Viewed by 221 | Submission Open

Keywords: snow water resources; snowpack dynamics; cryospheric hydrology; data assimilation; machine learning; hydrologic modeling; snow-driven hazards; snow–atmosphere interactions

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

Physics-Informed Deep Learning for Earth Observation and Geophysical Remote Sensing Inversion

edited by Kailiang Lu and

Jianhua Yue

submission deadline 15 Mar 2027 | Viewed by 189 | Submission Open

Keywords: physics-informed deep learning; scientific machine learning and neural operators; earth observation and remote sensing; remote sensing and geophysical inversion; differentiable modeling, surrogate modeling, and model order reduction; multimodal remote sensing–geophysical data fusion and uncertainty quantification

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

Agentic Engineering and Multi-Agent Pipeline-Based Remote Sensing Data Analysis

edited by