Remote Sensing

Remote Sensing in Mangroves III

edited by

Chandra Giri

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | 10 articles | Viewed by 33527 | Submission Open

Keywords: mangrove forests; mangrove change; mapping; monitoring; remote sensing; image processing

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

Land Degradation Assessment with Earth Observation (Second Edition)

edited by

Elias Symeonakis

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | 10 articles | Viewed by 31363 | Submission Open

Keywords: Land degradation; Desertification; Deforestation; Drought; Soil erosion; Land use/cover change; Habitat degradation; Multitemporal analysis; Time-series analysis

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

Applications of Multi-Scale Remote Sensing and GIS Technology to Study Terrestrial Ecosystems

edited by

Jiahua Zhang

,

Alex Okiemute Onojeghuo

and

Fengmei Yao

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | 11 articles | Viewed by 29461 | Submission Open

Keywords: multi-scale remote sensing and GIS; terrestrial ecosystems; environmental and ecological dynamics; terrestrial ecosystem services; ecological evolution and degradation; carbon and water cycles; climate change and natural disasters; land-use change and human activities; sustainable development and ecological rehabilitation

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

Remote Sensing Applications in Land Use, Land-Use Change and Forestry (LULUCF)

edited by

Ali Nadir Arslan

,

Katarzyna Dabrowska-Zielinska

and

Jose Manuel Álvarez-Martínez

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 24912 | Submission Open

Keywords: land use; land-use change; and forestry (LULUCF); GHG inventories; state-of-the-art LULUCF monitoring and reporting and perspectives; remote sensing in LULUCF monitoring and reporting and verification; remote sensing-based applications and databases for LULUCF stakeholders; national land-use/land-cover monitoring; classification and detection of changing land use/land cover; data fusion and combination for LULUCF; synergy of remote sensing and modeling techniques of carbon stocks; copernicus program

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

Applications and New Trends in Metrology for Radar/LiDAR-Based Systems II

edited by

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, Yu Yao,

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submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 21619 | Submission Open

Keywords: radar and LiDAR systems; radar and LiDAR data measurements and processing; remote sensing applications; land-based; shipborne; and on board of drones; aircraft; and satellites; cognitive radars; human-in-the-loop aspects in radar systems; dual-function radar communications; waveform diversity and design; adaptive radar waveform design; radar detection theory; radar signal processing: theory; algorithms; and applications (RTAA)

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

Remote Sensing Techniques for Ocean Dynamics: State of the Art, Present and Future Applications

edited by

Milena Menna

and

Daniele Ciani

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | 13 articles | Viewed by 21596 | Submission Open

Keywords: ocean monitoring; remote sensing applications; ocean surface and interior dynamics; (sub)mesoscale processes; earth observation data integration

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

Remote Sensing Based Monitoring of Terrestrial Ecosystem Service Bundles, Trade-Offs and Synergies (Second Edition)

edited by

Jeroen Meersmans

,

Toby Waine

and

Jian Peng

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | 10 articles | Viewed by 16399 | Submission Open

Keywords: ecosystem service bundles; food security; climate regulation; water supply; flood control; soil conservation

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

GNSS for Urban Transport Applications II

edited by

Juliette Marais

,

Li-Ta Hsu

and

Omar García Crespillo

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 15516 | Submission Open

Keywords: GNSS; urban applications; multipath; NLOS; hybridization; multisensor fusion; detection techniques (statistical tests; machine learning; etc.); performance analysis and enhancement; integrity concepts

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

Array and Signal Processing for Radar

edited by Junpeng Shi, Yuan Liu, Weijian Liu,

Jingwei Xu

and Haowei Zhang

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | 15 articles | Viewed by 14198 | Submission Open

Keywords: radar array and signal processing; waveform and frequency diversity; interference; clutter and noise suppression; radar imaging; radar resource management; machine learning; space-based radar (SBR) system

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

Application of Nighttime Remote Sensing in Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals

edited by

Jinyao Lin

and

Jinpei Ou

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 12948 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable development goals; social indicators; land use planning; environmental conservation; artificial intelligence

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

Beidou/GNSS Positioning, Navigation and Timing: Methods and Technology (Second Edition)

edited by

Baocheng Zhang

and

Robert Odolinski

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | 11 articles | Viewed by 12434 | Submission Open

Keywords: multi-frequency and multi-constellation GNSS; BDS; POD/LEO; navigation and timing; geodesy and geophysics; advance of high-precision product

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

Remote Sensing and Machine Learning in Vegetation Biophysical Parameters Estimation (Second Edition)

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submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 10752 | Submission Open

Keywords: vegetation biophysical parameter estimation; vegetation spectral indices; multispectral/hyperspectral/LiDAR/SAR; satellite/airborne/UAV/tower-based/ground observation; regression/RTM/machine learning/deep learning; agriculture; forest; grassland; vegetation dynamics monitoring

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

New Insight into Point Cloud Data Processing

edited by

Jun Xiao

and

Lupeng Liu

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 10546 | Submission Open

Keywords: three-dimensional point cloud; deep learning; three-dimensional dataset construction; three-dimensional information annotation; noise cleaning; precise densification; registration; uniformization

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

Applications and Analysis of Satellite Cloud Imagery Using Deep Learning Techniques

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submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 9068 | Submission Open

Keywords: satellite cloud image; deep learning; object detection; classification; prediction; restoration; tropical cyclone

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

Remote Sensing Applications for Infrastructures

edited by Maria Libera Battagliere and

Valerio Gagliardi

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 8732 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing technology and data-driven applications; infrastructures and environmental engineering; risk reduction; environmental monitoring; integrated applications; risk mitigation; predictive monitoring; engineering applications; cultural heritage; downstream applications based on new satellite missions

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

Soil Erosion Estimation Based on Remote Sensing Data

edited by Xihua Yang,

Alfredo Huete

and

Xiaoping Zhang

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 8504 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil erosion; remote sensing; spatial modelling; soil conservation

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

Advances in CubeSats for Earth Observation

edited by

Massimiliano Pastena

,

Marco D’Errico

and Camille Pirat

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5119 | Submission Open

Keywords: CubeSats; enabling technology; remote sensing techniques; research mission; earth observation applications; earth observation instrument technology; artificial intelligence; constellations and swarm of CubeSats; miniaturization

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

New Approaches in High-Resolution SAR Imaging

edited by

Himanshu Govil

, Chandrakanta Ojha, Ramji Divedi,

Antonio Pepe

and

Sankaran Rajendran

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4868 | Submission Open

Keywords: satellite radar interferometry techniques; advanced multi-temporal InSAR techniques; data fusion using InSAR-machine learning; multi-geodetic data integration; surfaced deformation and time-series analysis; natural and anthropogenic hazard monitoring; oil spill; hazard evaluation; agriculture; lithology; earth structures

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

Advanced Pattern Recognition and Image Processing Technology for Agricultural Engineering

edited by

, Shan Zeng,

,

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submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4545 | Submission Open

Keywords: advanced pattern recognition technology in agricultural engineering; image processing networks in agricultural applications; soil spectral data in agricultural engineering; multispectral image processing in agricultural engineering; satellite remote sensing technology in agriculture; neural networks applications in agriculture engineering; human– machine intelligent algorithm in agriculture; detection and location of agricultural robotics; near-infrared image processing in agricultural engineering; hyperspectral technology in crop monitoring; integrating perception; sensor fusion; and control in agricultural applications; fault detection and diagnosis in agricultural engineering

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

Assessment of Solar Energy Based on Remote Sensing Data

edited by

Panagiotis Kosmopoulos

and

Fernando Ramos Martins

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3463 | Submission Open

Keywords: solar energy nowcasting and forecasting; solar power planning and management; radiative transfer modelling; concentrated solar power; aerosol and cloud effect; surface solar irradiation; solar resource mapping; solar cadasters; photovoltaics

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

Current Advances in Radar Technologies for Remote Sensing

edited by

Konrad Jędrzejewski

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3049 | Submission Open

Keywords: radar for remote sensing; bistatic/multi-static radar; passive radar; SAR/ISAR imaging; space surveillance; satellite applications; radar networks

Remote Sensing in Support of Crisis Management: How Space-Based Information Can Support Operations and the Decision-Making Process

edited by

Valerio Baiocchi

,

Roberta Onori

and

Erica Nocerino

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2995 | Submission Open

Keywords: LST; air pollutants; environment; climate; heat islands; lockdown periods; change detection; hot-spot analysis; seismic events; emergencies

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

Technical Developments in Radar—Processing and Application (2nd Edition)

edited by

Xiaolong Chen

, Shuwen Xu and

Luca Pallotta

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 2945 | Submission Open

Keywords: radar detection; radar tracking; radar target recognition; radar signal processing; radar remote sensing; deep learning for radar

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

Remote Sensing Application in Sustainable Urban Planning and Environmental Services in the Big Data Era (Second Edition)

edited by

Danlin Yu

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2579 | Submission Open

Keywords: big data described urban landscape; urban remote sensing; sustainable urban development; urban health under the lens of remote sensing and social sensing technologies; spatiotemporal data analysis in urban studies; remote sensing and big data supported urban simulation; urban vibrancy; multispectral; hyperspectral; and social sensing applications in urban studies

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

Land Deformation and Engineering Structural Health Monitoring Using Geo-Spatial Technologies

edited by

Teng-To Yu

and

Wen Liu

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1885 | Submission Open

Keywords: GNSS; remote sensing; GIS; spatial analysis; machine learning; SAR/In-SAR/GBSAR

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

Remote Sensing for Soil Moisture and Vegetation Parameters Retrieval (Second Edition)

edited by

Liangliang Tao

,

Dongryeol Ryu

and

Hao Sun

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1827 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil moisture; agricultural monitoring; microwave remote sensing; machine learning; vegetation dynamics estimates; modeling; drought assessment

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

Remote Sensing Applications in Urban Ecosystem Services (Second Edition)

edited by Songbing Zou

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 455 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban ecosystem services; quantification and assessment; climate change; human activity; sustainable management; urbanization; urban heat island effect; air quality; water resource management; biodiversity conservation

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

Remote Sensing and Industry 4.0 for Cultural Heritage and Archaeological Landscapes Applications

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submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 370 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; cultural heritage; industry 4.0; archaeological landscapes; satellite imagery; airborne technologies; LiDAR (light detection and ranging); digital twins; digital archives; GIS (geographic information systems); BIM (building information modeling); HBIM (heritage building information modeling); geomatics

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

Remote Sensing Techniques for the Detection of Marine Phytoplankton

edited by Yueqi Wang and

Igor Ogashawara

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 262 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing sensors and platforms; remote sensing algorithms; phytoplankton biomass; phytoplankton size structure; phytoplankton species composition; spatial and temporal dynamics; climate change impacts

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

Advances in Satellite and Ground-Based Polarimetric Remote Sensing and Applications in Atmosphere, Ocean and Land Surface Detections (Second Edition)

edited by

Li Li

,

Zhengqiang Li

and Jin Hong

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 237 | Submission Open

Keywords: light scattering theory and polarized radiative transfer; satellite-based polarimetric remote sensing; ground-based polarimetric remote sensing; calibration and data validation; polarimetric data processing; advanced retrieval algorithms; applications of polarimetric remote sensing

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

Radiometric Calibration of Satellite Sensors Used in Remote Sensing

edited by

Shengli Wu

,

Yong Zhang

, Boyang Chen and Juyang Hu

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 211 | Submission Open

Keywords: calibration; radiometer; SNO; SCO; vicarious calibration; lunar calibration; pre-launch calibration

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

Remote Sensing in Intelligent Maritime Research (Second Edition)

edited by

Nan-Jay Su

,

Sheng-Long Kao

and Chen-Joe Fong

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 181 | Submission Open

Keywords: shipping satellite technology; smart transportation systems; fishery oceanography; sustainable management; green energy and blue carbon; artificial intelligence; internet of things

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

Deep Learning and Multi-modal Data Processing for Geological Environment Remote Sensing Interpretation: Methods, Techniques and Applications

edited by Wei Han, Jining Yan,

Xiaohui Huang

and

Yi Wang

submission deadline 1 May 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 14959 | Submission Open

Keywords: novel data sources and deep learning methods for the geological environment; marine; and urban element interpretation; multi-source and multi-modal remote sensing data fusion; enhancing and denoising geological images using deep learning techniques; deep learning applications in monitoring geological disasters; surveys; mineral resources; and other elements; deep learning for land cover change analysis; cutting-edge techniques for efficient deep learning-based geological processing in distributed environment

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

Signal Processing Theory and Methods in Remote Sensing (Second Edition)

edited by

Shaohui Mei

, Junhui Hou, Kun Hu and Mingyang Ma

submission deadline 1 May 2025 | 11 articles | Viewed by 14525 | Submission Open

Keywords: signal processing; remote sensing; image processing; deep learning; information fusion; time-series analysis

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

Interpretation and Attribution of Land Subsidence: A Remote Sensing and Machine Learning Perspective

edited by

Alex Hay-Man Ng

,

Linlin Ge

,

Hsing-Chung Chang

and Zheyuan Du

submission deadline 1 May 2025 | Viewed by 218 | Submission Open

Keywords: land subsidence; remote sensing; machine learning; deep learning; subsidence monitoring; predictive modeling; data fusion; ground deformation

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

Quantitative Inversion and Validation of Satellite Remote Sensing Products

edited by

Xingfa Gu

, Jian Yang,

Xiangqin Wei

, Hailiang Gao and

Fernando Camacho

submission deadline 10 May 2025 | 10 articles | Viewed by 22396 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing products; quantitative inversion; validation; space infrastructure; remote sensing applications

Oceanographic Lidar in the Study of Marine Systems

edited by

Peng Chen

,

Cédric Jamet

, Junwu Tang and

Martin A. Montes

submission deadline 10 May 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 12464 | Submission Open

Keywords: LiDAR; remote sensing; ocean optics; ocean ecology; ocean color; development; validation and calibration of ocean LiDAR algorithms; aerosol– ocean interactions.

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

Advances in High-Resolution Satellite Remote Sensing Image Processing and Classification

edited by Yingdong Pi,

Wenli Huang

, Qingwei Zhuang and

Arnab Muhuri

submission deadline 10 May 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 12323 | Submission Open

Keywords: geometric/radiometric processing; image registration; image interpretation; 3D reconstruction; deep learning; multi-source image fusion and information extraction; image clustering and segmentation; object extraction

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

Recent Progress in Hyperspectral Remote Sensing Data Processing

edited by Joan Serra-Sagristà,

Vladimir Lukin

and

Benoit Vozel

submission deadline 10 May 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8401 | Submission Open

Keywords: hyperspectral data processing; remote sensing data processing; classification; segmentation; and detection; transmission and compression; machine-learning based remote sensing processing

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

SAR for Forest Mapping III

edited by

Michele Martone

and Armando Marino

submission deadline 10 May 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 8073 | Submission Open

Keywords: drone/airborne/spaceborne synthetic aperture radar (SAR); biomass estimation; forest mapping; change detection; SAR polarimetry; interferometry; tomography; artificial intelligence for forest applications

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

Advancements in Remote Sensing and Digital Twins for Bridge Infrastructure

edited by

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submission deadline 10 May 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 5522 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital twin; UAV-based photogrammetry; terrestrial laser scanning (TLS); bridge information model (BrIM); 3D reconstruction; computer vision; bridge inspection; structural assessment; bridge management; virtual reality (VR); augmented reality (AR)

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

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 10 May 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4503 | 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)

Technologies for Forecasting Volcanic Hazards: From Remote Sensing to Modeling

edited by

Ciro Del Negro

,

Claudia Corradino

and Vito Zago

submission deadline 10 May 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2841 | Submission Open

Keywords: data collection; spatial analysis; temporal analysis; mathematical modeling; sensitivity analysis; validation and calibration; uncertainty assessment; decision support

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

GeoAI and EO Big Data Driven Advances in Earth Environmental Science

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submission deadline 15 May 2025 | 19 articles | Viewed by 47068 | Submission Open

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

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

Mapping and Monitoring of Civil Infrastructures Using LiDAR/Laser Scanning

edited by

Mostafa Arastounia

submission deadline 15 May 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 24056 | Submission Open

Keywords: Laser Scanning; LiDAR; Mapping; Monitoring; Object Modeling; Object Extraction; Point Cloud; Segmentation; Civil Infrastructures

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

Remote Sensing of Precipitation Extremes

edited by

Ehsan Sharifi

,

Silas Michaelides

and

Vincenzo Levizzani

submission deadline 15 May 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 18560 | Submission Open

Keywords: satellite; extreme precipitation; algorithms for precipitation monitoring; flood and drought prediction; flash floods; near-real-time precipitation monitoring; convective and orographic precipitation events; severe storms; downscaling; bias correction; precipitation intensity; amount; and duration

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

Remote Sensing for Vegetation Phenology in a Changing Environment

edited by

Mei Yu

and

Yuyu Zhou

submission deadline 15 May 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 14842 | Submission Open

Keywords: vegetation phenology; climate change; multisource remote sensing; SIF; ground phenology images; phenological model

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

Remote Sensing in Forest Fire Monitoring and Post-fire Damage Analysis II

edited by

Víctor Fernández-García

submission deadline 15 May 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 13278 | Submission Open

Keywords: fire damage; post-fire; soil; vegetation; landsat; sentinel; MODIS; multispectral; LiDAR; radar

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

Remote Sensing of Land Surface Phenology II

edited by

Bernard Lacaze

and Nicolas Delbart

submission deadline 15 May 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 11345 | Submission Open

Keywords: land surface phenology; vegetation dynamics; climate change; optical; microwave; chlorophyll fluorescence; multisensor integration; geostationary satellite; micro/nanosatellite constellation; unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs); phenology cameras and citizen science; open source computer code; software; hardware; ecological surveillance and forecasting; near-real-time monitoring

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

Advances in GNSS for Time Series Analysis

edited by Junping Chen,

Alfonso Vitti

, Weijie Tan and Nannan Guo

submission deadline 15 May 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 11159 | Submission Open

Keywords: non-linear crustal deformation; common mode error; independent component analysis; noise analysis; mass loadings

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

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