Remote Sensing

Advancing Position, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) Service Using Satellite Navigation Technology

edited by

Ke Su

,

Liangliang Yuan

, Yulong Ge,

Amir Allahvirdi-Zadeh

and Guo Chen

submission deadline 15 Nov 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6608 | Submission Open

Keywords: GNSS; PNT; PPP; GNSS timing; GNSS orbiting determination; GNSS meteorology; GNSS ionosphere

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

Advances in Estimating Aboveground Biomass Based on Multi-source Remote Sensing Data

edited by

Shaobo Sun

,

Xufeng Wang

and

Kai Liu

submission deadline 15 Nov 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5650 | Submission Open

Keywords: above ground biomass; LiDAR; machine learning; multi-source remote sensing; vegetation carbon stocks; unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)

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

New Approaches in High-Resolution SAR Imaging

edited by

Himanshu Govil

, Chandrakanta Ojha, Ramji Divedi,

Antonio Pepe

and

Sankaran Rajendran

submission deadline 15 Nov 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5436 | 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 15 Nov 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5178 | 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)

Trend, Progress and Application of Remote Sensing for Atmospheric Environment and Climate Change

edited by

Shaohua Zhao

, Xingying Zhang, Wei Xiong,

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submission deadline 15 Nov 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5101 | Submission Open

Keywords: atmospheric monitoring; satellite observations; air quality; aerosols and clouds; greenhouse gas; climate change; data fusion; machine learning

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

Advancements in Microwave Radiometry for Atmospheric Remote Sensing

edited by Ada Vittoria Bosisio and

Jungho Kim

submission deadline 15 Nov 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3794 | Submission Open

Keywords: microwave radiometry; atmospheric remote sensing; weather forecasting; climate modeling; air quality monitoring

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

Artificial Intelligence Algorithm for Remote Sensing Imagery Processing (5th Edition)

edited by

, Shou Feng,

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submission deadline 15 Nov 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3148 | Submission Open

Keywords: machine learning and deep learning for remote sensing; optical/multispectral/hyperspectral image processing; multi-modal remote sensing; LiDAR and SAR; wetland; ocean; and underwater remote sensing; target detection; anomaly detection; and change detection; semantic segmentation and classification; object reidentification using cross-domain/cross-dimensional images; object 3D modeling and mesh optimization; applications in remote sensing (urban; agriculture; etc.)

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

Advancing UAV-Based Remote Sensing: Innovations, Techniques and Applications

edited by Rui Li, Yinxia Cao, Haoyang Yang and Dongyu Li

submission deadline 15 Nov 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2981 | Submission Open

Keywords: UAV remote sensing; drone path planning; image enhancement; multispectral and hyperspectral imaging; thermal remote sensing; precision mapping; data fusion techniques; environmental monitoring; disaster response applications; machine learning in UAV data analysis

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

Monitoring Terrestrial Water Resources Using Multiple Satellite Sensors (Second Edition)

edited by Yao Li,

Nan Xu

,

Yue Ma

and Yi Ma

submission deadline 15 Nov 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2855 | Submission Open

Keywords: satellite sensors; terrestrial water resources; lake/reservoir/river/wetland; coast and ocean; hydrology; drought/flooding risk; water environment and security; sustainable development goals

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

Recent Advances in Deep Learning-Based High-Resolution Image Processing and Analysis

edited by Chenxiao Zhang, Zhuo Zheng and Nour Aburaed

submission deadline 15 Nov 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2790 | Submission Open

Keywords: high-resolution images; deep learning; image classification; change detection; object detection; image processing and analysis; foundation model; image generation

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

Integrated Geodetic Approaches for Monitoring Ground Deformation in Human-Altered Landscapes

edited by

Giuseppe Casula

and

Vagner Ferreira

submission deadline 15 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 81 | Submission Open

Keywords: geodetic monitoring; ground deformation; GNSS integration; advanced DinSAR; geometric levelling; soft ground deformation; subsidence measurement; anthropogenic hazards; landslide monitoring; multi-sensor data fusion; geospatial technologies

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

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 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 80 | 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)

Remote Sensing in Civil and Environmental Engineering (Second Edition)

edited by

Fabio Tosti

,

Andrea Benedetto

and

Deodato Tapete

submission deadline 15 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 70 | Submission Open

Keywords: civil and environmental engineering; ground-borne; space-borne; and air-borne remote sensing platforms; infrastructure monitoring and preventive archaeology; hydrology and water resources; natural hazards; environmental monitoring and conservation ecology; enhanced image processing; data analysis; and interpretation methods; remote sensing technology and data-driven integration with NDTs; remote sensing and GIS; new satellite missions and downstream applications

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

Multiscale and Multitemporal High Resolution Remote Sensing for Archaeology and Heritage: From Research to Preservation

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submission deadline 20 Nov 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 11528 | Submission Open

Satellite Remote Sensing of Weather, Water and Climate Couplings and Phenomena (Second Edition)

edited by

Len Pietrafesa

, Emanuele Böhm,

Biao Zhang

and

Qing Xu

submission deadline 20 Nov 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3887 | Submission Open

Keywords: coastal renewable energy assessment; storm induced coastal and inland flooding; flood hazard mapping; atmospheric coastal frontal system detection; African SAL detection; ocean heat content; multi-scale storm phenomena components; extreme weather and precipitation; atmospheric rivers; interaction of ocean; atmosphere and land; climate change

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

Multi-Source Atmospheric Remote Sensing: Enabling High-Precision Meteorological Monitoring and Forecasting

edited by

Xiefei Zhi

, Donglian Sun, Yonghong Zhang,

Yan-An Liu

and

Wen Huo

submission deadline 20 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 357 | Submission Open

Keywords: multi-source atmospheric remote sensing; meteorological monitoring; high-resolution vertical sounding; data fusion and assimilation; AI-driven analytics; extreme weather prediction; low-altitude economy meteorology; air quality monitoring; numerical weather prediction

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

Time Series Multi-Sensors of Interferometry Synthetic Aperture Radar for Monitoring Geographical Conditions

edited by

Chris Danezis

, Huayang Dai, Yueguan Yan,

Phaedon C. Kyriakidis

, Vassilia Karathanassi and

Alex Hay-Man Ng

submission deadline 25 Nov 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4294 | Submission Open

Keywords: InSAR; multisensor SAR; timeseries analysis; geospatial analysis; GIS; environment monitoring; geohazards; glacier motion; desertification monitoring; vegetation change

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

Advances in Hyperspectral Data Analysis for Vegetation and Soil Monitoring

edited by

Lifu Zhang

submission deadline 25 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 87 | Submission Open

Keywords: hyperspectral remote sensing; vegetation phenology; soil properties; vegetation health; soil degradation; precision agriculture

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

Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Image Object Detection and Information Extraction: Methods and Applications (Second Edition)

edited by

Kefeng Ji

,

Mingjin Zhang

, Xiangguang Leng,

Haohao Ren

and

Zhongzhen Sun

submission deadline 26 Nov 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 1894 | Submission Open

Keywords: synthetic aperture radar (SAR); object detection; information extraction

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

Artificial Intelligence Remote Sensing Change Detection: Development and Challenges

edited by

Lingyan Ran

, Tao Zhuo, Shizhou Zhang and Fa-Ming Fang

submission deadline 26 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 298 | Submission Open

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

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

Deep Learning for Multi/Hyperspectral Image Analysis and Near-Surface Geophysics: Applications in Mineral Identification and Geo-Environmental Monitoring

edited by

Jaehyung Yu

,

Young-Sun Son

and Seung-Sep Kim

submission deadline 27 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 126 | Submission Open

Keywords: deep learning; hyperspectral imaging; near-surface geophysics; mineral identification; environmental monitoring; data fusion; spectral– geophysical integration; surface– subsurface analysis; sustainable resource management; geoscientific AI

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

Application of Remote Sensing in Climate-Friendly Land Use Mapping

edited by

László Mucsi

, Tamás Gál and

Péter Szilassi

submission deadline 27 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 49 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; climate-friendly; land use mapping; soil carbon; urban green infrastructure; forestry; sustainable farming; wetland and peatland; SDG monitoring

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

Deep Learning for Remote Sensing Image Enhancement

edited by

Sidike Paheding

and

Ashraf Saleem

submission deadline 28 Nov 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 12423 | Submission Open

Keywords: image enhancement; deep learning; underwater images; image restoration; Image database

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

Advances in GIS and Remote Sensing Applications in Natural Hazards

edited by

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submission deadline 28 Nov 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 11560 | Submission Open

Keywords: GIS; natural hazards; remote sensing; vulnerability; machine learning

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

Advances in 3D Reconstruction with High-Resolution Satellite Data

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submission deadline 28 Nov 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2835 | Submission Open

Keywords: satellite photogrammetry; dense image matching; semantic 3D reconstruction; realistic 3D reconstruction; 3D scene understanding; multi-model 3D reconstruction

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

Intelligent Interpretation of Remote Sensing Images and Intelligent Processing of Remote Sensing Information

edited by

Xueying Wang

, Yingqian Wang,

Yanyan Zhang

and

Boyang Li

submission deadline 28 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 651 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing images; space-based SAR; infrared and visible optics remote sensing; remote sensing information processing; integration processing; intelligence processing; target detection; tracking and recognition

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

Multisource Remote Sensing Data Fusion and Applications in Vegetation Monitoring (Second Edition)

edited by

Dong Liu

,

Jiakui Tang

and Qing Zhang

submission deadline 28 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 199 | Submission Open

Keywords: multisource data fusion; vegetation monitoring; hyperspectral imaging; carbon sequestration; land-use change; biodiversity; spatiotemporal analysis; ecological informatics; big data analytics

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

Recent Advances in the Processing of Hyperspectral Images (Second Edition)

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submission deadline 28 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 150 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing image processing; hyperspectral image; mixed pixels; machine learning; deep learning

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

Advances in SAR Remote Sensing for Landslide Monitoring and Hazard Assessment

edited by Wanji Zheng,

Jun Hu

, Zhong Lu and

Jiehua Cai

submission deadline 28 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 123 | Submission Open

Keywords: Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR); Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR); landslide monitoring; ground deformation; multi-temporal analysis; data fusion; deep learning

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

Remote Sensing in Vegetation Phenology

edited by

Chao Ding

and

Qiaoyun Xie

submission deadline 28 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 105 | Submission Open

Keywords: vegetation phenology; time series analysis; multi-source remote sensing; UAV; deep learning; climate warming; drought

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

Assessment of Wetland Ecosystem Vulnerability and Resilience Using Remote Sensing

edited by

Xinxin Wang

,

Yongchao Liu

, Yuan Chi and Xuege Wang

submission deadline 28 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 73 | Submission Open

Keywords: wetland vulnerability; ecosystem resilience; remote sensing; hydrological dynamics; biodiversity thresholds; adaptive management; big data

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

Advances of Active and Passive Seismic and Remote Sensing for Subsurface Characterization

edited by

Pan Zhang

,

Zhiguo Meng

and Tianze Zhang

submission deadline 28 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 66 | Submission Open

Keywords: multi-source data fusion; multi-source data inversion; active and passive seismic; seismic inversion and imaging; subsurface characterization; deep learning based data processing; seismic surface deformation study using remote sensing techniques; coseismic and postseismic deformation mechanism following earthquake; inversion of fault slip distribution

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

Radiative Transfer Modeling and Vegetation Traits Retrieved by Multispectral Remote Sensing

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submission deadline 28 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 55 | Submission Open

Keywords: radiative transfer models (RTMs); vegetation trait retrieval; three-dimensional canopy structure modeling; data-driven integration; multispectral remote sensing; climate change studies; multisource data synergy; RTMs and remote sensing integration

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

Landslide Detection Using Machine and Deep Learning

edited by

Wen Liu

submission deadline 28 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 54 | Submission Open

Keywords: landslide detection; real-time monitoring; time series analysis; deep learning; machine learning

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

Estimation of Terrestrial Water Storage Changes Based on Satellite Remote Sensing Datasets

edited by

Tonie Van Dam

submission deadline 28 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 40 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydrogeodesy; terrestrial water storage; space geodetic methods; drought and flooding; climate warming

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

Atmospheric Measurements Based on Spectral Remote Sensing

edited by

Fuqi Si

submission deadline 28 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 32 | Submission Open

Keywords: atmospheric measurement; spectral remote sensing; spectral analysis; atmospheric inversion methods; environmental monitoring; climate change; meteorology and climate modeling; atmospheric quality

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

Advanced Application of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Vision in Remote Sensing (Third Edition)

edited by

Hossein M. Rizeei

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 19 articles | Viewed by 56977 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence (AI); machine vision (MV); machine learning (ML); geospatial information systems (GIS); optimisation; spatial framework; deep learning (DL)

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

Remote Sensing Band Ratios for the Assessment of Water Quality

edited by

Anita Simic-Milas

and

Yuhong He

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 10 articles | Viewed by 23290 | Submission Open

Keywords: vegetation indices for water quality; empirical methods in monitoring inland and coastal waters; feature extraction techniques and machine learning methods for water quality; optimal wavelength(s) to measure water quality parameters; multispectral and hyperspectral imagery for water quality using band ratios; optimal sampling methods and data collection strategies in monitoring water quality; role of spatial resolution of imagery in mapping water quality parameters

(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 30 Nov 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 16089 | 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)

Advances in Remote Sensing and Electromagnetic Spectrum Sensing: Data Acquisition and Signal Processing

edited by Hongbing Ji,

Lin Li

and

Tiancheng Li

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 14027 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; spectrum sensing; signal processing; target recognition; target tracking; signal classification; information fusion; deep learning

The Recent Progression of Machine Learning in Remote Sensing: Theory and Modelling

edited by Rong Wang and

Lefei Zhang

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 11824 | Submission Open

Keywords: machine learning; image processing; remote sensing; data fusion; satellite images; aerial images

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

Spaceborne SAR Calibration Technology

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submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 10437 | Submission Open

Keywords: novel calibration concept; polarimetric and interferometric radar calibration model; LT-1; TerraSAR-X GF-3; HJ-1-E; and ALOS-2 calibration for SAR data; calibration algorithms; big data and AI for calibration; ongoing and future missions’ calibration

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

Recent Progress in Hyperspectral Remote Sensing Data Processing

edited by Joan Serra-Sagristà,

Vladimir Lukin

and

Benoit Vozel

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 9459 | 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)

Urban Sensing Methods and Technologies II

edited by

Paolo Santi

,

Amin Anjomshoaa

and

Priyanka Nadia DeSouza

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 9378 | Submission Open

Keywords: environmental monitoring; smart city; sensor networks; intelligent systems

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

Advances in GNSS Remote Sensing for Ionosphere Observation

edited by

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, Dunyong Zheng,

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submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 8603 | Submission Open

Keywords: deep learning; ionospheric modeling; space weather; ionospheric disturbances; ionospheric scintillation; lithosphere-ionosphere coupling

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

Validation and Evaluation of Global Ocean Satellite Products (Second Edition)

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submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 8259 | Submission Open

Keywords: sea surface current; temperature; and salinity; ocean color and chlorophyll-a concentration; oceanic front; new approaches; methods and algorithms; climatic variables; ocean– typhoon interaction; multiscale ocean dynamics

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

Applications of Remote Sensing in Forest Management and Biodiversity Conservation II

edited by

Maciej Bartold

,

Rasa Šimanauskienė

and

Krzysztof Stereńczak

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 7517 | Submission Open

Keywords: applications in remote sensing; machine learning/deep learning; multispectral/hyperspectral image processing; LiDAR; SAR; forest management; biodiversity; natural ecosystems conservation

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

Hydrometeorological Modelling Based on Remotely Sensed Data

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submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7198 | Submission Open

Keywords: warming climate; warming world; hydrological cycle; hydrological hazards; water cycle; hydro-meteorology; climatic and hydrological extremes

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

Advancements in Remote Sensing and Digital Twins for Bridge Infrastructure

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submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 6555 | 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)

Editorial Board Members’ Collection Series: Recent Progress in Atmospheric Remote Sensing

edited by Gorden Videen and

Ismail Gultepe

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6360 | Submission Open

Keywords: aerosols; smoke; ash; dust; ice crystals; clouds; polarimetry; lidar; satellites; neural networks and AI

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

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