Remote Sensing

Advanced Techniques for Water-Related Remote Sensing (Second Edition)

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, Jianhua Guo,

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submission deadline 15 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1646 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; water-related optics; sensing/imaging techniques; sensors/platforms; deep learning; signal processing

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

Digital Modeling for Sustainable Forest Management

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submission deadline 15 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 527 | Submission Open

Keywords: geospatial modeling; precision forestry; enhanced forest inventory; digital forestry; remote sensing of forests; image classification; climate smart forestry

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

Low Earth Orbit Enhanced GNSS: Opportunities and Challenges

edited by Ziang Zhang and

Kan Wang

submission deadline 15 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 476 | Submission Open

Keywords: navigation augmentation; integrity monitoring; GNSS anti-spoofing; global navigation satellite system; low orbit constellation; satellite orbit determination; communication Integration; space environment monitoring

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

Multiplatform and Multisensor Applications for Landslide Characterization and Monitoring

edited by

Stratis Karantanellis

, Marco Mulas, Giuseppe Ciccarese and

Paolo Mazzanti

submission deadline 15 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 475 | Submission Open

Keywords: landslide detection; landslide characterization; landslide monitoring; data fusion; remote sensing

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

Solar System Remote Sensing: Planetary Science and Exploration

edited by Jason (Jay) Laura and Ross A. Beyer

submission deadline 15 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 448 | Submission Open

Keywords: solar system remote sensing; planetary science; planetary exploration; surface analysis; planetary atmosphere; planetary geology

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

Deep Learning-Based Small-Target Detection in Remote Sensing

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submission deadline 15 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 242 | Submission Open

Keywords: small target detection; deep learning; remote sensing image processing; hyperspectral and infrared sensing; multi-sensor data fusion; feature extraction; target recognition

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

Application of Remote Sensing in Agroforestry (Third Edition)

edited by

Emanuel Peres

and

Joaquim João Sousa

submission deadline 20 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1928 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing technologies; unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs); deep learning applications; decision support systems; yield and disease forecasting models; sustainable management practices; data visualization and analysis; sensor fusion and integration; climate impact assessment on agroforestry; ecological and environmental monitoring

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

Aerosol–Cloud–Precipitation Interaction: Challenges and Advances

edited by

Wenhao Zhang

, Lili Zhang and

Yu Wu

submission deadline 20 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 140 | Submission Open

Keywords: aerosol; cloud; satellite remote sensing; machine learning; climate effects; cloud detection; atmospheric particulate matter; dust; air quality; environment and health

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

New Insights in GNSS Remote Sensing for Ionosphere Monitoring and Modeling (Second Edition)

edited by

Angela Aragón-Ángel

submission deadline 20 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 76 | Submission Open

Keywords: GNSS ground- and space-based observations; electron density morphology and determination; ionospheric indices; ionospheric models; ionospheric storms; low-; mid- and high-latitude ionosphere; waves and irregularities; total electron content (TEC); ionospheric global and regional maps; extreme events; GNSS navigation

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

High-Throughput Phenotyping in Plants Using Remote Sensing

edited by

Paulo Eduardo Teodoro

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Carlos Antonio Da Silva Junior

and

Larissa Pereira Ribeiro Teodoro

submission deadline 25 Sep 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 19631 | Submission Open

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

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

Remote Sensing in Viticulture II

edited by

Luís Filipe Machado Pádua

,

Emanuel Peres

and

Raul Morais dos Santos

submission deadline 28 Sep 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 21674 | Submission Open

Keywords: precision viticulture; vineyard management; vineyard mapping and classification; machine and deep learning; decision support; phenological modelling and yield prediction; estimation of biophysical and geometrical parameters; intelligent monitoring; multi-temporal analysis

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

Remote Sensing for Geology and Mapping (Second Edition)

edited by

Chao Chen

,

Tao Chen

and

Yanni Dong

submission deadline 28 Sep 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2074 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; machine learning; deep learning; remote sensing; object detection; segmentation; agriculture environment; classifications

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

Ground Deformation Patterns Detection by InSAR and GNSS Techniques (3rd Edition)

edited by

Mimmo Palano

, Alessandra Carollo and Federica Sparacino

submission deadline 28 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 411 | Submission Open

Keywords: earthquakes; plate motion; volcano geodesy; land subsidence; GNSS reflectometry; ground deformation modelling

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

Computer Vision and Features Enhancement of Hyperspectral Images

edited by

Hongmin Gao

,

Shufang Xu

, Bing Tu and

Jun Zhou

submission deadline 28 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 220 | Submission Open

Keywords: hyperspectral imaging; computer vision; feature enhancement; image processing; spectral analysis; data integration

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

Advanced Technology for Remote Sensing Image Analysis and Applications

edited by

, Haixia Bi,

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submission deadline 28 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 195 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; deep learning; classification; image fusion; segmentation; enhancement; cross-domain

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

Remote Sensing for Natural Resources and Environmental Management of Arid and Semi-Arid Regions

edited by Chong Wang,

Hao Wang

and Shuci Liu

submission deadline 28 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 143 | Submission Open

Keywords: vegetation dynamics; ecosystem services; carbon cycle/sequestration; soil moisture; evaporation; water quality; scale effects; climate change

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

Applications of UAV Photogrammetric Survey in Smart City and Smart Region

edited by Ka Zhang

submission deadline 28 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 135 | Submission Open

Keywords: structure from motion; route planning; airborne point cloud processing; multi-source data fusion; multi-source data processing; object detection and recognition; image matching; 3D reconstruction

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

Remote Sensing and GIScience for Natural Hazard Mitigation and Resilience

edited by Mohamed Aly,

Brad Peter

, Yaqian He and

Kashif Mahmud

submission deadline 28 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 133 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; GIScience; natural hazards; disaster mitigation; resilience; risk assessment; disaster response; recovery strategies; satellite imagery; geospatial modeling

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

Remote Sensing Applications in Urban Environment and Climate

edited by

Jia Hu

,

Yuyu Zhou

, Ying-Bao Yang and Zhengyuan Zhu

submission deadline 28 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 120 | Submission Open

Keywords: land use/cover change; urban climate; urban sustainability; urban extreme events; environmental inequality; human– environmental interactions; urban ecology; building energy use

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

Machine Learning and Remote Sensing for Improved Autonomous Driving

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submission deadline 28 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 120 | Submission Open

Keywords: machine learning for autonomous driving; multi-sensor fusion; mmWave radar; LiDAR and radar perception; deep learning in remote sensing; environmental modeling; real-time object detection; edge computing for AVs; urban remote sensing; autonomous vehicle navigation; explainable AI in transportation

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

Urban Land Use Mapping Using Deep Learning

edited by

Chang Li

,

Rongjun Qin

and Ruisheng Wang

submission deadline 28 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 104 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban land use mapping; deep learning; multi-modal data integration; knowledge graphs; remote sensing; urban environmental monitoring; semantic segmentation; three-dimensional urban modeling; dynamic urban change detection

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

High-Resolution Remote Sensing Image Processing and Applications

edited by Kai Xu, Yixiang Chen and

Kun Qin

submission deadline 28 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 102 | Submission Open

Keywords: high-resolution remote sensing; deep learning; image processing; image fusion; object detection; semantic segmentation; change detection; remote sensing vision– language model.

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

Machine Learning and Deep Learning Applied to Remote Sensing Image Analysis

edited by Sen Lei,

Liqin Liu

and

Zhengxia Zou

submission deadline 28 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 78 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; machine learning; deep learning; generative models; multimodal learning; multispectral; hyperspectral; synthetic aperture radar

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

Space Geodesy and Time Transfer: From Satellite to Science

edited by Anja Schlicht and

Pierre Exertier

submission deadline 28 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 64 | Submission Open

Keywords: GENESIS; reference frames; VLBI; SLR; DORIS; time transfer; relativistic geodesy from space; space clocks; moon time scale; systematic errors; collocation; clock ties; troposphere ties

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

Remote Sensing for Ocean-Atmosphere Interaction Studies

edited by

Shakeel Asharaf

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

Keywords: air– sea interactions; satellite oceanography; ocean surface wind/heat fluxes; satellite/in situ data validation; high-impact weather events; impact studies; uncertainty quantification

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

SAR Image Change Detection: From Hand-Crafted to Deep Learning

edited by Yuming Xiang, Ling Wan,

Niangang Jiao

and

Sourabh Paul

submission deadline 28 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 52 | Submission Open

Keywords: deep learning for SAR image change detection; SAR change detection applications; multi-modal image change detection; multi-temporal data analysis; SAR change detection datasets

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

Remote Sensing for Geohazard Monitoring and Assessment

edited by

Scott Kieffer

submission deadline 28 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 45 | Submission Open

Keywords: landslide detection; earthquake deformation; subsidence monitoring; geologic risk assessment; SAR/InSAR; LiDAR; photogrammetry

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

Remote Sensing Applications in Digital Soil Mapping and Soil Property Modelling for Sustainable Agriculture

edited by Hans Edwin Winzeler

submission deadline 28 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 33 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital soil mapping; modeling of soil properties; sustainable agriculture; remote sensing imagery; soil properties prediction; soil health; environmental management

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

SAR and Multisource Remote Sensing: Challenges and Innovations

edited by

Peng Wang

, Kang Ni, Zhizhong Zheng and

Henry Leung

submission deadline 29 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1945 | Submission Open

Keywords: SAR image processing; hyperspectral image processing; hyperspectral video processing; multisource remote sensing deep learning; deep learning; feature learning

Hydrological Modelling Based on Satellite Observations

edited by

Hongxing Zheng

and

Ruirui Zhu

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 19632 | Submission Open

Keywords: Hydrological modelling; Satellite observations; Remote sensing; Data assimilation; Uncertainty; Hydrological cycle; Multiple-objective calibration; Prediction; Flood; Drought; Machine learning

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

Retrieving Leaf Area Index Using Remote Sensing

edited by

Yanghui Kang

,

Feng Gao

and

Rasmus Houborg

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 14663 | Submission Open

Keywords: leaf area index; remote sensing; in situ sensor; radiative transfer modeling; LiDAR; UAV; smallsat; data fusion; machine learning; validation; uncertainty

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

Deep Learning for Remote Sensing and Geodata

edited by

Levente Klein

, Conrad M. Albrecht,

Martin Werner

and Salman Khan

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 14293 | Submission Open

Keywords: foundational models; deep learning; artificial intelligence; satellite and aerial remote sensing; LiDAR and point cloud processing; earth digital twin

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

Global Monitoring of Inland Water Using Remote Sensing and Artificial Intelligence

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submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 14034 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; inland water; artificial intelligence; water resource; hydrology; machine learning; global change and regional response

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

Time-Lapse Geophysical and Remote Sensing-Based Imaging and Diagnosis on Urban and Natural Hazards

edited by

Wallace W.L. Lai

,

Xiaolin Zhu

and

Xuehong Chen

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 11368 | Submission Open

Keywords: time-lapse geophysics; remote sensing; image registration; image processing and classification; hazard diagnosis

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

Remote Sensing for Land Surface Temperature and Related Applications

edited by

Constantinos Cartalis

and

Ilias Agathangelidis

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 11083 | Submission Open

Keywords: land surface temperature (LST); land products; fire detection; land-cover classification; soil moisture retrieval; spatial resolution; LST and climate change; urban form; urban fabric; and urban functions; near surface air temperature; thermal infrared remote sensing; land surface energy fluxes and evapotranspiration; downscaling and disaggregation techniques

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

HF Surface Wave Radar: Improving Performance and Extending Capabilities

edited by

Lucy Wyatt

and

Stuart Anderson

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 9942 | Submission Open

Keywords: HF radar; radar systems; signal processing; inverse methods; currents; waves; winds; MetOcean

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

AI-Driven Satellite Data for Global Environment Monitoring (Second Edition)

edited by

Yang-Won Lee

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 8896 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; semantic segmentation; remote sensing of disaster; applications in agriculture; forest; hydrology; and meteorology

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

Advances in Remote Sensing of Phytoplankton Optical Properties and for Studies in Marine Biology

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submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 8728 | Submission Open

Keywords: marine optics; marine biology; phytoplankton communities; phytoplankton biomass; phytoplankton pigments

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

Remote Sensing Methods and Approaches for Underwater Cultural Heritage Research and Management

edited by

Crescenzo Violante

and

Nikos Papadopoulos

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 7170 | Submission Open

Keywords: underwater and maritime cultural heritage; underwater cultural landscape; underwater and maritime geoarchaeology; underwater acoustic remote sensing; marine archaeo-geophysics; electrical resistivity tomography; underwater photogrammetry; satellite remote sensing; underwater hyperspectral imaging

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

Advances in Multi-GNSS Technology and Applications

edited by

Bobin Cui

and

Jungang Wang

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 6763 | Submission Open

Keywords: multi-GNSS; multi-sensors; positioning navigation and timing service; GNSS integrity monitoring; GNSS signal processing; multi-technique integration

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

Remote Sensing for 2D/3D Mapping

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submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 6540 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; mapping; 3D reconstruction; deep learning; geoscience; GIS; satellite imagery; UAV; photogrammetry; point cloud processing; neural radiance field

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

Using Remote Sensing Satellites to Explore the Electromagnetic Environment and Natural Hazard Disturbances in Space

edited by

Sergey Smirnov

,

Angelo De Santis

and

Zeren Zhima

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5873 | Submission Open

Keywords: electromagnetism satellite; infrared/hyperspectral remote sensing; GNSS technology; the electromagnetic environment; natural hazards monitoring

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

Remote Sensing Applications in Ocean Observation (Third Edition)

edited by

Chung-Ru Ho

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 5742 | Submission Open

Keywords: ocean remote sensing; internal waves; eddies; oil spills; algal blooms; sea ices; rogue waves; upwelling; bathymetry; air-sea interaction; marine debris; AI in ocean remote sensing

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

Earth Observation of Glacier and Snow Cover Mapping in Cold Regions

edited by Qing Cheng and Yan Huang

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5742 | Submission Open

Keywords: glacier; snow cover; ice sheet; remote sensing; cryosphere; climate change

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

Remote Sensing of Coastal, Wetland, and Intertidal Zones

edited by Ying Huang,

Zheng Duan

,

Xudong Zhu

and Xiaolong Yu

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 5601 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; radiative transfer modeling; new RS techniques and systems; RS time series analysis and change detection; coastal blue carbon; coastal waters; coastal vegetation

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

Deep Learning Innovations in Remote Sensing

edited by

Zhe Wang

,

Chao Fan

,

Sanaz Salati

,

Marshall (Xiaogang) Ma

,

Xiang Que

and

Hui Wang

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5014 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; GeoAI; deep learning; machine learning; GAN; LLM; SAM; and generative AI; image processing and pattern recognition; artificial intelligence; GIS; geostatistics; spatial modeling

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

Advances in Remote Sensing for Crop Monitoring and Food Security

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submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4035 | Submission Open

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

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

Advances in Spaceborne SAR—Technology and Applications (Second Edition)

edited by

Bingnan Wang

,

Yongsheng Zhou

,

Bing Han

and

Massimiliano Pieraccini

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 3938 | Submission Open

Keywords: new innovative SAR system; missions and sensors; micro-SAR sensor and applications; data analysis and methods; machine learning and/or new applications; land applications; ocean and cryosphere applications; other applications

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

Application of Remote Sensing in Forest Ecosystem Functioning and Services

edited by

Jian Yang

and

Lei Fang

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3778 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest monitoring; forest ecosystem cycling; forest disturbances; forest structure and functions; forest ecosystem services

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

Autonomous Space Navigation (Second Edition)

edited by

Vincenzo Capuano

and

Roberto Opromolla

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3435 | Submission Open

Keywords: spacecraft navigation; spacecraft pose estimation; autonomy; GNSS; inertial sensors; star trackers; autonomous planetary landing; computer vision; Artificial Intelligence; machine learning

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

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