Remote Sensing

Enhanced Satellite Perspectives of Sea Surface Temperature and Air-Sea Interaction

edited by

Hazem Nagy

,

Omneya Ibrahim

and

Bayoumy Mohamed

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2727 | Submission Open

Keywords: sea surface temperature; extreme events (e.g.; atmospheric and oceanic heatwaves; low chlorophyll-a); climate change; air-sea interaction; biogeochemical cycle; large-scale teleconnection pattern; coral bleaching; sea ice concentration

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

Carbon Sink Pattern and Land Spatial Optimization in Coastal Areas

edited by

Dahai Liu

, Feili Wei and

Tong Dong

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1563 | Submission Open

Keywords: land and sea coordination; carbon sink; land-use/land-cover change; urbanization; model simulation; policy development; spatial mapping; coastal zone; climate change

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

Remote Sensing in Natural Hazard Exploration and Impact Assessment

edited by

Aggelos Pallikarakis

,

Emmanouil Psomiadis

,

Georgios Deligiannakis

and

Michalis Diakakis

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1452 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest fires and erosion; pollution; climate changes; floods; earthquakes and active faults; liquefaction; pandemic situations; urban and coastal areas

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

Progress in Estimating, Monitoring, and Modelling Wildfire Fuel Loads Using Remote Sensing

edited by

Nicolas Younes

, Paulo Jose Murillo-Sandoval, Li Zhao and Colleen Bryant

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1374 | Submission Open

Keywords: fuel loads; bushfires; wildfires; fuel flammability; fuel moisture content (FMC); live/dead fuel biochemistry; hyperspectral imagery; fire monitoring

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

Multi-Scale Remote Sensing and Machine Learning for Hydrological Modeling

edited by Jun Liu and

Mehdi Khaki

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1174 | Submission Open

Keywords: spatial hydrology; large-scale modeling; inland water bodies; land– atmosphere interaction; data assimilation; remote sensing; machine learning; calibration

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

Remote Sensing for Structural Monitoring and Assessment of Constructions

edited by

Andrea Miano

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1049 | Submission Open

Keywords: structural health monitoring; satellite data; structural assessment; structural analysis

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

Enhancing Vegetation and Water Use Management through Earth Observation

edited by

Fei Zhang

, Xiaoping Wang,

Brian Alan Johnson

and Xu Ma

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 996 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing observation of land surface parameters; soil water content; vegetation parameters; water resources; evapotranspiration; ecological process model; hydrological model

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

Remote Sensing Applications for Forest Ecosystem Monitoring and Spatial Modeling (2nd Edition)

edited by

Jan Komarek

and

Marlena Kycko

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 993 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest inventory; landscape modeling; feature and pattern detection; long-term monitoring; image analysis; point cloud analysis; data fusion

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

Unmanned Aerial Vehicle-Based Inspection in Infrastructure Maintenance

edited by

Jiayong Yu

, Wujiao Dai, Jiangpeng Shu and Qian Fan

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 857 | Submission Open

Keywords: unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV); infrastructure maintenance; remote sensing; inspection; LiDAR; thermal imaging; machine vision; structural health monitoring; multi-sensor technologies; deep learning

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

Advances in Remote Sensing Monitoring of Post-Disturbance Forest Recovery

edited by

Guangsheng Chen

,

Zoltan Szantoi

and

Santonu Goswami

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 448 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest disturbance; forest recovery; forest resilience; forest regrowth; canopy structure; forest composition; forest service; productivity and biomass; recovery trajectory; disturbance regime; disturbance severity; big data and artificial intelligence; remote sensing application; forest management

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

Advances in Cryosphere Monitoring: Integrating Multi-Source Remote Sensing and AI Technologies

edited by Puyu Wang,

Ze Zhang

and Xuejiao Wu

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 430 | Submission Open

Keywords: cryosphere; remote sensing; AI technology; glacier monitoring; snow cover; permafrost observation; climate change impacts

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

Remote Sensing Technologies in Precision Agriculture: From Ground Vehicles to Aerial and Handheld Platforms

edited by Renato Herrig Furlanetto, Xu 'Kevin' Wang,

Luis Crusiol

and

Caiwang Zheng

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 338 | Submission Open

Keywords: precision agriculture; crop monitoring; AI techniques

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

Artificial Intelligence in Hyperspectral Remote Sensing Data Analysis

edited by

Xue Wang

,

Kun Tan

and

Haoyang Yu

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 250 | Submission Open

Keywords: spectral-spatial representation learning; multimodal fusion & explainable AI; hyperspectral unmixing & mixed pixel analysis; intelligent remote sensing applications

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

Point Cloud Data Analysis and Applications

edited by

Ruijin Ma

,

Tarig Ali

and

Maolin Chen

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 147 | Submission Open

Keywords: point clouds processing; geospatial digital twin modeling; data fusion

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

Advancements in Remote Sensing for Sustainable Agriculture (Second Edition)

edited by

Wenjiang Huang

, Kun Wang and

Tiecheng Huang

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 143 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; sustainable agriculture; precision farming; crop monitoring; environmental impact; land use change; crop growth model; water resource management; machine learning; artificial intelligence; decision support systems

Advances in Sensor Design and Algorithm Development for Cloud Remote Sensing

edited by Zhonghui Tan, Weihua Ai and

Di Di

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 135 | Submission Open

Keywords: clouds and precipitation; sensor design; algorithm; radar simulator; satellite simulator; extreme weather

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

Advances in Forest Degradation and Deforestation Monitoring with AI and Multi-Source Remote Sensing Data

edited by

Ran Meng

,

Huaguo Huang

and

Huabing Huang

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 101 | Submission Open

Keywords: vegetation dynamics; vegetation structure parameters; multi-source remote sensing; artificial intelligence; radiative transfer model; smart forestry

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

Advances in the Remote Sensing of Crop Phenology and Production Monitoring Under Environmental Constraints

edited by Xin Zhao,

Jianxiu Shen

and Sanai Li

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 97 | Submission Open

Keywords: crop phenology; crop production; environmental constraints; agricultural remote sensing; algorithm development; time series analysis; precision agriculture; yield prediction; crop monitoring

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

AI-Driven Hyperspectral Remote Sensing of Atmosphere and Land

edited by Chunqiang Wu,

Yong Zhang

,

Xingfeng Chen

, Chunshan Li and

Fu Wang

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 96 | Submission Open

Keywords: deep learning for remote sensing; hyperspectral remote sensing; retrieval of atmospheric parameter ; land surface monitoring hyperspectral sounder and imager applications

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

Remote Sensing and Smart Forestry (Third Edition)

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submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 94 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; smart forestry; intelligent forestry; forestry technology; virtual reality; artificial intelligence; image processing; remote sensing classification; LiDAR application in forestry

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

Remote Sensing for Natural and Urban Scene Understanding and Applications

edited by

Yufu Zang

, Jinhu Wang, Yueqian Shen,

Haiyan Guan

and

Dong Chen

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 90 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; point clouds; 3D scene understanding; object extraction; classification; environmental monitoring; urban planning

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

Remote Sensing Methods and Technical Developments in Geohazard Early Warning

edited by

Yaning Yi

,

Kunfeng Qiu

and Zhijie Zhang

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 83 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; satellite data; natural hazards; early warning; disaster risk reduction; SAR/InSAR; UAV; LiDAR; GNSS

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

Machine Learning and GeoAI for Remote Sensing Environmental Monitoring (2nd Edition)

edited by Haomin Yu and

Zhiyu Jiang

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 78 | Submission Open

Keywords: spatio-temporal analysis; multi-source data fusion; environmental monitoring; predictive analytics; air quality monitoring; cloud pattern recognition; atmospheric remote sensing; transportation impact assessment; traffic-related air pollution

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

Artificial Intelligence for Ocean Remote Sensing (Second Edition)

edited by

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submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 64 | Submission Open

Keywords: ocean remote sensing; artificial intelligence; machine learning and deep learning; big data mining; data-driven models; ocean processes; ocean color and environment; coastal environment and disasters

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

Remote Sensing Advances in Urban Traffic Monitoring (Second Edition)

edited by

Wiesław Pamuła

and

Teresa Pamuła

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 61 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban traffic monitoring; traffic data fusion; road network congestion; UAVs; image processing; road infrastructure; deep learning

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

Advances in Multi-Frequency GNSS High-Precision Positioning and Navigation Technology

edited by

Wang Gao

,

Rui Shang

and

Qing Zhao

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 56 | Submission Open

Keywords: multi-frequency GNSS; high-precision positioning; ambiguity resolution; RTK/PPP/PPP-RTK; GNSS integrity; inter-frequency bias estimation/calibration; multi-frequency GNSS bias product estimation

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

Spatiotemporal Variability in Hydrologic Systems from GRACE, Remote Sensing, and Climate Data

edited by Karem Abdelmohsen

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 45 | Submission Open

Keywords: GRACE/GRACE-FO; remote sensing in hydrology; terrestrial water storage (TWS); groundwater recharge; precipitation patterns; climate change impacts; wind regime shifts; hydrological modeling; data assimilation and downscaling; water resource management

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

Oceans from Space V

edited by

Vittorio Barale

submission deadline 1 Oct 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 23723 | Submission Open

Keywords: ocean observations; marine environment; oceanographic missions; satellite; and sensors; data cal-val; processing algorithms; and model assimilation; sea parameters and processes; bio-geo-chemical cycles; and ecological status.

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

New Advances of Space Gravimetry in Climate and Hydrology Studies

edited by

José Darrozes

,

Guillaume Ramillien

and Lucia Seoane

submission deadline 1 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 81 | Submission Open

Keywords: GRACE; GRACE-FO; global hydrology; extreme hydro-climatic events; ocean circulation; coastal ocean model; groundwater; warning systems

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

BDS/GNSS for Earth Observation (Third Edition)

edited by

Gino Dardanelli

and Chen Wang

submission deadline 1 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 73 | Submission Open

Keywords: GNSS; NRTK; PPP; geodesy; geohazards; GNSS meteorology; GNSS ionosphere; GNSS reflectometry; GNSS small satellite; GNSS for autonomous space navigation; GNSS in precision farming (PF); GNSS interference detection

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

Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Remote Sensing for Civil and Environmental Applications

edited by

Saeid Homayouni

,

Hossein Aghababaei

,

Alireza Tabatabaeenejad

and

Benyamin Hosseiny

submission deadline 10 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 968 | Submission Open

Keywords: synthetic aperture radar; microwave remote sensing; PolSAR/PolInSAR; tomographic SAR; backscattering modeling; environmental monitoring

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

Remote Sensing of Land Surface Temperature: Retrieval, Modeling, and Applications

edited by Zihan Liu,

Jin Ma

, Kangning Li and Lluís Pérez-Planells

submission deadline 13 Oct 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5400 | Submission Open

Keywords: thermal infrared remote sensing; land surface temperature (LST); urban thermal environment; climate change; urbanization; agriculture application

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

Photogrammetry Meets AI

edited by

Fabio Remondino

and

Rongjun Qin

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 43548 | Submission Open

Keywords: photogrammetry; machine/deep learning; structure from motion; 3D reconstruction; NeRF; data integration and fusion; quantitative analyses and comparisons

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

Big Earth Data and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Multi-Objectives Comprehensive Evaluation

edited by Lanwei Zhu,

Lei Wang

,

Chunlin Huang

and

Min Chen

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | 10 articles | Viewed by 25252 | Submission Open

Keywords: big earth data; SDGs; multi-objective comprehensive evaluation; remote sensing; geospatial analysis

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

Applications of Remote Sensing in Landscape Archaeology

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submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 14830 | Submission Open

Keywords: landscape archaeology; remote sensing big data; settlement ecology; environmental archaeology; land use land cover; GIS

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

Technologies for Heritage Knowledge and Preservation: 3D Point Cloud Modelling, GIS, HBIM, Simulation, Immersive Experiences

edited by

Daniel Antón

,

José L. Amaro-Mellado

,

Silvana Bruno

and

Marinos Ioannides

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 11981 | Submission Open

Keywords: 3D point cloud modelling; historic building information modelling; geographic information system; terrestrial laser scanning; unmanned aerial vehicle; structure-from-motion; semantic segmentation; data fusion; simulation and non-destructive testing; game engine

Remote Sensing and GIS-Based Innovative Techniques for Confronting Land Subsidence and Landslides

edited by

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Kleomenis Kalogeropoulos

and

Nikolaos Stathopoulos

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 9484 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; GIS; land subsidence; landslides; modeling; machine learning; VGI

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

Recent Progress in Understanding Global Sea Level Rise Using Space and Earth Observations

edited by

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, Jean Philippe Montillet and

Rui Fernandes

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 9247 | Submission Open

Keywords: sea level change; tide gauge; satellite altimetry; GNSS; GRACE; satellite gravity; global geodetic observing system; big data; artificial intelligence; environmental loading model

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

Stereoscopic Remote Sensing of Air Pollutants: Emission, Formation, and Transport

edited by

Chengxin Zhang

,

Chi Li

and

Chengzhi Xing

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7981 | Submission Open

Keywords: satellite remote sensing; ground-based remote sensing; atmospheric pollutants; source analysis; greenhouse gases

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

Geospatial Artificial Intelligence (GeoAI) in Remote Sensing

edited by

Xian Sun

, Wanxuan Lu, Lingqiao Liu and Shucheng You

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7821 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing foundation models with GeoAI; deep neural networks combining RS properties or geospatial knowledge; robust architectures for multiple geospatial tasks; GeoAI for remote sensing forecasting tasks; high-quality and large-scale datasets for remote sensing foundation models; applications such as smart cities; land-cover and ocean observation; environmental monitoring; and sustainable development

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

Application of Remote Sensing to Flood and Drought Analysis, Monitoring and Risk Management

edited by

Andrés Navarro

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7376 | Submission Open

Keywords: precipitation; floods; droughts; extreme precipitation events; natural hazards; hydrology

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

Remote Sensing of Atmospheric Vertical Profile—Air Quality, Pollution and Aerosol Optical Properties

edited by Min Xie,

Jane Liu

and Bingliang Zhuang

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 5687 | Submission Open

Keywords: atmospheric vertical profile; aerosol optical properties; aerosol transportation; aerosol radiative effect; aerosol-cloud microphysics effects; boundary layer pollution; remote sensing retrieval algorithms; machine learning applications in remote sensing

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

Dynamic Monitoring of Forest Resources Based on Multi-Source Remote Sensing Data

edited by

Fernando José Aguilar

,

Flor Álvarez-Taboada

and

Manuel Ángel Aguilar

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5256 | Submission Open

Keywords: multi-source remote sensing data; dynamic monitoring of forest resources; data fusion; machine learning; deep learning; OBIA; precision forestry; multi-temporal remote sensing data; aboveground biomass and carbon stock; near real-time (NRT) forest monitoring

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

Advanced HRWS Spaceborne SAR: System Design and Signal Processing

edited by

Guodong Jin

, Daiyin Zhu, Xinhua Mao,

Wei Wang

,

Yanyan Zhang

and Yashi Zhou

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4257 | Submission Open

Keywords: spaceborne synthetic aperture radar; HRWS SAR system design; high-resolution SAR imaging method; ambiguity suppression; SAR waveform design; beamforming

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

Applications of Remote Sensing in the Monitoring of the Mountain Cryosphere

edited by Pedro Fidel Espín-López, Massimiliano Barbolini and

Andreas J. Dietz

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3625 | Submission Open

Keywords: snow cover; glaciers; remote sensing; permafrost; snow avalanches; climate change; water management; hyperspectral; black carbon

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

Applications of AI and Remote Sensing in Urban Systems II

edited by

Ahmed Mustafa

and

Andreas Rienow

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3343 | Submission Open

Keywords: land use/cover change; urban systems; image processing; google earth engine; thermal remote sensing; open data; big data; artificial intelligence

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

Innovative Geospatial Information and Earth Observation (GEO) Techniques for Sustainable Development

edited by Chao Yang, Jie Chen,

Chaogui Kang

, Liang Hong and

Phaedon C. Kyriakidis

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2974 | Submission Open

Keywords: earth observation; geospatial sensor web; citizen sensing; sustainable transport; land use change; urban resilience; nature-based solutions

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

Image Fusion and Object Detection Using Multi-Modal Remote Sensing Data

edited by Bin Yang, Xin Ye and Jing Li

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2953 | Submission Open

Keywords: image fusion; object detection; multi-modal data; deep learning; benchmark dataset; remote sensing data analysis

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

Problem-Driven Geospatial Data Acquisition, Tools and Applications in Earth Observation

edited by

Artan Hysa

,

Pai-Hui Hsu

and

Yongze Song

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2714 | Submission Open

Keywords: geospatial technology; geospatial data acquisition; geographic information system (GIS); spatial analysis; earth observation; geospatial AI; big data analysis

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

Advances in Remote Sensing and Digital Twin Technologies for Transportation Infrastructure

edited by

Zhen Liu

and

Xingyu Gu

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2605 | Submission Open

Keywords: transportation infrastructure; road extraction; traffic network; transportation infrastructure; remote sensing; InSAR; AI; digital twin

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

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