Remote Sensing

Advances in Spectral Imagery and Methods for Fire and Smoke Detection

edited by Eriita Jones

submission deadline 12 Feb 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2701 | Submission Open

Keywords: fire detection; smoke detection; spectral imagery; remote sensing; environmental monitoring and management; multispectral and hyperspectral imaging; thermal imaging; machine learning; AI models; super-resolution; IOT; wildfires and aerosols

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

Remote Sensing for Geo-Hydrological Hazard Monitoring and Assessment

edited by Diandong Ren and

Mervyn Lynch

submission deadline 12 Feb 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2156 | Submission Open

Keywords: geo-hydrological hazards; disaster prediction; extreme precipitation; flash floods; mudslides/landslides; earthquakes

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

Snow Water Equivalent Retrieval Using Remote Sensing

edited by Jianwei Yang,

Lingmei Jiang

,

Matias Takala

, Yan Huang and

Tao Che

submission deadline 12 Feb 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2066 | Submission Open

Keywords: microwave remote sensing; snow water equivalent (SWE); snow depth; SWE retrieving algorithm; snow forward modeling; field campaigns in cryosphere; spatiotemporal variability

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

Environment Observation Analysis Based on Remote Sensing and Geospatial Artificial Intelligence

edited by

Lei Xu

, Peyman Abbaszadeh,

Wenying Du

and

Min Huang

submission deadline 12 Feb 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1779 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; big data; GeoAI; spatiotemporal processes; disaster analysis; large-scale monitoring and prediction

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

Crop Biophysical Parameters Retrieval Using Remote Sensing Data (Second Edition)

edited by

Jiangang Liu

,

Bo Li

and

Zhenjiang Zhou

submission deadline 12 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1649 | Submission Open

Keywords: crop biophysical parameters; optical remote sensing; active remote sensing; multisource data integration; radiative transfer model; deep learning

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

LiDAR Technology for Autonomous Navigation and Mapping

edited by

Yiqing Yao

and

Johnson Ihyeh Agbinya

submission deadline 12 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1270 | Submission Open

Keywords: LiDAR odometry; simultaneous localization and mapping; obstacle detection and avoidance; 3D mapping; multi-sensor fusion; autonomous vehicles

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

Advanced Image Processing Algorithms for Object Detection and Tracking in Aerial and Satellite Imagery

edited by

Jun Zhou

,

Libao Zhang

, Junpeng Zhang and

Jue Zhang

submission deadline 12 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 672 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; deep learning; object detection; object tracking; cross-modal representation learning; hyperspectral videos

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

Deep Learning for Spectral-Spatial Hyperspectral Image Classification (2nd Edition)

edited by

Jiayi Li

,

Maria Grazia D’Urso

,

Xian Guo

, Jie Yang and Xin Huang

submission deadline 12 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 240 | Submission Open

Keywords: deep learning; hyperspectral imaging; spectral– spatial classification; domain adaption; attention mechanisms

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

Artificial Intelligence-Based Remote Sensing for Crop Information Extraction and Status Monitoring

edited by

Muhammad Moshiur Rahman

submission deadline 12 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 226 | Submission Open

Keywords: crop growth and vigour monitoring; crop phenology; crop diseases and pests; drought stress; machine learning; artificial intelligence; image processing; crop classification; yield prediction

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

Advanced Machine Learning Models for Remote Sensing Applications and Data Analysis—Recent Developments

edited by Ahmed Shaharyar Khwaja and

Filippo Biondi

submission deadline 15 Feb 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 17900 | Submission Open

Keywords: deep learning; quantum machine learning; optical data; imaging radar data; multispectral and hyperspectral data; environment monitoring and prediction; calamity prediction and detection; agriculture monitoring and prediction; post-calamity evaluation; time-series for structural monitoring; transfer learning and one-shot learning; semi-supervised learning

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

Advances in the Application of Spaceborne and UAS-Borne Radar Remote Sensing

edited by

Neda Rojhani

,

George Shaker

,

Massimiliano Pieraccini

and

Amir Hosein Oveis

submission deadline 15 Feb 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 16027 | Submission Open

Keywords: radar technology; space-based radar technology; planetary mapping radar; remote sensing applications; synthetic aperture radar (SAR); disaster management applications; advanced signal processing; space exploration; radar technology in earth sciences

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

Estimating the Ecological Services of Urban Green Infrastructures Using Remote Sensing

edited by

Oz Kira

and

Arnon Karnieli

submission deadline 15 Feb 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 10349 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban sustainability; urban green infrastructures; urban ecological services; vegetation classification; carbon cycle; evapotranspiration; urban heat islands; shading

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

Monitoring Vegetation Response Based on Remote Sensing and Climate Data (Second Edition)

edited by

Rui Yao

and

Mario Cunha

submission deadline 15 Feb 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8453 | Submission Open

Keywords: vegetation cover; vegetation phenology; vegetation productivity; crop yield; NDVI/EVI/LAI; climate change; human activity detection/monitoring

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

SAR Monitoring of Marine and Coastal Environments

edited by Tao Xie,

Junmin Meng

,

He Wang

and Xinwei Chen

submission deadline 15 Feb 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 7626 | Submission Open

Keywords: synthetic aperture radar (SAR); marine environments; coastal hazards; remote sensing; deep learning; harsh environments; polar oceans; marine pollution; habitat mapping; climate change

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

Quantitative Remote Sensing for Vegetation Phenology and Regional Landscape Patterns

edited by Ke Huang,

Jiaxing Zu

, Ning Chen and Xiaowei Tong

submission deadline 15 Feb 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4590 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; vegetation dynamic; climate change; landscape pattern; cross-scale; vegetation phenology applications

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

Advancements of Vision-Language Models (VLMs) in Remote Sensing

edited by Zhixi Feng, Chuang Yang, Hongyuan Zhang, Chen Yang and Yue Chang

submission deadline 15 Feb 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3860 | Submission Open

Keywords: vision– language models (VLMs); multimodal data fusion; remote sensing VQA; automatic annotation; semantic segmentation; object detection; super-resolution reconstruction; change detection; pretraining models; multimodal retrieval

Sub-Pixel Mapping, Spatio-Temporal Fusion of Multi-Spectral and Hyperspectral Remote Sensing Data

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submission deadline 15 Feb 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3012 | Submission Open

Keywords: sub-pixel mapping; spatiotemporal fusion method; optical/multispectral/hyperspectral image analysis; mixed pixel problem; urban land use mapping; time-series analysis; multitemporal remote sensing data processing; change detection method

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

Estimating Atmospheric Aerosols and Cloud Physics with Optical and Multispectral Sensors

edited by

Yuying Wang

, Haofei Wang, Chunsong Lu and

Xiquan Dong

submission deadline 15 Feb 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2880 | Submission Open

Keywords: aerosol– cloud interactions; remote sensing; multispectral sensors; aerosol optical depth (AOD); cloud microphysical properties; cloud condensation nuclei (CCN); lidar; radiometers; satellite; machine learning

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

Remote Sensing Applications in Urban Ecosystem Services (Second Edition)

edited by Songbing Zou

submission deadline 15 Feb 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1619 | 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)

Satellite Remote Sensing for Monitoring Forest Carbon and Supporting Nature-Based Carbon Crediting Mechanisms

edited by You-Ren Wang and

Zutao Yang

submission deadline 15 Feb 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1499 | Submission Open

Keywords: satellite remote sensing; forest carbon monitoring; carbon flux analysis; nature-based solutions (NbSs); carbon crediting mechanisms; carbon MRV; blue carbon

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

Satellite Remote Sensing Techniques for Ionospheric and Thermospheric Observations

edited by

Jiahao Zhong

, Ningbo Wang,

Xuguang Cai

and

Jiawei Kuai

submission deadline 15 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1341 | Submission Open

Keywords: ionosphere; thermosphere; satellite; GNSS; radio occultation; radio waves; radar sounding; optical imaging; ionospheric/thermospheric modeling; space weather

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

Advancing Earth Observation Through Artificial Intelligence: From Foundation Models to Intelligent Retrieval Systems

edited by

Paolo M. Ruti

,

Claudia Acquistapace

, Andrew Parnell, Sid-Ahmed Boukabara and Chiara Maria Cocchiara

submission deadline 15 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 93 | Submission Open

Keywords: earth observations; foundation models; radiative transfer; meteorology; machine learning

(This special issue belongs to the Section Earth Observation Data)

Innovative Remote-Sensing Technologies for Sea Ice Observing

edited by Mingzhe Jiang,

Mohsen Ghanbari

and Linlin Xu

submission deadline 15 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 60 | Submission Open

Keywords: sea ice remote sensing; satellite SAR and passive microwave; airborne/UAV hyperspectral imaging; ice thickness and altitude retrieval; multi-sensor data fusion; deep learning classification; climate and operational forecasting; cryosphere monitoring

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

Satellite Observation of Middle and Upper Atmospheric Dynamics

edited by

Shengyang Gu

, Haiyang Gao and

Zhaoai Yan

submission deadline 15 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 36 | Submission Open

Keywords: atmospheric parameters retrieval; novel satellite-based observation technologies; atmospheric dynamics; near-space modeling and prediction; coupling and long-term change mechanism; multi-source data assimilation technologies

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

Remote Sensing at Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV) — Geophysics and Volcanology Experience

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submission deadline 16 Feb 2026 | 9 articles | Viewed by 26772 | Submission Open

Keywords: volcanic activity; explosive and effusive phases; volcanic hazard assessment; modelling of volcano processes; volcano hazard forecasting; monitoring active volcanoes

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

Current Trends Using Cutting-Edge Geospatial Remote Sensing

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submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 14079 | Submission Open

Keywords: geospatial remote sensing; artificial intelligence; machine learning; deep learning; classification and recognition; change detection; three-dimensional remote sensing; remote sensing big data; data processing; VR/AR reality; internet of things (IoT); edge computing; blockchain; small/stereo/video satellite; UAV; LiDAR; object detection; object modelling

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

Remote Sensing Approaches for the Detection and Analysis in Coastal and River Delta Regions

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submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 11332 | Submission Open

Keywords: earth observation; remote sensing; river delta; coastal regions; disaster risk assessment

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

Real-Time Flood Monitoring and Prediction Using Integrative Remote Sensing and AI

edited by Pietro Ceccato, Pekel Jean-François and Peter Salamon

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 10326 | Submission Open

Keywords: satellite image; artificial intelligence; flood depth; flood monitoring; flood forecasting; airplane/drone images; urban flood; hydrological models

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

Remote Sensing and Geoinformatics in Sustainable Development

edited by

Vyron Antoniou

,

Andreas Tsatsaris

and

Kleomenis Kalogeropoulos

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3689 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; geospatial analysis; sustainable development goals; earth observation; resilience

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

Towards High-Precision 3D Reconstruction and Modelling from Multi-Sensor Geospatial Data

edited by

Ana Maria Loghin

, Bruno Vallet,

Paul Sestraș

and

Valeria Ersilia Oniga

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2884 | Submission Open

Keywords: data acquisition techniques; sensor calibration; multi-sensor integration; data integration and fusion; 3D geospatial data processing; 3D reconstruction; 3D modeling; point cloud analysis; surface reconstruction; AI/ML; semantic modeling; 3D geospatial modeling; change detection; topographic mapping; quantitative analyses and comparisons; accuracy assessment

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

Advanced Hyperspectral Imaging and AI for Geological Applications

edited by Lizhe Wang, Yingjun Zhao, Fuping Gan and

Ruyi Feng

submission deadline 20 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 102 | Submission Open

Keywords: hyperspectral imaging; artificial intelligence (AI); machine learning; mineral mapping; ore deposit prediction; geological exploration; landslide detection; environmental geology; anomaly detection; critical minerals

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

Precipitation, Flood and Earthquake Events Monitoring, Simulation, Analysis and Early Warning by Advanced Environmental Remote Sensing and AI

edited by

Congzheng Han

, Jiamou Liu and Hongbin Chen

submission deadline 25 Feb 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 10001 | Submission Open

Keywords: radar; satellite; microwave links; AI and algorithms; flood and drought prediction; simulation; modeling; and analysis; short-term precipitation forecasting; precipitation monitoring; earthquake prediction and monitoring and geophysical exploration; technology for disaster information acquisition; disaster monitoring and disaster mitigation and avoidance simulation

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

Advances in Atmospheric Chemistry and Transportation of Aerosol by Remote Sensing and Modeling (Second Edition)

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submission deadline 25 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2724 | Submission Open

Keywords: aerosol; aerosols species; optical properties; vertical profile; long-range transport; radiative forcing; light-absorbing aerosol; snow; aerosol cloud; extreme weather

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

Remote Sensing of Coastal Waters, Land Use/Cover, Lakes, Rivers and Watersheds III

edited by

Jiayi Pan

,

Bo Huang

,

Hongsheng Zhang

and Adam T. Devlin

submission deadline 26 Feb 2026 | 9 articles | Viewed by 18844 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing of coastal waters and zones; remote sensing data fusion technology; land cover/use; remote sensing of lakes; rivers; and watersheds; remote sensing and GIS technology; marine remote sensing

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

Crop Yield Prediction Using Remote Sensing Techniques

edited by

Maninder Singh Dhillon

submission deadline 26 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 201 | Submission Open

Keywords: crop yield prediction; remote sensing; NDVI and vegetation indices; machine learning; light use efficiency (LUE); data fusion (e.g.; MODIS– Landsat); phenology and crop growth models; climate and environmental drivers; UAV and satellite imagery; precision agriculture

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

Storms and Floods Analysis Based on the Fusion of Satellite, Meteorological and Ground Station Observation Data

edited by

Jingyu Wang

,

Xiaodong Chen

, Donglian Sun and

Zizhen Dong

submission deadline 27 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 119 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; flood monitoring; storm tracking; data fusion; extreme event analysis; AI and machine learning; disaster risk reduction

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

Remote Sensing for Mapping and Monitoring Wetlands and Their Ecosystems

edited by

Andy Hardy

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 12980 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; wetland mapping; wetland ecology; wetland condition assessment; wetland hydrological monitoring; watershed modeling; hydrological dynamics

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

Remote Sensing and Geospatial Analysis in the Big Data Era

edited by

Robert Tenzer

and

Hok Sum Fok

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 12675 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; geospatial analysis; Big Data; machine learning; data fusion and integration; spatial modeling; advanced algorithms

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

Object Detection and Information Extraction Based on Remote Sensing Imagery (Second Edition)

edited by

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, Gong Cheng and

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 11151 | Submission Open

Keywords: object detection of remote sensing images; object detection and tracking of remote sensing videos; few/zero-shot learning; multi-source data fusion; weakly supervised learning; semantic segmentation; remote sensing image classification

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

Advances in Earth Observation to Improve Flood Disaster Monitoring and Management (Second Edition)

edited by

Valeria Satriano

,

Mariapia Faruolo

and Sandro Martinis

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 11036 | Submission Open

Keywords: flood disaster; flood monitoring and management; remote sensing; modelling; machine learning

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

Applications of SAR for Environment Observation Analysis

edited by

Vahid Akbari

,

Nizar Bouhlel

,

Alireza Tabatabaeenejad

and

Esra Erten

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 10609 | Submission Open

Keywords: synthetic aperture radar; earth observation; machine (deep) learning; image processing; statistical signal processing; environmental monitoring; radar polarimetry; radar interferometry; multivariate statistical analysis; big data analysis

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

New Advances in Remote Sensing Techniques Applied in Surface and Underground Mine Operations

edited by

Kamran Esmaeili

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 10600 | Submission Open

Keywords: open-pit mining; underground mining; mapping; mine process monitoring; operational efficiency; mine safety; mine environmental monitoring

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

Advances in the Spatial and Spatio-Temporal Modeling of Environmental Data

edited by George Christakos,

Junyu He

and Jiaping Wu

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 9167 | Submission Open

Keywords: multi-sourced data fusion; spatiotemporal geostatistics; artificial intelligence; remote sensing; high spatiotemporal resolution; uncertainty assessment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Earth Observation Data)

Application of Remote Sensing-Based Monitoring of Local Climate in Urban Areas

edited by

, Guangjun He,

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, Hanfa Xing and

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 9161 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; urban areas; local climate; risk assessment; sustainable urban development; green space; geographic big data

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

Land Surface Temperature Estimation Using Remote Sensing II

edited by

Anand Inamdar

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7587 | Submission Open

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

High-Resolution Observations of Planetary Geological and Geomorphic Investigation (Second Edition)

edited by

Ákos Kereszturi

and

Jiannan Zhao

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7342 | Submission Open

Keywords: planetary geology; planetary geomorphology; planetary landforms; planetary surface processes; planetary composition; planetary geological mapping; high-resolution planetary imaging; shallow subsurface detection; space weathering

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

Applications of Remote Sensing in Monitoring Ionospheric and Atmospheric Physics (Third Edition)

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submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 7223 | Submission Open

Keywords: ionosphere; atmosphere; ionospheric irregularities; ionospheric/thermosphric modeling; data assimilation; geomagnetic storms; radars; radio occultations; GNSS TEC; airglow observations

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

Antarctic Remote Sensing Applications (Second Edition)

edited by

Gonçalo Prates

,

Manuel Berrocoso Domínguez

and

Cristina Torrecillas

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6935 | Submission Open

Keywords: antarctica; ice sheets change; permafrost state; landform dynamics; biota occupation; human presence; multi-sensor and multiplatform analysis; remote sensing applications

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

Remote Sensing for Soil and Water Conservation and Sustainable Development in the Context of Climate Change

edited by

Shaohua Lei

,

Xiaojun Wang

, Guoqing Wang, Shuai Zeng,

Yongjian Ruan

and

Xianghui Lu

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6137 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil and water conservation; management techniques for soil and water loss; net primary productivity; aquatic ecosystems health; water quality parameters retrieval; non-optically active parameters; machine/deep learning; vegetation phenology; lake/river ice phenology; climate change and human activities impacts

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

Machine Learning for Applications in Agriculture and Vegetation Using Remote Sensing

edited by

Christoph Jörges

and

Aaron Moody

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5660 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; machine learning; deep learning; remote sensing; data mining; water– energy– food nexus; crop yield prediction; agriculture; climate change; sustainable irrigation and fertilization

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

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