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Multi-Data Integration in Near-Surface Geophysics and Close Range Remote Sensing Applied to Cultural Heritage
edited by and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 18023 | Submission Open
Keywords: near-surface geophysics; close-range remote sensing; multi-data integration; GIS; spatial analysis; machine learning; deep learning; cultural heritage
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Remote Sensing)
Application of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing in Urban Areas submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 15292 | Submission Open
Keywords: remote sensing; photogrammetry; urban heterogeneous data fusion; urban planning; urban traffic mitigation; urban digital twins; urban pollution monitoring; global extreme event; machine learning; data mining
(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Remote Sensing)
SAR in Big Data Era III
edited by Chao Wang, , Mihai P. Datcu, and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 14895 | Submission Open
Keywords: SAR/InSAR; big data; sustainable development goals (SDGs); high performance computing; artificial intelligence; PolSAR processing; TomoSAR processing; SAR applications; geohazards; global change
(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing Image Processing)
Machine Learning and Image Processing for Object Detection submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 13668 | Submission Open
Keywords: machine learning algorithm; image processing; deep learning; object detection; quality measurement; 3D objects; pre/post-processing; drone imagery
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Remote Sensing)
Advanced Applications of Remote Sensing in Monitoring Marine Environment (Second Edition)
edited by and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 11824 | Submission Open
Keywords: ocean remote sensing; ocean environment; environment monitoring; remote sensing techniques; satellite data
(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Remote Sensing)
Quantitative Remote Sensing of Vegetation and Its Applications
edited by and Linqing Yang
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 11536 | Submission Open
Keywords: remote sensing; biochemical/biophysical parameters; vegetation dynamics; multi-sensor data fusion; algorithm development; artificial intelligence; accuracy validation; inter-comparison and evaluation; products and applications
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Remote Sensing)
Advances in Remote Sensing in Coastal Geomorphology (Third Edition) submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 9772 | Submission Open
Keywords: geomatics techniques; coastal remote sensing; storm impact; coastal processes; coastal geomorphology; shoreline change; coastal erosion; sea level change; coastal and ports management; oceanography; anthropocene
(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing in Geology, Geomorphology and Hydrology)
Remote, Proximal Sensing and Geophysics for Cultural Heritage Knowledge and Conservation (Second Edition) submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 9491 | Submission Open
Keywords: methods and techniques for cultural heritage knowledge and conservation; geophysical and micro-geophysical methods; ground penetrating radar; electrical resistivity methods; magnetic and electromagnetic methods; seismic and acoustic methods; wide area geophysics; archaeological surveys; optical and infrared photogrammetry; infrared thermography; terahertz and microwave imaging; geomatics for imaging (LiDAR; laser scanner; structure for motion; etc.); image and data processing; NDT and diagnostics methods; satellite and aerial remote sensing; vulnerability studies; satellite and terrestrial radar interferometry (RAR; SAR); radar polarimetry; multispectral and hyperspectral remote sensing; motion magnification technique; integrated methods; virtual restoration and musealization
(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Remote Sensing)
Remote Sensing for Agricultural Water Management (RSAWM) (Second Edition)
edited by and Paolo Filippucci
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8580 | Submission Open
Keywords: high resolution; EO data; machine learning; multi-data-driven approach; water balance; water consumption; soil; climate; vegetation; irrigation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing in Agriculture and Vegetation)
Hyperspectral Sensors for Soil Parameters and Crop Parameters Retrieval submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8122 | Submission Open
Keywords: hyperspectral imaging; soil parameter retrieval; crop parameter retrieval; remote sensing technologies; precision agriculture; sustainable farming; soil physicochemical properties; crop health monitoring; unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs); biophysical and biochemical parameter estimation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing Image Processing)
Spatial Calculation and Remote Sensing Diagnosis for Environmental Health
edited by , , and Chunxiang Cao
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 7687 | Submission Open
Keywords: environmental health; spatial calculation; diagnosis by remote sensing; dynamic simulation; spatiotemporal big data analysis; geographic flow; disease transmission; risk warning
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Remote Sensing)
Remote Sensing for Landslide Investigations: Mapping, Monitoring and Forecasting submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7471 | Submission Open
Keywords: landslide susceptibility mapping; landslide monitoring; landslide forecasting; landslide hazard assessment; SBAS-InSAR; risk assessment
(This special issue belongs to the Section AI Remote Sensing)
Advances in Detecting and Understanding Land Surface Phenology submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7267 | Submission Open
Keywords: land surface phenology; climate change; land use and land cover change; scaling effect; data fusion; near-real-time monitoring
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Remote Sensing)
Advanced AI Technology for Remote Sensing Analysis
edited by Guangliang Cheng, , Shuchang Lyu and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 6744 | Submission Open
Keywords: multi-modality images; image fusion; cross-domain adaptation; visual– linguistic models; multi-modality downstream tasks; remote sensing; pattern analysis; advanced AI technology; image segmentation/detection and change detection
(This special issue belongs to the Section AI Remote Sensing)
Dam Stability Monitoring with Satellite Geodesy II submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 6632 | Submission Open
Keywords: dam; satellite geodesy; remote sensing; GNSS; radar interferometry; InSAR; deformation monitoring; geodetic measurements; geotechnical measurements; infrastructure; earth observation; sensors
(This special issue belongs to the Section Engineering Remote Sensing)
Recent Advances in Infrared Target Detection
edited by Xia Wang and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 6513 | Submission Open
Keywords: infrared target detection; deep learning; signal processing; infrared image enhancement; multi-resource data fusion; infrared target tracking; infrared target monitoring
(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing Image Processing)
Advances in 3D Reconstruction Based on Remote Sensing Imagery and Lidar Point Cloud
edited by , Shuang Song and Bing Wang
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6493 | Submission Open
Keywords: three-dimensional reconstruction; remote sensing image; LiDAR point cloud; multi-modality fusion; semantic segmentation; deep learning; neural radiation field (NeRF); 3D Gaussian splatting (3DGS); generative modeling; large models; ubiquitous point cloud interpretation; 3D scene modeling; building reconstruction; indoor modeling; natural scene reconstruction; digital twins
(This special issue belongs to the Section Engineering Remote Sensing)
Ground, Proximal and Remote Sensing for Precision Agriculture Applications submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6434 | Submission Open
Keywords: satellite remote sensing; UAS and UGV; digital soil mapping; ground sensor network; vegetation analysis and yield estimation; precision agriculture and forestry; image processing and pattern recognition; field and laboratory  Spectroscopy; DEM; DTM; DSM; DDM; artificial intelligence; decision support systems; geographical information systems; geostatistics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing in Agriculture and Vegetation)
Advances in Synthetic Aperture Radar: Calibration, Analysis and Application II
edited by and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6409 | Submission Open
Keywords: synthetic aperture radar; PolSAR; InSAR; POLInSAR; calibration; signal processing; SAR applications; SAR intelligent interpretation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Engineering Remote Sensing)
Satellite Navigation and Signal Processing (Second Edition) submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6372 | Submission Open
Keywords: GNSS systems; SBAS systems; aircraft/UAV navigation systems; marine navigation systems; land navigation systems; multi-GNSS-integrated navigation systems; GNSS algorithms; GNSS signal processing; multi-GNSS applications; real-time kinematics; smartphone GNSS surveying and navigation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Engineering Remote Sensing)
Applications of Satellite Geodesy for Sea-Level Change Observation
edited by , , José Antonio López Fernández and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6027 | Submission Open
Keywords: satellite geodesy; sea-level change; Earth observation satellites; geodetic techniques; spatial and temporal patterns; comprehensive sea-level monitoring systems
(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Remote Sensing)
Hyperspectral Imaging and LiDAR Scanning Technology Development and Applications
edited by , Yuwei Chen, and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5797 | Submission Open
Keywords: hyperspectral imaging; LiDAR; data processing; artificial intelligence; remote sensing applications
(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing Image Processing)
Remote Sensing Supporting the Inventorying and Analysis of Ground Instabilities Scenarios Induced by Earthquakes
edited by , Gian Marco Marmoni and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5419 | Submission Open
Keywords: earthquake-induced landslides; landslide distribution; landslide scenarios; co/post-seismic landslides surveying and monitoring; remote sensing applied to landslides; SAR; DInSAR; GBInSAR interferometry; photointerpretation; environmental monitoring
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Remote Sensing)
Advanced Satellite Remote Sensing for Geohazards submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5320 | Submission Open
Keywords: satellite remote sensing; geohazard monitoring; interferometric SAR (InSAR); landslide detection; subsidence monitoring; glacier dynamics; remote sensing applications; satellite imagery; geospatial analysis
(This special issue belongs to the Section Earth Observation Data)
Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) in Remote Sensing Big Data (Second Edition)
edited by Peng Liu, and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5175 | Submission Open
Keywords: explainable artificial intelligence (XAI); remote sensing (RS) big data; semantic interpretation; deep feature understanding; large scale RS image classification/segmentation; object detection; multi-source geospatial data; large scale inversion problems; spatial optimization; environmental applications; climate change; machine learning; deep learning
(This special issue belongs to the Section Engineering Remote Sensing)
Remote Sensing for Monitoring Land-Use/Land-Cover Change and Impacts on Ecosystem Service
edited by , , and Haojian Liang
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4713 | Submission Open
Keywords: remote sensing; land-use change; land-cover monitoring; urban environmental monitoring; urban infrastructure; sustainable land management; RS and GIS integration; deep learning applications
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Remote Sensing)
PAZ Ciencia: Review of the Scientific Results from Radar PAZ Mission Data
edited by , , María José González Bonilla, Juan Manuel Cuerda Muñoz and Nuria Casal Vázquez
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4541 | Submission Open
Keywords: synthetic aperture radar; SAR interferometry; SAR polarimetry; ground deformation; land cover; geo-hazards; hidrology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Satellite Missions for Earth and Planetary Exploration)
Road Extraction and Distress Assessment by Spaceborne, Airborne and Terrestrial Platforms (Second Edition) submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4524 | Submission Open
Keywords: road extraction and pavement distress analysis; very high resolution satellite imagery; airborne remote sensing; synthetic aperture radar (SAR); UAV and UGV; multispectral and hyperspectral remote sensing; time series analysis; change detection; imaging spectroscopy; pavement management systems (PMS); photogrammetry and 3D modelling; GIS modelling for management plan; decision support systems based on remote sensed techniques; geostatistics; artificial intelligence; ML (machine learning); CNN; deep learning; data fusion; light detection and ranging (LiDAR); pattern recognition
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Remote Sensing)
Application of Remote Sensing in Coastline Monitoring
edited by Paolo Ciavola, Clara Armaroli and Juan Montes Pérez
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4431 | Submission Open
Keywords: coastal morphodynamics; coastal evolution; earth observation data; shoreline; coastal wetlands; dunes; rocky shores; satellite images; UAVs; video monitoring systems
(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing Image Processing)
Multi-Data Applied to Near-Surface Geophysics (Second Edition)
edited by
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4308 | Submission Open
Keywords: multi-data near-surface; joint-inversion; remote sensing; UXO; magnetics; electromagnetics induction; acoustic; permafrost; classification; hazardous materials; unmanned aerial systems
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Remote Sensing)
Technical Developments in Radar—Processing and Application (2nd Edition)
edited by , Shuwen Xu and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4304 | Submission Open
Keywords: radar detection; radar tracking; radar target recognition; radar signal processing; radar remote sensing; deep learning for radar
(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Remote Sensing)
Advances in Remote Sensing of Atmospheric Aerosols and Their Radiative Effects
edited by and Hiren Jethva
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4207 | Submission Open
Keywords: radiative effects; aerosol properties; polarization; retrieval algorithm; long-term record; satellite; cloud screening; surface reflectance
(This special issue belongs to the Section Atmospheric Remote Sensing)
Remote Sensing of Target Object Detection and Identification (Third Edition)
edited by
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 3966 | Submission Open
Keywords: remote sensing; data fusion; machine learning; deep learning; signal processing; classification; target tracking
(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing Image Processing)
Recent Advantages in Monitoring Inland Water Using Various Sources of Remote Sensing Imagery from Space submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3871 | Submission Open
Keywords: inland surface water; time series analysis; artificial intelligence; data fusion; small water bodies and floods
(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing Image Processing)
3D City Modelling and Remote Sensing: Advances, Challenges, and New Technologies (Second Edition) submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3579 | Submission Open
Keywords: three-dimensional city models; BIM-GIS integration; urbanization; smart cities; crisis management; artificial intelligence
(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Remote Sensing)
Impacts of Climate Change on Water Cycle and Terrestrial Ecosystems by Remote Sensing
edited by Chun-Yu Dong, and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3552 | Submission Open
Keywords: climate change; environmental monitoring; hydrological processes; vegetation dynamics; phenology; flood; biodiversity; water cycle; drought; water resources; carbon cycle; biomass
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Remote Sensing)
GIS and Remote Sensing in Soil Mapping and Modeling (Second Edition)
edited by , , and Xiaoji Shen
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3485 | Submission Open
Keywords: GIS; remote sensing; soil science; soil moisture; spatial modeling; climate change; precision agriculture
(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing for Geospatial Science)
Perspectives of Remote Sensing for Precision Agriculture
edited by , Spiros Mourelatos and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3476 | Submission Open
Keywords: precision agriculture; site-specific management; machine learning; computer vision; object-based image analysis; fractal geometry; drones
(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing in Agriculture and Vegetation)
Data-Driven City and Society – A Remote Sensing Perspective
edited by
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3359 | Submission Open
Keywords: data utilization; data-driven; AI
(This special issue belongs to the Section Engineering Remote Sensing)
Technologies for Forecasting Volcanic Hazards: From Remote Sensing to Modeling
edited by , and Vito Zago
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3159 | Submission Open
Keywords: data collection; spatial analysis; temporal analysis; mathematical modeling; sensitivity analysis; validation and calibration; uncertainty assessment; decision support
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Remote Sensing)
Application of Remote Sensing Data in Data Assimilation, Reanalysis and Artificial Intelligence for Mesoscale Numerical Weather Models (Second Edition)
edited by , Yunheng Wang, , , and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3135 | Submission Open
Keywords: advances in remote sensing data assimilation; new types of remote sensing observations; network design or data analysis with numerical models; convective-allowing and/or regional numerical model developments; probabilistic prediction methods; verification methods and statistical modelling; new developments in artificial intelligence for numerical models; regional and global data reanalysis techniques; coupled data assimilation; artificial intelligence; machine learning; air quality research
(This special issue belongs to the Section Atmospheric Remote Sensing)
Advances in Retrieval and Validation of Atmospheric Components by Remote Sensing
edited by , , Shanshan Wang and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3069 | Submission Open
Keywords: satellite trace gas product validation; satellite cloud product validation; trace gas vertical profile; atmospheric composition; high-resolution imaging; data assimilation; data fusion
(This special issue belongs to the Section Atmospheric Remote Sensing)
Temporal and Spatial Analysis of Multi-Source Remote Sensing Images
edited by Lin Lei, and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3052 | Submission Open
Keywords: remote sensing images; multi-source data; spatial-temporal analysis; machine learning and deep learning; multi-modal image fusion; change detection; feature alignment
(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing Image Processing)
Intelligent Processing of 3D Point Clouds for Scene Understanding and Modelling
edited by , Rong Huang, Shuhang Zhang and Linfu Xie
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2954 | Submission Open
Keywords: LiDAR; point cloud processing; deep learning; artificial intelligence; 3D mapping and modelling
(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing Image Processing)
Remote Sensing in Monitoring and Modelling the Patterns and Processes of Land System Change submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2832 | Submission Open
Keywords: land system science; human– environment interactions; ecosystem; ecological process; land degradation; land use function; land configuration; environmental performance; change detection; time series analysis; ecological restoration; social-ecological systems; human well-being
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Remote Sensing)
Satellite Observations for Particulate Matter and Gaseous Pollutants Research
edited by , Jintai Lin, and Yan Yu
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2783 | Submission Open
Keywords: particulate matters; gaseous pollutants; such as SO2; NO2; O3; etc.; aerosol and chemical compositions; satellite observation; interaction; PM2.5; PM10; PM1; and dust
(This special issue belongs to the Section Atmospheric Remote Sensing)
Enhancing Geological Remote Sensing with Cutting-Edge Sensor Technologies submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2730 | Submission Open
Keywords: remote sensing; geological applications; hyperspectral imaging; synthetic aperture radar; cutting-edge sensor innovations
(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing in Geology, Geomorphology and Hydrology)
Recent Advances in Nonlinear Processing Technique for Radar Sensing
edited by , and Hao Wu
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2653 | Submission Open
Keywords: information geometry; Riemannian manifold; nonlinear processing technique; deep learning; radar sensing; SAR image processing
(This special issue belongs to the Section Engineering Remote Sensing)
Remote Sensing for Monitoring Water and Carbon Cycles
edited by , Fang Cao and Shujie Yu
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2256 | Submission Open
Keywords: remote sensing; water quality; water volume; carbon cycle; total suspended matter; Chlorophyll; dissolved organic carbon; particulate organic carbon; water color; global change
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Remote Sensing)
Application of Advanced Remote Sensing Techniques in Mining Areas
edited by , He Ren and
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2218 | Submission Open
Keywords: high-resolution remote sensing; optical data; SAR images; surface/open-pit mining; disturbances; coal waste dumps; mining subsidence area; land degradation; land reclamation and ecological restoration; active/abandoned mining; deep learning; change detection; Google Earth Engine
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