Remote Sensing

Satellite Remote Sensing of Ocean Waves and Marine Dynamics

edited by

Honglei Zheng

,

Ali Khenchaf

and Yunhua Wang

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 246 | Submission Open

Keywords: satellite remote sensing; ocean waves; marine dynamics; wave parameter retrieval; synthetic aperture radar (SAR); radar altimetry; GNSS reflectometry (GNSS-R); ocean surface monitoring

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

Deep Learning-Driven Remote Sensing Images Interpretation and Multi-Source Collaborative Detection

edited by

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submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 223 | Submission Open

Keywords: deep learning; remote sensing interpretation; multi-source data fusion; multi-source collaborative detection; object detection; land use/land cover classification; change detection; multi-sensor integration

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

Multi-Source Remote Sensing Data Fusion for Crop Yield Prediction Through AI and Agro-Hydrological Advances

edited by Aparna Ravindra Phalke,

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and

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 210 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; multi-source data fusion; crop monitoring; crop yield prediction; evapotranspiration (ET); irrigation mapping; agro-hydrological modeling; machine learning; computer vision; time-series analysis

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

Multi-Platform Remote Sensing for Geological Cartography and Disaster Assessment

edited by

Yun Yang

and Yuancheng Huang

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 201 | Submission Open

Keywords: multi-platform remote sensing; geological cartography; geohazards; cryospheric hazards; glacier surges; landslides; GLOFs; active tectonics; InSAR; LiDAR; UAV/drone; optical and SAR data fusion; artificial intelligence; machine learning; deep learning; small-sample learning; change detection; deformation monitoring; disaster risk assessment; early warning; climate change adaptation; sustainable development

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

Multi-Source Remote Sensing for Cryosphere Change and Its Cascading Effects

edited by Wenfeng Chen,

Francesca Baldacchino

and

Yuzhe Wang

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 176 | Submission Open

Keywords: cryosphere change; multi-source remote sensing; glacier mass balance; glacial lake; snow cover; permafrost degradation; cryospheric interactions; cascading hazards; hydrological response; multi-sensor data fusion; deep learning

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

Calibration in Hyperspectral Remote Sensing: Bridging Theory and Application

edited by Yaokai Liu, Qijin Han and

Shuang Wang

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 175 | Submission Open

Keywords: hyperspectral remote sensing; radiometric calibration; spectral calibration; parameter inversion; atmospheric correction; mineral exploration; vegetation biophysical parameters; data fusion; uncertainty quantification

Hyperspectral Remote Sensing for Complex Scene Understanding and Practical Applications

edited by

Degang Wang

, Lina Zhuang,

Lifeng Wang

and

Marina Ljubenovic

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 168 | Submission Open

Keywords: hyperspectral remote sensing; hyperspectral image processing; remote sensing applications; subpixel information extraction; feature extraction; classification; change detection; anomaly detection; object detection

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

Spatiotemporal Deformation Monitoring with InSAR: New Advances, New Datasets, and New Applications in the NISAR Era

edited by

Jeremy Maurer

,

David Bekaert

, Rishabh Dutta and Sanaz Vajedian

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 131 | Submission Open

Keywords: InSAR; NISAR; deformation monitoring; SAR; cloud computing; InSAR applications

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

Advances in Semantic Segmentation of High-Resolution Remote Sensing

edited by

Chenbin Liang

, Yunyun Dong,

Ranyu Yin

and Zhihao Wang

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 126 | Submission Open

Keywords: high-resolution remote sensing imagery (HRRSI); semantic segmentation; robust pattern recognition; multi-modal fusion; large multi-modal models; intelligent interpretation

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

Next-Generation GPR Imaging and AI-Powered Subsurface Geospatial Analysis

edited by

Feifei Hou

,

Jian Dong

and

Xianghuan Luo

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 126 | Submission Open

Keywords: ground-penetrating radar; GPR imaging; subsurface geospatial analysis; artificial intelligence; deep learning; subsurface target detection; non-destructive testing; infrastructure inspection; multimodal data fusion

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

Explainable and Trustworthy AI for Earth Observation Applications and Geospatial Science

edited by

Taskin Kavzoglu

and

Ismail Colkesen

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 125 | Submission Open

Keywords: explainable AI (XAI); trustworthy AI; geospatial AI (GeoAI); physics-informed AI; deep learning; interpretable deep learning

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

AI-Driven Multi-Source Remote Sensing Data Optimization for Atmospheric Aerosol and Cloud Quantitative Monitoring

edited by Weizhen Hou and

Qian Liu

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 123 | Submission Open

Keywords: aerosol optical depth; cloud properties; multi-source remote sensing; spatiotemporal data; machine learning; applications in climate; air quality and environment

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

Lidar Remote Sensing of Clouds and Aerosols

edited by Haofei Wang and Guangyao Dai

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 103 | Submission Open

Keywords: lidar remote sensing; vertical structure of clouds and aerosols; cloud and aerosol interaction; stratospheric and boundary layer aerosols; active– passive sensor fusion; lidar data quality assessment; lidar design and simulation; atmospheric radiation transfer simulation

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

Multi-Scale Remote Sensing for Environmental Situational Awareness: From Satellite to Drone

edited by

Massimiliano Lega

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 83 | Submission Open

Keywords: multi-scale remote sensing; environmental situational awareness; UAV and drone remote sensing; satellite earth observation; data fusion and sensor integration; environmental monitoring; harmful algal blooms and water quality; environmental forensic engineering; machine learning for remote sensing; operational monitoring frameworks

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

Remote Sensing, Image Semantic Segmentation, and Feature Extraction

edited by

Zhen Wang

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 80 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; semantic segmentation; feature extraction; deep learning; multimodal data; domain adaptation; high-resolution imagery; earth observation; dataset; image analysis

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

Efficient Representation Learning in Hyperspectral Remote Sensing: Dimensionality Reduction Methods and Intelligent Interpretation Applications

edited by

Xiaodi Shang

,

Xudong Sun

and

Xiaopeng Wang

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 72 | Submission Open

Keywords: hyperspectral remote sensing; dimensionality reduction; representation learning; intelligent interpretation; machine learning; deep learning; image classification; target detection; band selection; feature extraction

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

Image Formation, Super-Resolution, Deblurring, and Feature Enhancement for Satellite Remote Sensing

edited by Yesheng Gao and

Penghui Huang

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 57 | Submission Open

Keywords: satellite remote sensing; image super-resolution; image deblurring; feature enhancement; multi-sensor data fusion; image reconstruction; motion compensation; ground/air moving target indication; spaceborne synthetic/inverse synthetic aperture radar

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

LiDAR and Terrestrial Laser Scanning for Environmental Monitoring, Agricultural Analysis, and Environmental Infrastructure Analytics

edited by

Mostafa Arastounia

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 48 | Submission Open

Keywords: terrestrial laser scanning ; LiDAR; ecosystem and environment monitoring; agricultural analysis; change detection; forest resource assessment; tree morphology and classification; infrastructure analytics; surveying mapping and monitoring; digital twin

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

Advanced Vegetation Monitoring and Dynamics by Remote Sensing Techniques

edited by

Tomáš Mikita

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 42 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; vegetation dynamics; terrestrial laser scanning (TLS); multi-sensor data fusion; forest inventory; biomass estimation; time-series analysis; ecosystem monitoring

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

Monitoring and Assessment of Ecohydrological Evolution of River–Lake–Wetland Systems Based on Remote Sensing Big Data

edited by

Yanfeng Wu

and

Hsiang-te Kung

submission deadline 10 Jan 2027 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4991 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing big data; ecohydrological evolution; river– lake– coastal wetland systems; ecological monitoring; hydrological assessment; machine learning; data analytics

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

Deep Learning-Driven Cloud and Haze Mitigation: Advancements in Remote Sensing Image Restoration

edited by Jie Han,

Zhen Ye

and

Huifang Li

submission deadline 15 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 221 | Submission Open

Keywords: deep learning; dehazing; cloud removal; image restoration; multi-modal fusion; restoration quality; remote sensing

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

Robust and Trustworthy AI for SAR and Multi-Modal Remote Sensing Change Detection

edited by Muhammad Shahzad,

Mohamed Ihmeida

,

Faisal Saeed

and

Wadii Boulila

submission deadline 20 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 105 | Submission Open

Keywords: deep learning for remote sensing; multi-modal remote sensing; SAR-optical fusion; speckle-robust deep learning; SAR image change detection

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

Advances in Remote Sensing for Burned Area Mapping

edited by

Giandomenico De Luca

,

Giuseppe Modica

and

Lorenzo Arcidiaco

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5493 | Submission Open

Keywords: burn areas’ detection and mapping; geo-informatics; fire severity; fire regime; biomass loss; wildland– urban interface (WUI) fires; three-dimensional modeling; image processing

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

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

edited by Hossein M. Rizeei

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3567 | Submission Open

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

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

Monitoring and Restoration of Mining-Impacted Ecosystems Using Remote Sensing Technology

edited by

Qiang Yu

,

Huaguo Huang

and

Jianbo Qi

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3331 | Submission Open

Keywords: multi-source remote sensing data; remote sensing technology; mining ecosystem; ecological restoration; ecosystem structure and function

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

Advances in Scene Understanding with Hyperspectral Remote Sensing: From Data Benchmarks to Applications

edited by

Yanzi Shi

,

Mengmeng Zhang

, Shou Feng,

Zhou Zhang

and Zhiyong Lv

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1296 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; hyperspectral image processing; benchmarking datasets; spectral unmixing; target detection; classification/segmentation; hyperspectral applications

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

Innovations in 3D Terrain Modeling Through Advanced Remote Sensing

edited by Ermioni Eirini Papadopoulou,

Stratis Karantanellis

and

Apostolos Papakonstantinou

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 616 | Submission Open

Keywords: 3D mapping; remote sensing; 3D modeling; 3D point cloud; LiDAR; UASs; DEM\DSM; geospatial data processing

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

Explainable AI Methods for Remote Sensing Images Interpretation

edited by

Jean-Marc Le Caillec

and Didier Gueriot

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 411 | Submission Open

Keywords: explainability vs. interpretability; ante-hoc vs. post-hoc methods; global vs. local explanations; model agnostic vs. model specific explanation; algorithm unwrapping; target recognition; image/data segmentation; image registration; detection change

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

Numerical Modeling and AI-Driven Remote Sensing for Coastal Geomorphology Monitoring

edited by Jun Cheng and

Felix Jose

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 264 | Submission Open

Keywords: multi-platform remote sensing; sensor fusion; LIDAR monitoring; AI and cloud-based analytics; shoreline erosion; coastal resilience

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

Agrometeorology Remote Sensing: Monitoring, Forecasting and Assessment

edited by

N. R. Patel

and

Bikash Ranjan Parida

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 121 | Submission Open

Keywords: agrometeorology; remote sensing; machine learning; climate-smart agriculture; crop yield prediction; soil moisture and evapotranspiration; drought monitoring and early warning; crop phenology; precision agriculture; decision support systems

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

Deep Learning for SAR Remote Sensing: Advanced Object Analysis and Feature Extraction

edited by Yueting Zhang and Guangyao Zhou

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 101 | Submission Open

Keywords: synthetic aperture radar (SAR); object analysis; feature extraction; artificial intelligence (AI); target detection; identification; and classification; data fusion; SAR applications; SAR-specific phenomena

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

AI Technology in Change Detection for High-Resolution Remote Sensing Images

edited by

Pengyuan Lv

, Xunqiang Gong, Jue Wang,

Zhenqi Liu

and

Yanfei Zhong

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 79 | Submission Open

Keywords: high-resolution remote sensing; artificial intelligence; change detection; foundation models; vision-language models; generative AI; physics-informed

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

Synergistic Earth Observation for Advanced Soil Moisture Datasets

edited by

Jingyao Zheng

, Nemesio Rodriguez-Fernandez, Olivier Merlin and

Tianjie Zhao

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 50 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil moisture datasets; synergistic Earth observation; multi-source data integration; active and passive microwave remote sensing; downscaling and data fusion; soil moisture validation; representativeness error; uncertainty characterization; long-term harmonized records; AI-ready earth observation data

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

Advanced Remote Sensing for Polar Sea Ice Monitoring

edited by

Feng Xiao

,

Yu Zhang

and

Tingting Zhu

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 41 | Submission Open

Keywords: sea ice; remote sensing; sea ice concentration; sea ice classification; sea ice thickness; snow on sea ice; albedo; sea ice-ice shelf interaction; melt ponds

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

Remote Sensing Monitoring of Urban Vegetation

edited by

Ying Sun

, Liming Du,

Haiying Wang

and

Chengbin Deng

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 41 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban vegetation; urban forests and street trees; canopy structure and canopy height; LiDAR (airborne/UAV/spaceborne); InSAR/PolInSAR/TomoSAR; multi-sensor fusion; time-series monitoring and change detection; ecosystem services assessment and spatial decision support; deep learning/foundation models; validation and uncertainty quantification

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

Multi-Source Remote Sensing Data Fusion for Urban Digital Twin Construction

edited by

Lin Du

and

Wen Xiao

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 33 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban digital twins; multi-source remote sensing; spatiotemporal data fusion; multi-modal datasets; smart cities; solid geometry 3D reconstruction; operation and maintenance

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

Remote Sensing for Accurate Identification of Marine Targets

edited by Zhanchao Huang,

Hua Su

and Shou Feng

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 31 | Submission Open

Keywords: marine object detection; deep learning; vessel monitoring; mariculture facilities identification; sea ice monitoring; multi-source data fusion; marine foundation models

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

Earth Observation for Quantifying Sustainable Development Goals

edited by

Yu Chen

,

Yongze Song

, Min Cao and

Huijuan Xiao

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 27 | Submission Open

Keywords: earth observation; remote sensing for geospatial science; EO-to-SDG quantification chain; SDG synergies and trade-offs; multi-source data fusion; validation and uncertainty; SDG interlinkages; spatial spillover; uncertainty quantification; sustainable development goal quantification

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

Advanced Remote Sensing of Water Cycle Components: Measurements, Hydrological Applications and Uncertainty Quantification

edited by Ehsan Sharifi and

Ehsan Modiri

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 24 | Submission Open

Keywords: precipitation retrieval; water-balance closure; uncertainty propagation; evapotranspiration; extremes and nowcasting; physics-informed ML; bias correction; validation/benchmarking; hydrological risk; multi-sensor fusion

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

AI-Driven Remote Sensing Technologies for Precision Agriculture

edited by

Rubén Valcarce-Diñeiro

, Graham Ferrier and

Ankush Prashar

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 24 | Submission Open

Keywords: thermal hyperspectral remote sensing; precision agriculture; artificial intelligence; deep learning; crop mapping; crop diseases and pests; yield prediction; precision irrigation management; UAV

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

Monitoring and Modelling of Geological Disasters Based on InSAR Observations (Fourth Edition)

edited by

Chisheng Wang

,

Ling Chang

,

Hongdong Fan

and Bin Zhang

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 16 | Submission Open

Keywords: InSAR; geological disasters; crustal deformation monitoring and modelling; phase unwrapping; geophysical inversion; multi-sensor SAR data fusion; phase-preserving super-resolution; physics-informed InSAR analysis; uncertainty quantification; machine learning for InSAR

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

Advancing Geo-Hydrological Hazard Monitoring and Assessment via Remote Sensing

edited by Diandong Ren

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 16 | Submission Open

Keywords: geo‑hydrological hazards; remote sensing; flood monitoring; landslides; drought; InSAR; gravimetric remote sensing; hazard assessment; disaster risk reduction

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

Multi-Source Remote Sensing of Urban, Forest and Wetland Ecosystems

edited by

Kurt McLaren

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 4 | Submission Open

Keywords: data fusion; LiDAR; deep learning; ecosystem monitoring; multispectral remote sensing

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

Deep Learning for SAR Target Detection and Instance Segmentation

edited by Yingying Kong,

Henry Leung

,

Kefeng Ji

and Jinglu He

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 3 | Submission Open

Keywords: synthetic aperture radar (SAR); SAR target detection; instance segmentation; deep learning; physics-guided learning; attention mechanisms

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

Remote Sensing of Climate Change Impacts on Ecological, Agricultural, and Water Resources

edited by

Fengmei Yao

,

Jiahua Zhang

and

Malak Henchiri

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 2 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; remote sensing; ecological monitoring; drought/flooding and impacts; water resources and terrestrial water storage (TWS); time-series analysis; satellite observation; unmanned aerial vehicle and ground observation; machine learning and deep learning; compound disaster events; agricultural disaster and crop yields; land use and cover change; vegetation phenology

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

Ecosystem Diversity Observation Based on Multi-Source Remote Sensing Data

edited by

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submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 1 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; urban green ecosystem; desert ecosystem; ecosystem diversity; ecosystem services and functions; multisource remote sensing; biodiversity monitoring; habitat heterogeneity; functional diversity; temporal dynamic analysis; multiscale mapping; vegetation structural parameters; species distribution models; conservation priority planning

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

Advanced Remote Sensing Techniques for Shallow Seafloor Mapping and Bathymetry

edited by Zhipeng Dong, Wenxue Xu and Kai Guo

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Submission Open

Keywords: marine surveying; satellite derived bathymetry; spaceborne laser bathymetry; airborne laser bathymetry; optical remote sensing satellite imagery; SAR satellite imagery

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

Image Quality in Remote Sensing Data: Metrics, Enhancement, and Impact on AI-Driven Analysis

edited by

Ashraf Saleem

and

Sidike Paheding

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing image quality; image quality assessment; image enhancement and restoration; task-driven evaluation; AI-driven remote sensing; object detection and segmentation; multispectral and hyperspectral imagery; UAV and underwater remote sensing; uncertainty and robustness; data fusion and calibration

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

Vision–Language and Multimodal Foundation Models for Intelligent Remote Sensing Interpretation

edited by Yuxiang Xie,

Yanming Guo

and

Guoxiong Zhou

submission deadline 25 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 16 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing intelligent interpretation; vision– language model; multimodal foundation model; open-world perception; geospatial artificial intelligence; multi-source remote sensing data; large model adaptation

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

Advances in Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Imaging and Time-Varying Scattering Target Interaction: Innovation, Theory, and Applications

edited by

, Junjie Wang,

,

and

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2375 | Submission Open

Keywords: Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR); Polarized Synthetic Aperture Radar (PolSAR); SAR imaging; SAR target feature extraction; SAR countermeasure; SAR target feature transformation; SAR target recognition

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

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