Remote Sensing

Satellite Soil Moisture Estimation, Assessment, and Applications (Second Edition)

edited by

Xiaojun Li

, Lun Gao,

Frédéric Frappart

and

Hui Lu

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 76 | Submission Open

Keywords: surface and root-zone soil moisture; passive and active microwaves; SMOS/SMAP/AMSR2/CIMR; vegetation optical depth; evaluation/intercomparison; data assimilation

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

Recent Achievements and Future Prospects of Land Surface Temperature (LST) with Remote Sensing

edited by

Guocan Wu

and

Jianhui Xu

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 69 | Submission Open

Keywords: land surface temperature; land– atmosphere interactions; land surface process; satellite retrieval; meteorological station observation; long-term change; multi-scale variation; climatological average

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

Spatio-Temporal Land Surface Temperature Retrieval Based on Ground-Based, Satellite Observations and Artificial Intelligence

edited by

Bo-Hui Tang

, Xiangyang Liu and Tian Hu

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 66 | Submission Open

Keywords: land surface temperature (LST); retrieval algorithm; complex terrain; urban area; ground-based observation; artificial intelligence; validation; reconstruction of data under clouds; temporal scale expansion

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

Land Degradation Assessment with Earth Observation (Third Edition)

edited by

Elias Symeonakis

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 63 | Submission Open

Keywords: land degradation; desertification; deforestation; drought; soil erosion; land use/cover change; habitat degradation; multitemporal analysis; time-series analysis; SDG 15.3.1

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

Radar and Photo-Electronic Multi-Modal Intelligent Fusion

edited by

Ganggang Dong

,

Xinhua Mao

, Jianhua Shi and

Xiaowei Hu

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 63 | Submission Open

Keywords: radar signal processing; photo-electronic image understanding; target detection and recognition; radar imaging

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

Advancing Process Representation for Hydrological Modeling Across Spatiotemporal Scales

edited by

Yao Li

and

Tangao Hu

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 59 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydrological modeling; spatiotemporal scales; flood; drought; data-scarce regions; hybrid models; remote sensing

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

Intelligent Processing Techniques for Monocular and Multi-View Remote Sensing Imagery

edited by Shiqing Wei, Jin Liu and

Muhammad Yasir

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 56 | Submission Open

Keywords: monocular remote sensing; multi-view stereo; intelligent image processing; multi-source data fusion; 3D reconstruction; semantic segmentation; object detection; monocular depth estimation; stereo matching; terrain and urban modeling

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

Advances in Remote Sensing Data and Tools for Urban Climate Risks Analysis and Management

edited by Ashish Shrestha,

Ahmed Mustafa

,

Chuyuan (Carter) Wang

and

Peng Fu

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 56 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban climate risks; spatial data; urban flood; heat; cities; climate resilience

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

Advanced in Remote Sensing Approaches for Agricultural Monitoring at Field and Regional Scale (Second Edition)

edited by

Jitka Kumhálová

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 53 | Submission Open

Keywords: precision agriculture; photogrammetry; UAV; yield monitoring; crop monitoring; agricultural monitoring; artificial intelligence

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

Observations, Mechanisms and Forecasts of Severe Convective Weather Based on Remote Sensing

edited by

Xin Xu

, Xiaoming Hu,

Shushi Zhang

and

Chong Wu

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 51 | Submission Open

Keywords: atmospheric convection; severe convective weather; advanced remote sensing technique; numerical modeling; AI and nowcasting

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

Monitoring and Managing Environmental Sustainability Using Remote Sensing (Second Edition)

edited by

Dongmei Chen

and

Yuhong He

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 48 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; environmental sustainability; land use/cover change; habitat health; climate change monitoring; satellite imagery; environmental monitoring; ecosystem assessment

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

Multi-Sensor Remote Sensing for Soil Moisture Monitoring

edited by Qunou Jiang,

Na Chen

,

Qiang Yu

,

Konstantinos X. Soulis

and

Dionissios Kalivas

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 47 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil moisture inversion; multi-sensor remote sensing; machine learning; UAV-based observation; data assimilation; hydrological modeling

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

Remote Sensing of Cryospheric Hydrology and Water Cycle

edited by

Ping Wang

,

Tianye Wang

and

Hongyi Li

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 45 | Submission Open

Keywords: cryospheric hydrology; permafrost; snow hydrology; water cycle; surface– groundwater interaction; arctic

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

State-of-the-Art in Land Cover Classification and Mapping: Building Up Digital Twins of Earth

edited by

Jingxiong Zhang

,

Won-Ho Nam

and

Wangle Zhang

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 45 | Submission Open

Keywords: classification; mapping; classification systems; land cover; remote sensing images; scale; resolution; semantics; spectral– spatial– temporal features; phenology; pattern analysis; machine learning; rule bases; accuracy metrics and assessment; uncertainty; confusion matrix; mixed pixels; sampling; reference samples; image interpretation

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

Advances in Remote Sensing for Smart Agriculture and Digital Twins

edited by Lei Hu,

Li Lin

and

Chen Zhang

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 44 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; GIS; agro-geoinformatics; smart agriculture; digital twin; disaster risk reduction; reproducible EO science; FAIR

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

Advances in Deep Learning in the Retrieval of Key Parameters of Agrometeorological Remote Sensing (Second Edition)

edited by

Kebiao Mao

,

Sayed M. Bateni

and Jongmin Park

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 40 | Submission Open

Keywords: surface temperature; near-surface air temperature; surface emissivity; soil moisture; vegetation moisture content; water vapor content; precipitation; LAI; drought and flood

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

Remote Sensing Training Data: Annotation, Quality, and Optimization

edited by

Liangcun Jiang

,

Hao Li

and Boyi Shangguan

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 39 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing training data; training data quality; data annotation; label noise; data quality assessment; automated labeling; label correction; training data optimization; quality control in remote sensing

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

GeoAI and Remote Sensing for Urban Planning and Human Comfort Analysis

edited by

Hossein Arefi

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 27 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban microclimate; thermal comfort; human comfort; climate-sensitive urban planning; urban heat island (UHI)

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

Interpretation and Attribution of Land Subsidence: A Remote Sensing and Machine Learning Perspective

edited by

Alex Hay-Man Ng

,

Linlin Ge

,

Hsing-Chung Chang

and Zheyuan Du

submission deadline 1 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 330 | Submission Open

Keywords: land subsidence; remote sensing; machine learning; deep learning; subsidence monitoring; predictive modeling; data fusion; ground deformation

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

Advances in Atmospheric Greenhouse Gases Observation and Remote Sensing Applications

edited by Ailin Liang, Yawen Kong and

Simone Lolli

submission deadline 10 Mar 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 5403 | Submission Open

Keywords: greenhouse gas remote sensing; carbon dioxide; methane; OCO-2/3 GOSAT TROPOMI TANSAT DQ-1; carbon flux; carbon assimilation

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

Spatiotemporal AI Methods for Atmospheric Remote Sensing

edited by

Qian Liu

and

Manzhu Yu

submission deadline 13 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 71 | Submission Open

Keywords: spatiotemporal AI; remote sensing; atmospheric composition; cloud features; air pollution and aerosols; environmental monitoring; climate and health impacts

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

Mobile Laser Scanning Systems for Underground Applications

edited by

Sandra Buján Seoane

and Chester Andrew Sellers

submission deadline 13 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 55 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital twins; TLS; MLS; 3D modeling; 3D mapping; geo-monitoring; handheld LiDAR; mobile mapping technologies; non-contact geomatic methods; mine/tunnels surveys; mine infrastructure planning and monitoring

Remote Sensing for Precision Farming and Crop Phenology (Second Edition)

edited by

Mitsunori Yoshimura

and

Francesco Pirotti

submission deadline 13 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 55 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; precision farming; crop phenology; crop yield estimation; crop monitoring

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

Multi-Task Remote Sensing Image Analysis: Classification, Segmentation, and Change Detection

edited by

Liguo Weng

submission deadline 15 Mar 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 9100 | Submission Open

Keywords: multi-task learning; remote sensing image classification; semantic segmentation; change detection; deep learning; multi-temporal analysis; data fusion; transfer learning; environmental monitoring; high-resolution remote sensing

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

Big Earth Data in Support of the Sustainable Development Goals

edited by

Minquan Wu

,

Xi Li

and

Yu Chen

submission deadline 16 Mar 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3470 | Submission Open

Keywords: affordable and clean energy; integrated evaluations and interactions among SDGs; access to electricity; clean cooking; renewable energy; energy efficiency

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

Advances in Artificial Intelligence and Multi-Source Remote Sensing for Surface Hydrology

edited by

Xingxing Zhang

and Liguang Jiang

submission deadline 16 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 437 | Submission Open

Keywords: multi-source remote sensing; surface water monitoring; satellite altimetry; SWOT mission; GRACE gravimetry; hydrological modeling; AI-based methods; climate change impacts; flood and drought monitoring; transboundary river basins

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

Mapping the Blue: Remote Sensing in Water Resource Management

edited by

Junjie Li

,

Yun Chen

and Wen Zhang

submission deadline 16 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 61 | Submission Open

Keywords: water resource management; remote sensing applications; flood and drought monitoring; hydrological modeling; surface water mapping; geographic information science; multi-source data fusion; artificial intelligence

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

Application of Remote Sensing in Forest and Grassland Fire Management

edited by

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and

submission deadline 16 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 59 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest fire; forest and grassland combustibles; forest grassland meteorology; fire hazard; fuel load; fuel moisture content; fire extinguishing; loss assessment

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

Remote Sensing for Wildfire Science: Monitoring, Modeling, and Mitigation

edited by

Binbin He

and

Xingwen Quan

submission deadline 16 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 50 | Submission Open

Keywords: fuel; fire regime; wildfire monitoring; wildfire modeling; fire ecology; climate change; carbon cycling; remote sensing; multidisciplinary

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

Integrating Remote Sensing and Artificial Intelligence for Hydrological Variables Retrieval

edited by

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,

and

submission deadline 16 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 44 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; machine learning; remote sensing; data assimilation; water cycle; water resources; hydrology; hydrological processes

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

Remote Sensing Data Preprocessing and Calibration

edited by Qi Ming and Xudong Zhao

submission deadline 16 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 36 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing preprocessing; deep learning; image processing; geometric correction; cross-sensor harmonization; multi-source data fusion; time-series consistency; uncertainty assessment; multi-modality data processing; cloud-based processing

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

Proximal and Remote Sensing for Precision Crop Management (Third Edition)

edited by

,

,

,

and Lingwei Dong

submission deadline 16 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 31 | Submission Open

Keywords: proximal sensing; airborne and satellite remote sensing; crop stress diagnosis; soil mapping; precision crop management; artificial intelligence; machine/deep learning; big data; integrated sensing; data fusion and analytics

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

Advanced Change Detection and Anomaly Detection in Remote Sensing

edited by Ganchao Liu

submission deadline 16 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 30 | Submission Open

Keywords: change detection algorithms; anomaly detection techniques; remote sensing time-series analysis; multi-source data fusion urban change detection; disaster monitoring using remote sensing; vegetation and land cover change detection; hyperspectral and sar data for anomaly detection; deep learning for change and anomaly detection; remote sensing in environmental monitoring; anomaly detection in agricultural management; cross-domain transfer learning in remote sensing

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

Advances in GNSS-Reflectometry and Remote Sensing for Ocean Surface Monitoring

edited by

Xuerui Wu

and

Kaoru Ichikawa

submission deadline 16 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 29 | Submission Open

Keywords: GNSS-R; Beidou; ocean; sea ice; wind speed

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

Deep Learning-Based Analysis of High-Resolution Remote Sensing Images: Registration, Fusion, and Change Detection

edited by

Shikai Jiang

submission deadline 16 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 29 | Submission Open

Keywords: deep learning; high-resolution remote sensing images; image registration; image fusion; change detection; multi-modal data; computer vision for remote sensing

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

Planetary Geologic Mapping and Remote Sensing (Third Edition)

edited by

Jan-Peter Muller

and

Zongyu Yue

submission deadline 16 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 23 | Submission Open

Keywords: planetary geology; planetary topography and geomorphology; planetary chronology; planetary spectrum; planetary remote sensing; geologic structures; geologic mapping; planetary composition; planetary GIS; planetary exploration missions; landing sites

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

Multi-Source Remote Sensing and Modeling for Agro-Hydrological and Ecological Assessment

edited by

Yared Bayissa

,

Abebe D. Chukalla

and

David Costa

submission deadline 16 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 17 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; agricultural water management; hydrological modeling; watershed management; climate change; machine learning; deep learning

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

Remote Sensing for Sustainability and Durability of Transportation Infrastructures (Second Edition)

edited by

Wendy Zhou

,

Thomas Oommen

and Linan Liu

submission deadline 16 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 16 | Submission Open

Keywords: tunneling-induced ground subsidence; landslide monitoring along transportation corridors; rockfalls along roadcuts; rock mass and fault zone characterization for transportation alignment selection; airfield ground subsidence; bridge monitoring; ground deformation time series; parametric analysis of ground subsidence or deformation

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

Advances in GeoAI with Remote Sensing Imagery for Urban Green Space Mapping and Monitoring

edited by

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,

and

submission deadline 16 Mar 2026 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban green space; GeoAI; remote sensing; deep learning; data fusion; environmental justice; dynamic monitoring; explainable AI; image segmentation

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

Remote Sensing for Planetary Geomorphology and Mapping

edited by

Weiming Cheng

and

Zhiyong Xiao

submission deadline 16 Mar 2026 | Submission Open

Keywords: quantitative geomorphology; planetary geomorphology; remote sensing; DEM; GIS; impact geomorphology; ecological and environmental change; geology; geomorphological evolution; geomorphological classification and mapping

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

Deep Learning and Generative Artificial Intelligence for Hyperspectral Remote Sensing

edited by Yaser Esmaeili Salehani, Linlin Xu and

Yasser Maghsoudi

submission deadline 18 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 43 | Submission Open

Keywords: deep learning (DL); hyperspectral imaging (HSI); hyperspectral image classification and unmixing; spectral– spatial analysis; convolutional neural networks (CNNs); self supervised and generative models; graph convolutional networks (GCNs); transformer models; dimensionality reduction and band selection; transfer learning and domain adaptation

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

Target Recognition and Detection Based on High Resolution Radar Images (Second Edition)

edited by

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, Lixiang Ma and

submission deadline 20 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 40 | Submission Open

Keywords: high-resolution radar images; synthetic aperture radar (SAR); target detection; target recognition; deep learning; machine learning; image processing

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

Near Real-Time Remote Sensing Data and Its Geoscience Applications

edited by

John Trinder

and Zhiqi Zhang

submission deadline 25 Mar 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1804 | Submission Open

Keywords: near real-time intelligent satellite systems; onboard processing; video data capture; multispectral and SAR image data; data processing for information servicing; deep learning applications; applications-ready data

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

Artificial Intelligence for Optical Remote Sensing Image Processing

edited by

Wei Fang

and

Daniele Bortoli

submission deadline 26 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 473 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence for science; optical remote sensing; image processing; geographic information system; noise reduction and image enhancement; feature extraction and semantic segmentation; super-resolution reconstruction; satellite imagery; computer vision; multimodal data integration; heatwave warning; disaster management; crop monitoring; environmental monitoring; urban planning; infrastructure inspection

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

SAR Target Detection and Recognition with Intelligent Methods and Its Applications

edited by Zongyong Cui, Sihang Dang,

Siqian Zhang

and Zongjie Cao

submission deadline 28 Mar 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1515 | Submission Open

Keywords: synthetic aperture radar; SAR target detection; SAR target recognition; artificial intelligence; small sample; SAR image interpretation

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

New Tools or Trends for Large-Scale Mapping and 3D Modelling (Second Edition)

edited by

Tarig Ali

,

Jorge Delgado García

and

Fayez Tarsha Kurdi

submission deadline 29 Mar 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 7945 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; topographic mapping; mobile mapping; data acquisition; sensors; LiDAR; UAVs (drone); feature extraction; 3D modelling; machine learning; data classification; forests modelling; digital twins; city information modelling (CIM); building information modelling (BIM); land information modelling (LAM); tree information modelling (TIM); processing quality

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

Monitoring and Modelling of Geological Disasters Based on InSAR Observations: 3rd Edition

edited by

Chisheng Wang

,

Bochen Zhang

,

Chuanhua Zhu

and Bin Zhang

submission deadline 29 Mar 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4574 | Submission Open

Keywords: InSAR; geological disaster; disaster monitoring; disaster modeling and interpretation

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

Change Detection and Classification with Hyperspectral Imaging

edited by

Xinxin Liu

, Bin Yang, Qian Shi and Lin Lei

submission deadline 29 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2253 | Submission Open

Keywords: advanced algorithms for hyperspectral image classification; machine learning and deep learning approaches for change detection; hybrid approaches combining traditional and AI-based methods; validation techniques for hyperspectral change detection; integration of hyperspectral data with other remote sensing technologies; applications of hyperspectral classification or change detection in real-world problem-solving; case studies of technological breakthroughs in classification or change detection; time-series analysis of hyperspectral data for trend identification

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

New Image Processing Theories and Methods in Hyperspectral Remote Sensing

edited by

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submission deadline 29 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1899 | Submission Open

Keywords: rectification; denoising; restoration; and enhancement; feature selection and extraction; super-resolution; clustering; unmixing; and image fusion; classification; target detection; change detection; segmentation; and scene recognition; deep learning algorithms designed for hyperspectral remote sensing image processing; application of hyperspectral remote sensing image processing results; opportunities and challenges in hyperspectral remote sensing image processing

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

Remote Sensing of Coastal Environment and Evolution: Progress, Challenges and Opportunities

edited by

Chengyi Zhao

,

Jianting Zhu

, Wen Dai and

Konstantinos Topouzelis

submission deadline 30 Mar 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 8025 | Submission Open

Keywords: coastal observation; UAV techniques; coastal erosion; coastal & beach dynamics; coastal space management solutions; coastal evolution; coastal dynamics; shoreline changes; sediment dynamics; coastal land cover; coastal and offshore topography mapping

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

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