Remote Sensing

Remote Sensing and Geophysical Tools for Land and Water System Analysis

edited by

Vivek Agarwal

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Stuart Marsh

and

Anuj Tiwari

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 279 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; geophysical tools; land system analysis; water resource management; subsurface mapping; environmental monitoring; data integration and modeling

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

Innovations in Hyperspectral Image Processing: Advancing Image Generation, Denoising, Fusion Techniques and Beyond

edited by Jiangjun Peng, Xiangyong Cao,

Shuang Xu

,

Jing Yao

and

Gemine Vivone

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 249 | Submission Open

Keywords: hyperspectral image denoising; hyperspectral image fusion; hyperspectral image generation; hyperspectral image restoration; deep learning; statistical regularization model

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

3D City Modeling and Sensing Using High-Resolution and Multi-Sensor Remote Sensing Data

edited by Yu Zang,

Weiquan Liu

, Yan Xia and Ziyi Chen

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 226 | Submission Open

Keywords: 3D city modeling; LiDAR data; remote sensing image; data fusion; dynamic monitoring; deep learning; urban sensing; point cloud processing; urban environment; change detection

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

Emerging Technologies in Hyperspectral Image 3A—Acquisition, Analysis and Application

edited by Jie Chen, Shumin Liu, Min Zhao, Shuaikai Shi and Xiuheng Wang

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 222 | Submission Open

Keywords: image processing; hyperspectral data acquisition; computational imaging; spectral and spatial analysis; AI-tools; hyperspectral applications; deep learning

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

New Perspectives in Plant Phenotyping: Satellite-Based Multispectral Remote Sensing

edited by Luwei Feng,

Xiaoyan Kang

and Yan Zhao

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 200 | Submission Open

Keywords: multispectral remote sensing; crop classification; phenology; deep learning; radiative transfer model; plant parameter retrieval; vegetation productivity simulation; crop yield prediction

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

Remote Sensing and Climate Pollutants

edited by

Shuaiyi Shi

,

Jian Xu

and Songyan Zhu

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 196 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; climate pollutants; greenhouse gases (GHGs); short-lived climate pollutants (SLCPs); long-lived climate pollutants (LLCPs); scattering and absorbing aerosols

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

Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) for Civil Aviation

edited by

Yiping Jiang

, Eugene Bang, Fuxin Yang and

Kun Fang

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 179 | Submission Open

Keywords: multi-constellation global navigation satellite system; air navigation; integrity monitoring; global navigation satellite system jamming and spoofing; atmospheric delay; integrated positioning; fault detection and exclusion; precise positioning; machine learning; LEO navigation

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

Advances in Radar Imaging Processing and Target Detection

edited by

Ronghua Shang

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 153 | Submission Open

Keywords: radar imaging; target detection; feature extraction; image processing; data fusion; deep learning; machine learning; synthetic aperture radar (SAR); target recognition

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

Plant Disease Detection and Recognition Using Remotely Sensed Data

edited by

Huajian Liu

and

Haiguang Wang

submission deadline 1 Jul 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5804 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; plant disease detection; plant disease recognition; computer vision; machine learning; deep learning; image processing

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

Remote Sensing for Mapping and Monitoring Wetlands and Their Ecosystems

edited by

Andy Hardy

submission deadline 10 Jul 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 9415 | 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 Applications in Hydrology and Water Resources Management

edited by Ning Liu, Yun Yang,

Ge Sun

and

Gabriel Senay

submission deadline 10 Jul 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1423 | Submission Open

Keywords: water use; water supply; water availability; hydrologic modeling; remote sensing; water resource management

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

Glacial Lakes and Related Hazards: Mapping, Monitoring, and Risk Assessment

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submission deadline 15 Jul 2025 | 10 articles | Viewed by 26938 | Submission Open

Keywords: novel lake mapping approaches/algorithms of remote sensing; glacial lake mapping and change; glacier and lake interactions; glacial lake outburst floods; reconstruct historical GLOFs; cascading geohazard related to glacial lake dynamics; GLOF risk assessment; social– economic impact of GLOFs; optical SAR-UAV-based monitoring

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

Remote Sensing Applications in Flood Forecasting and Monitoring

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submission deadline 15 Jul 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 19244 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; multi-hazard classification; flood forecasting; flood monitoring; risk assessment; climate change; flood early warning system; machine learning; geographic information system

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

Automatic Segmentation, Reconstruction, and Modelling from Laser Scanning Data

edited by

Zhengjun Liu

and

Suliman Gargoum

submission deadline 15 Jul 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 17498 | Submission Open

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

Women’s Special Issue Series: Remote Sensing 2023-2025

edited by

Marguerite Madden

and

Rosanna Rivero

submission deadline 15 Jul 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 17213 | Submission Open

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

Monitoring Coastal and Marine Environments Based on Remote Sensing Data

edited by

Luca Fallati

,

Alessandra Savini

and

Gema Casal

submission deadline 15 Jul 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 16886 | Submission Open

Keywords: coastal mapping; coastal geomorphology; habitat mapping; UAV; ASV; AUV; ROV; acoustic remote sensing; optical remote sensing; LIDAR; underwater photogrammetry; OBIA; deep learning

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

Combination of LiDAR and UAS Data for Geological and Environmental Applications

edited by

Emmanuel Vassilakis

and

George Papathanassiou

submission deadline 15 Jul 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 16474 | Submission Open

Keywords: Terrestrial Laser Scanner; point clouds; microtopography; digital geomorphology; 3D representation; LiDAR; SLAM

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

Advances in Deep Learning in the Retrieval of Key Parameters of Agrometeorological Remote Sensing

edited by

Kebiao Mao

,

Sayed M. Bateni

, Jongmin Park and Lixin Dong

submission deadline 15 Jul 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 16175 | Submission Open

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

Multiplatform Remote Sensing Techniques for Active Tectonics, Seismotectonics, and Volcanic Hazard Assessment

edited by

Daniele Cirillo

,

Pietro Tizzani

and Francesco Brozzetti

submission deadline 15 Jul 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 15707 | Submission Open

Keywords: tectonic processes; earthquakes; seismogenic faults and seismic source; ground deformation modelling; geophysical application; seismic hazard; volcanic hazard; volcano deformation; optical IR volcano analysis; 3D modelling; GNSS; InSAR; GIS and geomatic approaches; DEM; UAV DEMs; LiDAR; GPR; geological survey; digital field survey

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

Remote Sensing for the Study of the Changes in Wetlands

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submission deadline 15 Jul 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 14716 | Submission Open

Keywords: earth observation monitoring of wetlands; essential biodiversity variables; time-series analysis to distinguish natural dynamics from artificial and climate change impacts; wetlands; including lacustrine and palustrine biome wetlands; in the estuarine; coastal and freshwater realms

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

Proximal and Remote Sensing for Precision Crop Management II

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submission deadline 15 Jul 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 12725 | 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)

Applications of Laser Scanning in Urban Environment

edited by

Henrique Lorenzo

and

Pedro Arias-Sánchez

submission deadline 15 Jul 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 12677 | Submission Open

Keywords: LiDAR; Mobile Laser Scanning (MLS); Mobile Mappers; Point cloud processing; Geo-intelligence

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

The Emerging Trends and Applications of Big Data and Machine Learning/Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Remote Sensing II

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submission deadline 15 Jul 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 11897 | Submission Open

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

Current Trends Using Cutting-Edge Geospatial Remote Sensing

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submission deadline 15 Jul 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 11615 | 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)

Aerial and Drone LiDAR Data for Geomorphological Mapping, Landform Extraction and Landscape Evolution

edited by

Dario Gioia

,

Nicodemo Abate

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Giuseppe Corrado

,

Antonio Minervino Amodio

and Marcello Schiattarella

submission deadline 15 Jul 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 10471 | Submission Open

Keywords: UAV LiDAR; geomatics; geomorphological mapping; object-based landform extraction; DEM of difference (Dod); short-term geomorphological evolution; landscape evolution model (LEM)

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

Multi-Source Remote Sensing Data in Hydrology and Water Management

edited by

Mircea Alexe

,

Iulian-Horia Holobâcă

and

Noel Aloysius

submission deadline 15 Jul 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 10361 | Submission Open

Keywords: multi-source and multi-temporal remote sensing data; terrestrial hydrology; water management; hydrologic modeling and forecasting; cryosphere; supporting decision-making in water management; flood; drought and water scarcity

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

Application of Digital Aerial Photogrammetry in Geomorphological Studies

edited by

José Vicente Pérez-Peña

,

Stefano Devoto

and

Patricia Ruano

submission deadline 15 Jul 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 10241 | Submission Open

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

Quantitative Remote Sensing of Vegetation and Its Applications

edited by

Kun Jia

and Linqing Yang

submission deadline 15 Jul 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 9949 | 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)

Remote Sensing and Geophysics Methods for Geomorphology Research

edited by

Jungrack Kim

and

Anshuman Bhardwaj

submission deadline 15 Jul 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 9397 | Submission Open

Keywords: geomorphology; geomorphic processes; tracing algorithms; SAR/InSAR/PolSAR; gravitation anomaly; machine learning

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

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

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submission deadline 15 Jul 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 9232 | Submission Open

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

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

Intelligent Extraction of Phenotypic Traits in Agroforestry

edited by Xijian Fan,

Yanjie Li

,

Shichao Jin

, Cong (Vega) Xu and Sruti Das Choudhury

submission deadline 15 Jul 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 8920 | Submission Open

Keywords: phenotypic parameter extraction; deep learning; computer vision; high-throughput phenotyping; UAV; agriculture and forestry monitoring; 3D point cloud; multispectral image; multi-sensor data fusion; genetic breeding programs

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

Understanding the Movement Ecology of Wildlife on the Changing Planet

edited by

Kunpeng Yi

,

Hengcai Zhang

and Eli S. Bridge

submission deadline 15 Jul 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 8100 | Submission Open

Keywords: biodiversity; migration; animal tracking; bio-logging; habitat monitoring; conservation; satellite sensors; drones; camera trapping; big data; Internet of Things; artificial intelligence; One Health

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

Remote Sensing in Coastal Vegetation Monitoring

edited by

Glenn M. Suir

and Molly Reif

submission deadline 15 Jul 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 6971 | Submission Open

Keywords: coastal wetlands; coastal dune vegetation; coastal vegetation change; coastal vegetation monitoring; coastal restoration monitoring; spectral and structure analysis of coastal vegetation

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

Advanced Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Remote Sensing Image Recognition

edited by Dong Ren, Huiqin Ma, Hang Sun and Li Liu

submission deadline 15 Jul 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 6898 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; deep learning; remote sensing image interpretation; object detection; change detection; data fusion; environmental monitoring; remote sensing image quality enhancement and restoration

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

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 15 Jul 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6768 | 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)

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

edited by George Christakos,

Junyu He

and Jiaping Wu

submission deadline 15 Jul 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6693 | 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)

4D (Multi-Temporal) Remote Sensing: Opportunities, Challenges and Issues for Environmental Monitoring over Time

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submission deadline 15 Jul 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 6679 | Submission Open

Keywords: high-resolution topography; co-registration; structure from motion; LiDAR; UAS; PPK and RTK-GNSS surveys; data fusion; geomorphic change detection; historical-structure from motion photogrammetry

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

Uncertainty in Remote Sensing Image Analysis (Second Edition)

edited by Penglin Zhang,

Qi Zhang

and

Jon Atli Benediktsson

submission deadline 15 Jul 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4532 | Submission Open

Keywords: image processing and uncertainty analysis; uncertainty in remote sensing applications; uncertainty quantification; uncertainty suppression/control; error or uncertainty modeling; process or mechanism of uncertainty propagation; data quality; reliability; the impact of uncertainty on decision making; geospatial statistics

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

Machine Learning and Automation in Remote Sensing Applied in Hydrological Processes

edited by

Andrei Enea

,

Cristian Constantin Stoleriu

,

Marina Iosub

and

Fiachra O’Loughlin

submission deadline 15 Jul 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4497 | Submission Open

Keywords: automation; artificial intelligence; flood risk automation; GIS tools; Google Earth Engine; hydrological processes; machine learning; neural networks; remote sensing automation

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

The Use of Remote Sensing Data in Water Resources Management: Current Challenges and Future Opportunities

edited by

Mohamed Ahmed

and

Esayas Gebremichael

submission deadline 15 Jul 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4388 | Submission Open

Keywords: surface water; groundwater; visible data; thermal data; radar data monitoring; natural variability; climate change; anthropogenic variability

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

Remote Sensing Based Forest Inventories from Landscape to Global Scale II

edited by Liyong Fu,

Ram P. Sharma

,

Guangxing Wang

and

Xiaodi Zhao

submission deadline 15 Jul 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3964 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; spatial statistics; forest ecosystem; ecological services function; value assessment; forest inventory; human activities; forest management; forest carbon sink; unmanned aerial vehicle

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

Applications of Remote Sensing in Vegetation Cover and Phenology Observation

edited by

Raffaella Matarrese

and Annarita D’Addabbo

submission deadline 15 Jul 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3636 | Submission Open

Keywords: vegetation monitoring; plant phenology; multispectral and hyperspectral imaging; environmental monitoring; satellite; aerial and UAV data fusion; vegetation pathology

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

Advanced Multi-GNSS Positioning and Its Applications in Geoscience

edited by Ahao Wang,

Yize Zhang

, Xuexi Liu, Xiangdong An and

Junping Chen

submission deadline 15 Jul 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2187 | Submission Open

Keywords: multi-GNSS; multi-sensor fusion; low-cost GNSS receivers; low Earth orbiter (LEO); real-time kinematic (RTK); precise point positioning (PPP); atmospheric modeling; surface deformation monitoring; ionospheric irregularities analysis; GNSS geoscience applications

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

Remote Sensing in Hazards Monitoring and Risk Assessment

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submission deadline 15 Jul 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2118 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; hazard monitoring; risk mapping; disaster reduction strategies; hazard/risk models

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

Spaceborne High-Resolution SAR Imaging (Second Edition)

edited by

Jianlai Chen

, Caipin Li,

Jian Peng

, Yang Lan and

Mengdao Xing

submission deadline 15 Jul 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2071 | Submission Open

Keywords: new imaging mechanism and theory; high-resolution imaging; advance radar techniques; multi-source data fusion; target detection

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

Processing Methods and Techniques of Spaceborne SAR with Ultra-High Resolution

edited by

Guangcai Sun

,

Wenkang Liu

and

Vito Pascazio

submission deadline 15 Jul 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1883 | Submission Open

Keywords: spaceborne SAR; ultra-high-resolution (UHR); focusing algorithm; interferometry; stereo SAR imaging; multi-view-angle image fusion; 3D deformation monitoring

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

Remote Sensing and Geoinformatics in Sustainable Development

edited by

Vyron Antoniou

,

Andreas Tsatsaris

and

Kleomenis Kalogeropoulos

submission deadline 15 Jul 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1830 | 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)

Advanced Spaceborne SAR Processing Techniques for Target Detection

edited by

Marco Manzoni

,

Carmine Clemente

and

Fabrizio Santi

submission deadline 15 Jul 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1290 | Submission Open

Keywords: spaceborne SAR; autofocusing; hybrid SAR/ISAR; target detection; moving target indication; ground moving target indication (GMTI); space time adaptive processing (STAP); displaced phase center antenna (DPCA); clutter mitigation; detect-before-focusing; deep learning; machine learning; SAR image intelligent processing

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

Recent Advances in Remote Sensing Products for Water and Environment Monitoring

edited by

Gonzalo E. Espinoza-Dávalos

,

Mhd. Suhyb Salama

and

Marouane Temimi

submission deadline 15 Jul 2025 | Viewed by 1152 | Submission Open

Keywords: water resources; water fluxes; hydrologic modeling; Earth observations; environmental monitoring; hydroinformatics

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

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 Jul 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1088 | 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

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