Remote Sensing

Fifth Anniversary of “AI Remote Sensing” Section

edited by

and Yushi Chen

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 161 | Submission Open

Keywords: machine learning and deep learning for remote sensing; optical/multispectral/hyperspectral/SAR image processing; target detection; anomaly detection; and change detection; multi-modal remote sensing

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

Application of Satellite Data for Lightning Mapping

edited by

Adonis Ferreira Raiol Leal

and

Dongshuai Li

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 132 | Submission Open

Keywords: lightning; lightning climatology; spaceborne sensors; forecasting; nowcasting; GLM; LMI; LI; lightning mapping

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

Earth Observation Satellites for Soil Moisture Monitoring

edited by

Jaromir Krzyszczak

and

Anna Siedliska

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1882 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; soil moisture; hydrology; agriculture; meteorology; climate change; drought monitoring; algorithm development; data validation

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

Applications and Advances of Remote Sensing Technologies in Assisting Landslide Investigation, Monitoring and Assessment

edited by

Chun Zhu

, Han Bao, Daoyuan Tan,

Luqi Wang

, Zhanbo Cheng and

Tomaž Podobnikar

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 160 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing technologies; landslide investigation; landslide mapping; landslide deformation forecasting; landslide runout modelling; numerical simulation; artificial intelligence

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

Remote Sensing Application in Coastal Geomorphology and Processes II

edited by

Cristina Ponte Lira

and

Ana Nobre Silva

submission deadline 25 Oct 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4073 | Submission Open

Keywords: geomorphology of the coastal zone; coastal hydrodynamics and morphodynamics; beach and dune processes; oceanographic forcing; coastal processes and management; remote sensing applications in the coastal zone

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

Multi-platform and Multi-modal Remote Sensing Data Fusion with Advanced Deep Learning Techniques (Second Edition)

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submission deadline 28 Oct 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 19706 | Submission Open

Keywords: multispectral and hyperspectral data fusion; hyperspectral and LiDAR data fusion; pansharpening or thermal sharpening; optical and SAR data fusion; optical and LiDAR data fusion; novel benchmark; multi-platform or multi-modal datasets; advanced deep learning algorithm/architectures/theory transfer; multitask; few-shot and meta learning; attention mechanism and transformer; convolutional neural networks/graph convolutional networks; scene/object classification and segmentation; target detection/tracking; geological mapping

Advances in Oceanic Dynamics by SAR and Numeric Model in Tropical Cyclone

edited by Maurizio Migliaccio, Jian Shi,

Weizeng Shao

and Xianbin Zhao

submission deadline 28 Oct 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 10384 | Submission Open

Keywords: tropical cyclone; ocean dynamic; target detection; SAR; remote sensing; ocean modeling

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

Advances and Innovative Applications in Multi-temporal InSAR Technology

edited by

Hongyu Liang

,

Lei Xie

,

Songbo Wu

and Guoqiang Shi

submission deadline 28 Oct 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6070 | Submission Open

Keywords: SAR interferometry (InSAR); advanced multi-temporal InSAR algorithms; error estimation and correction; deformation modelling; parameter inversion; data integration; infrastructure stability monitoring; geohazard detection; machine/deep learning

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

Innovative Applications of HF Radar (Second Edition)

edited by

Yonggang Ji

, Yiming Wang,

Weifeng Sun

and

Weimin Huang

submission deadline 28 Oct 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5454 | Submission Open

Keywords: HF radar; target detection; target tracking; sea state inversion; OTH radar; clutter suppression

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

Advances in the Remote Sensing of Solar-Induced Chlorophyll Fluorescence for Vegetation Stress

edited by

Zhigang Liu

, Shan Xu and

Micol Rossini

submission deadline 28 Oct 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4648 | Submission Open

Keywords: solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence; stress detection and assessment; biotic stress; abiotic stress; drought

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

Applications of Remote Sensing in Landscapes and Human Settlements

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submission deadline 28 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 836 | Submission Open

Keywords: landscapes ecology; urban heat islands; local climate zones; human settlements; green infrastructure; urban and rural planning

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

Advances in AI-Driven Remote Sensing for Geohazard Perception

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submission deadline 28 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 737 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; artificial intelligence; deep learning; foundation models; geohazard; object detection; object recognition; monitoring and warning; risk assessment

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

Using Earth Observation Data to Monitor Deforestation and Forest Degradation to Ensure Compliance with Regulatory Frameworks

edited by

Melvin Lippe

,

Margret Köthke

,

Ramon Felipe Bicudo Silva

and Arief Wijaya

submission deadline 28 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 104 | Submission Open

Keywords: advanced remote sensing technologies; big data; GeoAI; and GIS integration; land cover and land use change; deforestation monitoring; forest degradation; regulatory compliance; zero-deforestation; sustainability governance

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

Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) Applications in Earth, Moon and Planetary Exploration (Second Edition)

edited by

David Gomez-Ortiz

submission deadline 29 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 557 | Submission Open

Keywords: ground-penetrating radar (GPR); planetary radar; subsurface structure; earth; moon; mars; system; simulation; signal processing; imaging; interpretation; etc.

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

Target Detection, Recognition, Tracking, and Positioning Using Remote Sensing and AI Techniques

edited by

Wensheng Wang

,

Martin Gade

, Yi Wan and Zhirui Wang

submission deadline 29 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 315 | Submission Open

Keywords: satellite– aerial– ground collaborative perception; multi-agent system; target detection; recognition; tracking; and positioning; geographic retrieval and cross-view geolocalization; knowledge graph; deep learning; task-driven optimization

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

Remote Sensing and GeoAI in Natural Hazard Assessment: Emerging Trends and Applications

edited by Husam A. H. Al-Najjar,

Bahareh Kalantar

and

Alfian Abdul Halin

submission deadline 29 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 208 | Submission Open

Keywords: natural hazards (floods; landslides; earthquakes; erosion; wildfires; droughts; etc.); remote sensing; GeoAI (geospatial artificial intelligence); damage assessment; data fusion (e.g.; SAR; optical; LiDAR); intelligent geohazard computation; explainable AI (XAI) for geohazards; hazard and risk assessment; Earth observation; vulnerability mapping

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

Multi-Source Remote Sensing Integrations in Geological Hazards Research

edited by Jie Zhao,

Shufang Tian

,

Ying Zhang

and

Die Hu

submission deadline 29 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 169 | Submission Open

Keywords: data fusion; landslide; mudslide; ground collapse; earthquake; hazard monitoring; hazard assessment; hazard prediction

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

AI Technology for Enhanced Analysis of High-Resolution Earth Observation Imagery in Climate Change

edited by

Hongjie He

, Liangzhi Li, Linlin Xu, Wei Liu and

Yuhong He

submission deadline 29 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 133 | Submission Open

Keywords: deep learning for remote sensing; remote sensing image super-resolution; multi-source data fusion in EO; AI-based land use and land cover (LULC) classification; weakly\semi-supervised learning for EO applications; object detection and extraction for natural hazard assessment; change detection and image matching in multi-temporal analysis; synthetic aperture radar (SAR) deep learning techniques

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

Intelligent Image Analysis: Advancing Remote Sensing with Artificial Intelligence

edited by

Yangyang Li

,

Tianyang Zhang

and

Xinghua Li

submission deadline 29 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 122 | Submission Open

Keywords: intelligent RSI interpretation; remote sensing foundation models development and downstream applications; multi-modal RSI interpretation; remote sensing 3D reconstruction; open-world remote sensing image interpretation; remote sensing interpretation applications with advanced AI technology

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

Remote Sensing Tools for Monitoring Vegetation and Enhancing Biodiversity Conservation Strategies

edited by

Marco Vuerich

and

Giacomo Trotta

submission deadline 29 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 88 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; upscaling approach; vegetation dynamics; biodiversity conservation; global change impact; machine learning technique; hyperspectral and multispectral data; time-series analyses; vegetation indices (e.g.; NDVI); vegetation mapping

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

New Insights in Remote Sensing of Snow and Glaciers

edited by

Roberto Salzano

and

Rosamaria Salvatori

submission deadline 30 Oct 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 17019 | Submission Open

Keywords: snow cover; glaciers; optical remote sensing; radar remote sensing; data integration; novel methodologies

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

Advances in Applications of Remote Sensing GIS and GNSS

edited by

Bing Xu

,

Lei Wang

,

Qian (Chayn) Sun

and

Panagiotis Partsinevelos

submission deadline 30 Oct 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 10620 | Submission Open

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

Mapping and Monitoring of Geohazards with Remote Sensing Technologies II

edited by

Constantinos Loupasakis

,

Konstantinos G. Nikolakopoulos

and

Ioannis Papoutsis

submission deadline 30 Oct 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 9444 | Submission Open

Keywords: geohazards; InSAR; remote sensing; photogrammetry; unmanned aerial vehicles; GNSS; TLS; persistent scatterer interferometry; machine learning

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

Remote Sensing Application in the Carbon Flux Modelling

edited by

Zongyao Sha

and

Yichun Xie

submission deadline 30 Oct 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 8428 | Submission Open

Keywords: carbon cycle; ecosystems; carbon emissions; vegetation carbon sequestration; geospatial modeling

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

Linking Upper Ocean Dynamics with Extreme Weather and Climate Events over the Ocean (Second Edition)

edited by Hailun He and

Gad Levy

submission deadline 30 Oct 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6635 | Submission Open

Keywords: extreme weather and climate; air– sea interaction; tropical cyclone; extratropical cyclone; ocean dynamics; biological response; in situ observation; remote sensing observation; ocean modelling; operational forecast

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

Remote Sensing Technologies, Applications and Perspectives at Night: Nightlight, Nighttime Thermal Infrared and Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR)

edited by

Di Liu

, Jiajun Li, Weiying Lin and

Chengbin Deng

submission deadline 30 Oct 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3916 | Submission Open

Keywords: nightlight remote sensing; night-time thermal infrared remote sensing; night-time synthetic aperture radar (SAR); ecological applications; human settlement applications; other night-time applications

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

New Insights in Remote Sensing Image Interpretation with Deep Learning

edited by

Shiyan Pang

, Mi Zhang,

Huiwei Jiang

and

Yongyang Xu

submission deadline 30 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 609 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; deep learning; remote sensing; semantic segmentation; change detection; classification; object detection

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

Remote Sensing and GIS for Environmental Analysis and Cultural Heritage (2nd Edition)

edited by

Caterina Balletti

,

Valentina Alena Girelli

and

Francesca Matrone

submission deadline 30 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 91 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change and CH site preservation; advanced change detection techniques for CH; monitoring of CH sites; 3D mapping and M Modeling for CH preservation; mapping hazards; risk mapping; geospatial standards; GIS-BIM integration

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

NISAR Global Observations for Ecosystem Science and Applications

edited by

Sassan Saatchi

, Paul Siqueira and

Anup Das

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 20040 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest and vegetation; agriculture; ecosystem; synthetic aperture radar; NISAR; passive microwave measurements; LiDAR

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

Advances in Satellite Image Analysis and Applications for Earth Observation

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Maria Antonia Brovelli

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 18078 | Submission Open

Keywords: image analysis; environmental monitoring; image-based change detection; urban planning; earth observation; GeoAI; multi-scale and multi-sensor; earth observation analytics

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

Advance of Radar Meteorology and Hydrology II

edited by

Sanghun Lim

and

Seongsim Yoon

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 14450 | Submission Open

Keywords: radar system; radar signal processing; quality control; quantitative precipitation estimation; nowcasting; hydrological applications; remote sensing; precipitation

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

Advances in Multiple Sensor Fusion and Classification for Object Detection and Tracking

edited by Chenwei Deng,

Wenzheng Wang

and Jeongho Cho

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 8854 | Submission Open

Keywords: multi-modal; multi-dimensional; multi-source information fusion; object detection; recognition and tracking; earth observation applications; feature representation and modeling; machine learning and deep learning

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

Remote Sensing Monitoring and Assessment of Forest, Grassland, Wetland and Urban Ecosystem

edited by

Ronghai Hu

,

Xiaoning Song

, Fangcheng Zhou and Wenchao Han

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 8388 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing retrieval; ecological assessment; ecosystem monitoring; ecohydrological dynamics; ecosystem change; vegetation structure and physiology

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

Land Use Monitoring Based on Remote Sensing and Artificial Intelligence

edited by

Qiangyi Yu

,

Sathishkumar Samiappan

,

Miao Zhang

and

Wei Su

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6024 | Submission Open

Keywords: land use; remote sensing; crowdsourcing; artificial intelligence

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

Estimating Above-Ground Biomass and Above-Ground Carbon by Remote Sensing Data

edited by Elia Vangi,

Gherardo Chirici

and

Alessio Collalti

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4845 | Submission Open

Keywords: above-ground biomass; carbon stock; remote sensing; machine learning; climate change; forest modeling; spatial modeling

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

State of the Art of Geomagnetic/Electromagnetic Satellites: Science and Applications (Second Edition)

edited by

Xuemin Zhang

,

Chieh-Hung Chen

, Yongxin Gao and

Katsumi Hattori

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 4179 | Submission Open

Keywords: electromagnetic satellite; geomagnetic field disturbances; ionospheric perturbations; space weather; natural hazards; lithosphere– atmosphere– ionosphere coupling model; artificial intelligence technology

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

International Symposium on Remote Sensing (ISRS2024)

edited by

Ming-Der Yang

,

Huiping Tsai

and Yen-Ru Lai

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4139 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; spatial information sciences; global navigation satellite systems; photogrammetry; geoinformatics; artificial intelligence

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

Precipitation and Evapotranspiration Mechanisms in Drylands and Their Remote Sensing Retrieval & Simulation (Second Edition)

edited by

Qiang Zhang

, Yu Zhang, Ping Yue,

Zesu Yang

, Yongli He and

Simone Lolli

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3590 | Submission Open

Keywords: precipitation; evapotranspiration; environmental regulations; sensible heat fluxes; soil moisture; precipitation recycling process; evapotranspiration partitioning; evapotranspiration– precipitation coupling; Asia summer monsoon; westerly wind; vegetation dynamics; numerical simulation; hydrological extremes; drylands

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

Applications of Remote Sensing in Water Quality Assessment of Lakes, Rivers and Reservoirs

edited by

Yuankun Wang

,

Feng Huang

and

Zhenxing Zhang

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3347 | Submission Open

Keywords: water temperature retrieval; chlorophyll retrieval; remote sensing monitoring; water quality assessment; artificial intelligence; unmanned aerial vehicles

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

Proximal and Remote Sensing for Low-Cost Soil Carbon Stock Estimation

edited by Tong Li,

Songchao Chen

, Anquan Xia,

Francesco Fava

and

Yash Dang

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3165 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil fertility; visible near-infrared (VNIR) spectroscopy; mid-infrared (MIR) spectroscopy; climate change; machine learning; digital soil mapping; land-use management; unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs); airborne; and satellite imagery

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

Applications of Remote Sensing in Oceanography: Prospects and Challenges (3rd Edition)

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submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2978 | Submission Open

Keywords: SWOT; artificial intelligence; big remotely sensed data; sustainability; climate change; ocean numerical modeling; data assimilation

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

Recent Progress in GIS and Remote Sensing for Agriculture-Related Applications (Second Edition)

edited by

Li Lin

,

Chen Zhang

and

Liping Di

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2596 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; GIS; crop mapping; crop modeling; crop yield estimation; data processing; agricultural monitoring; AI and machine learning; spatial– temporal analysis

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

Application of Electromagnetic Scattering Models in Ocean Remote Sensing

edited by

Min Zhang

,

Weimin Huang

and Jinxing Li

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2218 | Submission Open

Keywords: electromagnetic scattering; radar cross sections; rough sea surface; radar echo; radar image; target detection; GNSS-R; information inversion

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

Remote Sensing and GIS for Monitoring Urbanization and Urban Health (Second Edition)

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submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1536 | Submission Open

Keywords: urbanization and health both regionally and globally; urban landscape; urban ecological system; and health; territorial spatial planning and health city; urbanization speed and acceleration; spatial– temporal analysis of urbanization; green space/blue space/gray space remote sensing monitoring; map of urban development and evolution; urban environment changes and health effects; remote sensing GIS big data and urban health; remote sensing and GIS monitoring; simulating; and predicting of infectious diseases; such as COVID-19

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

Advancing Synthetic Aperture Radar: Imaging, Processing, and Applications in Remote Sensing

edited by Shiqi Xing,

Sinong Quan

and

Tao Zhang

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 911 | Submission Open

Keywords: Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR); SAR imaging; SAR information processing; SAR signal processing; SAR image processing; digital beamforming

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

Intelligent Perception of Disaster Information in Remote Sensing Imagery

edited by Yakun Xie,

Shengjun Tang

and Saeid Pirasteh

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 834 | Submission Open

Keywords: disaster perception; artificial intelligence; multimodal data; emergency rescue; post-disaster reconstruction; geospatial big data

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

Application of UAV Images in Precision Agriculture

edited by

Ganesh Bora

and

Yali Zhang

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 707 | Submission Open

Keywords: UAV; precision agriculture; remote sensing; AI; image processing; geospatial data

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

Advancement of Remote Sensing and GIS in Risk Protection for Cultural Heritage

edited by

Francesca Matrone

,

Elisabetta Colucci

and

Susana Del Pozo

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 671 | Submission Open

Keywords: mapping hazards; risk mapping; geospatial standards; GIS-BIM integration; AI techniques (machine and deep learning); climate change trend identification; monitoring of cultural heritage sites; change detection; open datasets

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

Precipitation Estimations Based on Satellite Observations

edited by

Yuanwei Wang

and

Francisco J. Tapiador

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 661 | Submission Open

Keywords: precipitation estimation; satellite observations; remote sensing; algorithm development; validation and calibration; climate applications

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

Advanced Remote Sensing Approaches for Multi-Scale Atmospheric Components Monitoring and Impact Assessment

edited by

, Bing Chen,

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submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 661 | Submission Open

Keywords: aerosols; clouds; trace gases; multi-scale remote sensing; lidar; satellite; radiative transfer; atmospheric inversion; multi-source data fusion

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

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