Remote Sensing

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

edited by Shiqing Wei, Jin Liu and

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 558 | 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)

Geodesy for Geohazards with AI Techniques

edited by

Yunlong Wu

,

Xiang Zhang

and

Yulong Zhong

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 535 | Submission Open

Keywords: GNSS; gravity; InSAR; geodetic observations; geohazards; extreme events; artificial intelligence

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

Integrating Remote Sensing and Artificial Intelligence for Hydrological Variables Retrieval

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submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 480 | 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 Training Data: Annotation, Quality, and Optimization

edited by

Liangcun Jiang

,

Hao Li

and Boyi Shangguan

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 443 | 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)

Applications of Remotely Sensed Data in Hydrology and Climatology (Third Edition)

edited by

Yuei-An Liou

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 434 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; satellite observation; water resources; global water and energy cycles; remote sensing; water reservoir monitoring; cloud; temperature; humidity; precipitation; wind; etc.

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

Application of Remote Sensing in Forest and Grassland Fire Management

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submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 434 | 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)

Precise Parameter Estimation in Remote Sensing Observations: From Satellite Corrections, Atmospheric Delay to Phase Unwrapping

edited by

Baocheng Zhang

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 431 | Submission Open

Keywords: parameter estimation ; Earth observation ; satellite correction ; calibration (radiographic calibration/geometric calibration) ; atmospheric delay compensation ; phase unwrapping ; InSAR

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

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 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 413 | Submission Open

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

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

Deep Learning for Target Detection in Radar Remote Sensing

edited by

Haohao Ren

, Chuan Du and Ming Li

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 370 | Submission Open

Keywords: radar target detection; radar target recognition; multi-source fusion-based target detection; deep learning; explainability; SAR image

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

AI-Powered Remote Sensing Forest Monitoring: Biodiversity and Climate Resilience

edited by

Lili Feng

and

Weihua Liu

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 333 | Submission Open

Keywords: AI-powered remote sensing; multi-scale forest monitoring; multi-scale biodiversity monitoring; multi-source data fusion; ecological modeling; carbon stocks/carbon sink; ecosystem resilience

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

GeoAI and Remote Sensing for Urban Planning and Human Comfort Analysis

edited by

Hossein Arefi

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 330 | 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)

Recent Advances in SAR Images for Target Detection and Information Extraction

edited by

Shiyu Luo

,

Luca Pallotta

, Jian Wang and Ming Li

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 296 | Submission Open

Keywords: synthetic aperture radar (SAR); target detection; information extraction; physics-inspired deep learning; scattering mechanism inversion; semantic segmentation; multi-dimensional SAR; weakly supervised learning

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

Dam Stability Monitoring with Satellite Geodesy (Third Edition)

edited by

Antonio Miguel Ruiz Armenteros

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submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 263 | Submission Open

Keywords: dam; satellite geodesy; remote sensing; GNSS; radar interferometry; InSAR; deformation monitoring; geodetic measurements; geotechnical measurements; infrastructure; earth observation; sensors

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

Multimodal Fusion and Multisource Data Synergy for High-Precision Remote Sensing Target Detection and Tracking

edited by

Dongyang Liu

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 181 | Submission Open

Keywords: object detection; multi-sensor fusion; object tracking; multimodal fusion; registration; advanced deep learning model

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

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

edited by

Dongmei Chen

and

Yuhong He

submission deadline 1 Sep 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5520 | 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)

Radar Technologies for Meteorological and Atmospheric Observations

edited by Haijiang Wang,

Sheng Chen

and

Zhiqun Hu

submission deadline 1 Sep 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1177 | Submission Open

Keywords: radar technologies; meteorological and atmospheric observations; data quality control; atmospheric physical field retrieval; radar networking; artificial intelligence application

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

Remote Sensing-Guided Land-Use Optimization for Carbon Neutrality

edited by

Sébastien Gadal

and

Gintautas Mozgeris

submission deadline 1 Sep 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 975 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; carbon neutrality; climate change adaptation; land use; land– climate interactions; LULUCF; UAST; land planning adaptation; energy transition; above ground biomass; soil carbon

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

Radar and Photo-Electronic Multi-Modal Intelligent Fusion

edited by

Ganggang Dong

,

Xinhua Mao

, Jianhua Shi and

Xiaowei Hu

submission deadline 10 Sep 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1572 | 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)

Quantitative Remote Sensing and Its Applications in Agriculture and Vegetation

edited by

Zhijun Zhen

,

Shengbo Chen

, Tiangang Yin and

Jean-Philippe Gastellu-Etchegorry

submission deadline 15 Sep 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 15325 | Submission Open

Keywords: quantitative remote sensing; radiation directionality observing and modelling; radiative transfer and radiation budget; bidirectional reflectance distribution function (BRDF); directional anisotropy; angular anisotropy; retrieval of plant biochemical parameters; precision agriculture

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

Cutting-Edge PolSAR Imaging Applications and Techniques

edited by Dapeng Tao,

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submission deadline 15 Sep 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3438 | Submission Open

Keywords: multitemporal SAR/PolSAR; polarimetric target decomposition; change detection; PolInSAR; deep learning for PolSAR image; land coverage mapping and classification

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

Remote Sensing Data Preprocessing and Calibration

edited by Qi Ming and Xudong Zhao

submission deadline 15 Sep 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2833 | 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)

Recent Advances in SAR Object Detection

edited by

Odysseas A. Pappas

and

Oktay Karakus

submission deadline 15 Sep 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1246 | Submission Open

Keywords: synthetic aperture radar; object detection; object classification; machine learning; statistical signal processing; compressive sampling

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

Advances in Remote Sensing Technologies for Carbon Emissions Monitoring, Reporting, and Verification

edited by Zhen Zhang,

Ge Han

,

Xiaolu Ling

and

Jia Su

submission deadline 15 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1037 | Submission Open

Keywords: carbon emission and counting; carbon cycle; remote sensing; greenhouse gas; anthropogenic carbon emissions; multi-source data fusion

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

Advances in Surface Deformation Monitoring Using SAR Interferometry (Second Edition)

edited by Yuedong Wang, Lijia He,

Honglei Yang

and Huiqiang Wang

submission deadline 15 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 685 | Submission Open

Keywords: SAR interferometry (InSAR); wide-area InSAR; advanced methods for deformation monitoring; geohazard detection and analysis; geodetic and geophysical modeling; parameter inversion; deformation analysis

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

Robust Perception in Open and Data-Limited Environments: From Earth to Deep Space

edited by Bobo Xi,

Yan Huang

,

Junshi Xia

and

Jiaojiao Li

submission deadline 15 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 612 | Submission Open

Keywords: data-limited learning; open-set recognition; multi-modal fusion; deep space exploration; generative AI and digital twins; robust perception; sim-to-real transfer

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

Remote Sensing-Based Geological Hazard Monitoring, Identification, Prediction, and Risk Assessment: Techniques and Applications

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submission deadline 15 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 603 | Submission Open

Keywords: geological hazards; GIS and remote sensing technology; risk management; hazard monitoring; hazard identification and prediction; multi-source data fusion

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

Advanced Retrieval and Estimation Methods for Monitoring Air Pollutants via Satellite Remote Sensing

edited by

Wenjing Su

, Nana Luo and Yujia Chen

submission deadline 15 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 596 | Submission Open

Keywords: satellite remote sensing; air pollution monitoring; retrieval algorithm; satellite applications; AI

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

Radiative Transfer Models for Remote Sensing Land Surface Parameter Estimation

edited by Xinyan Liu,

Yichuan Ma

,

Guodong Zhang

and

Anxin Ding

submission deadline 15 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 442 | Submission Open

Keywords: radiative transfer model; surface parameter estimation; physical model; satellite product; machine learning; moderate and high resolution

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

UAV Photogrammetry and Terrestrial Laser Scanning for Precision Forestry

edited by

Ningning Zhu

, Zhenyang Hui,

Wenxia Dai

and

Linyuan Li

submission deadline 15 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 346 | Submission Open

Keywords: precision forest; UAV; LiDAR; multi-platform point clouds registration; multi-modal forest data fusion; tree species; individual tree segmentation; canopy height; forest biomass

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

Infrared Small Target Detection: Methods and Applications

edited by

Mingjin Zhang

and Yimian Dai

submission deadline 15 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 323 | Submission Open

Keywords: infrared small target detection; deep learning; sequence infrared imagery; computer vision; civilian applications

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

Recent Advances in Synthetic Aperture Radar Imaging and Data Processing

edited by Leping Chen

submission deadline 15 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 278 | Submission Open

Keywords: synthetic aperture radar (SAR); ground moving target indication (GMTI); interferometric synthetic aperture radar (InSAR); polarimetric SAR; tomographic SAR; bistatic SAR; SAR interpretation; SAR recognition

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

Advances in Target Recognition and Signal Processing Techniques for Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Applications

edited by Yueting Zhang, Guangyao Zhou and

Kun Hu

submission deadline 15 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 266 | Submission Open

Keywords: physics-aware AI for SAR: deep learning networks integrated with electromagnetic scattering mechanisms for interpretable target recognition; SAR target recognition and analysis of main scattering mechanisms: advanced algorithms for detection; classification; and identification in complex scenes (e.g.; urban; maritime); target information inversion: retrieval of physical parameters and target reconstruction from SAR data; signal processing and image quality enhancement: novel techniques for speckle reduction; super-resolution; and image focusing; scattering mechanism analysis: modeling and decomposition techniques to interpret target scattering behaviors; multi-modal data fusion: fusion of SAR with hyperspectral; LiDAR; or optical data for enhanced target recognition and scene understanding; SAR image segmentation and feature extraction: robust methods for extracting geometric and scattering features

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

Deep Learning in Remote Sensing: Integrating Multi-Source Data for Precision Agriculture and Environmental Management

edited by

Xin Hu

, Lei Lei and

Ruopu Li

submission deadline 15 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 260 | Submission Open

Keywords: precision agriculture; multi-source agriculture remote sensing; deep learning methods; crop parcel extraction; crop phenology detection; crop classification and mapping; crop growth monitoring and yield estimation; cropland carbon sources and sinks

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

Calibration and Validation of Remote Sensing Satellites

edited by

Yong Xie

,

Zui Tao

and Xingming Zheng

submission deadline 15 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 243 | Submission Open

Keywords: absolute and relative radiomimetic calibration; geometric calibration; spectral calibration; validation of remote sensing product; validation field network system of remote sensing; characteristic evaluation of field campaign site; AI application for calibration and validation

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

Advances in Remote Sensing for SAR Target Recognition with Deep Learning

edited by

Xiaqing Yang

submission deadline 15 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 228 | Submission Open

Keywords: synthetic aperture radar (SAR); deep learning; automatic target recognition (ATR); artificial intelligence (AI); multi-modal fusion

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

Advancing Marine Biodiversity Monitoring and Ecology Through Remote Sensing and Data Science

edited by

Laura Martín-García

and

Manuel Arbelo

submission deadline 15 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 198 | Submission Open

Keywords: marine biodiversity; marine remote sensing; Earth observation; benthic habitat mapping; species distribution modelling; machine learning; deep learning; multi-sensor data fusion; time-series analysis; UAV remote sensing; essential biodiversity variables; climate change impacts; change detection; marine spatial planning; ecosystem-based management

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

Cross-Modal Learning and Pattern Recognition in Multisource Remote Sensing

edited by Xia Yuan,

Mohamed Lamine Mekhalfi

and

Yakoub Bazi

submission deadline 15 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 189 | Submission Open

Keywords: cross-modal learning; multisource remote sensing; data fusion; pattern recognition; deep learning; multimodal representation; feature extraction; domain adaptation; explainable AI; environmental monitoring

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

Chinese Satellite Remote Sensing Data Processing and Intelligent Analysis

edited by

Jining Yan

,

Caihong Ma

and Yi Zeng

submission deadline 15 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 188 | Submission Open

Keywords: Chinese satellite; remote sensing data preprocessing; remote sensing data fine processing; intelligent analysis; innovative applications; Geology-1

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

Spaceborne Clouds and Precipitation Radar

edited by

Yan Zhou

submission deadline 15 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 185 | Submission Open

Keywords: spaceborne radar; cloud profiling; precipitation profiling ; active remoting sensing; Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP)

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

Remote Sensing of Snow Water Resources: Advances and Applications

edited by

Yanjun Gan

submission deadline 15 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 146 | Submission Open

Keywords: snow water resources; snowpack dynamics; cryospheric hydrology; data assimilation; machine learning; hydrologic modeling; snow-driven hazards; snow– atmosphere interactions

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

Trends and Prospects in SAR Data Applications

edited by Xingchao Cui, Hao Wu and

Xin Zhang

submission deadline 15 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 138 | Submission Open

Keywords: SAR dataset construction; target imaging; target detection; target recognition; target classification; target characteristics

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

AI-Empowered Remote Sensing Monitoring and Geospatial Analysis for Ocean and Coastal Environments

edited by Gang Yang,

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submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 9010 | Submission Open

Keywords: coastal ocean modeling; coastal ocean remote sensing; coastal and ocean environment monitoring; coastal ocean forecasting; biodiversity; ecological process and risk assessment; artificial intelligence (AI); deep learning; UAV; radar; digital twin; ocean and coastal scenario— simulation

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

Target Detection, Recognition, Tracking, and Positioning Using Remote Sensing and AI Techniques (Second Edition)

edited by

Wensheng Wang

,

Martin Gade

, Yi Wan and Zhirui Wang

submission deadline 28 Sep 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 847 | Submission Open

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

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

Hydrological Modeling in the Age of AI and Remote Sensing

edited by

Jiao Wang

, Lu Zhuo,

Siyu Zhu

and

Mengye Chen

submission deadline 28 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 607 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydrological modeling; remote sensing; artificial intelligence; deep learning; machine learning; hybrid modeling; uncertainty analysis; physics-informed AI; hydrodynamic and flood modeling; drought forecasting; earth observation data; benchmark datasets

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

Advances in High-Resolution Built Environment Research Using Remote Sensing

edited by Yi Bao, Yinhe Liu, Hao Wang,

Milan Konecny

and

Bowen Cai

submission deadline 28 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 552 | Submission Open

Keywords: high-resolution remote sensing; urban built environment; multi-source data fusion; geospatial artificial intelligence; 3D urban modeling; building material stocks

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

Multimodal Remote Sensing Data Fusion, Analysis and Application

edited by

Xiaoyan Lu

, Yuting Wan, Zhuo Zheng,

Ce Zhang

and

Ji Zhao

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 15628 | Submission Open

Keywords: multimodal remote sensing; data fusion; artificial intelligence; all-weather mapping; change detection; image translation; disaster emergency assessment; sustainable development; environmental monitoring

(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 30 Sep 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 15074 | 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)

Machine Learning and GeoAI for Remote Sensing Environmental Monitoring (2nd Edition)

edited by Haomin Yu and

Zhiyu Jiang

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 10535 | Submission Open

Keywords: spatio-temporal analysis; multi-source data fusion; environmental monitoring; predictive analytics; air quality monitoring; cloud pattern recognition; atmospheric remote sensing; transportation impact assessment; traffic-related air pollution

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

Machine Learning for Spatiotemporal Remote Sensing Data (2nd Edition)

edited by

Lianfa Li

,

Xiaomei Yang

,

Yong Ge

and

Nikolaos L. Tsakiridis

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 10431 | Submission Open

Keywords: spatiotemporal modeling; spatiotemporal dependency; spatiotemporal prediction; spatiotemporal fusion; forecast; machine learning; deep learning; regression; classification; remote sensing; forecast

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

Trends and Prospects in Hyperspectral Remote Sensing Images Processing and Analysis

edited by

Qiang Zhang

and

Kui Jiang

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 10043 | Submission Open

Keywords: hyperspectral image; object detection; deep learning; image processing; classification; anomaly detection; super-resolution; denoising; fusion; unmixing

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

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