Remote Sensing

New Image Processing Theories and Methods in Hyperspectral Remote Sensing

edited by

Yuxiang Zhang

, Meng Xu,

Yulei Wang

and

Mingming Xu

submission deadline 20 Aug 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1303 | 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)

Advances in Remote Sensing and AI for Monitoring and Mitigating Land Subsidence and Secondary Geohazards

edited by Jing Wang,

Sen Du

,

Joaquín Menéndez

and Xiwei Fan

submission deadline 20 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 286 | Submission Open

Keywords: land subsidence; InSAR; GNSS deformation monitoring; 3D deformation analysis; machine learning/deep learning; subsidence modeling; GPS optical image urban monitoring

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

Selected Papers from the XXI Brazilian Remote Sensing Symposium—SBSR 2025

edited by

Luiz E. O. C. Aragao

,

Yosio Edemir Shimabukuro

,

Marcos Adami

and Lubia Vinhas

submission deadline 20 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 159 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban area; agriculture; forestry; land use and land cover; geoinformatics; radar; lidar; hyperspectral; time series; water

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

Cutting-Edge PolSAR Imaging Applications and Techniques

edited by Dapeng Tao,

,

,

and

submission deadline 25 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 49 | 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)

Space-Photogrammetry for High-Precision Measurement by Multi-Sensor Data Fusion

edited by Rujin Zhao,

Zhenming Peng

and

Xiong Xu

submission deadline 28 Aug 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1652 | Submission Open

Keywords: space target; high-precision measurement; remote sensing; information fusion; space photogrammetry; spectral measurement

LiDAR Technology for Autonomous Navigation and Mapping

edited by

Yiqing Yao

and

Johnson Ihyeh Agbinya

submission deadline 28 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 191 | Submission Open

Keywords: LiDAR odometry; simultaneous localization and mapping; obstacle detection and avoidance; 3D mapping; multi-sensor fusion; autonomous vehicles

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

Forest Disturbance Monitoring with Optical Satellite Imagery

edited by Antoine Masse and

Nikolay S. Strigul

submission deadline 28 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 126 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest disturbance; optical remote sensing; forest degradation; forest monitoring multi-source data fusion; data calibration and validation

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

Advances in High-Resolution Crop Mapping at Large Spatial Scales

edited by

Lingbo Yang

and Pengliang Wei

submission deadline 28 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 73 | Submission Open

Keywords: high-resolution crop mapping; remote sensing for agriculture; large-scale crop monitoring; multi-source satellite data; crop classification; machine learning in agriculture; temporal dynamics of crops; agricultural change detection; precision agriculture; remote sensing applications in food security

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

Local-Scale Remote Sensing for Biodiversity, Ecology and Conservation

edited by

Jesper Erenskjold Moeslund

submission deadline 29 Aug 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 12189 | Submission Open

Keywords: biodiversity; ecology; local scale; remote sensing; conservation; restoration; laser scanning; satellite sensors; drones

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

Challenges and New Advances for Human-Climate Interactions in Cities Using Remote Sensing

edited by

Hajime Seya

and

Hasi Bagan

submission deadline 29 Aug 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 10197 | Submission Open

Keywords: Thermal environment; Urban growth; Local climate zone; Urban systems design; Urban carbon management; Disaster resilience; Land cover mapping; Image fusion; Machine learning

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

Applications of SAR for Environment Observation Analysis

edited by

Vahid Akbari

,

Nizar Bouhlel

,

Alireza Tabatabaeenejad

and

Esra Erten

submission deadline 29 Aug 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7731 | Submission Open

Keywords: synthetic aperture radar; earth observation; machine (deep) learning; image processing; statistical signal processing; environmental monitoring; radar polarimetry; radar interferometry; multivariate statistical analysis; big data analysis

(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 29 Aug 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 3374 | 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)

Coastal and Marine Monitoring and Restoration Mapping Using UAS and Remote Sensing Systems

edited by

Niall Burnside

,

Jonathan Dale

and Matthew Brolly

submission deadline 29 Aug 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1784 | Submission Open

Keywords: UAVs; remote sensing; blue carbon; coastal vegetated systems; saltmarsh; seagrass; kelp; marine mammals; birds

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

Remote Sensing for Soil Properties and Plant Ecosystems

edited by

Jarosław Zawadzki

submission deadline 29 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 693 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil properties; plant ecosystems; soil spectroscopy; soil monitoring; soil mapping; deep learning; multisensoral analysis; soil moisture; plant stress detection

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

Electromagnetic Modeling of Geophysical Prospecting in Remote Sensing

edited by

Guoqiang Xue

,

Xiaolei Tu

and Hongzhu Cai

submission deadline 29 Aug 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 517 | Submission Open

Keywords: electromagnetic modeling; geophysical prospecting; remote sensing; machine learning in geophysics; electromagnetic wave propagation; subsurface exploration; mineral exploration; groundwater detection; environmental monitoring; inversion methods; data integration; computational geophysics

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

Digital Twins of the Earth: Contribution to a More Sustainable Society

edited by

Stefano Nativi

and

Paolo Mazzetti

submission deadline 29 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 393 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital twin; earth observation; sustainability; cyber-physical world (virtual worlds); Web 4.0 (intelligent web); AI

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

Remote Sensing for Hydrological Management

edited by

Ram L. Ray

and

Gebrekidan Tefera

submission deadline 29 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 352 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; hydrological monitoring; hydrological extremes; hydrological models; soil moisture; water quality; water management

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

Advanced Image Processing Algorithms for Object Detection and Tracking in Aerial and Satellite Imagery

edited by

Jun Zhou

,

Libao Zhang

, Junpeng Zhang and

Jue Zhang

submission deadline 29 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 179 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; deep learning; object detection; object tracking; cross-modal representation learning; hyperspectral videos

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

Application of Remote Sensing in Snow and Ice Monitoring

edited by Qian Yang,

Xiaohua Hao

, Yanli Zhang and Yuwen Pang

submission deadline 29 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 154 | Submission Open

Keywords: snow cover; lake ice; ice dynamics; sea ice; climate change; multi-sensor and multi-source data; change detection; remote sensing applications; resources assessment

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

SAR Target Detection and Recognition with Intelligent Methods and Its Applications

edited by Zongyong Cui, Sihang Dang,

Siqian Zhang

and Zongjie Cao

submission deadline 29 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 139 | 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)

Advances of Optics Imaging Technologies for Environmental Remote Sensing

edited by

Lijuan Su

and Xin Tan

submission deadline 29 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 117 | Submission Open

Keywords: spectral imaging; lidar; miniaturized optical sensor; multi-sensor integration; disaster response (wildfire; flood); pollution monitoring; AI-driven environmental analytics

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

Advancements in Deep Learning for Remote Sensing: Exploring Planetary and Earth Observation Applications

edited by

Riccardo La Grassa

and

Ignazio Gallo

submission deadline 29 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 107 | Submission Open

Keywords: deep learning; earth observation; planetary science; feature detection; mapping; super-resolution; classification

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

GNSS and Multi-Sensor Integrated Precise Positioning and Applications

edited by

Guorui Xiao

,

Xinghan Chen

, Peiyuan Zhou and

Lingxuan Wang

submission deadline 29 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 107 | Submission Open

Keywords: GNSS; multi-sensors integration; integration algorithms; cooperative positioning; challenging environments; precise positioning; robust positioning

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

Deep Learning for Spectral-Spatial Hyperspectral Image Classification (2nd Edition)

edited by

Jiayi Li

,

Maria Grazia D’Urso

,

Xian Guo

, Jie Yang and Xin Huang

submission deadline 29 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 97 | Submission Open

Keywords: deep learning; hyperspectral imaging; spectral– spatial classification; domain adaption; attention mechanisms

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

Intelligent Remote Sensing Information Extraction

edited by

Weixun Zhou

and

Zhenwei Shi

submission deadline 29 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 90 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; information extraction; deep learning; artificial intelligence; feature extraction; image segmentation

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

Remote Sensing in Soil Organic Carbon Dynamics

edited by Xiangtian Meng,

Huanjun Liu

and

Chong Luo

submission deadline 29 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 79 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil organic carbon; remote sensing; multi-source data; spatiotemporal dynamics; deep learning model; driver analysis

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

Artificial Intelligence-Based Remote Sensing for Crop Information Extraction and Status Monitoring

edited by

Muhammad Moshiur Rahman

submission deadline 29 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 76 | Submission Open

Keywords: crop growth and vigour monitoring; crop phenology; crop diseases and pests; drought stress; machine learning; artificial intelligence; image processing; crop classification; yield prediction

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

Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) in Radar Imaging: Recent Advances and Future Directions

edited by

,

,

and

submission deadline 30 Aug 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2480 | Submission Open

Keywords: explainable artificial intelligence (XAI); imaging radar; synthetic aperture radar; deep learning; classification; feature extraction; change detection; automatic target recognition (ATR); object detection; convolutional neural networks

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

Smart Monitoring of Urban Environment Using Remote Sensing

edited by

Darshana Athukorala

,

Yuji Murayama

and

Takehiro Morimoto

submission deadline 30 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 926 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart monitoring; future predictions; scenario simulations; land use change; climate impacts; agriculture in urban areas; urban forestry; hydrology in urban areas; landscape sustainability; urban climate; quality of life; public health; ecosystem services

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

Towards High-Precision 3D Reconstruction and Modelling from Multi-Sensor Geospatial Data

edited by

Ana Maria Loghin

, Bruno Vallet,

Paul Sestraș

and

Valeria Ersilia Oniga

submission deadline 30 Aug 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 387 | Submission Open

Keywords: data acquisition techniques; sensor calibration; multi-sensor integration; data integration and fusion; 3D geospatial data processing; 3D reconstruction; 3D modeling; point cloud analysis; surface reconstruction; AI/ML; semantic modeling; 3D geospatial modeling; change detection; topographic mapping; quantitative analyses and comparisons; accuracy assessment

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

Remote Sensing of Mountain and Plateau Vegetation (Second Edition)

edited by

Zhaoqi Wang

,

Donghai Wu

and

Hao Wang

submission deadline 30 Aug 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 360 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing of vegetation; vegetation productivity; carbon cycle; mountain and plateau regions; alpine vegetation; remote sensing algorithm; vegetation types; elevation gradient; remote sensing in hydrology

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

Advances in Deep Learning Change Detection Based on High-Resolution Remote Sensing Imagery

edited by

Daifeng Peng

,

Sicong Liu

, Yuxing Chen and Zhi Zheng

submission deadline 30 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 166 | Submission Open

Keywords: high-resolution remote sensing imagery; change detection; deep learning; foundation model; vision-language model; label-efficient learning; domain adaptation; zero-shot learning

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

Remote Sensing and Time-Series Analysis to Track Ecosystem Transitions

edited by Carolina Acuña-Alonso and

Xana Álvarez Bermúdez

submission deadline 30 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 128 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; ecosystem transitions; time-series analysis; machine learning; ecological connectivity; environmental degradation; ecological restoration; predictive models; LiDAR; UAVs

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

Crop Quantitative Monitoring with Remote Sensing II

edited by

Tiecheng Bai

,

Jianxi Huang

,

Qingling Wu

and

Wei Su

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 12834 | Submission Open

Keywords: quantitative remote sensing; time series analysis; crop growth models; data assimilation; machine learning; deep learning; climate change; crop parameter retrieval; crop growth monitoring; crop stress monitoring; crop disaster monitoring; crop phenology detection; crop type mapping; crop yield estimation or forecasting

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

3D and Semantic Reconstruction of the Urban Environment Using Multi-Modal and Multi-Resolution Remote Sensing Data

edited by

Wufan Zhao

,

Andrea Nascetti

and

Maarten Vergauwen

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 9033 | Submission Open

Keywords: machine learning/deep learning; data efficient learning (foundation model; transfer learning; self-supervised; semi-supervised; and weakly supervised learning); semantic/instance segmentation; object detection/tracking; and change detection; SCAN-to-BIM; data processing and feature extraction; point cloud registration; multisource data fusion; application of 3D point clouds and remote sensing images; spatial digital twins and smart cities

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

Intelligent Remote Sensing: AI-Powered Techniques for Enhanced Data Analysis and Interpretation

edited by

Hai Wang

,

Nianyin Zeng

and Shou Feng

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 6090 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing image processing; remote sensing semantic analysis; remote sensing applications; big data analysis; data fusion; artificial intelligence; machine learning; deep learning

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

High-Resolution Observations of Planetary Geological and Geomorphic Investigation (Second Edition)

edited by

Ákos Kereszturi

and

Jiannan Zhao

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5456 | Submission Open

Keywords: planetary geology; planetary geomorphology; planetary landforms; planetary surface processes; planetary composition; planetary geological mapping; high-resolution planetary imaging; shallow subsurface detection; space weathering

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

Application of Spatial Information Science and Cartography in the Big Remotely Sensed Data Era

edited by Xi Chen, Mingqiang Guo and

Antonios Emmanouil Chatzipavlis

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4185 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; artificial intelligence; deep learning; large language models; remote sensing images processing; knowledge graph

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

Latest Advances and Application in the GNSS-R Field

edited by

Nereida Rodriguez-Alvarez

,

Xavier Bosch-Lluis

and

Joan Francesc Munoz-Martin

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4154 | Submission Open

Keywords: GNSS-R; polarimetric GNSS-R; near-surface ocean wind vector; ocean surfactant detection; soil moisture; wetlands; lakes and rivers; biomass; freeze/thaw; sea ice concentration and thickness; ice sheet characterization

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

Root-Zone Soil Moisture Retrieval and Applications from Remote Sensing Measurements

edited by

David Fairbairn

, Bertrand Bonan and

Luca Brocca

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3642 | Submission Open

Keywords: root-zone; soil moisture; data assimilation; machine learning; remote sensing; observations; vegetation

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

Vegetation Dynamics Revealed by Remote Sensing and Its Feedback to Regional and Global Climate (3rd Edition)

edited by

Xuejia Wang

,

Tinghai Ou

and

Wenxin Zhang

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3174 | Submission Open

Keywords: vegetation type; vegetation phenology; change detection; model simulation; response to climate change; feedback to climate change

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

Remote Sensing and Geospatial Analysis in Urban Environments in the Big Data Era

edited by

Wenliang Li

and

Xiaoma Li

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2851 | Submission Open

Keywords: geospatial analysis; remote sensing; big data; city science

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

Multi-Platform Collaboration for City 3D Modelling: Photogrammetric and Remote Sensing Satellite, Aerial, Terrestrial, and UAV Data

edited by

Przemysław Klapa

,

Massimiliano Pepe

,

Pelagia Gawronek

and Peter Kyseľ

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2553 | Submission Open

Keywords: 3D modelling; smart cities; integration of geospatial data; UAV; laser scanning (SLS; ALS; MLS; TLS); photogrammetry and remote sensing; land management; land surveying; civil engineering; multi-dimensional cartography

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

Advances in Detection-Oriented Multi-Sensor Fusion Beyond the Visible Spectrum

edited by

Liangliang Li

,

Zhenming Peng

, Yimian Dai, Fei Zhou and Xingchen Zhang

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2455 | Submission Open

Keywords: image fusion; target detection; anomaly detection; change detection; SAR

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

Advances in Hyperspectral Remote Sensing Image Processing: 2nd Edition

edited by

Xudong Kang

and

Mingmin Chi

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2299 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; hyperspectral image; feature extraction; image processing; image analysis; artificial intelligence; image classification; information fusion

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

State of the Art of GNSS and SAR/InSAR Techniques for Geomatic Applications

edited by Claudia Pipitone and

Gino Dardanelli

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2059 | Submission Open

Keywords: geomatic applications; SAR/InSAR; GNSS time series; deformation analysis; fault/crustal property; active tectonics; multi-source data integration; seismic activities; stability modeling; time series analysis; landslides; hazard mapping

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

Remote Sensing of Invasive Alien Species—towards Effective Monitoring and Management (Second Edition)

edited by

Sylwia Szporak-Wasilewska

and

Barbara Tokarska-Guzik

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1439 | Submission Open

Keywords: spatial and spectral resolutions; data fusion; machine learning; classification algorithms; spectral discrimination; invasive species; distribution mapping; invasion monitoring; early detection; risk assessment; landscape dynamics; multitemporal analysis; multiscale assessment; management planning; invasive species control programs

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

Precise Orbit Determination for Gravity Field Investigations

edited by

Ivan di Stefano

, Gael Cascioli and

Baocheng Zhang

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1216 | Submission Open

Keywords: precise orbit determination; radio science; interplanetary missions; planetary science; satellite geodesy; planetary interiors; gravity fields

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

3D City Modeling and Observation Using Remote Sensing and Artificial Intelligence

edited by Zheng Ji and

Brian Alan Johnson

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1085 | Submission Open

Keywords: 3D city modlling; city observation; AI algorithm; mobile measurement platform; laser scanning data processing; object recognition and positioning; neural network for 3D reconstruction; multi-source space data processing

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

Applications of Remote Sensing Imagery for Urban Areas (Second Edition)

edited by

Ruitao Feng

,

Yongtao Yu

and

Xinghua Li

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1037 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; urban climate; urban pollution; urban thermal environment; urban ecosystem; land-use change; urban object analysis; urban planning; urban spatial configuration

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

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