Remote Sensing

Advances in Multi-Sensor Remote Sensing for Vegetation Monitoring

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submission deadline 29 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7118 | Submission Open

Keywords: SAR– optical synergy; thermal– optical synergy; LIDAR– optical synergy; SIF– multispectral synergy; vegetation biomass; vegetation phenology; vegetation mapping; vegetation parameter inversion

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

Underwater Remote Sensing: Status, New Challenges and Opportunities

edited by

Yuri Rzhanov

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Elias Fakiris

submission deadline 29 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3847 | Submission Open

Keywords: multibeam sonar; synthetic aperture sonar; airborne lidar; underwater vehicles; hyperspectral satellites; satellite-derived bathymetry; satellite-based bathymetric measurements

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

Object Detection in Remote Sensing Images Based on Artificial Intelligence

edited by

Jianming Hu

, Xiyang Zhi,

Yongqiang Mao

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Longfei Ren

submission deadline 29 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3647 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing images; object detection; artificial intelligence; multimodal data fusion; frontier applications

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

Array and Signal Processing for Radar (Second Edition)

edited by Haowei Zhang,

Jingwei Xu

, Junpeng Shi, Weijian Liu and Yuan Liu

submission deadline 29 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2235 | Submission Open

Keywords: radar array and signal processing; waveform and frequency diversity; interference; clutter and noise suppression; radar imaging; radar resource management; machine learning; space-based radar (SBR) system

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

Advances in Remote Sensing for Glacier Preservation

edited by Feiteng Wang, Chunhai Xu and

Qiao Liu

submission deadline 29 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 810 | Submission Open

Keywords: glacier preservation; remote sensing; glacier region engineering; anthropogenic impacts; SAR/InSAR; machine learning; glacier dynamics; glacier mass balance

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

Image Analysis for Forest Environmental Monitoring (2nd Edition)

edited by

El Khalil Cherif

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Catarina Barata

submission deadline 29 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 153 | Submission Open

Keywords: image analysis; remote sensing; environment monitoring; forests; multispectral and hypespectral imaging; airborne image

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

Remote Sensing in Natural Resource and Water Environment II

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, Min Wu,

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Pedro Luiz Borges Chaffe

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 19 articles | Viewed by 53859 | Submission Open

Keywords: hyperspectral remote sensing in the environment; retrieving air pollutant concentrations through remote sensing; machine learning algorithms for modeling based on remote sensing data; ecological indicators mapping by remote sensing; urban stormwater models; hydrologic models; flood disaster; water pollution; wastewater treatment; water resource management; urban-rural management; urban planning

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

Remote Sensing and Machine Learning in Vegetation Biophysical Parameters Estimation (Second Edition)

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submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 24711 | Submission Open

Keywords: vegetation biophysical parameter estimation; vegetation spectral indices; multispectral/hyperspectral/LiDAR/SAR; satellite/airborne/UAV/tower-based/ground observation; regression/RTM/machine learning/deep learning; agriculture; forest; grassland; vegetation dynamics monitoring

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

Feature Papers of Section “Atmospheric Remote Sensing” (Second Edition)

edited by

Alexander Kokhanovsky

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Dmitry Efremenko

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 15141 | Submission Open

Keywords: terrestrial atmosphere; remote sensing; atmospheric aerosol; trace gases; clouds; precipitation

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

Intelligent Processing and Analysis of Multi-Modal Remote Sensing Data

edited by

Haopeng Zhang

and Giorgio Antonino Licciardi

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 9277 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; image processing; image analysis; artificial intelligence; deep learning; data fusion; multispectral and hyperspectral data; synthetic aperture radar; LiDAR

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

Advances in Remote Sensing Video Data Processing: Theories, Technologies and Applications

edited by

Peng Wang

, Ying Zhang and

Henry Leung

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 8352 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing video; video system development; video detection and tracking; image/video understanding; video data processing; machine learning

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

Multi-Source Remote Sensing Data for Water Resource Management in Agriculture

edited by

Pasquale Nino

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Nicolas Baghdadi

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Artur Łopatka

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 8091 | Submission Open

Keywords: irrigation; optical and microwave remote sensing; evapotranspiration; soil moisture; unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV); ground sensor

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

Remote Sensing and Modelling of Terrestrial Ecosystems Functioning

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submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 7762 | Submission Open

Keywords: terrestrial ecosystems; remote sensing; vegetation functioning; ET and GPP; estimation and modelling; accuracy assessment

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

Advancements in Passive/Active Remote Sensing of Clouds and Precipitation

edited by Yong-Keun Lee and Thomas Greenwald

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 7237 | Submission Open

Keywords: clouds; precipitation; active remote sensing; ground-based remote sensing; satellite remote sensing; airborne remote sensing

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

Machine Learning and Remote/Proximal Sensing for Rock Mass Characterization and Slope Analyses

edited by

Elisa Mammoliti

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Adriano Mancini

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Mirko Francioni

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 6959 | Submission Open

Keywords: geomechanics and proximal/remote sensing; machine learning; rock mass characterization; discontinuities analysis; fracturing

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

Remote Sensing for Soil Moisture and Vegetation Parameters Retrieval (Second Edition)

edited by

Liangliang Tao

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Dongryeol Ryu

and

Hao Sun

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6853 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil moisture; agricultural monitoring; microwave remote sensing; machine learning; vegetation dynamics estimates; modeling; drought assessment

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

Advances in Remote Sensing Image Target Detection and Recognition

edited by

Yin Zhuang

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4934 | Submission Open

Keywords: semi-supervised learning; few-shot learning; long-tail distribution; domain adaptation; open-vocabulary; zero-shot learning

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

AI Applications to Remote Sensing of Cloud and Precipitation: Monitoring, Modeling, and Prediction

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submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3984 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing techniques; clouds and precipitation; AI applications for RS; cloud microphysics; cloud seeding; extreme weather events; data fusion and assimilation; RS for hydrological analysis; atmospheric water vapor/moisture

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

Remote Sensing and Machine Learning Applications in Atmospheric Physics, Weather, and Air Quality

edited by

Michal Segal-Rosenheimer

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3690 | Submission Open

Keywords: Remote sensing; Machine learning; Air-quality; Aerosols; Weather; Cloud dynamics; Fires

From Remotely Sensed Data to Ecological Intelligence: New Insights in Coral Reef Recovery Detected through Remote Sensing in a Warming Climate

edited by Renata Ferrari, Sophie Gordon, Kang Han,

Erica Nocerino

and Gaia Pavoni

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2185 | Submission Open

Keywords: underwater photogrammetry; neural radiance fields; machine learning applications to the segmentation and classification of coral reef images; orthomosaics; and 3D models; coral reef vital rates; climate change impact detection (i.e.; bleaching; cyclones); spatio-temporal comparisons

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

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

edited by Luwei Feng,

Xiaoyan Kang

and Yan Zhao

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 499 | 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)

Advances in Remote Sensing Large Visual Language Model

edited by Fan Liu, Tianjin Huang and

Jun Zhou

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 345 | Submission Open

Keywords: Vision– Language Models (VLMs); remote sensing; multimodal data fusion; AI-driven mapping; land use classification; visual Question Answering; geospatial reasoning and spatial analysis

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

Remote Sensing for Marine Environmental Disaster Response

edited by

Zhixiang Fang

, Quanyi Huang, Jaroslaw Tęgowski,

Magaly Koch

and

Yukiharu Hisaki

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 14 articles | Viewed by 60880 | Submission Open

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

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

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submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 11 articles | Viewed by 38398 | 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 Image Classification and Semantic Segmentation (Second Edition)

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submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 12 articles | Viewed by 35248 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; deep learning; semantic segmentation; classification; cross-domain; earth observation

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

Advanced Applications of Remote Sensing in Monitoring Marine Environment (Second Edition)

edited by

Zhe-Wen Zheng

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Jiayi Pan

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 12 articles | Viewed by 29036 | Submission Open

Keywords: ocean remote sensing; ocean environment; environment monitoring; remote sensing techniques; satellite data

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

Multi-Data Integration in Near-Surface Geophysics and Close Range Remote Sensing Applied to Cultural Heritage

edited by

Maria Danese

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Nicola Masini

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 25789 | Submission Open

Keywords: near-surface geophysics; close-range remote sensing; multi-data integration; GIS; spatial analysis; machine learning; deep learning; cultural heritage

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

New Insights in Remote Sensing of Snow and Glaciers

edited by

Roberto Salzano

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Rosamaria Salvatori

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 25540 | 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)

Remote Sensing for the Study of the Changes in Wetlands

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submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 24576 | 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)

Application of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing in Urban Areas

edited by

Marwa Elbouz

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Gaëtan Palka

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Catherine Baskiotis

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 23732 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; photogrammetry; urban heterogeneous data fusion; urban planning; urban traffic mitigation; urban digital twins; urban pollution monitoring; global extreme event; machine learning; data mining

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

Advanced AI Technology for Remote Sensing Analysis

edited by Guangliang Cheng,

Qi Zhao

, Shuchang Lyu and

Hossein M. Rizeei

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 21289 | Submission Open

Keywords: multi-modality images; image fusion; cross-domain adaptation; visual– linguistic models; multi-modality downstream tasks; remote sensing; pattern analysis; advanced AI technology; image segmentation/detection and change detection

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

SAR in Big Data Era III

edited by Chao Wang,

Alberto Moreira

, Mihai P. Datcu,

Sirui Tian

and

Yixian Tang

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 20826 | Submission Open

Keywords: SAR/InSAR; big data; sustainable development goals (SDGs); high performance computing; artificial intelligence; PolSAR processing; TomoSAR processing; SAR applications; geohazards; global change

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

Remote Sensing for Landslide Investigations: Mapping, Monitoring and Forecasting

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submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 19429 | Submission Open

Keywords: landslide susceptibility mapping; landslide monitoring; landslide forecasting; landslide hazard assessment; SBAS-InSAR; risk assessment

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

Machine Learning and Image Processing for Object Detection

edited by

Weifeng Liu

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Igor García Olaizola

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Bingfeng Zhang

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 18545 | Submission Open

Keywords: machine learning algorithm; image processing; deep learning; object detection; quality measurement; 3D objects; pre/post-processing; drone imagery

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

Quantitative Remote Sensing of Vegetation and Its Applications

edited by

Kun Jia

and Linqing Yang

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 18397 | 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)

Recent Advances in Infrared Target Detection

edited by Xia Wang and

Kun Gao

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 17097 | Submission Open

Keywords: infrared target detection; deep learning; signal processing; infrared image enhancement; multi-resource data fusion; infrared target tracking; infrared target monitoring

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

Hyperspectral Sensors for Soil Parameters and Crop Parameters Retrieval

edited by

Minfeng Xing

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Jinfei Wang

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Qisheng He

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 16164 | Submission Open

Keywords: hyperspectral imaging; soil parameter retrieval; crop parameter retrieval; remote sensing technologies; precision agriculture; sustainable farming; soil physicochemical properties; crop health monitoring; unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs); biophysical and biochemical parameter estimation

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

Remote Sensing for Agricultural Water Management (RSAWM) (Second Edition)

edited by

Ramona Magno

and Paolo Filippucci

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 15498 | Submission Open

Keywords: high resolution; EO data; machine learning; multi-data-driven approach; water balance; water consumption; soil; climate; vegetation; irrigation

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

Remote, Proximal Sensing and Geophysics for Cultural Heritage Knowledge and Conservation (Second Edition)

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Sergio Vincenzo Calcina

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Ilaria Catapano

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 15219 | Submission Open

Keywords: methods and techniques for cultural heritage knowledge and conservation; geophysical and micro-geophysical methods; ground penetrating radar; electrical resistivity methods; magnetic and electromagnetic methods; seismic and acoustic methods; wide area geophysics; archaeological surveys; optical and infrared photogrammetry; infrared thermography; terahertz and microwave imaging; geomatics for imaging (LiDAR; laser scanner; structure for motion; etc.); image and data processing; NDT and diagnostics methods; satellite and aerial remote sensing; vulnerability studies; satellite and terrestrial radar interferometry (RAR; SAR); radar polarimetry; multispectral and hyperspectral remote sensing; motion magnification technique; integrated methods; virtual restoration and musealization

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

HF Surface Wave Radar: Improving Performance and Extending Capabilities

edited by

Lucy Wyatt

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Stuart Anderson

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 14812 | Submission Open

Keywords: HF radar; radar systems; signal processing; inverse methods; currents; waves; winds; MetOcean

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

Dam Stability Monitoring with Satellite Geodesy II

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Antonio Miguel Ruiz Armenteros

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submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 14446 | 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)

Application of Remote Sensing in Coastline Monitoring

edited by Paolo Ciavola, Clara Armaroli and Juan Montes Pérez

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 14109 | Submission Open

Keywords: coastal morphodynamics; coastal evolution; earth observation data; shoreline; coastal wetlands; dunes; rocky shores; satellite images; UAVs; video monitoring systems

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

Advances in Synthetic Aperture Radar: Calibration, Analysis and Application II

edited by

Fang Shang

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Lamei Zhang

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 14099 | Submission Open

Keywords: synthetic aperture radar; PolSAR; InSAR; POLInSAR; calibration; signal processing; SAR applications; SAR intelligent interpretation

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

Advancements in Remote, Areal, and Proximal Soil Sensing: Innovations in Measurement and Spatial Modelling

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submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 13790 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; proximal soil sensing; UAV; soil spectroscopy; digital soil mapping; geostatistics; soil properties; machine learning

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

SAR for Forest Mapping III

edited by

Michele Martone

and Armando Marino

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 13379 | Submission Open

Keywords: drone/airborne/spaceborne synthetic aperture radar (SAR); biomass estimation; forest mapping; change detection; SAR polarimetry; interferometry; tomography; artificial intelligence for forest applications

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

Remote Sensing of Target Object Detection and Identification (Third Edition)

edited by

Paolo Tripicchio

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 12733 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; data fusion; machine learning; deep learning; signal processing; classification; target tracking

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

Remote Sensing for Monitoring Land-Use/Land-Cover Change and Impacts on Ecosystem Service

edited by

Shaohua Wang

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Liang Zhou

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Yeran Sun

and Haojian Liang

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 12234 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; land-use change; land-cover monitoring; urban environmental monitoring; urban infrastructure; sustainable land management; RS and GIS integration; deep learning applications

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

Temporal and Spatial Analysis of Multi-Source Remote Sensing Images

edited by Lin Lei,

Zhiyong Lv

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Yuli Sun

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 11374 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing images; multi-source data; spatial-temporal analysis; machine learning and deep learning; multi-modal image fusion; change detection; feature alignment

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

Application of Remote Sensing Data in Data Assimilation, Reanalysis and Artificial Intelligence for Mesoscale Numerical Weather Models (Second Edition)

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submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 10851 | Submission Open

Keywords: advances in remote sensing data assimilation; new types of remote sensing observations; network design or data analysis with numerical models; convective-allowing and/or regional numerical model developments; probabilistic prediction methods; verification methods and statistical modelling; new developments in artificial intelligence for numerical models; regional and global data reanalysis techniques; coupled data assimilation; artificial intelligence; machine learning; air quality research

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

Recent Advantages in Monitoring Inland Water Using Various Sources of Remote Sensing Imagery from Space

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