Remote Sensing

Advancements in Satellite and Ground-Based Retrievals for Aerosol and Cloud Characterization

edited by

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submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1865 | Submission Open

Keywords: aerosols; clouds; satellite remote sensing; ground-based measurements; aerosol–cloud interactions; validation; machine learning; retrieval algorithms

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

Satellite and Ground Monitoring and Measurements of Ionospheric and Geo Magnetic Disturbances and Space Weather Events

edited by Si Chen and

Serdjo Kos

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1418 | Submission Open

Keywords: extreme space weather; ionosphere (observation and modelling); GNSS radio occultation; LEO satellite measurements; ionospheric irregularities; geomagnetic storms

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

Forest Fire Monitoring Using Remotely Sensed Imagery

edited by

Michael Wing

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1407 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest fire; productivity; water; hydrology; timber resources; fire operations

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

Intelligent Methods and Deep Learning Advances with Multimodal Remote Sensing Data for Environmental Hazard Applications

edited by

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submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1363 | Submission Open

Keywords: environmental hazard; intelligent algorithms; deep learning; multimodal data; hyperspectral data; foundation models; interpretable AI; self-supervised learning; change detection; 3D reconstruction; AI4EO (artificial intelligence for earth observation)

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

Remote Sensing of Inland Waters and Their Catchments (2nd Edition)

edited by

Cheng Su

,

Hankui Zhang

and

Rafia Mumtaz

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1245 | Submission Open

Keywords: inland waters; catchments; multispectral/hyperspectral sensors; data fusion; water body monitoring; water quality; flood disasters; AI algorithms; ecological balance; sustainable development

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

State of the Art and Future Developments: Short-Range Radar (2nd Edition)

edited by

Yanhua Wang

,

Liang Zhang

and Shichao Chen

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 611 | Submission Open

Keywords: short-range radar; object detection, recognition, and tracking; radar imaging; sensor integration and data fusion; signal processing

Intelligent Processing and Analysis of LiDAR Point Clouds

edited by

Jie Sun

,

Wenxia Dai

and

Wen Xiao

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 516 | Submission Open

Keywords: lidar point clouds; 3D data processing; deep learning for point clouds; point cloud segmentation and classification; 3D object detection; multimodal data fusion; autonomous systems and robotics; geospatial analysis and remote sensing; real-time and edge computing; semantic scene understanding

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

Exploring the Electromagnetic Environment and Natural Hazard Disturbances in Space Using Remote Sensing Satellites and Ground-Based Observations

edited by

Zeren Zhima

and

Angelo De Santis

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 505 | Submission Open

Keywords: electromagnetism satellite; infrared/hyperspectral remote sensing; GNSS technology; the electromagnetic environment; natural hazards monitoring

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

Crop Yield Estimation Based on Remote Sensing and Artificial Intelligence (Second Edition)

edited by

Orly Enrique Apolo Apolo

,

Simon Appeltans

,

Mino Sportelli

and

Borja Espejo-García

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 482 | Submission Open

Keywords: data analytics; remote sensing; LiDAR; spectral analysis; crop modelling; geospatial data

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

Remote Sensing of the Global Cryosphere: Development, Application and Challenges

edited by Qiang Shen,

Donghui Shangguan

and

Xianwei Wang

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 439 | Submission Open

Keywords: cryosphere remote sensing; glacier dynamics; InSAR; ice-sheet mass balance; sea ice monitoring; permafrost deformation; snow remote sensing; multi-sensor fusion; AI in geoscience

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

Advancing Process Representation for Hydrological Modeling Across Spatiotemporal Scales

edited by

Yao Li

,

Tangao Hu

and

Tianlong Jia

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 419 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydrological modeling; spatiotemporal scales; flood; drought; data-scarce regions; hybrid models; remote sensing

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

Advanced Remote Sensing Image Processing Techniques for Plant Disease Detection

edited by

Yu Oishi

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 398 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant disease diagnosis; early detection; drone; monitoring; image recognition; object detection; image classification; image segmentation; new sensors; applications

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

Recent Progress in AI-Based Satellite Sensor Calibration and Remote Sensing Applications

edited by Daewon Chung,

Dongryeol Ryu

and Dochul Yang

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 392 | Submission Open

Keywords: calibration for high-quality remote sensing products; validation for high-quality remote sensing products; calibration and validation of constellation satellite missions; AI application for high-quality remote sensing products; application for high-quality remote sensing products; remote sensing preprocessing; image processing; deep learning; MML, VLM, and encoders; AI agents

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

Advanced Object Detection, Classification and Recognition in VIR Optical and SAR Remote Sensing Imagery

edited by Yuan Liu, Chunlai Li and

Dongdong Pang

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 390 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; object detection; image classification; small object detection; deep learning

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

Monitoring and Assessment of Watershed Aquatic Ecosystems Based on Remote Sensing Technology

edited by Nan Shan and

Qian Zhang

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 382 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; water quality parameter retrieval; eutrophication assessment; evapotranspiration; watershed management; river flow; chlorophyll-a concentration; drought and flood monitoring; watershed ecosystem assessment

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

Integration of Multispectral, LiDAR, and Artificial Intelligence Approaches for Characterizing Wetland Dynamics and Ecological Status

edited by

Javier Estornell

and

Maria-Teresa Sebastia-Frasquet

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 294 | Submission Open

Keywords: bathymetric LiDAR; machine learning; deep learning; classification; wetland; water quality; chlorophyll-a; suspended solids

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

Multimodal Sensing and Fusion Driven Intelligent Computing in Advanced Remote Sensing

edited by

Jinchang Ren

,

Jon Atli Benediktsson

,

Maher Assaad

,

Jaime Zabalza

and

Erlei Zhang

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 284 | Submission Open

Keywords: multimodal remote sensing; data fusion; hyperspectral imaging; SAR and LiDAR integration; intelligent image processing; machine learning for earth observation

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

3D Geospatial Intelligence and Scene Understanding from Multi-Source Remote Sensing

edited by

Banghui Yang

,

Jian Liu

and

Jing Li

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 279 | Submission Open

Keywords: multi-source data fusion; 3D realistic geospatial landscape model and digital twins; virtual geographic environments (VGE); 3D gaussian splatting (3DGS) for geospatial applications; multi-sensor SLAM and geo-localization; smart aerospace infrastructure; advanced remote sensing for agricultural water resources management; natural hazard simulation

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

Vegetation Dynamics Monitoring Using Satellite Remote Sensing

edited by

Chuanwu Zhao

,

Yi Yu

and Haishuo Wei

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 267 | Submission Open

Keywords: vegetation dynamics; vegetation phenology; drought and heat stress; remote sensing; time-series analysis; machine learning; vegetation recovery; land use and land cover change; ecological resilience

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

Remote Sensing Applications for Urban Tree Inventory, Health, and Management

edited by Jonathan Pando Ocón,

John Rogan

and

G. Andrew Fricker

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 257 | Submission Open

Keywords: applied remote sensing; urban forestry; tree segmentation; machine learning; deep learning; species/genus classification; vegetation health assessment; urban planning

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

Advancements in Infrared Sounding Techniques and Applications

edited by Na Li and Xiaobin Zhao

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 202 | Submission Open

Keywords: atmospheric profiles; surface temperature; cloud properties; trace gases; fire detection; space target recognition; spectral signature analysis; radiometric calibration; urban heat; greenhouse gases

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

Multimodal Remote Sensing for Intelligent Interpretation: Fusion, Classification, and Target Detection

edited by Tao Tang,

Deliang Xiang

and

Han Gao

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 200 | Submission Open

Keywords: multi-modal remote sensing images; intelligent image interpretation; cross-modal feature fusion; land cover classification; object detection; deep learning; collaborative optimization; complex scene interpretation

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

Optical Remote Sensing for Deep Space Exploration

edited by Bin Xue, Weiming Xu and Yiyi Zhao

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 191 | Submission Open

Keywords: optical remote sensing instrumentation; radiometric and geometric calibration; hyperspectral spectroscopy; laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS); Raman spectroscopy; autonomous optical navigation; in situ and orbital remote sensing; deep space exploration missions; sensor validation and performance evaluation; multi-technique integration

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

Satellite-Based Remote Sensing for Land Cover and Land Use Mapping in Agriculture

edited by Rémi D'Annunzio

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 174 | Submission Open

Keywords: commodities; land use change; monitoring; agroforestry; deforestation; perennial crop mapping

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

Advances in GNSS Radio Occultation: Observation Physics, Uncertainty, Earth System Applications, and Using AI to Improve the RO Retrievals

edited by

Shu-Peng Ho

and

Michael E. Gorbunov

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 169 | Submission Open

Keywords: GNSS RO; boundary-layer retrievals; weather applications; atmospheric applications; benchmark observation for weather and climate model evaluation; AI applications on RO inversion

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

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

edited by

, Yunheng Wang,

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submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 160 | 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 regional numerical model developments; probabilistic prediction methods; verification methods and statistical modeling; 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)

Research Progress of Radar Remote Sensing in Sea Ice Monitoring

edited by

Igor L. Zakharov

and

Xuebo Zhang

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 155 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing of sea ice; systems for sea ice and iceberg surveillance; algorithms for sea ice parameter retrieval; model-based sea ice monitoring; sea ice instruments and new algorithms for data assimilation in models; iceberg detection

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

Imagery Classification and Feature Extraction Based on Hyperspectral Remote Sensing (Second Edition)

edited by

Xia Xu

, Yuanchao Su and

Xuanwen Tao

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 151 | Submission Open

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

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

Remote Sensing for Disaster Science: Building Damage Recognition and Analysis

edited by

Fang Fang

, Shengwen Li,

Xiao Liu

and

Yongyang Xu

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 150 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; disaster damage assessment; building damage detection; multi-modal remote sensing; high-resolution imagery; SAR-optical fusion; UAV remote sensing; LiDAR point clouds; deep learning; vision transformers

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

Advances in Satellite Gravity Field Retrieval: From GRACE/GRACE-FO to Future Missions

edited by Malgorzata Szelachowska and Walyeldeen Godah

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 146 | Submission Open

Keywords: gravity satellite missions; satellite mission constellation; technological innovations; hydrology; groundwater; cryosphere; noise reduction; data integration

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

Advances in Satellite-Based Precipitation Products: Validation, Uncertainty, Artificial Intelligence and Hydrological Applications

edited by

Mohammed Mahmoud

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 143 | Submission Open

Keywords: satellite precipitation; GPM IMERG; machine learning; rainfall validation; bias correction; uncertainty quantification; hydrological modelling; climate variability

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

Integrating Multi-Sensor Remote Sensing for Surface Deformation and Geohazard Detection

edited by

Zhuge Xia

,

Kun Qian

, Mimi Peng, Qi Zhang and

Wandi Wang

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 141 | Submission Open

Keywords: multi-sensor remote sensing; surface deformation; geohazard detection; InSAR; GNSS; time-series analysis; machine learning; data fusion

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

Multimodal Remote Sensing and Big Data Analytics for Earth Observation

edited by

Gizem Senel

,

Mehmet Furkan Celik

and

Mustafa Serkan Isik

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 133 | Submission Open

Keywords: multimodal remote sensing; big geospatial data; data fusion; GeoAI; time-series analysis; deep learning; foundational models in remote sensing; cloud computing; geospatial analytics

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

Intelligent Spatio-Temporal Dynamic Analysis Based on Multi-Temporal Remote Sensing Images

edited by

Yiming Yan

,

Zhiqi Pang

,

Suleman Mazhar

and Wenxiang Zhu

submission deadline 1 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 356 | Submission Open

Keywords: semantic segmentation; instance segmentation; panoptic segmentation; multi-temporal target correlation; multi-temporal target re-identification; change detection; remote sensing image description; change description; change analysis application

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

Remote Sensing for Monitoring Glacier and Ice Sheet Margin Dynamics

edited by

Levan Tielidze

submission deadline 1 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 234 | Submission Open

Keywords: glacier and ice sheet dynamics; synthetic aperture radar (SAR); satellite altimetry; machine learning in cryosphere studies; multi-sensor data fusion; glacier change detection and monitoring

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

3D Computer Vision for Remote Sensing: Point Clouds, Reconstruction and Scene Understanding

edited by

Hanyun Wang

, Li Li, Qi Dong and

Yao Wei

submission deadline 15 Dec 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2022 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; computer vision; LiDAR; point clouds; 3D synthesis and reconstruction; scene understanding; multimodal data fusion; deep generative models; large vision–language models; 3D remote sensing applications

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

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 15 Dec 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1755 | 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 Advances in Spaceborne Laser Altimetry for High-Accuracy Elevation Modeling and Application

edited by

Binbin Li

and

Huan Xie

submission deadline 15 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 581 | Submission Open

Keywords: spaceborne laser altimetry; high-accuracy elevation modeling; calibration and validation; multi-source data integration; sensor technology; planetary and asteroids mapping

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

Machine Learning for Feature Extraction and Classification in Remote Sensing Images

edited by Peng Dou,

Chunlin Huang

and

Weixiao Han

submission deadline 16 Dec 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1433 | Submission Open

Keywords: machine learning; feature extraction; image classification; remote sensing imagery; deep learning; target detection; hyperspectral imagery; SAR imagery; intelligent interpretation

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

Satellite Observations and Numerical Studies for Ionosphere, Plasma Dynamics, and Space Weather Prediction

edited by Dehe Yang and

Kwangsun Ryu

submission deadline 20 Dec 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4120 | Submission Open

Keywords: ionosphere; geomagnetic activities; space plasma; space weather/numerical weather monitoring; satellite remote sensing; in situ measurements; radio occultation

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

Applications of SAR for Environment Observation Analysis (Second Edition)

edited by

Vahid Akbari

,

Masoud Mahdianpari

and

Nizar Bouhlel

submission deadline 20 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 132 | Submission Open

Keywords: synthetic aperture radar (SAR); InSAR phase analysis; tomographic SAR; NISAR mission; BIOMASS mission; SAR polarimetry; environmental monitoring; machine learning for SAR; multitemporal SAR analysis; earth observation

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

Advances in Multi-Sensor Remote Sensing for Vegetation Monitoring

edited by

Shan Lu

and

Chunying Ren

submission deadline 29 Dec 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 13384 | 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)

Image Analysis for Forest Environmental Monitoring (2nd Edition)

edited by

El Khalil Cherif

and

Catarina Barata

submission deadline 29 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 402 | 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)

Spaceborne Global Navigation Satellite System Reflectometry (GNSS-R): Techniques, Applications, and Challenges

edited by

Feixiong Huang

, Wei Wan and

Feng Wang

submission deadline 30 Dec 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6951 | Submission Open

Keywords: GNSS-R; satellite mission; small satellite; ocean surface; soil moisture; sea ice; biomass; target detection

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

GeoAI and EO Big Data Driven Advances in Earth Environmental Science (Second Edition)

edited by

, Hui Lin,

,

and

submission deadline 30 Dec 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 5342 | Submission Open

Keywords: earth observation big data; GeoAI; multisource/multimodal data fusion; long time-series analysis; retrievals of environmental variables; postprocessing of environmental variable retrievals; monitoring, evaluation, and prediction; land cover land use; natural hazards; high-impact events

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

Deep Neural Networks for Hyperspectral Remote Sensing Image Processing (Second Edition)

edited by

Yulei Wang

, Enyu Zhao,

Weiying Xie

and

Chein-I Chang

submission deadline 30 Dec 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2863 | Submission Open

Keywords: deep neural networks; deep feature extraction; lightweight model; hyperspectral remote sensing images; thermal infrared; quantitative remote sensing; multi-sensor and multi-platform analyses; remote sensing applications

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

Applications of Multi-Instrument Remote Sensing in Climate Change and Sustainability Monitoring

edited by

John J. Qu

,

Xianjun Hao

and Zhiliang Zhu

submission deadline 30 Dec 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2488 | Submission Open

Keywords: multi-instrument remote sensing; environment monitoring; sustainability assessment; airborne and ground-based sensors; optical and radar sensing; climate change monitoring; remote sensing big data; water–energy–food–health (WEFH) nexus; artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML)

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

Remote Sensing with Radar or Lidar for Multi-Scale Atmospheric Observation

edited by

Zhifeng Shu

and

Zhiqiu Gao

submission deadline 30 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1687 | Submission Open

Keywords: radar remote sensing; lidar atmospheric sensing; multi-scale atmospheric observation; atmospheric boundary layer observation; atmospheric parameter retrieval; energy meteorology observation; wind field detection; cloud and precipitation detection; radar/lidar data assimilation; machine learning

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

Advanced Image Processing Technologies and Applications for Remote Sensing

edited by Feiming Wei,