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 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 349 | 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)

Landslide Detection Using Machine and Deep Learning

edited by

Wen Liu

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 340 | Submission Open

Keywords: landslide detection; real-time monitoring; time series analysis; deep learning; machine learning

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

Remote Sensing Observation Methods for Leaf Area Index (LAI)

edited by Weiliang Fan,

Qian Zhang

and Meihong Fang

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 323 | Submission Open

Keywords: leaf area index; canopy structure; ground-based observation; satellite-based remote sensing; remote sensing inversion; ground-based remote sensing platform; remote sensing modeling

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

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

edited by

Deaconu Lucia

and

Haipeng Zhang

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 287 | 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)

Remote Sensing Monitoring of Conservation Tillage

edited by

Jia Du

,

Jochem Verrelst

and

Thomas Alexandridis

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 258 | Submission Open

Keywords: conservation tillage; crop residue cover; remote sensing; tillage classification; spatiotemporal fusion; machine learning; sustainable agriculture; precision farming

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

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

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submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 214 | 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)

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

edited by

John J. Qu

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Xianjun Hao

and Zhiliang Zhu

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 197 | 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)

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 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 190 | 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)

Advanced Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Remote Sensing Image Recognition (2nd Edition)

edited by Dong Ren, Huiqin Ma, Hang Sun and Li Liu

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 124 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; deep learning; remote sensing image interpretation; object detection; change detection; data fusion; environmental monitoring; remote sensing image quality enhancement and restoration

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

Forest Fire Monitoring Using Remotely Sensed Imagery

edited by

Michael Wing

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 74 | Submission Open

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

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

Advanced Application of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Vision in Remote Sensing (Fourth Edition)

edited by Hossein M. Rizeei

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 71 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence (AI); machine vision (MV); machine learning (ML); geospatial information systems (GIS); optimisation; spatial framework; deep learning (DL)

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

Multi-Sensor Fusion for UAV Remote Sensing: Deep Learning-Driven Target Detection in Complex Environments

edited by

Yong Jia

, Shisheng Guo and Yongping Song

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 67 | Submission Open

Keywords: UAV remote sensing; multi-sensor fusion; deep learning; complex environments; target detection; multimodal data registration

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

Multi-Platform Hydrometeorological Monitoring and Analysis Using Remote Sensing (Second Edition)

edited by

Marios Anagnostou

,

John Kalogiros

and

Jianzhong Lu

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 60 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing of hydrology; weather radar; multi-platform analysis; soil moisture; precipitation; evapotranspiration; meteorology; weather reanalysis; flood and drought

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

Integrated Retrieval of Atmospheric Temperature and Humidity by Hyperspectral Microwave Radiometers

edited by

Jieying He

and

Gang Ma

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 60 | Submission Open

Keywords: hyperspectral microwave radiometer; integrated retrieval; temperature and humidity profile; calibration and validation; end-to-end simulation/OSSE; data assimilation impact

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

Recent Advances in Multi-Platform SAR for Surface and Structural Deformation Monitoring

edited by

Seung Kuk Lee

and

Sang-Hoon Hong

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 46 | Submission Open

Keywords: InSAR (interferometric SAR); surface deformation monitoring; multi-platform SAR; Ground-based radar (GBSAR); UAV-SAR

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

Remote Sensing Advances in Spaceborne Laser Altimetry for High-Accuracy Elevation Modeling and Application

edited by

Binbin Li

and

Huan Xie

submission deadline 1 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 247 | 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)

Recent Progress in Hyperspectral Remote Sensing Data Processing

edited by Joan Serra-Sagristà,

Vladimir Lukin

and

Benoit Vozel

submission deadline 10 Jun 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 13976 | Submission Open

Keywords: hyperspectral data processing; remote sensing data processing; classification; segmentation; and detection; transmission and compression; machine-learning based remote sensing processing

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

Advances in Remote Sensing and Digital Twins for Management of Civil Infrastructure Assets

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submission deadline 10 Jun 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 12475 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital twins; structural health monitoring (SHM); artificial intelligence (AI); UAV-based photogrammetry; terrestrial laser scanning (TLS); building and bridge information modeling (BIM/BrIM); 3D reconstruction and modeling; computer vision; bridge inspection; infrastructure inspection and assessment; infrastructure management systems; virtual reality (VR); augmented reality (AR)

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

Application of Remote Sensing and Numerical Modelling in River, Estuarine and Coastal Environments

edited by

Eleonora Perugini

, Lorenzo Melito and

Erwin Bergsma

submission deadline 10 Jun 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3602 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; numerical modelling; flood risk; coastal erosion; waves; river flow; surface velocity; video monitoring; hydro-morphodynamics; CFD

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

Remote Sensing Applications Along the Dead Sea Fault: From the Red Sea to Anatolia

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submission deadline 15 Jun 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 11212 | Submission Open

Keywords: Dead Sea Fault; earth surface deformation; submarine groundwater discharge; multispectral analysis; InSAR; photogrammetry; machine-learning-based remote sensing analysis; vegetation patterns; land use; geomorphology

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

Algorithms Exploration of Land Surface Temperature Retrieval from Satellites Data

edited by Caixia Gao

submission deadline 15 Jun 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 838 | Submission Open

Keywords: thermal infrared sensors; atmospheric effect correction; land surface temperature and emissivity separation; land surface temperature downscaling; land surface temperature validation; artificial intelligence

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

Advanced Methods and Applications in SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar) Image Target Detection and Recognition

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submission deadline 15 Jun 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 222 | Submission Open

Keywords: synthetic aperture radar (SAR); target detection and recognition; multi-modal information fusion; explainability

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

Multi-Temporal 3D Point Cloud Analysis for Heritage Site Monitoring and Preservation

edited by

Nicodemo Abate

, Antonio Minervino Amodio and

Alessia Frisetti

submission deadline 15 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 109 | Submission Open

Keywords: 3D point clouds; cultural heritage; multi-temporal analysis; change detection; LiDAR; photogrammetry; heritage conservation; remote sensing

Remote Sensing-Driven Advances from Mesoscale to Convective-Scale Predictions: Process Modelling, Observations, Data Assimilation and Machine Learning

edited by

Bin Chen

and

Stephan Havemann

submission deadline 15 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 90 | Submission Open

Keywords: mesoscale convective systems; data assimilation; numerical modelling; physical mechanisms; artificial intelligence

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

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

edited by Daewon Chung,

Dongryeol Ryu

and Dochul Yang

submission deadline 15 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 59 | 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)

Multi-Source Remote Sensing for Agricultural Water and Soil Management

edited by

Caixia Li

and

Liang Sun

submission deadline 20 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 111 | Submission Open

Keywords: multi-source remote sensing; soil moisture; evapotranspiration; data fusion; machine learning; deep learning; precision agriculture; soil and crop health ; agricultural field management

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

Ecological Environment Remote Sensing and Sustainable Development Evaluation in Coastal Zones

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submission deadline 25 Jun 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5537 | Submission Open

Keywords: coastal zones; intelligent remote sensing interpretation; ecological environment remote sensing; ecological pro-cesses; landscape ecological security; land subsidence safety; sustainable development

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

Advances in GIS and Remote Sensing Applications in Natural Hazards

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submission deadline 28 Jun 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 18866 | Submission Open

Keywords: GIS; natural hazards; remote sensing; vulnerability; machine learning

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

Remote Sensing of Soil Moisture and the Dynamics of Soil–Vegetation Systems

edited by

Ankur Srivastava

,

Mauro Holzman

and

Facundo Carmona

submission deadline 28 Jun 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 18780 | Submission Open

Keywords: vegetation water stress; surface and sub-surface soil moisture; solar-thermal spectra; evapotranspiration; arid and semi-arid ecosystems; vegetation productivity; water deficit in agricultural lands

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

Remote Sensing in Applied Ecology (Second Edition)

edited by

Jun Ma

submission deadline 28 Jun 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 11597 | Submission Open

Keywords: ecological applications; remote sensing data; spatio-temporal scales; ecosystems; sustainable development

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

Advances in 3D Reconstruction with High-Resolution Satellite Data

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submission deadline 28 Jun 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 6834 | Submission Open

Keywords: satellite photogrammetry; dense image matching; semantic 3D reconstruction; realistic 3D reconstruction; 3D scene understanding; multi-model 3D reconstruction

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

Integrating Deep Learning with Image Perception for Advanced Remote Sensing Applications

edited by Xin He, Yushi Chen, Jinghui Yang and

Aili Wang

submission deadline 28 Jun 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6710 | Submission Open

Keywords: deep learning; remote sensing data analysis; hyperspectral classification; multimodal remote sensing data fusion; deep learning-based SAR methods

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

Using Remote Sensing Technology to Quantify Greenhouse Gas Emissions

edited by

Ge Han

,

Simit Raval

and Tianqi Shi

submission deadline 28 Jun 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6491 | Submission Open

Keywords: greenhouse gas emissions; CO2; CH4; N2O; flux inversion; point sources; space– ground-based remote sensing; hyperspectral and LiDAR remote sensing; OCO-2/3 GOSAT TROPOMI TANSAT DQ-1

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

Innovations in Hyperspectral Image Processing: Advancing Image Generation, Denoising, Fusion Techniques and Beyond

edited by Jiangjun Peng, Xiangyong Cao,

Shuang Xu

,

Jing Yao

and

Gemine Vivone

submission deadline 28 Jun 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3534 | Submission Open

Keywords: hyperspectral image denoising; hyperspectral image fusion; hyperspectral image generation; hyperspectral image restoration; deep learning; statistical regularization model

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

Advances in SAR Remote Sensing for Landslide Monitoring and Hazard Assessment

edited by Wanji Zheng,

Jun Hu

, Zhong Lu and

Jiehua Cai

submission deadline 28 Jun 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2621 | Submission Open

Keywords: Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR); Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR); landslide monitoring; ground deformation; multi-temporal analysis; data fusion; deep learning

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

Intelligent Interpretation of Remote Sensing Images and Intelligent Processing of Remote Sensing Information

edited by

Xueying Wang

, Yingqian Wang,

Yanyan Zhang

and

Boyang Li

submission deadline 28 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 1049 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing images; space-based SAR; infrared and visible optics remote sensing; remote sensing information processing; integration processing; intelligence processing; target detection; tracking and recognition

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

Revolutionizing Earth Observation: Convolutional Neural Networks Innovations in Remote Sensing and Environmental Monitoring

edited by

Antonio Mazza

, Massimiliano Gargiulo,

Sergio Vitale

and

Matteo Ciotola

submission deadline 28 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 425 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; deep learning; convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs); generative Adversarial Networks (GANs); earth observation; remote sensing; image processing; data fusion; super resolution

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

Spatial Calculation and Remote Sensing Diagnosis for Environmental Health

edited by

Min Xu

,

Shaohua Wang

,

Ran Tao

and Chunxiang Cao

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 19548 | Submission Open

Keywords: environmental health; spatial calculation; diagnosis by remote sensing; dynamic simulation; spatiotemporal big data analysis; geographic flow; disease transmission; risk warning

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

Advances in GNSS Remote Sensing for Ionosphere Observation

edited by

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, Dunyong Zheng,

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submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 15607 | Submission Open

Keywords: deep learning; ionospheric modeling; space weather; ionospheric disturbances; ionospheric scintillation; lithosphere-ionosphere coupling

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

Applications and Analysis of Satellite Cloud Imagery Using Deep Learning Techniques

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submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 15499 | Submission Open

Keywords: satellite cloud image; deep learning; object detection; classification; prediction; restoration; tropical cyclone

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

Coastal Environment Monitoring Based on Remote Sensing and Artificial Intelligence

edited by

Scot Smith

and

Kamal Darwish

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 11161 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; remote sensing; coastal monitoring; LiDAR; satellite imagery

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

Trend, Progress and Application of Remote Sensing for Atmospheric Environment and Climate Change

edited by

Shaohua Zhao

, Xingying Zhang, Wei Xiong,

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submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 9653 | Submission Open

Keywords: atmospheric monitoring; satellite observations; air quality; aerosols and clouds; greenhouse gas; climate change; data fusion; machine learning

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

PAZ Ciencia: Review of the Scientific Results from Radar PAZ Mission Data

edited by

José Fernández

,

Antonio Turiel

, María José González Bonilla, Juan Manuel Cuerda Muñoz and Nuria Casal Vázquez

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 8577 | Submission Open

Keywords: synthetic aperture radar; SAR interferometry; SAR polarimetry; ground deformation; land cover; geo-hazards; hidrology

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

Remote Sensing of Ecosystem Structure and Function Dynamics Due to Climate Change and Human Activities (2nd Edition)

edited by

Jun Zhai

,

Wei Cao

and

Yuanwei Qin

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8331 | Submission Open

Keywords: ecosystem structure; ecosystem function; ecological protection; biodiversity; nature reserves; carbon sequestration; climate change

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

Advancement of Multi-Source Remote Sensing Data Fusion in Environmental Monitoring

edited by Junjue Wang,

Jiaqi Yang

, Yinhe Liu, Zhuo Zheng and

Yonghao Xu

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 8242 | Submission Open

Keywords: multi-source remote sensing data fusion; multi-source transferable or domain adaptation models; multi-modal models for remote sensing tasks; ecosystem monitoring; urban analysis; crop monitoring and yield forecasting; glacier and sea ice monitoring; atmospheric monitoring; greenhouse gas emission monitoring; vegetation dynamics and carbon cycle

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

Remote Sensing and Associated Artificial Intelligence in Agricultural Applications (2nd Edition)

edited by

Enrico Corrado Borgogno Mondino

,

Filippo Sarvia

and

Samuele De Petris

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7752 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; agricultural application; common agricultural policy (CAP); precision agriculture; machine learning; service prototype development; crop monitoring; crop detection; deep learning; artificial intelligence; crop classification; yield prediction; GIS application; precision farming; remotely piloted aircraft systems (RPASs); image segmentation

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

GNSS and Multi-Sensor Integrated Precise Positioning and Applications

edited by

Guorui Xiao

,

Xinghan Chen

, Peiyuan Zhou and

Lingxuan Wang

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6541 | 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)

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

edited by

David Gomez-Ortiz

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6236 | Submission Open

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

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

Point Cloud Data Analysis and Applications

edited by

Ruijin Ma

,

Tarig Ali

and

Maolin Chen

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4460 | Submission Open

Keywords: point clouds processing; geospatial digital twin modeling; data fusion

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

Application of Remote Sensing in Landscape Ecology

edited by

Wayne Myers

and

Douglas Miller

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4402 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; landscape ecology; image analysis; environmental indicators; lidar; radar; ecosystem services; spatial analysis; machine learning; drones; multispectral; digital elevation model; UAV; satellite imagery; radiotracking; digital sound recording; landscape fragmentation

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

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