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Semantic Analysis of Remote Sensing Images Based on Deep Learning
edited by Haiyan Jin, , and
submission deadline 30 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 180 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing Image Processing)
AI-Driven Hyperspectral Remote Sensing of Atmosphere and Land
edited by Chunqiang Wu, , , Chunshan Li and
submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 11414 | Submission Open
Keywords: deep learning for remote sensing; hyperspectral remote sensing; retrieval of atmospheric parameter ; land surface monitoring hyperspectral sounder and imager applications
(This special issue belongs to the Section AI Remote Sensing)
Smart Monitoring of Urban Environment Using Remote Sensing submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 11399 | 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)
3D City Modeling and Observation Using Remote Sensing and Artificial Intelligence
edited by Zheng Ji and
submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 9544 | 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)
Deep Learning-Based Interpretation and Processing of Remote Sensing Images
edited by Sheng Xu, Qiaolin Ye and
submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 6818 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing Image Processing)
Role of SAR/InSAR Techniques in Investigating Ground Deformation
edited by Xue Chen and
submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 6653 | Submission Open
Keywords: SAR/InSAR; ground deformation; tectonic activities; seismic activities; transient slow-slip processes; geological hazards; optical imagery; data fusion and machine learning
(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing in Geology, Geomorphology and Hydrology)
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition for the Analysis of 2D/3D Remote Sensing Data in Geoscience (Second Edition)
edited by Shengke Wang, Bineng Zhong, and
submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6248 | Submission Open
Keywords: object detection and tracking; intelligent interpretation of remote sensing video/image; image segmentation and feature extraction; image stitching and fusion; online and real time processing; monitoring and inspection; application and software development
(This special issue belongs to the Section AI Remote Sensing)
Intelligent Remote Sensing for Wetland Mapping and Monitoring
edited by Ming Wang, , Xiao Huang, , Huiying Li and Hengxing Xiang
submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4757 | Submission Open
Keywords: wetland mapping and monitoring; intelligent remote sensing; deep learning; time-series analysis; change detection; wetland ecosystem services; hydrological dynamics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Remote Sensing)
Remote Sensing for Modeling and Understanding Land-Atmosphere Interaction Processes
edited by , Dagang Wang and
submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3698 | Submission Open
Keywords: remote sensing; land-atmosphere interaction; evapotranspiration; soil moisture; vegetation ecosystem; land use/land cover change; land surface model; hydrological modeling; machine learning
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Remote Sensing)
Remote Sensing Applications in Land Cover Changes and Associated Environmental Effects: Progress, Challenges, and Opportunities (Second Edition)
edited by , , , Haiyan Zhang and Shoubao Geng
submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3478 | Submission Open
Keywords: land use/cover changes; remote sensing; climate change; human activities; machine learning
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Remote Sensing)
Advances in Hyperspectral Data Analysis for Vegetation and Soil Monitoring
edited by
submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3397 | Submission Open
Keywords: hyperspectral remote sensing; vegetation phenology; soil properties; vegetation health; soil degradation; precision agriculture
(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing in Agriculture and Vegetation)
Remote Sensing and GeoAI in Natural Hazard Assessment: Emerging Trends and Applications submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3218 | Submission Open
Keywords: natural hazards (floods, landslides, earthquakes, erosion, wildfires, droughts, etc.); remote sensing; GeoAI (geospatial artificial intelligence); damage assessment; data fusion (e.g., SAR, optical, LiDAR); intelligent geohazard computation; explainable AI (XAI) for geohazards; hazard and risk assessment; Earth observation; vulnerability mapping
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Remote Sensing)
City Future: The Innovative Fusion of Artificial Intelligence and Multi-Source Remote Sensing Data
edited by Maofan Zhao, Shouhang Du, , and
submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3113 | Submission Open
Keywords: artificial intelligence; urban remote sensing; multi-source remote sensing; foundation models; land use and change detection; 3D reconstruction
(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Remote Sensing)
Machine Learning of Remote Sensing Imagery for Land Cover Mapping
edited by , , and
submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2456 | Submission Open
Keywords: land cover/land use; classification; multimodal data fusion; domain adaptation; urban sustainability; feature extraction; deep learning; crowdsensing data
(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing for Geospatial Science)
Advances in SAR, Optical, Hyperspectral and Infrared Remote Sensing submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2455 | Submission Open
Keywords: SAR/optical/hyperspectral/infrared remote sensing; high-precision imaging; AI-driven remote sensing interpretation; multi-source data fusion; parameter inversion; earth observation applications
(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing Image Processing)
Remote Sensing for Precision Farming and Crop Phenology (Second Edition) submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2425 | Submission Open
Keywords: remote sensing; precision farming; crop phenology; crop yield estimation; crop monitoring
(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing in Agriculture and Vegetation)
Remote Sensing for Landslide Investigation: From Ground Deformation Mapping to Hazard Assessment
edited by , and
submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2085 | Submission Open
Keywords: space–air–ground–interior-based monitoring; multisource data; temporal and spatial deformation; multi-sensor data fusion; machine learning; explainable AI; landslide hazard and risk assessment
(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing in Geology, Geomorphology and Hydrology)
Precision Agriculture and Crop Monitoring Based on Remote Sensing Methods (Second Edition)
edited by , Renato Herrig Furlanetto and
submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2081 | Submission Open
Keywords: precision agriculture; remote sensing; crop monitoring; satellite imagery; UAVs (drones); multispectral sensing; hyperspectral imaging; LiDAR in agriculture; AI in agriculture; sustainable farming
(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing in Agriculture and Vegetation)
Advances in Optical Sensors Research: Pre-Flight and In-Orbit Characterization, Calibration, Product Validation and Data Applications
edited by , Julia A. Barsi, Camille Desjardins and Steffen Dransfeld
submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1947 | Submission Open
Keywords: optical sensors; pre-flight characterization; in-orbit calibration; product validation; radiometric, spectral and geometric calibration uncertainty analysis; multi-sensor harmonization; earth observation applications
(This special issue belongs to the Section Satellite Missions for Earth and Planetary Exploration)
GeoAI for Urban Understanding: Fusing Multi-Source Geospatial Data submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1725 | Submission Open
Keywords: GeoAI; urban understanding; data fusion; multi-source data; geospatial big data; remote sensing; social sensing; sustainable cities
(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Remote Sensing)
New Perspectives on 3D Point Cloud (Fourth Edition) submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1701 | Submission Open
Keywords: point cloud acquisition, data extraction/data analysis/point cloud registration/multi-temporal point clouds; AI/ML/DL for point cloud processing and pattern recognition in the context of remote sensing; NErF/Gaussian splatting; monocular depth estimation for 3D point cloud reconstruction; multimodal fusion (LiDAR+SAR+multispectral); multi-time point cloud change detection; multi-sensor point cloud collaboration; voxel creation; object detection, down sampling, denoising; point cloud processing, classification and quality assessment; from 2D images to 3D point clouds with GANs and LLMs in the context of remote sensing data acquisition or scene understanding
(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing Image Processing)
Improving Meteorological Forecasting Models Using Remote Sensing Data
edited by Kaijun Ren, and Jia Liu
submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1662 | Submission Open
Keywords: meteorological satellite remote sensing; atmospheric parameters; data assimilation; AI/ML in meteorology; model optimization; meteorological forecasting; extreme weather events
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Remote Sensing)
Advances in Multi-GNSS Technology and Applications (2nd Edition)
edited by , and Le Wang
submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1559 | Submission Open
Keywords: multi-GNSS; multi-sensors; positioning, navigation, and timing service; GNSS integrity monitoring; GNSS signal processing; multi-technique integration
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Remote Sensing)
Multi-Sensor Fusion for UAV Remote Sensing: Deep Learning-Driven Target Detection in Complex Environments
edited by , Shisheng Guo and Yongping Song
submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1554 | 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)
Hyperspectral Remote Sensing for Soil Property Retrieval: Advances and Applications submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1512 | Submission Open
Keywords: hyperspectral remote sensing; soil spectroscopy; digital soil mapping; UAV- and satellite-based sensing; machine learning and data fusion; precision agriculture
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Remote Sensing)
Bridging AI and Remote Sensing: Multimodal Learning for Advanced Semantic Understanding
edited by , and
submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1366 | Submission Open
Keywords: multimodal learning; remote sensing semantic understanding; multi-source remote sensing data fusion; deep learning
(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing Image Processing)
Exploring the Urban Heat Island and Its Mechanisms Based on Satellite and AI
edited by Charles Man Sing Wong, Majid Nazeer and Xin-Yu Yu
submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1336 | Submission Open
Keywords: urban heat island (UHI); satellite remote sensing; artificial intelligence (AI); land surface temperature; urban climate; thermal infrared imaging; data fusion
(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Remote Sensing)
Remote Sensing for Vegetation Biophysical and Biochemical Parameters Retrieval submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1283 | Submission Open
Keywords: imaging spectroscopy; agriculture; forest ecosystems; radiative transfer modeling; machine learning; hybrid methods; vegetation biophysical and biochemical parameters
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biogeosciences Remote Sensing)
Intelligent Interpretation of Remote Sensing Imagery: AI-Enhanced Monitoring of Geographical and Geological Environments
edited by Yusen Dong, and Kang He
submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1179 | Submission Open
Keywords: remote sensing; deep learning; multi-sensor data fusion; image segmentation; change detection; explainable AI; geographical environment; geological environment; hazard monitoring
(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing Image Processing)
Aerosol Remote Sensing from Space, Ground or Computers
edited by and
submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1089 | Submission Open
Keywords: satellite; air pollution; sea salt; volcanic ash; soil dust; biomass burning; bioaerosol
(This special issue belongs to the Section Atmospheric Remote Sensing)
Near-Surface Geophysics and Remote Sensing for Observing Coupled Surface and Subsurface Processes and Their Interactions
edited by Wenke Zhao and
submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 985 | Submission Open
Keywords: remote sensing (RS); satellite remote sensing; UAV remote sensing; aerial remote sensing; near-surface geophysics; electromagnetic method; electrical resistivity tomography (ERT); ground-penetrating radar (GPR); coupled surface-subsurface processes; hydrogeophysics; time-lapse monitoring; artificial intelligence (AI)
(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing in Geology, Geomorphology and Hydrology)
Deep Learning Innovations: Small Samples and Foundation Models for Hyperspectral/Multispectral Imagery
edited by , Xiaobin Zhao, and
submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 906 | Submission Open
Keywords: hyperspectral/multispectral imagery; deep learning; foundation models; small-sample learning; self-supervised learning; environment monitoring and prediction; generative AI; spectral–spatial modeling; image classification/segmentation; transfer learning
(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing Image Processing)
Radar Advances in Ocean Dynamics
edited by , , Enhui Liao and
submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 887 | Submission Open
Keywords: synthetic aperture radar (SAR); ocean surface dynamics; air–sea interaction; scatterometer and altimeter applications; ocean waves, currents, and eddies; deep learning and artificial intelligence; multi-sensor data fusion; coastal and extreme-event monitoring; radar oceanography; climate and marine applications
(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Remote Sensing)
Deep Learning-Driven Hyperspectral Unmixing and Classification Techniques for Remote Sensing Images
edited by Yang Xu
submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 858 | Submission Open
Keywords: hyperspectral imaging; hyperspectral unmixing; hyperspectral classification; endmember extraction; nonlinear unmixing; large models and foundation models; spectral-spatial feature extraction; deep learning
(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing Image Processing)
Remote Sensing of Wave Dynamics and Hydrodynamics in Marine Environments submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 847 | Submission Open
Keywords: ocean remote sensing; wave; current; eddies; hydrodynamics; marine environments; altimeter; lidar; artificial intelligence model; data processing algorithms
(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Remote Sensing)
Understanding Ecosystem Dynamics in Cold and Arid Regions Under Global Change: A Remote Sensing Perspective
edited by , , Lei Zheng, Nan Wang and
submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 777 | Submission Open
Keywords: vegetation dynamics; climate change; remote sensing; cryosphere; eco-hydrology; extreme climate events; ecosystem resilience; Qinghai–Tibet Plateau; drylands; high latitudes
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Remote Sensing)
Remote Sensing for Air Quality, Health, and Sustainable Development
edited by , Xin-Yu Yu, and
submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 577 | Submission Open
Keywords: air pollution; air quality monitoring; aerosols; particulate matters; satellite observation; environmental health
(This special issue belongs to the Section Atmospheric Remote Sensing)
Leveraging Multitemporal Remote Sensing Data for Land Use and Land Cover Classification
edited by Ioannis Kotaridis, Hazem Abdo and
submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 481 | Submission Open
Keywords: land use and land cover classification; image classification; semantic segmentation; multitemporal; multimodal; Artificial Intelligence (AI); Machine Learning (ML); Deep Learning (DL); Geospatial Information Systems (GIS); remote sensing
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Remote Sensing)
Remote Sensing and Geospatial Technologies for Sustainable Farming Practices submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 473 | Submission Open
Keywords: agriculture; aquaculture; optical remote sensing; microwave remote sensing; biophysical parameters; classification
(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing in Agriculture and Vegetation)
Machine Learning for Applications in Agriculture and Vegetation Using Remote Sensing (Second Edition) submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 453 | Submission Open
Keywords: artificial intelligence; machine learning; deep learning; remote sensing; data mining; water–energy–food nexus; crop yield prediction; agriculture; climate change; sustainable irrigation and fertilization.
(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing in Agriculture and Vegetation)
Multi-Temporal Remote Sensing of Forest Disturbance: Detection, Mapping and Impact Assessment
edited by Feng Yang, Dashan Wang, Anna Shcherbacheva and Xiaoxin Zhang
submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 418 | Submission Open
Keywords: forest dynamics; remote sensing; geospatial artificial intelligence (Geo-AI); forest disturbance detection; forest cover mapping; ecohydrological effects; carbon effects; thermal sensitivity; forest resilience
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Remote Sensing)
AI-Enhanced GNSS Meteorology for Real-Time Correction of Microwave Remote Sensing Data
edited by Jungang Wang and Longjiang Tang
submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 334 | Submission Open
Keywords: GNSS meteorology; artificial intelligence; microwave remote sensing; tropospheric delay correction; precipitable water vapor (PWV); climate applications; real-time data assimilation; atmospheric water vapor retrieval
(This special issue belongs to the Section Atmospheric Remote Sensing)
Linking Marine Heatwaves/Cold-Spells, Eddies, and Sea Surface Features—2nd Edition
edited by and
submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 317 | Submission Open
Keywords: marine heatwaves; marine cold-spells; oceanic eddies; sea surface features; remote sensing; AI; climate change; ecosystem impacts
(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Remote Sensing)
Remote Sensing Data Dense Prediction and Feature Extraction
edited by Gongyang Li, and Feng Li
submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 302 | Submission Open
Keywords: segmentation; object detection; classification; feature extraction; data generation; inpainting/denoising/dehazing
(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing Image Processing)
Remote Sensing and Earth Intelligence in Wildfire Ecology and Forest Restoration Monitoring
edited by Yakui Shao, , Qiuhua Wang and
submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 300 | Submission Open
Keywords: wildfire ecology; forest restoration; earth intelligence; remote sensing; artificial intelligence; unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV); cloud computing; digital twin; fire severity; burned area; burned area extraction; fire behavior; fuel load; lightning-induced fire; dynamic early warning; near real-time monitoring; fire vegetation climate coupling; landscape pattern
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Remote Sensing)
Remote Sensing of Aerosol–Cloud–Radiation Interactions and Quantifying Their Impact on Earth’s Energy Budget
edited by Eshkol Eytan and Jake J. Gristey
submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 287 | Submission Open
Keywords: aerosols; clouds; radiation; aerosol–cloud–radiation interactions; Earth’s energy budget; atmospheric radiation transfer; remote sensing retrievals; climate change; multi-sensor synergy; satellite observations; ground observations; aircraft observations; surface observations; climate forcing; climate intervention; solar radiation management
(This special issue belongs to the Section Atmospheric Remote Sensing)
Advances in UAV Remote Sensing for Crop Monitoring and Yield Prediction submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 256 | Submission Open
Keywords: UAV remote sensing; crop monitoring; yield prediction; plant health monitoring; precision agriculture; vegetation indices; crop phenotyping; machine learning; multi-sensor data fusion; multi-platform data fusion; machine learning
(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing in Agriculture and Vegetation)
Advances in Bistatic and Multistatic SAR Technology
edited by , Heng Zhang and Yashi Zhou
submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 244 | Submission Open
Keywords: bistatic/multistatic synthetic aperture radar (SAR); bistatic/multistatic SAR system design; bistatic/multistatic SAR signal processing; bistatic/multistatic SAR synchronization and imaging; bistatic/multistatic SAR target detection and guidance; bistatic/multistatic SAR target information inversion
(This special issue belongs to the Section Engineering Remote Sensing)
Advanced Multi-Sensor Fusion and Intelligent Data Processing in Remote Sensing
edited by Bing Wang, and
submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 235 | Submission Open
Keywords: multi-sensor fusion; intelligent data processing; deep learning; foundation models; multi-modal learning; SAR-optical integration; LiDAR; urban remote sensing; feature extraction
(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing Image Processing)
Integrating Deep Learning (DL) and Satellite Imagery in Landslide Mapping submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 207 | Submission Open
Keywords: mass movement; landslide mapping; landslide detection; satellite remote sensing; convolutional neural networks (CNNs); hazard assessment
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Remote Sensing)
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