Remote Sensing

Innovative Geospatial Information and Earth Observation (GEO) Techniques for Sustainable Development

edited by Chao Yang, Jie Chen,

, Liang Hong and

submission deadline 28 Apr 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 18674

Keywords: earth observation; geospatial sensor web; citizen sensing; sustainable transport; land use change; urban resilience; nature-based solutions

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

State of the Art of Geomagnetic/Electromagnetic Satellites: Science and Applications (Second Edition)

edited by

Xuemin Zhang

,

Chieh-Hung Chen

, Yongxin Gao and

Katsumi Hattori

submission deadline 28 Apr 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 11965

Keywords: electromagnetic satellite; geomagnetic field disturbances; ionospheric perturbations; space weather; natural hazards; lithosphere– atmosphere– ionosphere coupling model; artificial intelligence technology

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

Monitoring Urban Environment and Temperature Change Using Remote Sensing

edited by

George Xian

, Peter Ibsen and

Xiangming Xiao

submission deadline 28 Apr 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 9795

Keywords: urban; land cover; surface temperature; urban thermal environment; urban heat island; urban climate

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

Advances in Satellite Image Analysis and Applications for Earth Observation

edited by

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,

,

and

Maria Antonia Brovelli

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 55679 | Submission Open

Keywords: image analysis; environmental monitoring; image-based change detection; urban planning; earth observation; GeoAI; multi-scale and multi-sensor; earth observation analytics

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

Remote Sensing in Viticulture II

edited by

Luís Pádua

,

Emanuel Peres

and

Raul Morais dos Santos

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 33664 | Submission Open

Keywords: precision viticulture; vineyard management; vineyard mapping and classification; machine and deep learning; decision support; phenological modelling and yield prediction; estimation of biophysical and geometrical parameters; intelligent monitoring; multi-temporal analysis

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

Remote Sensing Application in the Carbon Flux Modelling

edited by

Zongyao Sha

and

Yichun Xie

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 18488 | Submission Open

Keywords: carbon cycle; ecosystems; carbon emissions; vegetation carbon sequestration; geospatial modeling

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

Geospatial Artificial Intelligence (GeoAI) in Remote Sensing

edited by

Xian Sun

, Wanxuan Lu, Lingqiao Liu and Shucheng You

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 18168 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing foundation models with GeoAI; deep neural networks combining RS properties or geospatial knowledge; robust architectures for multiple geospatial tasks; GeoAI for remote sensing forecasting tasks; high-quality and large-scale datasets for remote sensing foundation models; applications such as smart cities; land-cover and ocean observation; environmental monitoring; and sustainable development

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

Objective Mapping of Terrestrial and Planetary Surface Features: Remote Sensing in Geosciences

edited by Alberto González-Díez

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 17089 | Submission Open

Keywords: precise DTM or DSM; image filtering techniques; modelling in GIS and remote sensing environments; interferometric measurements; LiDAR cloud of points; digital photogrammetric models; precise measurements of surface deformation; inventories of planetary geoforms; landmark extraction; physics of the earth; tectonics; engineering geology; geomorphology; paleontology; archaeology

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

Remote Sensing and GIS-Based Innovative Techniques for Confronting Land Subsidence and Landslides

edited by

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,

,

,

Kleomenis Kalogeropoulos

and

Nikolaos Stathopoulos

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 14932 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; GIS; land subsidence; landslides; modeling; machine learning; VGI

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

Advancing Synthetic Aperture Radar: Imaging, Processing, and Applications in Remote Sensing

edited by Shiqi Xing,

Sinong Quan

and

Tao Zhang

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 10 articles | Viewed by 13243 | Submission Open

Keywords: Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR); SAR imaging; SAR information processing; SAR signal processing; SAR image processing; digital beamforming

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

Artificial Intelligence in Hyperspectral Remote Sensing Data Analysis

edited by

Xue Wang

,

Kun Tan

and

Haoyang Yu

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 12742 | Submission Open

Keywords: spectral-spatial representation learning; multimodal fusion & explainable AI; hyperspectral unmixing & mixed pixel analysis; intelligent remote sensing applications

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

Earth Observation Satellites for Soil Moisture Monitoring

edited by

Jaromir Krzyszczak

and

Anna Siedliska

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 11739 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; soil moisture; hydrology; agriculture; meteorology; climate change; drought monitoring; algorithm development; data validation

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

Applications of Remote Sensing in Water Quality Assessment of Lakes, Rivers and Reservoirs

edited by

Yuankun Wang

,

Feng Huang

and

Zhenxing Zhang

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 10251 | Submission Open

Keywords: water temperature retrieval; chlorophyll retrieval; remote sensing monitoring; water quality assessment; artificial intelligence; unmanned aerial vehicles

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

Image Fusion and Object Detection Using Multi-Modal Remote Sensing Data

edited by Bin Yang, Xin Ye and Jing Li

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 10178 | Submission Open

Keywords: image fusion; object detection; multi-modal data; deep learning; benchmark dataset; remote sensing data analysis

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

Artificial Intelligence Algorithm for Remote Sensing Imagery Processing (5th Edition)

edited by

, Shou Feng,

,

and

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 10129 | Submission Open

Keywords: machine learning and deep learning for remote sensing; optical/multispectral/hyperspectral image processing; multi-modal remote sensing; LiDAR and SAR; wetland; ocean; and underwater remote sensing; target detection; anomaly detection; and change detection; semantic segmentation and classification; object reidentification using cross-domain/cross-dimensional images; object 3D modeling and mesh optimization; applications in remote sensing (urban; agriculture; etc.)

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

Remote Sensing Application in Coastal Geomorphology and Processes II

edited by

Cristina Ponte Lira

and

Ana Nobre Silva

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 9429 | Submission Open

Keywords: geomorphology of the coastal zone; coastal hydrodynamics and morphodynamics; beach and dune processes; oceanographic forcing; coastal processes and management; remote sensing applications in the coastal zone

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

Advanced Pattern Recognition and Image Processing Technology for Agricultural Engineering

edited by

, Shan Zeng,

,

and

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 9411 | Submission Open

Keywords: advanced pattern recognition technology in agricultural engineering; image processing networks in agricultural applications; soil spectral data in agricultural engineering; multispectral image processing in agricultural engineering; satellite remote sensing technology in agriculture; neural networks applications in agriculture engineering; human– machine intelligent algorithm in agriculture; detection and location of agricultural robotics; near-infrared image processing in agricultural engineering; hyperspectral technology in crop monitoring; integrating perception; sensor fusion; and control in agricultural applications; fault detection and diagnosis in agricultural engineering

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

Advances in InSAR Processing: Algorithmic Developments and Diverse Applications

edited by

Yasser Maghsoudi

and

Francesca Cigna

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8972 | Submission Open

Keywords: InSAR algorithm development; phase unwrapping; deep learning; ground deformation; persistent scatterer InSAR (PS-InSAR); small baseline subset (SBAS); atmospheric correction

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

3D Information Recovery and 2D Image Processing for Remotely Sensed Optical Images (Third Edition)

edited by

Li Li

, Wei Zhang,

Jian Yao

and

Wei Yuan

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 8927 | Submission Open

Keywords: deep learning; remote sensing image processing; feature matching; dense matching; pose estimation; 3D reconstruction; semantic segmentation; object detection; image stitching; image enhancement; image denoising; image super-resolution; digital elevation model (DEM); digital orthophoto map (DOM)

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

Geodata Science and Spatial Analysis with Remote Sensing

edited by

Qiangqiang Yuan

,

Bin Guo

and

Sergio Bernardes

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 8730 | Submission Open

Keywords: air pollutants; heavy metals; nighttime light; data-driven models; hyperspectral remote sensing; coupled CFD-GIS

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

Remote Sensing in Support of Crisis Management: How Space-Based Information Can Support Operations and the Decision-Making Process

edited by

Valerio Baiocchi

,

Roberta Onori

and

Erica Nocerino

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 8467 | Submission Open

Keywords: LST; air pollutants; environment; climate; heat islands; lockdown periods; change detection; hot-spot analysis; seismic events; emergencies

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

CH4Rice Project: Assessment of Methane Emission from Rice Paddies and Water Management Using Remote Sensing Technology

edited by Shinichi Sobue, Thuy Le Toan, Kei Oyoshi and

Wataru Takeuchi

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7787 | Submission Open

Keywords: methane emission; water level; water management; polarimetric SAR change detection; remote sensing

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

Carbon Sink Pattern and Land Spatial Optimization in Coastal Areas

edited by

Dahai Liu

, Feili Wei and

Tong Dong

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 7606 | Submission Open

Keywords: land and sea coordination; carbon sink; land-use/land-cover change; urbanization; model simulation; policy development; spatial mapping; coastal zone; climate change

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

Artificial Intelligence Remote Sensing Change Detection: Development and Challenges

edited by

Lingyan Ran

, Tao Zhuo, Shizhou Zhang and Fa-Ming Fang

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7156 | Submission Open

Keywords: AI-enhanced remote sensing; multitemporal change detection; deep learning in geospatial analysis; environmental dynamics monitoring; heterogeneous data fusion

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

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

edited by

Przemysław Klapa

,

Massimiliano Pepe

,

Pelagia Gawronek

and Peter Kyseľ

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 7057 | Submission Open

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

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

Deep Learning-Based Cloud Detection and Removal for Remote Sensing Images

edited by

Jun Li

, Libo Wang,

Wufan Zhao

and

Yang Du

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6118 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; cloud detection; cloud removal; image restoration; data fusion; pattern recognition

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

Advancements in Microwave Radiometry for Atmospheric Remote Sensing

edited by Ada Vittoria Bosisio and

Jungho Kim

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5890 | Submission Open

Keywords: microwave radiometry; atmospheric remote sensing; weather forecasting; climate modeling; air quality monitoring

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

Advances in the Study of Intelligent Aerospace

edited by

Zhaokui Wang

,

Yang Yang

and

Lin Zhang

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 5317 | Submission Open

Keywords: intelligent perception; space missions; remote sensing; intelligent control; machine learning; space object detection; planetary exploration; optical images

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

Unmanned Aerial Vehicle-Based Inspection in Infrastructure Maintenance

edited by

Jiayong Yu

, Wujiao Dai, Jiangpeng Shu and Qian Fan

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5058 | Submission Open

Keywords: unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV); infrastructure maintenance; remote sensing; inspection; LiDAR; thermal imaging; machine vision; structural health monitoring; multi-sensor technologies; deep learning

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

Advances in Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) System, Signal Processing and Applications

edited by

Wei Wang

, Wei Yang, Guangcai Sun,

Jiaqi Chen

,

Ning Li

and

Yongwei Zhang

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 9 articles | Viewed by 4631 | Submission Open

Keywords: advanced SAR systems; ambiguity suppression; anti-jamming; multidimensional imaging; new concepts for SAR systems

(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

Teng Wang

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4514 | 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,

Guoqiang Zhong

and

Feng Gao

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4492 | 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)

New Advances of Space Gravimetry in Climate and Hydrology Studies

edited by

José Darrozes

,

Guillaume Ramillien

and Lucia Seoane

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4432 | Submission Open

Keywords: GRACE; GRACE-FO; global hydrology; extreme hydro-climatic events; ocean circulation; coastal ocean model; groundwater; warning systems

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

Leveraging Advanced Remote Sensing Technologies for Comprehensive Renewable Energy Monitoring, Systematic Optimization, and Multidimensional Environmental Integration

edited by

Zhengguang Liu

and

Zhiling Guo

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4287 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; renewable energy systems; solar radiation mapping; wind energy assessment; performance optimization; environmental impact assessment; LiDAR and hyperspectral imaging; resource monitoring; geospatial analysis; sustainable energy integration

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

Remote Sensing of Agricultural Water Resources

edited by

Pei Leng

,

Chunfeng Ma

and Jianwei Ma

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3966 | Submission Open

Keywords: agricultural water resources (soil moisture/evapotranspiration/precipitation… ); crop water consumption; water use efficiency; detection of irrigation events; agricultural drought; crop monitoring and vegetation parameters retrieval; remote sensing experiments; thermal/SAR remote sensing

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

Application of UAV Images in Precision Agriculture

edited by

Ganesh Bora

and

Yali Zhang

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3804 | Submission Open

Keywords: UAV; precision agriculture; remote sensing; AI; image processing; geospatial data

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

Recent Advances in Multimodal Hyperspectral Remote Sensing

edited by Yifan Zhang,

Mercedes E. Paoletti

and Yi Wang

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3555 | Submission Open

Keywords: multimodal hyperspectral remote sensing imaging; multitemporal hyperspectral imaging; hyperspectral video imaging; hyperspectral stereo imaging; hyperspectral image processing; hyperspectral image analysis

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

Remote Sensing in Soil Organic Carbon Dynamics

edited by Xiangtian Meng,

Huanjun Liu

and

Chong Luo

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3084 | Submission Open

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

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

Advances in Atmospheric Aerosol Monitoring Based on Lidar and Satellites

edited by

Dong Liu

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3001 | Submission Open

Keywords: atmospheric aerosols; LiDAR and remote sensing satellites; machine learning in aerosol detection; climate regulation; aerosol– cloud interactions; aerosol transport modeling

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

3D City Modeling and Sensing Using High-Resolution and Multi-Sensor Remote Sensing Data

edited by Yu Zang,

Weiquan Liu

, Yan Xia and Ziyi Chen

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2838 | Submission Open

Keywords: 3D city modeling; LiDAR data; remote sensing image; data fusion; dynamic monitoring; deep learning; urban sensing; point cloud processing; urban environment; change detection

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

Estimation of Terrestrial Water Storage Changes Based on Satellite Remote Sensing Datasets

edited by

Tonie Van Dam

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2621 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydrogeodesy; terrestrial water storage; space geodetic methods; drought and flooding; climate warming

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

Laser Scanning in Environmental and Engineering Applications

edited by Maria Alessandra Tini and

Alessandro Lambertini

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2501 | Submission Open

Keywords: TLS; ALS; SLAM; MMSs; LiDAR; UAV; BIM; mapping; monitoring

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

Application of Remote Sensing Approaches in Geohazard Risk (Second Edition)

edited by

Chao Zhou

, Kunlong Yin and

Federico Raspini

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2299 | Submission Open

Keywords: satellite-; UAV-; and ground-based remote sensing approaches; landslides; debris flow; rockfall; subsidence; etc.; susceptibility and hazard mapping; geohazard detection; monitoring; and early warning; risk analysis and prediction; mechanisms of geohazards; srtificial intelligence

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

Advances in Machine Learning and Multi-Source Remote Sensing for Monitoring Marine Aquatic Environments

edited by

Siqi Zhang

,

Zhenhua Zhang

and

Mengyu Li

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2144 | Submission Open

Keywords: coastal remote sensing; aquatic environments; sediment transport and flux; water pollution; harmful algal blooms (HABs); ocean color; carbon flux; marine ecosystems; biogeochemical monitoring; big data; machine learning

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

Remote Sensing of Mountain and Plateau Vegetation (Second Edition)

edited by

Zhaoqi Wang

,

Donghai Wu

and

Hao Wang

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1837 | Submission Open

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

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

SAR Images Processing and Analysis (3rd Edition)

edited by Hongwei Dong, Lingyu Si and

Tong Gao

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1788 | Submission Open

Keywords: SAR image processing; target recognition; self-supervised learning; foundation model; small-sample learning; speckle noise suppression; remote sensing interpretation

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

Image Matching and Target Recognition Technologies: Prospects and Challenges

edited by

Jianghua Cheng

,

Gui Gao

and

Xiongwu Xiao

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1487 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; image matching; target recognition real-time image processing; machine learning; image feature extraction and processing

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

State of the Art in Positioning Under Forest Canopies

edited by

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and

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1390 | Submission Open

Keywords: new techniques/methodologies for positioning; 2D/3D; data-processing for laser scanning/camera data for positioning; mobile mapping and positioning; real-time system; large-scale mapping and positioning in forests; applications of position data in forest environments; literature reviews about the positioning methods in forest science

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

Radiative Transfer Modeling and Vegetation Traits Retrieved by Multispectral Remote Sensing

edited by

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submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 844 | Submission Open

Keywords: radiative transfer models (RTMs); vegetation trait retrieval; three-dimensional canopy structure modeling; data-driven integration; multispectral remote sensing; climate change studies; multisource data synergy; RTMs and remote sensing integration

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

Intelligent UAV Remote Sensing for Next-Generation Precision Agriculture

edited by

Francisco Javier Mesas Carrascosa

and

Fernando Pérez Porras

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 627 | Submission Open

Keywords: precision agriculture; 3D point cloud analysis; spectral and structural data fusion; artificial intelligence; UAV; geospatial data

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

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