Remote Sensing

Advances in Semantic Segmentation of High-Resolution Remote Sensing

edited by

Chenbin Liang

, Yunyun Dong,

Ranyu Yin

and Zhihao Wang

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 166 | Submission Open

Keywords: high-resolution remote sensing imagery (HRRSI); semantic segmentation; robust pattern recognition; multi-modal fusion; large multi-modal models; intelligent interpretation

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

Multi-Scale Remote Sensing for Environmental Situational Awareness: From Satellite to Drone

edited by

Massimiliano Lega

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 150 | Submission Open

Keywords: multi-scale remote sensing; environmental situational awareness; UAV and drone remote sensing; satellite earth observation; data fusion and sensor integration; environmental monitoring; harmful algal blooms and water quality; environmental forensic engineering; machine learning for remote sensing; operational monitoring frameworks

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

Lidar Remote Sensing of Clouds and Aerosols

edited by Haofei Wang and Guangyao Dai

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 148 | Submission Open

Keywords: lidar remote sensing; vertical structure of clouds and aerosols; cloud and aerosol interaction; stratospheric and boundary layer aerosols; active–passive sensor fusion; lidar data quality assessment; lidar design and simulation; atmospheric radiation transfer simulation

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

Remote Sensing, Image Semantic Segmentation, and Feature Extraction

edited by

Zhen Wang

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 131 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; semantic segmentation; feature extraction; deep learning; multimodal data; domain adaptation; high-resolution imagery; earth observation; dataset; image analysis

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

Image Formation, Super-Resolution, Deblurring, and Feature Enhancement for Satellite Remote Sensing

edited by Yesheng Gao and

Penghui Huang

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 115 | Submission Open

Keywords: satellite remote sensing; image super-resolution; image deblurring; feature enhancement; multi-sensor data fusion; image reconstruction; motion compensation; ground/air moving target indication; spaceborne synthetic/inverse synthetic aperture radar

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

Advanced Vegetation Monitoring and Dynamics by Remote Sensing Techniques

edited by

Tomáš Mikita

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 106 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; vegetation dynamics; terrestrial laser scanning (TLS); multi-sensor data fusion; forest inventory; biomass estimation; time-series analysis; ecosystem monitoring

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

LiDAR and Terrestrial Laser Scanning for Environmental Monitoring, Agricultural Analysis, and Environmental Infrastructure Analytics

edited by

Mostafa Arastounia

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 99 | Submission Open

Keywords: terrestrial laser scanning ; LiDAR; ecosystem and environment monitoring; agricultural analysis; change detection; forest resource assessment; tree morphology and classification; infrastructure analytics; surveying mapping and monitoring; digital twin

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

Efficient Representation Learning in Hyperspectral Remote Sensing: Dimensionality Reduction Methods and Intelligent Interpretation Applications

edited by

Xiaodi Shang

,

Xudong Sun

and

Xiaopeng Wang

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 99 | Submission Open

Keywords: hyperspectral remote sensing; dimensionality reduction; representation learning; intelligent interpretation; machine learning; deep learning; image classification; target detection; band selection; feature extraction

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

Multi-Platform Remote Sensing for Bathymetric Mapping and Aquatic Monitoring

edited by

Mariusz Specht

and Oktawia Specht

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 80 | Submission Open

Keywords: bathymetric mapping; aquatic monitoring; remote sensing; earth observation; UAV; USV; LiDAR; multi-platform remote sensing; multi-source data fusion; artificial intelligence

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

Monitoring and Assessment of Ecohydrological Evolution of River–Lake–Wetland Systems Based on Remote Sensing Big Data

edited by

Yanfeng Wu

and

Hsiang-te Kung

submission deadline 10 Jan 2027 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5292 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing big data; ecohydrological evolution; river–lake–coastal wetland systems; ecological monitoring; hydrological assessment; machine learning; data analytics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biogeosciences 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 15 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 1239 | 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)

Deep Learning-Driven Cloud and Haze Mitigation: Advancements in Remote Sensing Image Restoration

edited by Jie Han,

Zhen Ye

and

Huifang Li

submission deadline 15 Jan 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 631 | Submission Open

Keywords: deep learning; dehazing; cloud removal; image restoration; multi-modal fusion; restoration quality; remote sensing

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

Urban Sprawl and Urban Sustainability: High-Resolution Remote-Sensing Image Analytics

edited by

Runyu Fan

,

Xuecao Li

and

Yan Zhang

submission deadline 15 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 503 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; deep learning; multi-sensor/ multi-modal data fusion; image classification; change detection; time-series image analysis; semantic segmentation; urban sustainability

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

Landslide Deformation Monitoring and Prediction with Multi-Source Remote Sensing

edited by Ryan Kromer

submission deadline 15 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 353 | Submission Open

Keywords: landslide deformation; multi-source remote sensing; InSAR; UAV-based sensing; data fusion; 4D deformation monitoring

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

HF Radar Remote Sensing from Coastal to Offshore Platforms: Monitoring Marine Environments and Detecting Surface Targets

edited by

Yingwei Tian

,

Weimin Huang

, Haijian Zhang and Jiurui Zhao

submission deadline 15 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 335 | Submission Open

Keywords: HF radar; target detection and tracking; sea state inversion; data quality control and evaluation; offshore platforms; multi-source data fusion

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

Robust and Trustworthy AI for SAR and Multi-Modal Remote Sensing Change Detection

edited by Muhammad Shahzad,

Mohamed Ihmeida

,

Faisal Saeed

and

Wadii Boulila

submission deadline 20 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 204 | Submission Open

Keywords: deep learning for remote sensing; multi-modal remote sensing; SAR-optical fusion; speckle-robust deep learning; SAR image change detection

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

Satellite Remote Sensing of Quantifying Greenhouse Gases Emissions

edited by Ruixue Lei, Xueying Yu and Leyang Feng

submission deadline 30 Jan 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1747 | Submission Open

Keywords: greenhouse gas emissions; satellite remote sensing; CO2, CH4 retrieval; inversion algorithms; data assimilation; OCO-2, TROPOMI, GOSAT; machine learning; emission monitoring; carbon flux estimation

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

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 31 Jan 2027 | 5 articles | Viewed by 13394 | 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)

Application of Remote Sensing in Landscape Ecology

edited by

Wayne Myers

and

Douglas Miller

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | 3 articles | Viewed by 7220 | 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)

Advances in Remote Sensing for Burned Area Mapping

edited by

Giandomenico De Luca

,

Giuseppe Modica

and

Lorenzo Arcidiaco

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6074 | Submission Open

Keywords: burn areas’ detection and mapping; geo-informatics; fire severity; fire regime; biomass loss; wildland–urban interface (WUI) fires; three-dimensional modeling; image processing

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

Artificial Intelligence and Remote Sensing Applied to Forest Management: Advances in Machine Learning and Deep Learning Applications

edited by

Pablo Crespo-Peremarch

and

Juan Pedro Carbonell-Rivera

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5713 | Submission Open

Keywords: multispectral; hyperspectral; lidar; radar; photogrammetry; UAV; deep learning; machine learning; neural networks

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

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

edited by Hossein M. Rizeei

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4166 | 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)

Monitoring and Restoration of Mining-Impacted Ecosystems Using Remote Sensing Technology

edited by

Qiang Yu

,

Huaguo Huang

and

Jianbo Qi

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3941 | Submission Open

Keywords: multi-source remote sensing data; remote sensing technology; mining ecosystem; ecological restoration; ecosystem structure and function

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

Remote Sensing of Climate Change Influences on Urban Ecology

edited by

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submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3388 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban ecology; climate change; nature-based solutions; urban wetlands; green infrastructure; environmental justice; urban forestry; remote sensing; ecosystem services; urban sustainability; urban biodiversity

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

Advances in High-Resolution Crop Mapping at Large Spatial Scales

edited by

Lingbo Yang

and Pengliang Wei

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3033 | Submission Open

Keywords: high-resolution crop mapping; remote sensing for agriculture; large-scale crop monitoring; multi-source satellite data; crop classification; machine learning in agriculture; temporal dynamics of crops; agricultural change detection; precision agriculture; remote sensing applications in food security

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

Lightweight Artificial-Intelligence Techniques for Remote-Sensing Image Processing

edited by

Hao Zhang

, Qiwen Jin,

Chengli Peng

and

Xingyu Jiang

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2406 | Submission Open

Keywords: multimodal learning; image matching and registration; efficient image fusion; hyperspectral imaging; land cover mapping; object detection; change detection; lightweight deep learning; remote sensing image enhancement

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

New Trends on Remote Sensing Applications to Mineral Deposits (Third Edition)

edited by

Joana Cardoso-Fernandes

,

Ana Cláudia Teodoro

and

Alexandre Lima

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2367 | Submission Open

Keywords: mineral exploration; multispectral and hyperspectral data; sar data; machine learning; deep learning; satellite data; raw materials

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

Emulation and Surrogate Modeling in Remote Sensing: Advances, Challenges and Applications

edited by

Jochem Verrelst

and

Jorge Vicent

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2196 | Submission Open

Keywords: emulation; surrogate modeling; radiative transfer models; machine learning/deep learning; uncertainty quantification; atmosphere, vegetation, and land surface retrievals; hyperspectral and multispectral data; data assimilation; cloud computing and HPC

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

Multi-Source Remote Sensing for Terrestrial Vegetation and Ecosystem Services Mapping

edited by Richard Crabbe and

Wei He

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1499 | Submission Open

Keywords: image classification; SAR; LiDAR; UAV; mapping mosses and lichens; mapping grasslands; mapping groundwater-dependent ecosystems; mapping mangroves; machine learning and deep learning; mapping invasive plants

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

Advances in Scene Understanding with Hyperspectral Remote Sensing: From Data Benchmarks to Applications

edited by

Yanzi Shi

,

Mengmeng Zhang

, Shou Feng,

Zhou Zhang

and Zhiyong Lv

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1447 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; hyperspectral image processing; benchmarking datasets; spectral unmixing; target detection; classification/segmentation; hyperspectral applications

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

InSAR Innovations: Advances in Remote Sensing for Geohazard Monitoring

edited by

Yunkai Deng

and Feifeng Liu

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1280 | Submission Open

Keywords: InSAR; InSAR data processing; radar interferometry; geohazard monitoring; deformation measurement

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

Remote Sensing and GIS for Environmental Analysis and Cultural Heritage (2nd Edition)

edited by

Caterina Balletti

,

Valentina Alena Girelli

and

Francesca Matrone

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1187 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change and CH site preservation; advanced change detection techniques for CH; monitoring of CH sites; 3D mapping and M Modeling for CH preservation; mapping hazards; risk mapping; geospatial standards; GIS-BIM integration

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

Remote Sensing Applications for Environmental Monitoring and Land Changes

edited by

Krystyna Michałowska

,

Ewa Glowienka

,

Eva Savina Malinverni

and

Eufemia Tarantino

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 1122 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing and environmental monitoring; AI and machine learning for remote sensing; land use and land cover change analysis; hyperspectral, lidar, optical and radar applications; climate change impact and disaster risk management; big data, cloud-based geospatial processing; data fusion in geospatial analysis; sustainable land management and policy applications

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

Geohazard Mapping, Monitoring and Prediction with Advanced Remote Sensing Techniques

edited by

Cheng Zhong

,

Peng Gao

and

Tomaž Podobnikar

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1053 | Submission Open

Keywords: geohazards; remote sensing; InSAR; unmanned aerial vehicles; machine learning; deep learning

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

Remote Sensing of Lithosphere–Atmosphere–Ionosphere Coupling Prior to Earthquakes and Other Natural Hazards: Second Edition

edited by

Dedalo Marchetti

,

Essam Ghamry

and Cristiano Fidani

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 969 | Submission Open

Keywords: earthquake; precursors; LAIC; ground-based observations; satellite observations; ionospheric disturbances; volcano eruptions; extreme weather; geomagnetic storms/substorms; natural hazards

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

Innovations in 3D Terrain Modeling Through Advanced Remote Sensing

edited by Ermioni Eirini Papadopoulou,

Stratis Karantanellis

and

Apostolos Papakonstantinou

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 786 | Submission Open

Keywords: 3D mapping; remote sensing; 3D modeling; 3D point cloud; LiDAR; UASs; DEM\DSM; geospatial data processing

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

Numerical Modeling and AI-Driven Remote Sensing for Coastal Geomorphology Monitoring

edited by Jun Cheng and

Felix Jose

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 711 | Submission Open

Keywords: multi-platform remote sensing; sensor fusion; LIDAR monitoring; AI and cloud-based analytics; shoreline erosion; coastal resilience

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

Multi-Sensor Remote Sensing and Advanced Computational Frameworks for Landslide Detection and Predictive Modeling

edited by

Paraskevas Tsangaratos

,

Wei Chen

and

Ioanna Ilia

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 634 | Submission Open

Keywords: earth observation data—remote sensing technology; geographic information systems; machine learning, soft computing; landslide susceptibility, hazardous, and risk mapping; explainable AI in landslide phenomena prediction

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

Deep Fusion and Analysis of Hyperspectral and Multi-Source Remote Sensing Data via Advanced AI

edited by

Zhu Han

,

Longfei Ren

, Xu Sun and Minghua Wang

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 526 | Submission Open

Keywords: multi-source data fusion; foundation model; frontier applications; hyperspectral image analysis; remote sensing; deep learning

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

Hyperspectral Remote Sensing Imagery for Object Detection

edited by

Tan Guo

,

Fulin Luo

and

Lei Zhang

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 513 | Submission Open

Keywords: hyperspectral remote sensing; object detection; explainable AI (XAI); spectral-spatial feature fusion; domain-specific applications

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

Explainable AI Methods for Remote Sensing Images Interpretation

edited by

Jean-Marc Le Caillec

and Didier Gueriot

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 474 | Submission Open

Keywords: explainability vs. interpretability; ante-hoc vs. post-hoc methods; global vs. local explanations; model agnostic vs. model specific explanation; algorithm unwrapping; target recognition, image/data segmentation, image registration, detection change

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

Advancing Polar Cryosphere Science with Remote Sensing: From Snow Cover to Sea Ice Dynamics

edited by

Alexander Kokhanovsky

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 370 | Submission Open

Keywords: snow; ice; remote sensing; ice dynamics; ice concentration; snow cover and albedo

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

New Progress of Building and Engineering Structure Health Monitoring Based on Remote Sensing Technology

edited by Shumin Wang,

Zongxu Pan

and Haiming Zhang

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 351 | Submission Open

Keywords: structural health monitoring; multi-source remote sensing data; InSAR; damage identification; deformation prediction; artificial intelligence

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

Agrometeorology Remote Sensing: Monitoring, Forecasting and Assessment

edited by

N. R. Patel

and

Bikash Ranjan Parida

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 171 | Submission Open

Keywords: agrometeorology; remote sensing; machine learning; climate-smart agriculture; crop yield prediction; soil moisture and evapotranspiration; drought monitoring and early warning; crop phenology; precision agriculture; decision support systems

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

Deep Learning for SAR Remote Sensing: Advanced Object Analysis and Feature Extraction

edited by Yueting Zhang and Guangyao Zhou

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 169 | Submission Open

Keywords: synthetic aperture radar (SAR); object analysis; feature extraction; artificial intelligence (AI); target detection, identification, and classification; data fusion; SAR applications; SAR-specific phenomena

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

Deep Learning for SAR Target Detection and Instance Segmentation

edited by Yingying Kong,

Henry Leung

,

Kefeng Ji

and Jinglu He

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 158 | Submission Open

Keywords: synthetic aperture radar (SAR); SAR target detection; instance segmentation; deep learning; physics-guided learning; attention mechanisms

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

Remote Sensing Assessment of Land Degradation for Sustainable Development

edited by

Donghui Shi

and

Linlin Lu

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 136 | Submission Open

Keywords: land degradation; remote sensing assessment; sustainable development; desertification; machine learning; earth observation; ecological monitoring

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

AI Technology in Change Detection for High-Resolution Remote Sensing Images

edited by

Pengyuan Lv

, Xunqiang Gong, Jue Wang,

Zhenqi Liu

and

Yanfei Zhong

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 135 | Submission Open

Keywords: high-resolution remote sensing; artificial intelligence; change detection; foundation models; vision-language models; generative AI; physics-informed

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

Remote Sensing Monitoring of Urban Vegetation

edited by

Ying Sun

, Liming Du,

Haiying Wang

and

Chengbin Deng

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 131 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban vegetation; urban forests and street trees; canopy structure and canopy height; LiDAR (airborne/UAV/spaceborne); InSAR/PolInSAR/TomoSAR; multi-sensor fusion; time-series monitoring and change detection; ecosystem services assessment and spatial decision support; deep learning/foundation models; validation and uncertainty quantification

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

Multi-Modal Deep Learning for Remote Sensing Image Classification

edited by

Kaichen Chi

,