Remote Sensing

Urban Ecology Monitoring Using Remote Sensing

edited by

Caihong Ma

,

Mengmeng Wang

and Yindi Zhao

submission deadline 15 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 105 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban ecology; remote sensing; green infrastructure; urban heat island; biodiversity monitoring; sustainable cities; machine learning; multi-sensor integration

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

Deep Learning in Environmental Remote Sensing: Enhancing Ecosystem Monitoring

edited by

Zhe Wang

,

Chao Fan

,

Sanaz Salati

,

Marshall (Xiaogang) Ma

,

Xiang Que

and

Hui Wang

submission deadline 15 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 95 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; ecosystem monitoring; GeoAI; deep learning; machine learning; multimodal; LLM; SAM; geoembedding and generative AI; image processing and pattern recognition; artificial intelligence; GIS

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

Advanced AI and Machine Learning for Monitoring Vegetation Dynamics

edited by

Zhijun Zhen

,

Jonathan Leon-Tavares

, Michael Henke and

Jun Geng

submission deadline 15 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 94 | Submission Open

Keywords: Artificial Intelligence (AI); machine learning; remote sensing; vegetation monitoring; deep learning; earth observation; precision agriculture; forest monitoring; UAV/Drone Imagery; climate change

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

Machine Learning of Remote Sensing Imagery for Land Cover Mapping

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submission deadline 15 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 91 | 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)

Application of Satellite Remote Sensing Technology in Air Pollution Monitoring and Forecasting

edited by Seohui Park and Sheng-Hsiang (Carlo) Wang

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

Keywords: satellite-based air quality monitoring and forecasting; aerosol and trace gases; multi-sensor data fusion; spatio-temporal data assimilation; machine learning and GeoAI; remote sensing application in public health; environmental policy support

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

InSAR for Geohazard Monitoring: From Deformation Detection to Risk Assessment

edited by Xianmin Wang,

Zhengjia Zhang

and

João Catalão Fernandes

submission deadline 15 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 89 | Submission Open

Keywords: InSAR technology; geohazard monitoring; surface deformation; early warning; risk assessment

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

GNSS in Real-Time Ionospheric Scintillation Monitoring

edited by Marcio Tadeu de Assis Honorato Muella and

Guozhu Li

submission deadline 15 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 84 | Submission Open

Keywords: GNSS; ionospheric scintillation; real-time monitoring; amplitude scintillation; phase scintillation; space weather; positioning accuracy; cycle slips; data assimilation; modeling; forecasting

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

AI, Large Language Models, and Remote Sensing for Disaster Monitoring

edited by

Hatef Dastour

submission deadline 15 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 81 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; natural disasters; artificial intelligence; wildfire monitoring; flood assessment; large language models; disaster management; environmental health; vision transformers; machine learning

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

Satellite-Based Monitoring and Quantitative Assessment of Greenhouse Gas Emissions

edited by Tai-Long He and

Shaohua Zhao

submission deadline 15 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 74 | Submission Open

Keywords: carbon sources and sinks; inverse modeling; data assimilation; point source detection; retrieval development; machine learning

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

Advances in Multispectral Image Processing for Land Use and Land Cover Mapping

edited by Zhuohong Li, Junjue Wang, Haonan Guo and Jiaqi Zou

submission deadline 15 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 74 | Submission Open

Keywords: multispectral remote sensing; land use and land cover (LULC) mapping; data fusion and multimodal integration; urban; forest; and agricultural mapping; advanced deep learning model; foundation models for mapping

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

Artificial Intelligence and Remote Sensing Applications in Natural Ecology Monitoring

edited by

Eric Ariel L. Salas

submission deadline 15 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 73 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; remote sensing; natural ecology; machine learning; deep learning; data fusion; biodiversity monitoring; ecosystem dynamics; species distribution modeling; climate change ecology

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

Remote Sensing Satellite Image Applications and Multimodal Data Mining

edited by Yan Ma

submission deadline 15 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 66 | Submission Open

Keywords: spatiotemporal remote sensing big data; multimodal data analysis on spatiotemporal remote sensing data; multimodal image data mining with textual features; multimodal remote sensing data retrieval and managing methods; multimodal remote sensing data retrieval aided with textual features; high-performance multi-modal data mining; environment and ecosystem

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

UAV-Borne Optical and Radar Systems for Moving Target Detection and Remote Sensing

edited by

Wei Sun

, Pengfei Zhu and Yuexin Gao

submission deadline 15 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 66 | Submission Open

Keywords: UAV-borne equipment; object detection; UAV surveys; remote sensing; UAV formation

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

Advances in Multi-GNSS Technology and Applications (2nd Edition)

edited by

Bobin Cui

,

Jungang Wang

and Le Wang

submission deadline 15 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 65 | 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)

Advances in Transformer-Based Models for Multi-Modal Remote Sensing Data Fusion and Analysis

edited by Bowen Du, Hongming Zhu and

Angel M. Garcia-Pedrero

submission deadline 15 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 65 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing foundation models; vision transformer; multi-scale transformer; efficient transformer; cross-modal attention; multi-scale feature fusion; spatiotemporal data fusion; heterogeneous data fusion; multi-scale transformer; multi-modal representation; cross-modal representation learning; multi-modal semantic segmentation; multimodal scene understanding

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

Land Cover Change Detection: Emerging Algorithms and Applications in Remote Sensing

edited by

Lili Xu

, Xu Ma,

Na Chen

and

Ran Huang

submission deadline 15 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 59 | Submission Open

Keywords: land cover change detection; deep learning and machine learning; spatio-temporal analysis; multi-source data fusion (optical; SAR; LiDAR); urban expansion and agricultural transitions; forest; wetland; and water dynamics; desertification and land degradation; climate change and ecosystem services

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

Advances in Remote Sensing for Coastline Dynamics, Bathymetry, and Water Bottom Mapping

edited by

Antonino Maltese

submission deadline 15 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 45 | Submission Open

Keywords: shoreline change detection and modeling; satellite; boat; and unmanned vehicle-based bathymetry estimation; correction of water surface radiometric effects; water column correction techniques for improved seabed mapping; novel algorithms for submerged vegetation classification and monitoring

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

Advances in Remote Sensing Technology for Ground Deformation

edited by

Teng-To Yu

submission deadline 15 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 44 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; InSAR; LiDAR; ground deformation; GNSS; GBSAR; DTM; AI; UAV; photogrammetry

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

Deep Learning-Based Interpretation and Processing of Remote Sensing Images

edited by Sheng Xu, Qiaolin Ye and

Yu Shen

submission deadline 15 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 42 | Submission Open

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

City Future: The Innovative Fusion of Artificial Intelligence and Multi-Source Remote Sensing Data

edited by Maofan Zhao, Shouhang Du,

Jancsó Tamás

,

Abhishek Singh

and

Jiahao Wu

submission deadline 16 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 58 | 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)

Efficient Object Detection Based on Remote Sensing Images

edited by

Yanan You

,

Wei Yang

and Yan Wang

submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 7953 | Submission Open

Keywords: SAR weak target detection; small object detection; trustworthy target detection; integration of imaging and detection; model compression and acceleration; real-time object detection; efficient detection architectures; optimization of on-orbit detection models

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

Machine Learning Approaches for Semantic and Instance Segmentation in Remote Sensing

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submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7584 | Submission Open

Keywords: semantic segmentation; instance segmentation; object detection; hyperspectral imagery; supervised machine learning; deep learning; feature extraction

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

Application of Remote Sensing in Agroforestry (Third Edition)

edited by

Emanuel Peres

and

Joaquim João Sousa

submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3160 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing technologies; unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs); deep learning applications; decision support systems; yield and disease forecasting models; sustainable management practices; data visualization and analysis; sensor fusion and integration; climate impact assessment on agroforestry; ecological and environmental monitoring

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

Remote Sensing for Vegetation Biophysical and Biochemical Parameters Retrieval

edited by

Nizom Farmonov

and

Bendix Jörg

submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 98 | 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)

Advances in Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Imaging and Time-Varying Scattering Target Interaction: Innovation, Theory, and Applications

edited by

, Junjie Wang,

,

and

submission deadline 20 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 82 | Submission Open

Keywords: Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR); Polarized Synthetic Aperture Radar (PolSAR); SAR imaging; SAR target feature extraction; SAR countermeasure; SAR target feature transformation; SAR target recognition

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

AI-Enhanced Remote Sensing for Image Matching and 3D Reconstruction

edited by Maoteng Zheng,

Xu Huang

and Zhi Zheng

submission deadline 25 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 84 | Submission Open

Keywords: learning-based image matching; learning-based 3D reconstruction; 3D Gaussian Splatting; NeRF; single-view 3D reconstruction; orthophoto mosaic

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

Advances in Deep Learning Change Detection Based on High-Resolution Remote Sensing Imagery

edited by

Daifeng Peng

,

Sicong Liu

, Yuxing Chen and Zhi Zheng

submission deadline 28 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 412 | Submission Open

Keywords: high-resolution remote sensing imagery; change detection; deep learning; foundation model; vision-language model; label-efficient learning; domain adaptation; zero-shot learning

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

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 | 7 articles | Viewed by 33152 | 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 28652 | 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)

Geospatial Artificial Intelligence (GeoAI) in Remote Sensing

edited by

Xian Sun

, Wanxuan Lu, Lingqiao Liu and Shucheng You

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 12074 | 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)

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 | 6 articles | Viewed by 5958 | 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)

Remote Sensing Application in Coastal Geomorphology and Processes II

edited by

Cristina Ponte Lira

and

Ana Nobre Silva

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5922 | 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)

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

edited by

, Shou Feng,

,

and

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5905 | 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)

Artificial Intelligence in Hyperspectral Remote Sensing Data Analysis

edited by

Xue Wang

,

Kun Tan

and

Haoyang Yu

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5424 | 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 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5085 | 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)

AI-Driven Hyperspectral Remote Sensing of Atmosphere and Land

edited by Chunqiang Wu,

Yong Zhang

,

Xingfeng Chen

, Chunshan Li and

Fu Wang

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5037 | 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)

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 4784 | 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)

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 4693 | 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)

Advances in InSAR Processing: Algorithmic Developments and Diverse Applications

edited by

Yasser Maghsoudi

and

Francesca Cigna

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4309 | 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 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4078 | 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)

Artificial Intelligence for Ocean Remote Sensing (Second Edition)

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submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3442 | Submission Open

Keywords: ocean remote sensing; artificial intelligence; machine learning and deep learning; big data mining; data-driven models; ocean processes; ocean color and environment; coastal environment and disasters

(This special issue belongs to the Section AI 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 3389 | 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)

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 3144 | 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)

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 2396 | 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 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2120 | 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)

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 1661 | 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)

Role of SAR/InSAR Techniques in Investigating Ground Deformation

edited by Xue Chen and

Teng Wang

submission deadline 30 Apr 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1625 | 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)

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 1441 | 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)

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 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1297 | 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)

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 1292 | 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)

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