Remote Sensing

Remote Sensing for Accurate Identification of Marine Targets

edited by Zhanchao Huang,

and Shou Feng

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 129 | Submission Open

Keywords: marine object detection; deep learning; vessel monitoring; mariculture facilities identification; sea ice monitoring; multi-source data fusion; marine foundation models

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

Advanced Remote Sensing of Water Cycle Components: Measurements, Hydrological Applications and Uncertainty Quantification

edited by

Ehsan Sharifi

and

Ehsan Modiri

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 125 | Submission Open

Keywords: precipitation retrieval; water-balance closure; uncertainty propagation; evapotranspiration; extremes and nowcasting; physics-informed ML; bias correction; validation/benchmarking; hydrological risk; multi-sensor fusion

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

Ecosystem Diversity Observation Based on Multi-Source Remote Sensing Data

edited by

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and

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 125 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; urban green ecosystem; desert ecosystem; ecosystem diversity; ecosystem services and functions; multisource remote sensing; biodiversity monitoring; habitat heterogeneity; functional diversity; temporal dynamic analysis; multiscale mapping; vegetation structural parameters; species distribution models; conservation priority planning

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

Remote Sensing of Climate Change Impacts on Ecological, Agricultural, and Water Resources

edited by

Fengmei Yao

,

Jiahua Zhang

and

Malak Henchiri

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 106 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; remote sensing; ecological monitoring; drought/flooding and impacts; water resources and terrestrial water storage (TWS); time-series analysis; satellite observation; unmanned aerial vehicle and ground observation; machine learning and deep learning; compound disaster events; agricultural disaster and crop yields; land use and cover change; vegetation phenology

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

Machine Learning Techniques Applied to Geospatial Technologies and Remote Sensing

edited by

Osmar Abílio De Carvalho Júnior

and

Brian Alan Johnson

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 95 | Submission Open

Keywords: deep learning; image process; time-series analysis; environmental monitoring; precision agriculture; urban analysis; disaster assessment; earth system sciences

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

Earth Observation for Quantifying Sustainable Development Goals

edited by

Yu Chen

,

Yongze Song

, Min Cao and

Huijuan Xiao

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 92 | Submission Open

Keywords: earth observation; remote sensing for geospatial science; EO-to-SDG quantification chain; SDG synergies and trade-offs; multi-source data fusion; validation and uncertainty; SDG interlinkages; spatial spillover; uncertainty quantification; sustainable development goal quantification

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

AI-Driven Remote Sensing Technologies for Precision Agriculture

edited by

Rubén Valcarce-Diñeiro

, Graham Ferrier and

Ankush Prashar

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 85 | Submission Open

Keywords: thermal hyperspectral remote sensing; precision agriculture; artificial intelligence; deep learning; crop mapping; crop diseases and pests; yield prediction; precision irrigation management; UAV

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

Multi-Source Remote Sensing of Urban, Forest and Wetland Ecosystems

edited by

Kurt McLaren

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 84 | Submission Open

Keywords: data fusion; LiDAR; deep learning; ecosystem monitoring; multispectral remote sensing

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

Advanced InSAR for High-Resolution Topography and Deformation Monitoring: Methods, Multi-Source Data Fusion, and Applications

edited by

Bing Xu

,

Xuemin Xing

and

Zelang Miao

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 83 | Submission Open

Keywords: InSAR; formation-flying InSAR; high-resolution topographic reconstruction; deformation monitoring; SAR data processing; earth observation; digital surface model (DSM) generation

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

Multi-Source Remote Sensing Data Fusion for Urban Digital Twin Construction

edited by

Lin Du

and

Wen Xiao

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 81 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban digital twins; multi-source remote sensing; spatiotemporal data fusion; multi-modal datasets; smart cities; solid geometry 3D reconstruction; operation and maintenance

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

Image Quality in Remote Sensing Data: Metrics, Enhancement and Impact on AI-Driven Analysis

edited by

Ashraf Saleem

and

Sidike Paheding

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 78 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing image quality; image quality assessment; image enhancement and restoration; task-driven evaluation; AI-driven remote sensing; object detection and segmentation; multispectral and hyperspectral imagery; UAV and underwater remote sensing; uncertainty and robustness; data fusion and calibration

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

Advanced Remote Sensing for Polar Sea Ice Monitoring

edited by

Feng Xiao

,

Yu Zhang

and

Tingting Zhu

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 71 | Submission Open

Keywords: sea ice; remote sensing; sea ice concentration; sea ice classification; sea ice thickness; snow on sea ice; albedo; sea ice-ice shelf interaction; melt ponds

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

Advancing Geo-Hydrological Hazard Monitoring and Assessment via Remote Sensing

edited by Diandong Ren

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 71 | Submission Open

Keywords: geo‑hydrological hazards; remote sensing; flood monitoring; landslides; drought; InSAR; gravimetric remote sensing; hazard assessment; disaster risk reduction

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

Advancing Synthetic Aperture Radar: Imaging, Processing, and Applications in Remote Sensing (Second Edition)

edited by Shiqi Xing and Penghui Ji

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 66 | 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 for Irrigation Monitoring and Agricultural Water Management

edited by

Xiaochun Zhang

, Junying Chen and

Jiang Bian

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 65 | Submission Open

Keywords: evapotranspiration (ET) estimation; remote sensing data fusion model; crop type classification; soil moisture retrieval; crop water stress detection; multi-sensor remote sensing (optical, thermal, SAR); data assimilation and crop-hydrological modeling; precision irrigation management; cloud computing and machine learning in irrigation mapping; unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)

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

Remote Sensing and AI for Landslide Hazard Assessment and Prediction

edited by Tapas Ranjan Martha and

Deepak Mishra

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 52 | Submission Open

Keywords: landslide susceptibility; early warning; slope deformation; slope kinematics; multispectral and SAR change detection; AI

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

Monitoring and Modelling of Geological Disasters Based on InSAR Observations (Fourth Edition)

edited by

Chisheng Wang

,

Ling Chang

,

Hongdong Fan

and Bin Zhang

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 52 | Submission Open

Keywords: InSAR; geological disasters; crustal deformation monitoring and modelling; phase unwrapping; geophysical inversion; multi-sensor SAR data fusion; phase-preserving super-resolution; physics-informed InSAR analysis; uncertainty quantification; machine learning for InSAR

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

Applications of Artificial Intelligence Methods to Agroforestry Remote Sensing

edited by

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,

,

and

Shukor Sanim Mohd Fauzi

submission deadline 10 Feb 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2374 | Submission Open

Keywords: agricultural remote sensing; forestry remote sensing; multi-sensor fusion; deep learning; computer vision; crop monitoring; precision agriculture; sustainable forest management; internet of things; biomass estimation; algorithm improvement

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

Multimodal Data Fusion for Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Image Processing

edited by

Ronghui Zhan

, Zongyong Cui and

Shiqi Chen

submission deadline 10 Feb 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1916 | Submission Open

Keywords: SAR; ship targets; target tracking; object detection; SAR interpretation; SAR recognition

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

Ground- and Satellite-Based Remote Sensing for Air Quality Monitoring

edited by Patrizio Tratzi and

Cristiana Bassani

submission deadline 10 Feb 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1122 | Submission Open

Keywords: ground-based remote sensing; DOAS; air quality monitoring; tropospheric pollution; long-term observations

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

Applications of Photogrammetry and Lidar Techniques in Mining Areas

edited by Zhihua Xu,

Zhenghua Zhang

and

Xiaohu Lin

submission deadline 15 Feb 2027 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5829 | Submission Open

Keywords: photogrammetry; laser scanning; mining engineering; slope stability; deformation monitoring; SLAM (Simultaneous Localization and Mapping); point cloud processing; mine surveying; ecological monitoring

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

Applications of Photogrammetry and Lidar Techniques in Cultural Heritage Documentation

edited by

Filiberto Chiabrando

, Alberto Mendikute and

Dominique Rissolo

submission deadline 15 Feb 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5747 | Submission Open

Keywords: aerial/terrestrial data integration; LiDAR/photogrammetry integration; MMSs (mobile mapping systems); SLAM; hyperspectral, thermal, and multispectral sensors; different approaches in 3D modeling; scan to BIM; HBIM; memory twin/digital twin; AI base point cloud classification; AI-generated 3D models; paradata and metadata; semantic classifications; new methods and strategies for 3D surveys; three-dimensional and immersive visualization, including virtual, augmented, and mixed reality; the preservation and protection of cultural heritage; digital cultural heritage applications and services

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

Remote Sensing for Environmental Monitoring in Cold and Arid Regions: Advances and Perspectives

edited by

Lihui Luo

,

Jie Xue

, Miao Zhang and Mingyang Lv

submission deadline 15 Feb 2027 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3926 | Submission Open

Keywords: cold and arid region; frozen soil monitoring; glacier monitoring; desert monitoring; data fusion; spatial modeling

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

Remote Sensing Data Refinement and Utilization for Advanced Atmospheric Observations

edited by

Bangyu Ge

, Zhenwei Qiu and Sifeng Zhu

submission deadline 15 Feb 2027 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1594 | Submission Open

Keywords: satellite remote sensing; atmospheric observation; data validation; sensor calibration; atmospheric components; retrieval algorithms; data assimilation; climate change; environmental monitoring; machine learning

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

Advances in Atmospheric Boundary Layer Measurements

edited by

Andreu Salcedo-Bosch

and

Simone Lolli

submission deadline 15 Feb 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1472 | Submission Open

Keywords: turbulence; atmospheric remote sensing; wind; boundary layer; lidar; radar; clear air turbulence

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

Applications and New Trends in Metrology for Radar/LiDAR-Based Systems (Third Edition)

edited by

Silvia Liberata Ullo

,

Alfonso Farina

and

Harun Taha Hayvaci

submission deadline 15 Feb 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1172 | Submission Open

Keywords: radar and LiDAR systems; radar and LiDAR data measurements and processing; remote sensing applications; land-based, shipborne, and onboard drones, aircraft, and satellites; cognitive radars; human-in-the-loop aspects in radar systems; dual-function radar communications; waveform diversity and design; adaptive radar waveform design; radar detection theory; radar signal processing: theory, algorithms, and applications (RTAA)

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

Image Processing and Analysis: Trends in Registration, Data Fusion, 3D Reconstruction, and Change Detection (Fourth Edition)

edited by

Riccardo Roncella

,

Mattia Previtali

and Luca Perfetti

submission deadline 15 Feb 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 719 | Submission Open

Keywords: image registration; change detection; 3D reconstruction; deep learning; hyperspectral; image matching; data/sensor fusion; object-based image analysis; pattern recognition; volume rendering

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

Comprehensive Remote Sensing for Geohazard Detection, Monitoring, and Prediction

edited by

Bo Chen

, Yao Li, Wanji Zheng and Chuang Song

submission deadline 15 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 226 | Submission Open

Keywords: InSAR; multi-source remote sensing; geohazard; detection; monitoring; prediction

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

Deep Learning for Remote Sensing Image Segmentation

edited by Zhenghang Yuan and

Lanlan Rao

submission deadline 20 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 66 | Submission Open

Keywords: deep learning; remote sensing image segmentation; transformers and foundation models; label-efficient learning; multi-modal Earth observation

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

Vision–Language and Multimodal Foundation Models for Intelligent Remote Sensing Interpretation

edited by Yuxiang Xie,

Yanming Guo

and

Guoxiong Zhou

submission deadline 25 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 535 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing intelligent interpretation; vision–language model; multimodal foundation model; open-world perception; geospatial artificial intelligence; multi-source remote sensing data; large model adaptation

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

Neural Networks and Deep Learning for Satellite Image Processing

edited by Jinsong Chen,

Shanxin Guo

,

Yanfei Zhong

and Yue Xu

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4376 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest canopy structure or parameter retrieval; deep learning; land cover and land use mapping; transfer learning; matric learning; transferability assessment; cloud removal; spatial-temporal image fusion; parameter efficient fine-tuning; change detection; object recognition; super resolution

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

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

edited by

, Junjie Wang,

,

and

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3050 | 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)

LiDAR Technology in Forest Ecosystems: Advances and Applications in Forest Management, Monitoring and Modelling

edited by Matteo Mura

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1573 | Submission Open

Keywords: LiDAR; airborne laser scanning; forest inventory; forest biometrics; large area estimation; forest management; forest monitoring

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

Object Detection in Remote Sensing Imagery

edited by

Dandan Ma

,

Zhiyu Jiang

and Le Dong

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1273 | Submission Open

Keywords: object detection remote sensing; deep learning; foundation models; transformer networks; VHR imagery; data fusion; urban monitoring; disaster and environmental assessment

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

Advances in Forest Aboveground Biomass Mapping Using Multi-Source Remote Sensing and Machine Learning

edited by

Wenquan Dong

,

Zhiqiang Cheng

, Songyan Zhu and

Yongjie Ji

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 933 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest aboveground biomass; optical; SAR; LiDAR; biomass mapping; machine learning; deep learning; forest carbon; data fusion

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

Remote Sensing for Monitoring Nutrients in Coastal and Inland Waters

edited by

Christos Domenikiotis

and

Nikos Neofitou

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 432 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; water quality; nutrients; eutrophication; coastal waters; inland waters; regression; classification; machine learning; deep learning

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

Integrating Remote Sensing and Machine Learning for Intelligent Crop Monitoring and Yield Mapping

edited by Yingpin Yang, Jiancheng Luo and

Tianjun Wu

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 369 | Submission Open

Keywords: crop classification and mapping; yield prediction; phenology monitoring; machine learning; transfer learning; domain adaptation; multi-source data fusion; time-series analysis; AI agents; explainable AI; climate change; sustainable agriculture

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

Advanced Deep Learning and Foundation Models for Hyperspectral Image Interpretation

edited by Jinghui Yang,

Lifeng Wang

,

Jiaqi Yang

and

Lingling Li

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 325 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; hyperspectral imaging; foundation models; deep learning; image interpretation; model interpretability; image registration; earth observation

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

Artificial Intelligence and Big Data Remote Sensing for Land Use/Land Cover Mapping and Sustainable Development

edited by

Yumiao Wang

,

Qiong Hu

, Gang Yang and

Zhou Zhang

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 281 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; remote sensing; land use and land cover; deep learning; crop mapping; sustainable development; multi-source data fusion; change detection; geospatial intelligence

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

Learning-Based Remote Sensing and Earth Observation Intelligence: Representation, Fusion, Interpretation, and Generation

edited by

,

,

,

, Xiantao Jiang and

Yi Xiao

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 268 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; earth observation; artificial intelligence; deep learning; foundation models; multimodal learning; data fusion; generative AI; image interpretation

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

Multi-Source Remote Sensing for Digital Terrain Modeling and Analysis

edited by Wen Dai, Chuanfa Chen and Linwei Yue

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 244 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital terrain models (DTMs); digital elevation models (DEMs); terrain analysis; multi-source remote sensing data; geomorphometry; terrain modeling

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

Remote Sensing with LiDAR Point Clouds: From Semantic Segmentation to 3D Scene Understanding

edited by Kaiqi Liu, Wenshuai Hu and

Junjie Wang

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 236 | Submission Open

Keywords: point clouds; semantic segmentation; environment perception; deep learning; datasets; three-dimensional understanding

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

Remote Sensing Spatiotemporal Fusion with Deep and Generative Models

edited by

Huihui Song

and

Yongquan Zhao

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 205 | Submission Open

Keywords: spatiotemporal fusion; remote sensing; deep learning; generative model; diffusion model; generative adversarial network (GAN); transformer architecture; time‑series reconstruction; multi‑source data fusion; high-spatiotemporal resolution monitoring

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

Remote Sensing and AI for Crop Monitoring, Yield Prediction and Food Security Assessment

edited by

Xueying Li

,

El Houssaine Bouras

and

Shishi Liu

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 154 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; artificial intelligence; crop monitoring; crop yield prediction; crop phenology; agricultural drought; agricultural modeling; data assimilation; climate-smart agriculture

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

Uncertainty Quantification and Propagation in Vegetation Earth Observation

edited by

Jochem Verrelst

and

Luke A. Brown

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 128 | Submission Open

Keywords: uncertainty quantification; vegetation earth observation; epistemic and aleatoric uncertainty; machine learning and Bayesian inference; radiative transfer modeling

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

Physics-Informed Information Exploitation in Radar Remote Sensing

edited by

Junling Wang

and

Bangjie Zhang

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 128 | Submission Open

Keywords: physics-based remote sensing models; novel radar architectures; scattering mechanisms; feature-based signal processing; multi-source information fusion; motion-constrained target detection and tracking; information-constrained target recognition; physical property retrieval; spatiotemporal feature correlation; feature-based performance optimization

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

Multi-Source Remote Sensing Data Fusion for Hydrological Modelling

edited by

Hongxing Zheng

,

Guobin Fu

and

Ruirui Zhu

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 127 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydrological modelling; multisource remote sensing; data fusion; machine learning and deep learning; data assimilation; uncertainty; flood inundation; drought

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

Advances in Remote Sensing and Geospatial Artificial Intelligence (GeoAI) for Geomorphological and Archaeological Research

edited by

Scot Smith

and

Kamal Darwish

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 118 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; archaeology; geology; geomorphology; remote sensing; geo-hazards

Efficient Multimodal AI for Remote Sensing: From Observation Enhancement to Target-Aware Spatiotemporal Intelligence

edited by Xizhe Xue, Jiang He and

Jing Yang

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 117 | Submission Open

Keywords: heterogeneous remote sensing observation enhancement; multimodal remote sensing image fusion; hyperspectral image restoration and super-resolution; spectral–spatial anomaly detection; target-aware remote sensing interpretation; prompt-guided target localization; vision-language remote sensing interpretation; lightweight remote sensing image understanding; moving target tracking and trajectory prediction; robust hyperspectral image classification

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

Earth Observation for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): From Environmental Monitoring to Social Indicators

edited by

Ana Andries

and

Belén Martí-Cardona

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | Viewed by 109 | Submission Open

Keywords: Earth observation; Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs); post-2030 sustainability frameworks; satellite missions; greenhouse gas monitoring; biodiversity and ecosystem monitoring; hyperspectral remote sensing; radar remote sensing; geospatial indicators; environmental and social indicators; post-2030 sustainability

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

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