Remote Sensing

Enhancing Geological Remote Sensing with Cutting-Edge Sensor Technologies

edited by

Veronika Kopačková-Strandová

,

Pierre Lacroix

, Kati Laakso and

Teodosio Lacava

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5440 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; geological applications; hyperspectral imaging; synthetic aperture radar; cutting-edge sensor innovations

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

Remote Sensing in Clouds and Precipitation Physics

edited by

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and

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5183 | Submission Open

Keywords: clouds and precipitation; remote sensing; aerosol–cloud–precipitation interactions; cloud physics and dynamics parameterizations; extreme precipitation events; weather and climate

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

Quantifying Greenhouse Gases Emissions from Remote Sensing Perspective

edited by

Christoffer Karoff

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5155 | Submission Open

Keywords: greenhouse gas emissions; satellite remote sensing; atmospheric inversion; data assimilation; climate change monitoring; GHG retrieval algorithms; environmental policy

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

Collaborative Learning for Multimodal Remote Sensing Analysis: Methods, Techniques and Applications

edited by Mingyang Zhang, Puzhao Zhang, Xiangming Jiang and

Fenlong Jiang

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5082 | Submission Open

Keywords: deep learning; collaborative learning; remote sensing analysis; computational intelligence; regular optimization

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

Progress in Estimating, Monitoring, and Modelling Wildfire Fuel Loads Using Remote Sensing

edited by

Nicolas Younes

, Paulo Jose Murillo-Sandoval, Li Zhao and Colleen Bryant

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4988 | Submission Open

Keywords: fuel loads; bushfires; wildfires; fuel flammability; fuel moisture content (FMC); live/dead fuel biochemistry; hyperspectral imagery; fire monitoring

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

Nighttime Light Remote Sensing Products for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

edited by

Zihao Zheng

and

Qiming Zheng

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4963 | Submission Open

Keywords: nighttime light remote sensing; Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs); socioeconomic applications; urbanization; energy consumption and carbon emissions; poverty and inequality assessment; light pollution

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

Integration of Remote Sensing and GIS to Forest and Grassland Ecosystem Monitoring (Second Edition)

edited by Xiuchun Yang,

Francois Girard

,

Cong (Vega) Xu

and Yungang Cao

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 4765 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; geographic information systems (GISs); forest ecosystem; grassland ecosystem; key ecosystem parameters; vegetation change; biodiversity assessment; land cover change; carbon sequestration; ecosystem degradation; ecosystem resilience; wildfire monitoring; environmental conservation

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

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for Multi-Modal and Multi-Spectral Remote Sensing Image Processing

edited by

Tao Lei

, Tao Gao,

Lefei Zhang

and

Asoke K. Nandi

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4553 | Submission Open

Keywords: deep learning; transformer; diffusion model; multi-modal remote sensing data; multi-spectral remote sensing data; feature representation; feature fusion; remote sensing interpretation

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

Remote Sensing for Maritime Monitoring

edited by Peng Liu,

Jin Xu

and

Bingxin Liu

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4464 | Submission Open

Keywords: marine pollution detection; ship monitoring; maritime traffic situation awareness; multi-source remote sensing; image process and analysis

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

Early Warning Systems and Real-Time Monitoring for Geohazards by Remote Sensing Techniques

edited by Yingfeng Zhang,

Jianfei Zang

,

Chong Xu

and Qi Ou

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4408 | Submission Open

Keywords: earthquakes; volcanic eruptions; landslides; earth observation; geohazards; optical imagery; SAR imagery; UAV; hazard detection and mapping; geohazard monitoring; geohazard modeling

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

Target Recognition and Detection Based on High Resolution Radar Images (Second Edition)

edited by

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, Lixiang Ma and

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 4306 | Submission Open

Keywords: high-resolution radar images; synthetic aperture radar (SAR); target detection; target recognition; deep learning; machine learning; image processing

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

Remote Sensing Target Recognition and Detection: Theory and Applications (Second Edition)

edited by

Hao Li

and Mingyang Zhang

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4093 | Submission Open

Keywords: target recognition; target detection; deep learning; neural networks; image classification; image processing

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

Artificial Intelligence-Driven Methods for Remote Sensing Target and Object Detection (Third Edition)

edited by

Yanni Dong

,

Xiaochen Yang

and

Qian Du

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4004 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; target detection; artificial intelligence; machine learning; deep learning; object detection; new datasets

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

Advances in the Remote Sensing of Crop Phenology and Production Monitoring Under Environmental Constraints

edited by Xin Zhao,

Jianxiu Shen

and Sanai Li

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3735 | Submission Open

Keywords: crop phenology; crop production; environmental constraints; agricultural remote sensing; algorithm development; time series analysis; precision agriculture; yield prediction; crop monitoring

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

Spatial Modeling and Analysis with Geographical and Remote Sensing Data

edited by Jinming Sha,

Jinliang Wang

and

Ling Chang

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3190 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence in gis and remote sensing; spatial data modeling; data fusion; spatiotemporal analysis; big data analytics; urban planning and environmental monitoring; cloud computing for geospatial data

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

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 30 Sep 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3153 | 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)

Monitoring Surface Water Dynamics and Quality Using Modern Remote Sensing

edited by

Sensen Wu

and

Hua Su

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3148 | Submission Open

Keywords: surface water dynamics; water quality monitoring; inland and ocean remote sensing; hyperspectral and multispectral imaging; SAR and LiDAR applications; AI and machine learning in water studies; climate and anthropogenic impacts; hydrology and water resources; aquatic ecosystems; UAV and satellite observations

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

Planetary Geologic Mapping and Remote Sensing (Third Edition)

edited by

Jan-Peter Muller

and

Zongyu Yue

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3025 | Submission Open

Keywords: planetary geology; planetary topography and geomorphology; planetary chronology; planetary spectrum; planetary remote sensing; geologic structures; geologic mapping; planetary composition; planetary GIS; planetary exploration missions; landing sites

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

Artificial Intelligence and Remote Sensing Applications in Natural Ecology Monitoring

edited by

Eric Ariel L. Salas

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2870 | 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 for Natural and Urban Scene Understanding and Applications

edited by

, Jinhu Wang,

,

and

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2829 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; point clouds; 3D scene understanding; object extraction; classification; environmental monitoring; urban planning

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

Artificial Intelligence for Optical Remote Sensing Image Processing

edited by

Wei Fang

and

Daniele Bortoli

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2822 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence for science; optical remote sensing; image processing; geographic information system; noise reduction and image enhancement; feature extraction and semantic segmentation; super-resolution reconstruction; satellite imagery; computer vision; multimodal data integration; heatwave warning; disaster management; crop monitoring; environmental monitoring; urban planning; infrastructure inspection

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

Remote Sensing Technologies in Precision Agriculture: From Ground Vehicles to Aerial and Handheld Platforms

edited by Renato Herrig Furlanetto, Xu 'Kevin' Wang,

Luis Crusiol

and

Caiwang Zheng

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2347 | Submission Open

Keywords: precision agriculture; crop monitoring; AI techniques

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

Advances in Remote Sensing Technology for Ground Deformation

edited by

Teng-To Yu

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2253 | 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)

Foundation Model-Based Multi-Modal Data Fusion in Remote Sensing

edited by Xianping Ma,

Xiaokang Zhang

, Zhen Wang and

Jiaxin Li

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2191 | Submission Open

Keywords: transformer; multi-modal data fusion; cross-modal learning; multi-resolution fusion; spatial-temporal modeling; foundation models

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

Recent Developments in Remote Sensing Instruments, Technologies, and Results for Aerosol and Cloud Measurements (Second Edition)

edited by Matthew McGill

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2105 | Submission Open

Keywords: clouds; cloud radiative effects; aerosols; aerosol radiative effects; cloud–aerosol interactions; aerosol transport; diurnal variability; remote sensing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Atmospheric 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 30 Sep 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2027 | 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)

Perspectives of Remote Sensing to Assess Forest Structure and Diversity

edited by

Jun Geng

,

Wen Jia

,

Kaijian Xu

and Hailan Jiang

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1847 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest structure; biodiversity; LiDAR; satellite observation; UAV; vegetation remote sensing.

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

Remote Sensing of Forests, Grasslands, and Lakes and Their Interactions

edited by

Leizhen Liu

, Shasha Liu and Bin Sun

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1824 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest–grassland–lake interactions; ecohydrological connectivity; time-series remote sensing; multi-sensor data fusion; vegetation phenology; surface water dynamics; land cover/land-use change (LCLUC); disturbance and resilience (fire/drought/grazing); machine learning for earth observation; watershed-scale ecosystem monitoring

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

Remote Sensing of Urban Morphology Changes

edited by

Jie Jiang

,

Maria Antonia Brovelli

, Xin Huang, Yue Xu and

Gabriele Bitelli

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1668 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban morphology; urban morphology change; 2D/3D urban structure; urban form dynamics; multi-temporal analysis; multi-scale analysis; cross-scale modeling; urban agglomerations; metropolitan regions; multi-source data fusion; geospatial artificial intelligence; local climate zones (LCZ); urban heat island; surface energy balance; vertical urban growth; carbon emissions; climate resilience; sustainable development goals (SDGs); digital twins; spatial metrics; big geospatial data; accuracy assessment; urban air quality; atmospheric pollution monitoring; urban climate modelling; zero-emission cities

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

Satellite LiDAR for Vegetation Structure and Biomass Estimation: Advances with ICESat-2 and GEDI

edited by

Aobo Liu

,

Xiaoxiao Zhu

, Cangjiao Wang and

Yating Chen

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1661 | Submission Open

Keywords: ICESat-2; GEDI; forest canopy height; aboveground biomass; vegetation structure; LiDAR remote sensing; data fusion; forest monitoring; carbon mapping; machine learning

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

Remote Sensing of Extreme Heat Events, Urban Heat Islands, and Public Health Impacts: Integrating Hydrological and Atmospheric Dynamics

edited by

Yuei-An Liou

,

Shih-Chun Candice Lung

and

Kim Anh Nguyen

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 1602 | Submission Open

Keywords: adaptation strategies; atmospheric dynamics; climate resilience; earth observation data; extreme heat events; heatwaves; heat vulnerability; human health and heat exposure; hydrological processes; hydrological dynamics; mitigation measures; thermal remote sensing; urban heat islands; water–energy–climate nexus; public health impacts

3D Urban Reconstruction from Point Clouds and Optical Imagery: Modeling and Applications

edited by

Jianzhu Huai

,

Rongjun Qin

, Milad Ramezani and

Jiaojiao Tian

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1582 | Submission Open

Keywords: 3D urban reconstruction; large-scale mapping; photogrammetry; neural scene representation; novel view synthesis; digital twins; urban modeling; transformer-based reconstruction

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

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

edited by

Antonino Maltese

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1462 | 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)

Urban Ecology Monitoring Using Remote Sensing

edited by

Caihong Ma

,

Mengmeng Wang

and Yindi Zhao

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1457 | 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)

Mobile Laser Scanning Systems for Underground Applications

edited by

Sandra Buján Seoane

and Chester Andrew Sellers

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1438 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital twins; TLS; MLS; 3D modeling; 3D mapping; geo-monitoring; handheld LiDAR; mobile mapping technologies; non-contact geomatic methods; mine/tunnels surveys; mine infrastructure planning and monitoring

Mapping the Blue: Remote Sensing in Water Resource Management

edited by

Junjie Li

,

Yun Chen

and Wen Zhang

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1426 | Submission Open

Keywords: water resource management; remote sensing applications; flood and drought monitoring; hydrological modeling; surface water mapping; geographic information science; multi-source data fusion; artificial intelligence

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

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

edited by

Hatef Dastour

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1396 | 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)

Advanced Change Detection and Anomaly Detection in Remote Sensing

edited by Ganchao Liu

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1264 | Submission Open

Keywords: change detection algorithms; anomaly detection techniques; remote sensing time-series analysis; multi-source data fusion urban change detection; disaster monitoring using remote sensing; vegetation and land cover change detection; hyperspectral and sar data for anomaly detection; deep learning for change and anomaly detection; remote sensing in environmental monitoring; anomaly detection in agricultural management; cross-domain transfer learning in remote sensing

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

Progress in Remote Sensing of Low-Altitude Wind Field Detection

edited by

Jinlong Yuan

and

Jiafeng Zheng

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1258 | Submission Open

Keywords: wind detection; low-altitude economy; remote sensing instrument; wind shear; turbulence; machine learning

(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 30 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1131 | 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)

Advances in Exploring the Moon, Mars, and Asteroids Based on In Situ and Remote Sensing Measurements (Second Edition)

edited by Simone Pirrotta,

Francesca Esposito

, Alice Lucchetti and

Maurizio Pajola

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1072 | Submission Open

Keywords: geological features; study of the environment; resources; robotic and human exploration; innovative strategies; remote sensing dataset analyses; new instrumentation concepts; smallsat concepts

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

Reviews in Environmental Remote Sensing

edited by

Timo Balz

and

Walter Musakwa

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1040 | Submission Open

Keywords: environmental remote sensing; earth observation; environmental monitoring; satellite imagery; climate change; machine learning; AI

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

Multi-Satellite SAR Missions in Earth Orbit: Programs and Studies

edited by

Marco D’Errico

and

Alfredo Renga

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1028 | Submission Open

Keywords: mission design; small-satellite design; formation; constellation; distributed radar; SAR processing

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

Land Degradation Assessment with Earth Observation (Third Edition)

edited by

Elias Symeonakis

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1022 | Submission Open

Keywords: land degradation; desertification; deforestation; drought; soil erosion; land use/cover change; habitat degradation; multitemporal analysis; time-series analysis; SDG 15.3.1

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

Advanced Artificial Intelligence and Deep Learning for Remote Sensing (4th Edition)

edited by

Zhenming Peng

,

Zhengzhou Li

, Yimian Dai and

Yuhan Liu

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 964 | Submission Open

Keywords: foundation models; multi-modal remote sensing; vision–language models; trustworthy AI; multi-temporal change detection; SAR scene classification; LiDAR scene reconstruction; remote sensing object recognition

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

Polarimetric Radar: Theory, Technology and Applications

edited by

Fulai Wang

, Chen Pang,

Xu Cheng

and Zhanling Wang

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 924 | Submission Open

Keywords: radar polarimetry; polarimetric detection; polarimetric resolution; polarimetric identification; PolSAR and PolInSAR

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

Microwave Remote Sensing for Soil Moisture and Vegetation Optical Depth Retrievals

edited by

Xiangzhuo Liu

, Mengjia Wang and Zanpin Xing

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 919 | Submission Open

Keywords: microwave remote sensing; soil moisture retrieval; vegetation optical depth (VOD); passive and active microwave sensors; multi-frequency observations; retrieval algorithms; data fusion and downscaling; product validation; land–atmosphere interactions

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

Multi-Sensor Remote Sensing for Urban Land Use and Land Cover Mapping

edited by Zhixin Qi and

Di Liu

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 835 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban land use and land cover (LULC); multi-sensor data fusion; synthetic aperture radar (SAR); LiDAR; thermal remote sensing; urban sustainability

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

Remote-Sensing Insights for Sustainable Urban Ecosystems

edited by Xiaojing Yao

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 831 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban remote sensing; urban sustainability; urban resilience; urban biodiversity and ecosystem services; AI-driven remote sensing; smart cities with remote observation

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

Land Surface Temperature Retrieval and Cross-Validation for Remote Sensing Applications

edited by Fangcheng Zhou, Xinming Zhu,

Hong Chen

, Guangzhen Cao and

Yawei Wang

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 815 | Submission Open

Keywords: land surface temperature (LST); land surface emissivity (LSE); retrieval algorithm; complex circumstances; ground-based observation; validation

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

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