Remote Sensing

Advances in Optical Sensors Research: Pre-Flight and In-Orbit Characterization, Calibration, Product Validation and Data Applications

edited by

Bahjat Alhammoud

, Julia A. Barsi, Camille Desjardins and Steffen Dransfeld

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2254 | Submission Open

Keywords: optical sensors; pre-flight characterization; in-orbit calibration; product validation; radiometric, spectral and geometric calibration uncertainty analysis; multi-sensor harmonization; earth observation applications

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

Precision Agriculture and Crop Monitoring Based on Remote Sensing Methods (Second Edition)

edited by

Renan Falcioni

, Renato Herrig Furlanetto and

Luis Crusiol

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2157 | Submission Open

Keywords: precision agriculture; remote sensing; crop monitoring; satellite imagery; UAVs (drones); multispectral sensing; hyperspectral imaging; LiDAR in agriculture; AI in agriculture; sustainable farming

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

GeoAI for Urban Understanding: Fusing Multi-Source Geospatial Data

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submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1782 | Submission Open

Keywords: GeoAI; urban understanding; data fusion; multi-source data; geospatial big data; remote sensing; social sensing; sustainable cities

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

New Perspectives on 3D Point Cloud (Fourth Edition)

edited by

Sara Gonizzi Barsanti

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1778 | Submission Open

Keywords: point cloud acquisition, data extraction/data analysis/point cloud registration/multi-temporal point clouds; AI/ML/DL for point cloud processing and pattern recognition in the context of remote sensing; NErF/Gaussian splatting; monocular depth estimation for 3D point cloud reconstruction; multimodal fusion (LiDAR+SAR+multispectral); multi-time point cloud change detection; multi-sensor point cloud collaboration; voxel creation; object detection, down sampling, denoising; point cloud processing, classification and quality assessment; from 2D images to 3D point clouds with GANs and LLMs in the context of remote sensing data acquisition or scene understanding

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

Improving Meteorological Forecasting Models Using Remote Sensing Data

edited by Kaijun Ren,

Wenjing Zhao

and Jia Liu

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1696 | Submission Open

Keywords: meteorological satellite remote sensing; atmospheric parameters; data assimilation; AI/ML in meteorology; model optimization; meteorological forecasting; extreme weather events

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

Hyperspectral Remote Sensing for Soil Property Retrieval: Advances and Applications

edited by

Mohammadmehdi Saberioon

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1643 | Submission Open

Keywords: hyperspectral remote sensing; soil spectroscopy; digital soil mapping; UAV- and satellite-based sensing; machine learning and data fusion; precision agriculture

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

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

edited by

Bobin Cui

,

Jungang Wang

and Le Wang

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1627 | 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)

Remote Sensing for Vegetation Biophysical and Biochemical Parameters Retrieval

edited by

Nizom Farmonov

and

Bendix Jörg

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1606 | 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)

Multi-Sensor Fusion for UAV Remote Sensing: Deep Learning-Driven Target Detection in Complex Environments

edited by

Yong Jia

, Shisheng Guo and Yongping Song

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1599 | Submission Open

Keywords: UAV remote sensing; multi-sensor fusion; deep learning; complex environments; target detection; multimodal data registration

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

Intelligent Interpretation of Remote Sensing Imagery: AI-Enhanced Monitoring of Geographical and Geological Environments

edited by Yusen Dong,

Yuewei Wang

and Kang He

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1546 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; deep learning; multi-sensor data fusion; image segmentation; change detection; explainable AI; geographical environment; geological environment; hazard monitoring

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

Bridging AI and Remote Sensing: Multimodal Learning for Advanced Semantic Understanding

edited by

Min Xia

,

Ligou Weng

and

Haifeng Lin

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1435 | Submission Open

Keywords: multimodal learning; remote sensing semantic understanding; multi-source remote sensing data fusion; deep learning

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

Exploring the Urban Heat Island and Its Mechanisms Based on Satellite and AI

edited by Charles Man Sing Wong, Majid Nazeer and Xin-Yu Yu

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1388 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban heat island (UHI); satellite remote sensing; artificial intelligence (AI); land surface temperature; urban climate; thermal infrared imaging; data fusion

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

Aerosol Remote Sensing from Space, Ground or Computers

edited by

Makiko Nakata

and

Sonoyo Mukai

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1141 | Submission Open

Keywords: satellite; air pollution; sea salt; volcanic ash; soil dust; biomass burning; bioaerosol

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

Deep Learning Innovations: Small Samples and Foundation Models for Hyperspectral/Multispectral Imagery

edited by

Huan Liu

, Xiaobin Zhao,

Ting Hu

and

Junjie Wang

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1139 | Submission Open

Keywords: hyperspectral/multispectral imagery; deep learning; foundation models; small-sample learning; self-supervised learning; environment monitoring and prediction; generative AI; spectral–spatial modeling; image classification/segmentation; transfer learning

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

Near-Surface Geophysics and Remote Sensing for Observing Coupled Surface and Subsurface Processes and Their Interactions

edited by Wenke Zhao and

Vagner Ferreira

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1059 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing (RS); satellite remote sensing; UAV remote sensing; aerial remote sensing; near-surface geophysics; electromagnetic method; electrical resistivity tomography (ERT); ground-penetrating radar (GPR); coupled surface-subsurface processes; hydrogeophysics; time-lapse monitoring; artificial intelligence (AI)

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

Deep Learning-Driven Hyperspectral Unmixing and Classification Techniques for Remote Sensing Images

edited by Yang Xu

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 920 | Submission Open

Keywords: hyperspectral imaging; hyperspectral unmixing; hyperspectral classification; endmember extraction; nonlinear unmixing; large models and foundation models; spectral-spatial feature extraction; deep learning

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

Radar Advances in Ocean Dynamics

edited by

Lingsheng Meng

,

Zhaoyun Chen

, Enhui Liao and

Young-Heon Jo

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 917 | Submission Open

Keywords: synthetic aperture radar (SAR); ocean surface dynamics; air–sea interaction; scatterometer and altimeter applications; ocean waves, currents, and eddies; deep learning and artificial intelligence; multi-sensor data fusion; coastal and extreme-event monitoring; radar oceanography; climate and marine applications

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

Understanding Ecosystem Dynamics in Cold and Arid Regions Under Global Change: A Remote Sensing Perspective

edited by

Jie Peng

,

Florent Mouillot

, Lei Zheng, Nan Wang and

Jiujiang Wu

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 906 | Submission Open

Keywords: vegetation dynamics; climate change; remote sensing; cryosphere; eco-hydrology; extreme climate events; ecosystem resilience; Qinghai–Tibet Plateau; drylands; high latitudes

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

Remote Sensing of Wave Dynamics and Hydrodynamics in Marine Environments

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submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 870 | Submission Open

Keywords: ocean remote sensing; wave; current; eddies; hydrodynamics; marine environments; altimeter; lidar; artificial intelligence model; data processing algorithms

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

Leveraging Multitemporal Remote Sensing Data for Land Use and Land Cover Classification

edited by Ioannis Kotaridis, Hazem Abdo and

Linlin Lu

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 672 | Submission Open

Keywords: land use and land cover classification; image classification; semantic segmentation; multitemporal; multimodal; Artificial Intelligence (AI); Machine Learning (ML); Deep Learning (DL); Geospatial Information Systems (GIS); remote sensing

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

Remote Sensing for Air Quality, Health, and Sustainable Development

edited by

Ming Liu

, Xin-Yu Yu,

Ximeng Cheng

and

Tao Huang

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 598 | Submission Open

Keywords: air pollution; air quality monitoring; aerosols; particulate matters; satellite observation; environmental health

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

Machine Learning for Applications in Agriculture and Vegetation Using Remote Sensing (Second Edition)

edited by

Christoph Jörges

and

Aaron Moody

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 541 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; machine learning; deep learning; remote sensing; data mining; water–energy–food nexus; crop yield prediction; agriculture; climate change; sustainable irrigation and fertilization.

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

Remote Sensing and Geospatial Technologies for Sustainable Farming Practices

edited by

Subhadip Dey

,

Arnab Muhuri

, Sandipan Mondal,

Prithwiraj Dey

and

Somsubhra Chakraborty

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 483 | Submission Open

Keywords: agriculture; aquaculture; optical remote sensing; microwave remote sensing; biophysical parameters; classification

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

Remote Sensing of Aerosol–Cloud–Radiation Interactions and Quantifying Their Impact on Earth’s Energy Budget

edited by Eshkol Eytan and Jake J. Gristey

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 470 | Submission Open

Keywords: aerosols; clouds; radiation; aerosol–cloud–radiation interactions; Earth’s energy budget; atmospheric radiation transfer; remote sensing retrievals; climate change; multi-sensor synergy; satellite observations; ground observations; aircraft observations; surface observations; climate forcing; climate intervention; solar radiation management

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

Multi-Temporal Remote Sensing of Forest Disturbance: Detection, Mapping and Impact Assessment

edited by Feng Yang, Dashan Wang, Anna Shcherbacheva and Xiaoxin Zhang

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 435 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest dynamics; remote sensing; geospatial artificial intelligence (Geo-AI); forest disturbance detection; forest cover mapping; ecohydrological effects; carbon effects; thermal sensitivity; forest resilience

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

Linking Marine Heatwaves/Cold-Spells, Eddies, and Sea Surface Features—2nd Edition

edited by

Wenjin Sun

and

Yulong Yao

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 429 | Submission Open

Keywords: marine heatwaves; marine cold-spells; oceanic eddies; sea surface features; remote sensing; AI; climate change; ecosystem impacts

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

AI-Enhanced GNSS Meteorology for Real-Time Correction of Microwave Remote Sensing Data

edited by Jungang Wang and Longjiang Tang

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 347 | Submission Open

Keywords: GNSS meteorology; artificial intelligence; microwave remote sensing; tropospheric delay correction; precipitable water vapor (PWV); climate applications; real-time data assimilation; atmospheric water vapor retrieval

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

Remote Sensing and Earth Intelligence in Wildfire Ecology and Forest Restoration Monitoring

edited by Yakui Shao,

Guang Yang

, Qiuhua Wang and

Jia Wang

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 324 | Submission Open

Keywords: wildfire ecology; forest restoration; earth intelligence; remote sensing; artificial intelligence; unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV); cloud computing; digital twin; fire severity; burned area; burned area extraction; fire behavior; fuel load; lightning-induced fire; dynamic early warning; near real-time monitoring; fire vegetation climate coupling; landscape pattern

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

Remote Sensing Data Dense Prediction and Feature Extraction

edited by Gongyang Li,

Yong Wu

and Feng Li

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 315 | Submission Open

Keywords: segmentation; object detection; classification; feature extraction; data generation; inpainting/denoising/dehazing

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

Advances in UAV Remote Sensing for Crop Monitoring and Yield Prediction

edited by

Pedro Marques

and

Leilson Ferreira Gomes

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 270 | Submission Open

Keywords: UAV remote sensing; crop monitoring; yield prediction; plant health monitoring; precision agriculture; vegetation indices; crop phenotyping; machine learning; multi-sensor data fusion; multi-platform data fusion; machine learning

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

Advances in Bistatic and Multistatic SAR Technology

edited by

Da Liang

, Heng Zhang and Yashi Zhou

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 254 | Submission Open

Keywords: bistatic/multistatic synthetic aperture radar (SAR); bistatic/multistatic SAR system design; bistatic/multistatic SAR signal processing; bistatic/multistatic SAR synchronization and imaging; bistatic/multistatic SAR target detection and guidance; bistatic/multistatic SAR target information inversion

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

Advanced Multi-Sensor Fusion and Intelligent Data Processing in Remote Sensing

edited by Bing Wang,

Yuansheng Hua

and

Fanyi Meng

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 246 | Submission Open

Keywords: multi-sensor fusion; intelligent data processing; deep learning; foundation models; multi-modal learning; SAR-optical integration; LiDAR; urban remote sensing; feature extraction

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

Integrating Deep Learning (DL) and Satellite Imagery in Landslide Mapping

edited by

Helen Cristina Dias

and

Carlos Henrique Grohmann

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 217 | Submission Open

Keywords: mass movement; landslide mapping; landslide detection; satellite remote sensing; convolutional neural networks (CNNs); hazard assessment

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

Multi-Source Remote Sensing Data in Hydrology and Geophysical Processes (Second Edition)

edited by

Shiqiang Zhang

,

Yun Chen

, Qiudong Zhao and

Chang Huang

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 209 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydrologic variables; data fusion; surface water; glacial; snow cover; hydrological process; flood monitoring

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

Remote Sensing and Geospatial Intelligence for Climate Resilience of Cultural Heritage and Landscape

edited by

Maria Danese

,

Rosa Lasaponara

and

Nicola Masini

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 202 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; geospatial intelligence; cultural heritage; landscape; climate resilience; environmental monitoring; risk assessment; spatial analysis; climate change

Remote Sensing for Wetland and Waterbird Habitat Conservation

edited by Dong Li and Houlang Duan

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 202 | Submission Open

Keywords: wetland remote sensing; satellite tracking; waterbird habitat; habitat suitability modeling; migratory flyways; machine learning; conservation planning; ecosystem services

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

GeoAI and Remote Sensing for High-Resolution Mapping and Infrastructure Monitoring

edited by

Muhammed Enes Atik

,

Umut Gunes Sefercik

and

Bashar Alsadik

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 197 | Submission Open

Keywords: GeoAI; remote sensing; deformation analysis/monitoring; geospatial big data; infrastructure monitoring; disaster management; smart city applications; land use land cover mapping; 3D modelling; point cloud processing

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

Advances in Remote Sensing Observation of Aerosol Properties and Assessment of Their Effects (Second Edition)

edited by

Kaitao Li

,

Xingfeng Chen

,

Lei Li

and Donghui Li

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 197 | Submission Open

Keywords: aerosol optical, physical, and chemical properties; remote sensing observations; simulation and inversion; environmental, health, and climate assessment; spatiotemporal distribution; contributing factor analysis

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

Next-Generation Remote Sensing for Earth Surface Deformation: Multi-Sensor Integration, AI, and Predictive Modeling

edited by

Hyung-Sup Jung

,

Kwan-Young Oh

, Sung-Hwan Park,

Won-Kyung Baek

and

Sunmin Lee

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 197 | Submission Open

Keywords: multi-temporal InSAR (MT-InSAR); ground deformation & land subsidence; deep learning in remote sensing; multi-sensor data fusion; predictive geomechanical modeling; geohazard early warning; infrastructure health monitoring; GNSS and LiDAR; digital twins for earth observation; climate-driven surface dynamics

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

Machine Learning-Based Retrieval of Cloud and Fog Properties and Climate Feedbacks from Satellite Observations

edited by

Jinghua Chen

,

Junjun Li

and

Yuxuan Bian

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 190 | Submission Open

Keywords: machine learning; cloud feedback; cloud–aerosol interactions; fog detection; cloud properties; satellite observations

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

Remote Sensing Technologies, Applications and Perspectives at Night: Nightlight, Nighttime Thermal Infrared and Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) (Second Edition)

edited by

Di Liu

, Jiajun Li,

Chengbin Deng

and

Linye Zhu

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 183 | Submission Open

Keywords: night-time remote sensing (nightlight, thermal infrared, and SAR); low-light earth observation; artificial intelligence for night-time remote sensing; nighttime environmental monitoring; extreme event detection

Remote-Sensing-Based Monitoring of Greenhouse Gas Emissions for Climate Change Assessment

edited by Mingge Li and Zhonghua He

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 177 | Submission Open

Keywords: greenhouse gases; remote sensing; emission monitoring; climate change assessment; data assimilation; emission inventory; atmospheric transport modeling

Deep Learning-Based Small-Target Detection in Remote Sensing—2nd Edition

edited by

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submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 162 | Submission Open

Keywords: small target detection; deep learning; remote sensing image processing; hyperspectral and infrared sensing; multi-sensor data fusion; multimodal remote sensing; feature extraction; target recognition

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

Multi-Task Remote Sensing Image Analysis: Classification, Segmentation, and Change Detection (Second Edition)

edited by

Liguo Weng

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

Keywords: multi-task learning; remote sensing image classification; semantic segmentation; change detection; deep learning; multi-temporal analysis; data fusion; transfer learning; environmental monitoring; high-resolution remote sensing

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

Fusing Remote Sensing Observations and ML for Dynamic Hydrological/Ecosystem Monitoring

edited by

Hatim Sharif

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 142 | Submission Open

Keywords: data fusion; machine learning; flood monitoring; satellite-based precipitation; ecosystem monitoring; soil moisture; hydrologic modeling; deep learning

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

Landslide Detection Using Machine and Deep Learning

edited by

Wen Liu

submission deadline 15 Nov 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 3708 | Submission Open

Keywords: landslide detection; real-time monitoring; time series analysis; deep learning; machine learning

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

AI-Driven Hyperspectral Image Classification and Processing in Remote Sensing

edited by

Le Sun

,

Jie Feng

and Yang Xu

submission deadline 15 Nov 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 2889 | Submission Open

Keywords: hyperspectral imaging; cross-modal fusion; spectral–spatial feature learning; domain adaptation; hyperspectral image classification; self-supervised learning; multi-scene applications; biodiversity assessment; land use and cover

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

Remote Sensing of the Mountain Eco-Environment

edited by Fei Xiao, Yonghui Yao and Wenzuo Zhou

submission deadline 15 Nov 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1323 | Submission Open

Keywords: altitudinal belt; phenology; land use and land cover change; vegetation mapping; mountain biodiversity; vegetation dynamics; snow cover and glacier; mountain disaster; information fusion

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

InSAR Technology in Time-Series Analysis: Development, Application and Challenges

edited by Qiang Shen, Bo Hu and

Yangmao Wen

submission deadline 15 Nov 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 910 | Submission Open

Keywords: InSAR; time-series analysis; surface deformation; geohazards; PolInSAR; TomoSAR

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

Deep Learning for Remote Sensing Image Processing: Challenges and Future Directions

edited by

Wenyuan Li

, Sen Lei, Yuxiang Zhang and

Longfei Ren

submission deadline 15 Nov 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 820 | Submission Open

Keywords: deep learning; foundation models; data fusion; self-supervised learning; explainable AI (XAI); multi-temporal analysis

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

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