Remote Sensing

Remote Sensing in Clouds and Precipitation Physics

edited by

Zuhang Wu

,

Balaji Kumar Seela

, Yong Zeng and

Ismail Gultepe

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1642 | 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)

Remote Sensing for Structural Monitoring and Assessment of Constructions

edited by

Andrea Miano

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1629 | Submission Open

Keywords: structural health monitoring; satellite data; structural assessment; structural analysis

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

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

edited by

Hao Li

and Mingyang Zhang

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1263 | 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)

Applications of UAV Photogrammetric Survey in Smart City and Smart Region

edited by Ka Zhang

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1263 | Submission Open

Keywords: structure from motion; route planning; airborne point cloud processing; multi-source data fusion; multi-source data processing; object detection and recognition; image matching; 3D reconstruction

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

Remote Sensing Applications in Land Cover Changes and Associated Environmental Effects: Progress, Challenges, and Opportunities (Second Edition)

edited by

Mingjun Ding

,

Lanhui Li

,

Linshan Liu

, Haiyan Zhang and Shoubao Geng

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1253 | Submission Open

Keywords: land use/cover changes; remote sensing; climate change; human activities; machine learning

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

Remote Sensing for Natural and Urban Scene Understanding and Applications

edited by

, Jinhu Wang,

,

and

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 991 | 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)

Urban Land Use Mapping Using Deep Learning

edited by

Chang Li

,

Rongjun Qin

and Ruisheng Wang

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 983 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban land use mapping; deep learning; multi-modal data integration; knowledge graphs; remote sensing; urban environmental monitoring; semantic segmentation; three-dimensional urban modeling; dynamic urban change detection

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

Remote Sensing for Natural Resources and Environmental Management of Arid and Semi-Arid Regions

edited by Chong Wang,

Hao Wang

and

Shuci Liu

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 965 | Submission Open

Keywords: vegetation dynamics; ecosystem services; carbon cycle/sequestration; soil moisture; evaporation; water quality; scale effects; climate change

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

Space Geodesy and Time Transfer: From Satellite to Science

edited by Anja Schlicht and

Pierre Exertier

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

Keywords: GENESIS; reference frames; VLBI; SLR; DORIS; GNSS; time transfer; relativistic geodesy from space; space clocks; moon time scale; systematic errors; collocation; clock ties; troposphere ties; inter-satellite links; satellite constellations in space geodesy; combination of space techniques; ray tracing of weather models; water vapour radiometer; future constellations

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

Hyperspectral and Thermal Remote Sensing for Precision Agriculture and Environmental Monitoring

edited by

Salvatore Falanga Bolognesi

and

Oscar Rosario Belfiore

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 884 | Submission Open

Keywords: hyperspectral imaging; thermal remote sensing; precision agriculture; environmental monitoring; irrigation management; earth observation; UAV and satellite applications; machine learning in remote sensing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental 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 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 608 | Submission Open

Keywords: precision agriculture; crop monitoring; AI techniques

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

Deep Learning for Remote Sensing Image Scene Classification

edited by Christine Pohl

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 445 | Submission Open

Keywords: deep learning; remote sensing; image scene classification; convolutional neural networks (CNNs); transfer learning; multispectral and hyperspectral imaging; data augmentation; big data analytics; smart city; digital twins

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

Utilization of Remote Sensing in Evaluating Crop Production Constraints

edited by

Koki Homma

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 441 | Submission Open

Keywords: crops; production constraints; drought; floods; pests; disease; weeds

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

Application of Remote Sensing in Arctic Ecosystem Monitoring

edited by

Gareth Rees

and Olga Tutubalina

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 425 | Submission Open

Keywords: Arctic; ecosystem; terrestrial; marine; sea ice; coastal; freshwater; satellite; UAV; ecology; monitoring

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

Spatial Modeling and Analysis with Geographical and Remote Sensing Data

edited by Jinming Sha,

Jinliang Wang

and

Ling Chang

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 330 | 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 the Remote Sensing of Crop Phenology and Production Monitoring Under Environmental Constraints

edited by Xin Zhao,

Jianxiu Shen

and Sanai Li

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 325 | 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)

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

edited by

Yanni Dong

,

Xiaochen Yang

and

Qian Du

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 206 | 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)

Remote Sensing for Urban Infrastructure: Intelligent Health and Safety Assessments

edited by

Yuansheng Hua

,

Mingxiao Li

and

Rong Liu

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 203 | Submission Open

Keywords: infrastructure monitoring; structural health monitoring (SHM); remote sensing; SAR; InSAR; LiDAR; UAV; artificial intelligence; deep learning

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

Perspectives of Remote Sensing to Assess Forest Structure and Diversity

edited by

Jun Geng

,

Wen Jia

,

Kaijian Xu

and Hailan Jiang

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

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

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

New Perspectives on 3D Point Cloud (Fourth Edition)

edited by

Sara Gonizzi Barsanti

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 172 | 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)

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

edited by Ioannis Kotaridis, Hazem Ghassan Abdo and

Linlin Lu

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 160 | 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)

Intelligent Remote Sensing for Wetland Mapping and Monitoring

edited by Ming Wang,

Weidong Man

, Xiao Huang,

Mingyue Liu

, Huiying Li and Hengxing Xiang

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 129 | Submission Open

Keywords: wetland mapping and monitoring; intelligent remote sensing; deep learning; time-series analysis; change detection; wetland ecosystem services; hydrological dynamics

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

Multi-, Hyperspectral and SAR Sensing Data for Environmental Monitoring and Natural Hazard Management

edited by

Massimo Musacchio

,

Cristiano Tolomei

,

Maria Teresa Melis

and Federico Rabuffi

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 114 | Submission Open

Keywords: new and consolidated algorithm for product generation; natural risks; geo-resources; time series products; CAL/VAL activities; orbiting and future missions

(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 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 106 | 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)

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 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 96 | 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)

Research on Infrared Hyperspectral Remote Sensing Images

edited by

Liqin Cao

, Hua Wu, Huazhong Ren, Chunlai Li and Xuan Zhang

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 92 | Submission Open

Keywords: infrared hyperspectral imaging; spaceborne and airborne infrared hyperspectral sensor; radiometric calibration; physics-based modelling; validation of remote sensing products; infrared hyperspectral data fusion; infrared parameters retrieval; infrared target detection; precision agriculture; environmental monitoring; mineral mapping; planetary infrared hyperspectral remote sensing

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

AI-Enhanced Remote Sensing for High-Precision Positioning and Navigation

edited by Xiangdong An,

Xiaolin Meng

,

Craig M. Hancock

and Qusen Chen

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 78 | Submission Open

Keywords: intelligent high-precision positioning; AI-enhanced fusion of multiple remote sensing data sources; AI-enhanced navigation; machine learning for remote sensing techniques; GNSS/INS/vision fusion; GNSS error modeling and mitigation with AI

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

Recent Advances in Resource Management in Radar Sensing and Imaging Applications

edited by

Tianxian Zhang

, Zongyong Cui,

Xueting Li

and Yuanhang Wang

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 77 | Submission Open

Keywords: radar system; system resource management; radar imaging; radar remote sensing; synthetic aperture radar (SAR); optimization; artificial intelligence (AI)

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

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

edited by

Zihao Zheng

and

Qiming Zheng

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 73 | 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)

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

edited by

Min Xia

,

Ligou Weng

and

Haifeng Lin

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 62 | 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)

High-Resolution Mapping and Monitoring of Estuarine Systems Using Multi-Sensor Remote Sensing and Machine Learning

edited by

Carina Lurdes Lopes

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 62 | Submission Open

Keywords: water quality; habitat mapping; unmanned aerial systems; satellites; multispectral sensors; LiDAR; aerial imagery

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental 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 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 62 | 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)

Hydro-Geoinformatics and Advanced Remote Sensing Technologies for Sustainable Agriculture

edited by

Jisung Geba Chang

and

Jeonghwan Park

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 52 | Submission Open

Keywords: precision agriculture; sustainable agricultural management; hydro-geoinformatics and ai; phenological mapping; crop pattern analysis and crop yield prediction; soil– water– crop dynamics; soil moisture estimation; multisource data fusion (polarimetric SAR; LiDAR; multi-/hyper-spectral)

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

Emerging UAS-Based Remote Sensing Applications for DRR (Disaster Risk Reduction) and Ecosystem Dynamics

edited by

Monica Herrero-Huerta

,

Shangpeng Sun

and

Francesco Pirotti

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 40 | Submission Open

Keywords: unmanned aerial systems (UAS) or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV); disaster risk reduction (DRR); ecosystem dynamics; remote sensing; multi-sensor integration; LiDAR; AI and machine learning; post-disturbance recovery

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

Remote Sensing of Climate–Vegetation Dynamics and Their Effects on Ecosystems (Third Edition)

edited by

Chung-Te Chang

and

Junhu Dai

submission deadline 1 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 70 | Submission Open

Keywords: vegetation and animal phenology; regular climate; climatic fluctuation; disturbance; PhenoCam; multisource remotely sensed data; productivity; water and biogeochemical cycles; wildlife phenology derived from remote sensing

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

Exploring Innovative Ionospheric Applications Using Ground and Spaceborne Observations

edited by

Andong Hu

,

Dongsheng Zhao

, Weijia Zhan and

Kefei Zhang

submission deadline 14 Apr 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6205 | Submission Open

Keywords: ionosphere; machine learning; global navigation satellite system (GNSS); space weather; data assimilation; ionospheric disturbances

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

Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing in Environmental and Engineering Applications (Second Edition)

edited by

Wojciech Drzewiecki

and

Antoni Rzonca

submission deadline 14 Apr 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3810 | Submission Open

Keywords: photogrammetry; remote sensing; laser scanning; close-range sensors; UAV sensors; airborne sensors; satellite sensors; data integration and synergy

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

Using Earth Observation Data to Monitor Deforestation and Forest Degradation to Ensure Compliance with Regulatory Frameworks

edited by

Melvin Lippe

,

Margret Köthke

,

Ramon Felipe Bicudo Silva

and Arief Wijaya

submission deadline 14 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3553 | Submission Open

Keywords: advanced remote sensing technologies; big data; GeoAI; and GIS integration; land cover and land use change; deforestation monitoring; forest degradation; regulatory compliance; zero-deforestation; sustainability governance

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

Quantifying Greenhouse Gases Emissions from Remote Sensing Perspective

edited by

Christoffer Karoff

submission deadline 14 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1260 | 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)

Coastal Dynamics Monitoring Using Remote Sensing Data

edited by Huaguo Zhang, Wenting Cao and

Nurjannah Nurdin

submission deadline 14 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 379 | Submission Open

Keywords: coastline; time series analysis; coastal erosion; coastal disaster; artificial intelligence; coastal flood; blue carbon; coastal vegetation; intertidal flat; bathymetric mapping; coastal wetland habitat; coastal management

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

Advances in UAV-Based Remote Sensing for Climate-Smart Agriculture

edited by Hongquan Wang,

Taifeng Dong

and

Liming He

submission deadline 14 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 356 | Submission Open

Keywords: unmanned aerial vehicles; remote sensing; climate-smart agriculture; crop phenotyping; precision agriculture

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

Applications of Multimodal Remote Sensing Models in Ecological Environment Monitoring

edited by

R. Douglas Ramsey

,

Jin Wu

and Jing Wang

submission deadline 14 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 263 | Submission Open

Keywords: multimodal remote sensing; ecological monitoring; data fusion; vegetation assessment; land cover classification; environmental change detection; machine learning; AI; geospatial analysis; sustainable resource management

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

Advanced Applications of Radar Remote Sensing and Artificial Intelligence in Meteorology and Hydrology

edited by

Dong-In Lee

and

Kaoshen Chung

submission deadline 14 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 201 | Submission Open

Keywords: AI and deep learning models for radar-based rainfall estimation; global case studies of radar-aided flood and storm forecasting; machine learning for hydrometeor classification using dual-pol radar; variational wind retrieval using radar networks; AI-driven analysis of tropical cyclones; hurricanes; and typhoons; orographic precipitation modeling across diverse terrains; integration of radar data with satellite or reanalysis products; cross-continental comparison of precipitation microphysics using disdrometers; radar and AI applications for snow; hail; and mixed-phase precipitation systems

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

Vegetation Dynamics Revealed by Remote Sensing and Its Feedback to Regional and Global Climate (3rd Edition)

edited by

Xuejia Wang

,

Tinghai Ou

and

Wenxin Zhang

submission deadline 15 Apr 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 7702 | Submission Open

Keywords: vegetation type; vegetation phenology; change detection; model simulation; response to climate change; feedback to climate change

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

Proximal and Remote Sensing for Low-Cost Soil Carbon Stock Estimation

edited by Tong Li,

Songchao Chen

, Anquan Xia,

Francesco Fava

and

Yash Dang

submission deadline 15 Apr 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4320 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil fertility; visible near-infrared (VNIR) spectroscopy; mid-infrared (MIR) spectroscopy; climate change; machine learning; digital soil mapping; land-use management; unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs); airborne; and satellite imagery

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

Advances in Remote Sensing Monitoring of Post-Disturbance Forest Recovery

edited by

Guangsheng Chen

,

Zoltan Szantoi

and

Santonu Goswami

submission deadline 15 Apr 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2369 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest disturbance; forest recovery; forest resilience; forest regrowth; canopy structure; forest composition; forest service; productivity and biomass; recovery trajectory; disturbance regime; disturbance severity; big data and artificial intelligence; remote sensing application; forest management

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

Remote Sensing Methods and Technical Developments in Geohazard Early Warning

edited by

Yaning Yi

,

Kunfeng Qiu

and Zhijie Zhang

submission deadline 15 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1300 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; satellite data; natural hazards; early warning; disaster risk reduction; SAR/InSAR; UAV; LiDAR; GNSS

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

Progress in Remote Sensing of Low-Altitude Wind Field Detection

edited by

Jinlong Yuan

and

Jiafeng Zheng

submission deadline 15 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 211 | 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)

Improving Meteorological Forecasting Models Using Remote Sensing Data

edited by Kaijun Ren,

Wenjing Zhao

and Jia Liu

submission deadline 15 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 176 | 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)

Small Target Detection, Recognition, and Tracking in Remote Sensing

edited by Xiaoyong Sun, Bei Sun and Peng Wu

submission deadline 15 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 108 | Submission Open

Keywords: single and multi-modal approaches; small target detection; target recognition; target tracking; remote sensing; modal selection and integration; deep learning fusion; modal optimization and fusion; adaptive modal selection

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

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