Remote Sensing

Impacts of Climate Change on Water Cycle and Terrestrial Ecosystems by Remote Sensing

edited by Chun-Yu Dong,

and

submission deadline 5 Aug 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 9886 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; environmental monitoring; hydrological processes; vegetation dynamics; phenology; flood; biodiversity; water cycle; drought; water resources; carbon cycle; biomass

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

Advances in Retrieval and Validation of Atmospheric Components by Remote Sensing

edited by

Yuhan Luo

,

Lei Liu

, Shanshan Wang and

Youwen Sun

submission deadline 10 Aug 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 12286 | Submission Open

Keywords: satellite trace gas product validation; satellite cloud product validation; trace gas vertical profile; atmospheric composition; high-resolution imaging; data assimilation; data fusion

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

Multi-Sensor Remote Sensing for Soil Moisture Monitoring

edited by

Qunou Jiang

,

Na Chen

,

Qiang Yu

,

Konstantinos X. Soulis

and

Dionissios Kalivas

submission deadline 10 Aug 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2010 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil moisture inversion; multi-sensor remote sensing; machine learning; UAV-based observation; data assimilation; hydrological modeling

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

Near Real-Time (NRT) Agriculture Monitoring

edited by

Liang Sun

,

Feng Gao

,

Wenbin Wu

and Peng Yang

submission deadline 15 Aug 2026 | 10 articles | Viewed by 32282 | Submission Open

Keywords: near real-time (NRT); early crop mapping; crop stress; crop phenology; yield prediction; soil monitoring; data fusion; time-series analysis

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

Advances in the Application of Spaceborne and UAS-Borne Radar Remote Sensing

edited by

Neda Rojhani

,

George Shaker

,

Massimiliano Pieraccini

and

Amir Hosein Oveis

submission deadline 15 Aug 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 26821 | Submission Open

Keywords: radar technology; space-based radar technology; planetary mapping radar; remote sensing applications; synthetic aperture radar (SAR); disaster management applications; advanced signal processing; space exploration; radar technology in earth sciences

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

New Advances in Remote Sensing Techniques Applied in Surface and Underground Mine Operations

edited by

Kamran Esmaeili

submission deadline 15 Aug 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 18424 | Submission Open

Keywords: open-pit mining; underground mining; mapping; mine process monitoring; operational efficiency, mine safety; mine environmental monitoring

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

Remote Sensing Applications in Hydrology and Water Resources Management

edited by Ning Liu, Yun Yang,

Ge Sun

and

Gabriel Senay

submission deadline 15 Aug 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 15457 | Submission Open

Keywords: water use; water supply; water availability; hydrologic modeling; remote sensing; water resource management

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

Remote Sensing-Based Assessments in the Forest Fire Disturbance Continuum

edited by

José Manuel Fernández-Guisuraga

submission deadline 15 Aug 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 10953 | Submission Open

Keywords: wildfires; fire severity; burned area; multispectral/hyperspectral; LiDAR; SAR; unmanned aerial vehicles; fuel mapping; fire impacts on vegetation and soils; fire regime

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

Advances in Multi-Source Remote Sensing Data Fusion and Analysis

edited by

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submission deadline 15 Aug 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 5907 | Submission Open

Keywords: multi-source remote sensing data; deep learning; multi-source image fusion; pansharpening; classification; change detection; anomaly detection; target detection

(This special issue belongs to the Section Earth Observation Data)

Sub-Pixel Mapping, Spatio-Temporal Fusion of Multi-Spectral and Hyperspectral Remote Sensing Data

edited by

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submission deadline 15 Aug 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5518 | Submission Open

Keywords: sub-pixel mapping; spatiotemporal fusion method; optical/multispectral/hyperspectral image analysis; mixed pixel problem; urban land use mapping; time-series analysis; multitemporal remote sensing data processing; change detection method

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

AI-Driven Forestry Remote Sensing: Datasets, Models, Analysis and Applications

edited by

Fang Huang

, Lingling Ma,

Jia Wang

and

Peng Liu

submission deadline 15 Aug 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2737 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence in forestry remote sensing; multi-source data fusion; forest parameter intelligent inversion and modeling; forest dynamic simulation and prediction; forest structure and global change; 3D point cloud analysis and applications; remote sensing image analysis and applications; digital twin & visualization; smart forestry

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

Advances in Polarimetric and Interferometric Radar Remote Sensing: From Electromagnetic Scattering Characterization to Earth Observation Applications

edited by

Dong Li

, Wentao An,

Yang Lei

and Qinghua Xie

submission deadline 15 Aug 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2557 | Submission Open

Keywords: radar polarimetry; radar interferometry; polarimetric radar interferometry; scattering modeling and characterization; synthetic aperture radar (SAR); signal processing and image analysis; microwave remote sensing of atmosphere, ionosphere, ocean, water, ice, forests, crops and land; environmental and disaster monitoring; security and monitoring surveillance; target detection, identification, and classification

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

Satellite Observation of Middle and Upper Atmospheric Dynamics

edited by

Shengyang Gu

, Haiyang Gao and

Zhaoai Yan

submission deadline 15 Aug 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2329 | Submission Open

Keywords: atmospheric parameters retrieval; novel satellite-based observation technologies; atmospheric dynamics; near-space modeling and prediction; coupling and long-term change mechanism; multi-source data assimilation technologies

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

Innovative Remote-Sensing Technologies for Sea Ice Observing

edited by Mingzhe Jiang,

Mohsen Ghanbari

and Linlin Xu

submission deadline 15 Aug 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2210 | Submission Open

Keywords: sea ice remote sensing; satellite SAR and passive microwave; airborne/UAV hyperspectral imaging; ice thickness and altitude retrieval; multi-sensor data fusion; deep learning classification; climate and operational forecasting; cryosphere monitoring

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

Innovative Remote Sensing Methods and Applications for Smart Cities

edited by

Tingting Xu

, Biao He and

Jay Gao

submission deadline 15 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1478 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban remote sensing; smart city applications; artificial intelligence in remote sensing; multisensor data fusion; urban monitoring and management

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

Few-Sample Intelligence for Hyperspectral Remote Sensing Image Classification

edited by

Fulin Luo

, Yule Duan, Xiaohui He and Guangyao Shi

submission deadline 15 Aug 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1395 | Submission Open

Keywords: hyperspectral image classification; few-sample classification; semi-supervised classification; few-shot learning; self-supervised training; cross-scene transfer learning; multi-modal fusion classification; fine-grained land cover mapping; lightweight models

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

Advances in Synthetic Aperture Radar: Calibration, Analysis and Application (Third Edition)

edited by

Lamei Zhang

, Hao Shi and

Deliang Xiang

submission deadline 15 Aug 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1175 | Submission Open

Keywords: synthetic aperture radar; PolSAR, InSAR, and POLInSAR; calibration; signal processing; SAR applications; SAR intelligent interpretation

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

Land Cover Classification of Multi-Source Remote Sensing Data Based on Deep Learning

edited by

Xiaofei Mi

, Zhong Chen, Jian Yang and Zhijing Ye

submission deadline 15 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1165 | Submission Open

Keywords: multi-source remote sensing data; deep learning; datasets; classification; change detection; time-series change analysis; language-visual models

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

Remote Sensing for Monitoring Land-Use/Land-Cover Change and Impacts on Ecosystem Service (Second Edition)

edited by

Shaohua Wang

, Haojian Liang,

Liang Zhou

and

Yeran Sun

submission deadline 15 Aug 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1161 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; land use change; land cover monitoring; urban environmental monitoring; urban infrastructure; sustainable land management; RS and GIS integration; deep learning applications

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

Integrating UAV-Based and Multi-Source Remote Sensing with Artificial Intelligence for Better Crop Management

edited by

Fan Zhao

,

Kangning Cui

and Jiaqi Wang

submission deadline 15 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1033 | Submission Open

Keywords: UAV; drone-based remote sensing; crop management; precision agriculture; crop monitoring; deep learning and machine learning; multispectral and hyperspectral imagery; agricultural decision support

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

AI and Remote Sensing Applications for Sustainable Land Use and Management

edited by

Yifu Ou

, Nan Xu and

Dongwei Liu

submission deadline 15 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 901 | Submission Open

Keywords: land use and management; environmental impact assessment; socioeconomic impact assessment; street-view imagery; remote sensing applications; geospatial AI

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

Multi-Satellite Remote Sensing for Drought Monitoring and Impact Assessment

edited by Dongdong Kong, Mingzhong Xiao and

Xihui Gu

submission deadline 15 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 890 | Submission Open

Keywords: drought monitoring; drought propagation; multi-source remote sensing; vegetation response; soil moisture; evapotranspiration

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

Drone-Based Remote Sensing of Archaeological Landscapes

edited by

Jesse Casana

and Paige E. Paulsen

submission deadline 15 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 333 | Submission Open

Keywords: UAS; UAV; lidar; thermal infrared; SWIR; multispectral; hyperspectral; magnetometry; GPR; real-time kinematic; GNSS; archaeological survey; landscape

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

Multi-Platform and Multi-Modal Remote Sensing Data Fusion with Advanced Deep Learning Techniques (Third Edition)

edited by

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submission deadline 15 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 328 | Submission Open

Keywords: multispectral and hyperspectral data fusion; hyperspectral and LiDAR data fusion; pansharpening or thermal sharpening; optical and SAR data fusion; optical and LiDAR data fusion; novel benchmark multi-platform or multi-modal datasets; advanced deep learning algorithm/architectures/theory; transfer, multitask, few-shot, and meta learning; attention mechanism and transformer; convolutional neural networks/graph convolutional networks; scene/object classification and segmentation; target detection/tracking; geological mapping

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

Remote Sensing-Based Digital Soil Mapping of Organic Carbon Stocks

edited by

George Zalidis

submission deadline 15 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 291 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital soil mapping; soil organic carbon; SOC stocks; carbon accounting; spatial modelling; uncertainty quantification; validation and benchmarking; MRV

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

New Trends in Remote Sensing Multispectral Monitoring of Plant Phenotypic Characteristics

edited by Kaihao Cheng,

Shichao Jin

and

Dong Li

submission deadline 15 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 287 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant phenotyping; multispectral remote sensing; spectral data fusion; vegetation indices; plant functional traits; plant abiotic/biotic stress

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

Earth Observation for SDGs in Coastal Areas and Small Islands

edited by Changyong Dou,

Yunwei Tang

,

Charles Galdies

and Siqin Wang

submission deadline 15 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 230 | Submission Open

Keywords: earth observation; sustainable development goals (SDGs); coastal monitoring; small island developing states (SIDS); coastal ecosystems; SDG localization; blue economy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Earth Observation Data)

Innovations in Remote Sensing Image Analysis

edited by Lu Xu,

Xianwei Lv

,

Wen Zhou

and

Gonzalo Pajares Martinsanz

submission deadline 20 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2984 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; multimodal data; object-based image analysis; image segmentation and classification; deep learning; knowledge graph

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

3D Scene Perception and Reconstruction of Remote Sensing Imagery

edited by

Jun Xiao

, Haiyong Jiang,

Lupeng Liu

and

Zhengda Lu

submission deadline 20 Aug 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2539 | Submission Open

Keywords: multi-modal fusion; structural reconstruction; weak supervision and semi-supervision; remote sensing; annotation efficiency

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

Advances in Hyperspectral Remote Sensing Image Anomaly Detection

edited by

Huixin Zhou

,

Pei Xiang

and

Chuan Fu

submission deadline 20 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 601 | Submission Open

Keywords: hyperspectral image; anomaly detection; object tracking; machine learning; deep learning; remote sensing

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

Global Vegetation Cover Estimated from Remote Sensing

edited by Mingzhu He and

Markus Hollaus

submission deadline 20 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 434 | Submission Open

Keywords: vegetation coverage; remote sensing; multi-sourced data; machine learning; data fusion

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

Hyperspectral Classification in Remote Sensing: State-of-the-Art Methods and Emerging Trends

edited by

Hao Sun

, Zhigang Tu, Le Dong and

Zhitong Xiong

submission deadline 25 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2732 | Submission Open

Keywords: hyperspectral image classification; remote sensing; spectral-spatial features; feature extraction; deep learning; machine learning

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

Advanced Remote Sensing Technology for Precision Forestry and Carbon Sink Assessment

edited by

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, Tao Liu,

and

submission deadline 30 Aug 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 9254 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest structure and function; forest dynamics 3D point cloud; advanced algorithms; multi-source data fusion; UAV remote sensing; carbon sink assessment; precision forestry management

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

Advances in Remote Sensing of the Inland and Coastal Water Zones (3rd Edition)

edited by

Jacek Lubczonek

,

Paweł Terefenko

,

Katarzyna Bradtke

and

Marta Wlodarczyk-Sielicka

submission deadline 30 Aug 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7082 | Submission Open

Keywords: coastal zone; coastal geomorphology; inland waters; shoreline change/erosion; ecosystem; water parameters; water level; bathymetry; topo-bathymetry; geodata processing; data fusion; LIDAR; spatial big data; satellite remote sensing; algal blooms; 3D modelling; spatial mapping; image processing and analysis; machine learning; digital elevation/bathymetric models

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

Microwave Remote Sensing for Object Detection (2nd Edition)

edited by

Guangcai Sun

submission deadline 30 Aug 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5483 | Submission Open

Keywords: synthetic aperture radar (SAR); airborne and satellite systems; objection detection and recognition; machine learning, compressive sensing; deep neural network sand few sample learning; ground moving target indication (GMTI); change detection in SAR images; generative adversarial networks (GANs); ship detection and ship traffic

Applications and Opportunities of Remote Sensing in Fire Ecology

edited by

Nikos Grammalidis

,

Kosmas Dimitropoulos

and

Panagiotis Barmpoutis

submission deadline 30 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2138 | Submission Open

Keywords: fire ecology; forest fire prevention; fire risk assessment and management; fire/smoke detection sensors and algorithms; fire/smoke modeling and prediction; burned area estimation; post-fire management and restoration

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

Monitoring of Volcanoes and Earthquakes with SAR and Satellite

edited by

Alfredo Falconieri

and

Valeria Satriano

submission deadline 30 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 936 | Submission Open

Keywords: volcano monitoring; earthquake monitoring; thermal anomalies; ground deformation; geohazards; machine learning for geohazards

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

Recent Advances in Satellite Data and In-Situ Measurements of Chlorophyll Fluorescence

edited by

Lin Du

submission deadline 30 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 907 | Submission Open

Keywords: chlorophyll fluorescence; fchl retrieval methods; radiative transfer models; vegetation stress conditions

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

Deep Neural Networks for Hyperspectral Image Classification

edited by Zhen Ye and

Xiangtao Zheng

submission deadline 30 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 362 | Submission Open

Keywords: hyperspectral image classification; deep neural networks; hyperspectral image processing; spectral–spatial feature learning; band selection; intelligent remote sensing interpretation; attention mechanisms

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

Integrated Remote Sensing for Global Atmospheric Environment Monitoring and Assessment

edited by

Yuan Wang

,

Tongwen Li

and Tianhao Zhang

submission deadline 30 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 332 | Submission Open

Keywords: atmospheric modeling; climate change; environmental assessment; air quality; greenhouse gases; meteorological factors

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

Artificial Intelligence and Satellite Remote Sensing in Climate Smart Agriculture

edited by

Hankui Zhang

and

Dong Luo

submission deadline 30 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 329 | Submission Open

Keywords: deep learning; climate-smart agriculture; remote sensing; image processing; spatial analysis

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

Object Detection and Information Extraction Based on Remote Sensing Imagery (Second Edition)

edited by

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, Gong Cheng and

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 31269 | Submission Open

Keywords: object detection of remote sensing images; object detection and tracking of remote sensing videos; few/zero-shot learning; multi-source data fusion; weakly supervised learning; semantic segmentation; remote sensing image classification

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

Estimating the Ecological Services of Urban Green Infrastructures Using Remote Sensing

edited by

Oz Kira

and

Arnon Karnieli

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 25367 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban sustainability; urban green infrastructures; urban ecological services; vegetation classification; carbon cycle; evapotranspiration; urban heat islands; shading

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

Precipitation, Flood and Earthquake Events Monitoring, Simulation, Analysis and Early Warning by Advanced Environmental Remote Sensing and AI

edited by

Congzheng Han

, Jiamou Liu and Hongbin Chen

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 9 articles | Viewed by 24921 | Submission Open

Keywords: radar; satellite; microwave links; AI and algorithms; flood and drought prediction, simulation, modeling, and analysis; short-term precipitation forecasting; precipitation monitoring; earthquake prediction and monitoring and geophysical exploration; technology for disaster information acquisition; disaster monitoring and disaster mitigation and avoidance simulation

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

AI-Driven Satellite Data for Global Environment Monitoring (Second Edition)

edited by

Yang-Won Lee

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 22077 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; semantic segmentation; remote sensing of disaster; applications in agriculture, forest, hydrology, and meteorology

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

Remote Sensing for Soil and Water Conservation and Sustainable Development in the Context of Climate Change

edited by

Shaohua Lei

,

Xiaojun Wang

, Guoqing Wang, Shuai Zeng,

Yongjian Ruan

and

Xianghui Lu

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 21140 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil and water conservation; management techniques for soil and water loss; net primary productivity; aquatic ecosystems health; water quality parameters retrieval; non-optically active parameters; machine/deep learning; vegetation phenology; lake/river ice phenology; climate change and human activities impacts

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

Deep Learning for Multi-Source Remote Sensing Image Interpretation: Exploring, Rethinking, and Limiting Breakthroughs

edited by

Xin Zhang

, Xueyao Hu, Yang Li,

Fernando José Aguilar

and

Muhammad Yasir

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 10 articles | Viewed by 20093 | Submission Open

Keywords: multi-source remote sensing image processing; remote sensing image generation; multimodal remote sensing image interpretation model; target characteristic analysis; radar signal processing; new task dataset and benchmark for remote sensing image interpretation

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

Advances in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Deep Learning (DL) in UAV-Based Remote Sensing

edited by

Michal Aibin

and Ryan Rad

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 11 articles | Viewed by 19935 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; deep learning; UAV remote sensing; object detection; semantic segmentation; environmental monitoring; precision agriculture; 3D reconstruction; real-time analytics; multi-sensor integration

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

Advances in Hyperspectral Remote Sensing Image Processing: 2nd Edition

edited by

Xudong Kang

and

Mingmin Chi

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 17878 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; hyperspectral image; feature extraction; image processing; image analysis; artificial intelligence; image classification; information fusion

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

SAR Monitoring of Marine and Coastal Environments

edited by Tao Xie,

Junmin Meng

,

He Wang

and Xinwei Chen

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 15950 | Submission Open

Keywords: synthetic aperture radar (SAR); marine environments; coastal hazards; remote sensing; deep learning; harsh environments; polar oceans; marine pollution; habitat mapping; climate change

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

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