Remote Sensing

Remote Sensing of Ecosystem Structure and Function Dynamics Due to Climate Change and Human Activities (2nd Edition)

edited by

Jun Zhai

,

Wei Cao

and

Yuanwei Qin

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | 5 articles | Viewed by 13483 | Submission Open

Keywords: ecosystem structure; ecosystem function; ecological protection; biodiversity; nature reserves; carbon sequestration; climate change

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

Application of Remote Sensing in Landscape Ecology

edited by

Wayne Myers

and

Douglas Miller

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7307 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; landscape ecology; image analysis; environmental indicators; lidar; radar; ecosystem services; spatial analysis; machine learning; drones; multispectral; digital elevation model; UAV; satellite imagery; radiotracking; digital sound recording; landscape fragmentation

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

Advances in Remote Sensing for Burned Area Mapping

edited by

Giandomenico De Luca

,

Giuseppe Modica

and

Lorenzo Arcidiaco

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6228 | Submission Open

Keywords: burn areas’ detection and mapping; geo-informatics; fire severity; fire regime; biomass loss; wildland–urban interface (WUI) fires; three-dimensional modeling; image processing

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

Artificial Intelligence and Remote Sensing Applied to Forest Management: Advances in Machine Learning and Deep Learning Applications

edited by

Pablo Crespo-Peremarch

and

Juan Pedro Carbonell-Rivera

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5901 | Submission Open

Keywords: multispectral; hyperspectral; lidar; radar; photogrammetry; UAV; deep learning; machine learning; neural networks

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

The Application of Nighttime Remote Sensing in Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (Second Edition)

edited by

Jinyao Lin

and

Jinpei Ou

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5550 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable development goals; social indicators; land use planning; environmental conservation; artificial intelligence

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

Advanced Application of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Vision in Remote Sensing (Fourth Edition)

edited by Hossein M. Rizeei

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4357 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence (AI); machine vision (MV); machine learning (ML); geospatial information systems (GIS); optimisation; spatial framework; deep learning (DL)

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

Monitoring and Restoration of Mining-Impacted Ecosystems Using Remote Sensing Technology

edited by

Qiang Yu

,

Huaguo Huang

and

Jianbo Qi

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4139 | Submission Open

Keywords: multi-source remote sensing data; remote sensing technology; mining ecosystem; ecological restoration; ecosystem structure and function

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

Remote Sensing of Climate Change Influences on Urban Ecology

edited by

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submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3469 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban ecology; climate change; nature-based solutions; urban wetlands; green infrastructure; environmental justice; urban forestry; remote sensing; ecosystem services; urban sustainability; urban biodiversity

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

Advances in High-Resolution Crop Mapping at Large Spatial Scales

edited by

Lingbo Yang

and Pengliang Wei

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3246 | Submission Open

Keywords: high-resolution crop mapping; remote sensing for agriculture; large-scale crop monitoring; multi-source satellite data; crop classification; machine learning in agriculture; temporal dynamics of crops; agricultural change detection; precision agriculture; remote sensing applications in food security

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

Lightweight Artificial-Intelligence Techniques for Remote-Sensing Image Processing

edited by

Hao Zhang

, Qiwen Jin,

Chengli Peng

and

Xingyu Jiang

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2483 | Submission Open

Keywords: multimodal learning; image matching and registration; efficient image fusion; hyperspectral imaging; land cover mapping; object detection; change detection; lightweight deep learning; remote sensing image enhancement

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

New Trends on Remote Sensing Applications to Mineral Deposits (Third Edition)

edited by

Joana Cardoso-Fernandes

,

Ana Cláudia Teodoro

and

Alexandre Lima

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2469 | Submission Open

Keywords: mineral exploration; multispectral and hyperspectral data; sar data; machine learning; deep learning; satellite data; raw materials

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

Emulation and Surrogate Modeling in Remote Sensing: Advances, Challenges and Applications

edited by

Jochem Verrelst

and

Jorge Vicent

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2286 | Submission Open

Keywords: emulation; surrogate modeling; radiative transfer models; machine learning/deep learning; uncertainty quantification; atmosphere, vegetation, and land surface retrievals; hyperspectral and multispectral data; data assimilation; cloud computing and HPC

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

Remote Sensing in Space Geodesy and Cartography Methods (Fourth Edition)

edited by

Jinyun Guo

,

Cheinway Hwang

,

Yu Sun

and Tzu-pang Tseng

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1934 | Submission Open

Keywords: GNSS; LiDAR; satellite gravimetry; satellite altimetry; optical/multispectral/hyperspectral/SAR remote sensing; space geodetic technique; deep space detection

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

Multi-Source Remote Sensing for Terrestrial Vegetation and Ecosystem Services Mapping

edited by Richard Crabbe and

Wei He

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1579 | Submission Open

Keywords: image classification; SAR; LiDAR; UAV; mapping mosses and lichens; mapping grasslands; mapping groundwater-dependent ecosystems; mapping mangroves; machine learning and deep learning; mapping invasive plants

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

Advances in Scene Understanding with Hyperspectral Remote Sensing: From Data Benchmarks to Applications

edited by

Yanzi Shi

,

Mengmeng Zhang

, Shou Feng,

Zhou Zhang

and Zhiyong Lv

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1489 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; hyperspectral image processing; benchmarking datasets; spectral unmixing; target detection; classification/segmentation; hyperspectral applications

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

InSAR Innovations: Advances in Remote Sensing for Geohazard Monitoring

edited by

Yunkai Deng

and Feifeng Liu

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1333 | Submission Open

Keywords: InSAR; InSAR data processing; radar interferometry; geohazard monitoring; deformation measurement

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

Remote Sensing and GIS for Environmental Analysis and Cultural Heritage (2nd Edition)

edited by

Caterina Balletti

,

Valentina Alena Girelli

and

Francesca Matrone

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1233 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change and CH site preservation; advanced change detection techniques for CH; monitoring of CH sites; 3D mapping and M Modeling for CH preservation; mapping hazards; risk mapping; geospatial standards; GIS-BIM integration

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

Remote Sensing Applications in Ocean Observation—4th Edition

edited by

Chung-Ru Ho

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1183 | Submission Open

Keywords: ocean remote sensing; internal waves; eddies; oil spills; algal blooms; sea ices; rogue waves; upwelling; bathymetry; air–sea interaction; marine debris; AI in ocean remote sensing

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

Geohazard Mapping, Monitoring and Prediction with Advanced Remote Sensing Techniques

edited by

Cheng Zhong

,

Peng Gao

and

Tomaž Podobnikar

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1168 | Submission Open

Keywords: geohazards; remote sensing; InSAR; unmanned aerial vehicles; machine learning; deep learning

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

Remote Sensing Applications for Environmental Monitoring and Land Changes

edited by

Krystyna Michałowska

,

Ewa Glowienka

,

Eva Savina Malinverni

and

Eufemia Tarantino

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 1137 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing and environmental monitoring; AI and machine learning for remote sensing; land use and land cover change analysis; hyperspectral, lidar, optical and radar applications; climate change impact and disaster risk management; big data, cloud-based geospatial processing; data fusion in geospatial analysis; sustainable land management and policy applications

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

Remote Sensing of Lithosphere–Atmosphere–Ionosphere Coupling Prior to Earthquakes and Other Natural Hazards: Second Edition

edited by

Dedalo Marchetti

,

Essam Ghamry

and Cristiano Fidani

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 1006 | Submission Open

Keywords: earthquake; precursors; LAIC; ground-based observations; satellite observations; ionospheric disturbances; volcano eruptions; extreme weather; geomagnetic storms/substorms; natural hazards

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

Innovations in 3D Terrain Modeling Through Advanced Remote Sensing

edited by Ermioni Eirini Papadopoulou,

Stratis Karantanellis

and

Apostolos Papakonstantinou

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 824 | Submission Open

Keywords: 3D mapping; remote sensing; 3D modeling; 3D point cloud; LiDAR; UASs; DEM\DSM; geospatial data processing

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

Numerical Modeling and AI-Driven Remote Sensing for Coastal Geomorphology Monitoring

edited by Jun Cheng and

Felix Jose

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 790 | Submission Open

Keywords: multi-platform remote sensing; sensor fusion; LIDAR monitoring; AI and cloud-based analytics; shoreline erosion; coastal resilience

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

Multi-Sensor Remote Sensing and Advanced Computational Frameworks for Landslide Detection and Predictive Modeling

edited by

Paraskevas Tsangaratos

,

Wei Chen

and

Ioanna Ilia

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 727 | Submission Open

Keywords: earth observation data—remote sensing technology; geographic information systems; machine learning, soft computing; landslide susceptibility, hazardous, and risk mapping; explainable AI in landslide phenomena prediction

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

Deep Fusion and Analysis of Hyperspectral and Multi-Source Remote Sensing Data via Advanced AI

edited by

Zhu Han

,

Longfei Ren

, Xu Sun and Minghua Wang

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 546 | Submission Open

Keywords: multi-source data fusion; foundation model; frontier applications; hyperspectral image analysis; remote sensing; deep learning

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

Hyperspectral Remote Sensing Imagery for Object Detection

edited by

Tan Guo

,

Fulin Luo

and

Lei Zhang

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 531 | Submission Open

Keywords: hyperspectral remote sensing; object detection; explainable AI (XAI); spectral-spatial feature fusion; domain-specific applications

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

Explainable AI Methods for Remote Sensing Images Interpretation

edited by

Jean-Marc Le Caillec

and Didier Gueriot

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 487 | Submission Open

Keywords: explainability vs. interpretability; ante-hoc vs. post-hoc methods; global vs. local explanations; model agnostic vs. model specific explanation; algorithm unwrapping; target recognition, image/data segmentation, image registration, detection change

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

Advancing Polar Cryosphere Science with Remote Sensing: From Snow Cover to Sea Ice Dynamics

edited by

Alexander Kokhanovsky

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 387 | Submission Open

Keywords: snow; ice; remote sensing; ice dynamics; ice concentration; snow cover and albedo

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

New Progress of Building and Engineering Structure Health Monitoring Based on Remote Sensing Technology

edited by Shumin Wang,

Zongxu Pan

and Haiming Zhang

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 366 | Submission Open

Keywords: structural health monitoring; multi-source remote sensing data; InSAR; damage identification; deformation prediction; artificial intelligence

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

Agrometeorology Remote Sensing: Monitoring, Forecasting and Assessment

edited by

N. R. Patel

and

Bikash Ranjan Parida

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 179 | Submission Open

Keywords: agrometeorology; remote sensing; machine learning; climate-smart agriculture; crop yield prediction; soil moisture and evapotranspiration; drought monitoring and early warning; crop phenology; precision agriculture; decision support systems

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

Deep Learning for SAR Remote Sensing: Advanced Object Analysis and Feature Extraction

edited by Yueting Zhang and Guangyao Zhou

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 177 | Submission Open

Keywords: synthetic aperture radar (SAR); object analysis; feature extraction; artificial intelligence (AI); target detection, identification, and classification; data fusion; SAR applications; SAR-specific phenomena

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

Deep Learning for SAR Target Detection and Instance Segmentation

edited by Yingying Kong,

Henry Leung

,

Kefeng Ji

and Jinglu He

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 170 | Submission Open

Keywords: synthetic aperture radar (SAR); SAR target detection; instance segmentation; deep learning; physics-guided learning; attention mechanisms

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

Remote Sensing Monitoring of Urban Vegetation

edited by

Ying Sun

, Liming Du,

Haiying Wang

and

Chengbin Deng

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 165 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban vegetation; urban forests and street trees; canopy structure and canopy height; LiDAR (airborne/UAV/spaceborne); InSAR/PolInSAR/TomoSAR; multi-sensor fusion; time-series monitoring and change detection; ecosystem services assessment and spatial decision support; deep learning/foundation models; validation and uncertainty quantification

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

Remote Sensing Assessment of Land Degradation for Sustainable Development

edited by

Donghui Shi

and

Linlin Lu

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 161 | Submission Open

Keywords: land degradation; remote sensing assessment; sustainable development; desertification; machine learning; earth observation; ecological monitoring

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

Synergistic Earth Observation for Advanced Soil Moisture Datasets

edited by

Jingyao Zheng

, Nemesio Rodriguez-Fernandez, Olivier Merlin and

Tianjie Zhao

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 151 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil moisture datasets; synergistic Earth observation; multi-source data integration; active and passive microwave remote sensing; downscaling and data fusion; soil moisture validation; representativeness error; uncertainty characterization; long-term harmonized records; AI-ready earth observation data

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

AI Technology in Change Detection for High-Resolution Remote Sensing Images

edited by

Pengyuan Lv

, Xunqiang Gong, Jue Wang,

Zhenqi Liu

and

Yanfei Zhong

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 149 | Submission Open

Keywords: high-resolution remote sensing; artificial intelligence; change detection; foundation models; vision-language models; generative AI; physics-informed

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

Multi-Modal Deep Learning for Remote Sensing Image Classification

edited by

Kaichen Chi

,

Qiang Li

and Cong Zhang

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 146 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing image processing; computer vision; deep learning; image fusion; multi-modal learning

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

Remote Sensing for Accurate Identification of Marine Targets

edited by Zhanchao Huang,

Hua Su

and Shou Feng

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 143 | Submission Open

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

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

Advanced Remote Sensing Techniques for Shallow Seafloor Mapping and Bathymetry

edited by Zhipeng Dong, Wenxue Xu and Kai Guo

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 140 | Submission Open

Keywords: marine surveying; satellite derived bathymetry; spaceborne laser bathymetry; airborne laser bathymetry; optical remote sensing satellite imagery; SAR satellite imagery

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

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

edited by

Ehsan Sharifi

and

Ehsan Modiri

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 133 | Submission Open

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

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

Ecosystem Diversity Observation Based on Multi-Source Remote Sensing Data

edited by

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

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

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

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

edited by

Fengmei Yao

,

Jiahua Zhang

and

Malak Henchiri

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 113 | Submission Open

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

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

Machine Learning Techniques Applied to Geospatial Technologies and Remote Sensing

edited by

Osmar Abílio De Carvalho Júnior

and

Brian Alan Johnson

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 101 | Submission Open

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

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

Earth Observation for Quantifying Sustainable Development Goals

edited by

Yu Chen

,

Yongze Song

, Min Cao and

Huijuan Xiao

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 98 | Submission Open

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

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

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

edited by

Bing Xu

,

Xuemin Xing

and

Zelang Miao

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 97 | Submission Open

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

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

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

edited by

Kurt McLaren

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 89 | Submission Open

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

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

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

edited by

Ashraf Saleem

and

Sidike Paheding

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 86 | Submission Open

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

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

AI-Driven Remote Sensing Technologies for Precision Agriculture

edited by

Rubén Valcarce-Diñeiro

, Graham Ferrier and

Ankush Prashar

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 86 | Submission Open

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

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

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

edited by

Lin Du

and

Wen Xiao

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

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

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

Advanced Remote Sensing for Polar Sea Ice Monitoring

edited by

Feng Xiao

,

Yu Zhang

and

Tingting Zhu

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 80 | Submission Open

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

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

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