Remote Sensing

Remote Sensing of Coastal Environment and Evolution: Progress, Challenges and Opportunities

edited by

Chengyi Zhao

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Jianting Zhu

, Wen Dai and

Konstantinos Topouzelis

submission deadline 30 Mar 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 9417 | Submission Open

Keywords: coastal observation; UAV techniques; coastal erosion; coastal & beach dynamics; coastal space management solutions; coastal evolution; coastal dynamics; shoreline changes; sediment dynamics; coastal land cover; coastal and offshore topography mapping

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

Machine Learning at the Object: Fine-Grained Extraction and Analysis in Remote Sensing

edited by

Yongyang Xu

, Zhong Xie, Sheng Hu and

Anna Hu

submission deadline 30 Mar 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6581 | Submission Open

Keywords: deep learning; machine learning; remote sensing applications; classification; segmentation; remote sensing interpretation; pattern recognition; height extraction; object detection; land use and land cover; vision transformer model; multi-source remote sensing data

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

Algorithm Development in Earth Observation Modeling Using Multi-Sensor Data

edited by Sanaz Vajedian, Rishabh Dutta and Indhu Varatharajan

submission deadline 30 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2695 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; multisensor data; earth observation modeling; satellite data; algorithm development; radar remote sensing; InSAR; tectonic geomorphology; optical remote sensing; multispectral sensors; hyperspectral sensors; seismic activity; geological hazards; multisource data integration; LiDAR

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

Applications of Multi-Scale Remote Sensing and Machine Learning to Study Agriculture and Agriculture Water Management

edited by

Weiwei Zhu

, Ya’nan Zhou and Nana Yan

submission deadline 30 Mar 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1596 | Submission Open

Keywords: precision agriculture; crop monitoring; evapotranspiration; drought; agricultural water management remote sensing methods; machine learning; data analysis

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

Remote Sensing for Land Surface Temperature and Related Applications

edited by

Constantinos Cartalis

and

Ilias Agathangelidis

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 20234 | Submission Open

Keywords: land surface temperature (LST); land products; fire detection; land-cover classification; soil moisture retrieval; spatial resolution; LST and climate change; urban form; urban fabric; and urban functions; near surface air temperature; thermal infrared remote sensing; land surface energy fluxes and evapotranspiration; downscaling and disaggregation techniques

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

Time-Lapse Geophysical and Remote Sensing-Based Imaging and Diagnosis on Urban and Natural Hazards

edited by

Wallace W.L. Lai

,

Xiaolin Zhu

and

Xuehong Chen

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 17247 | Submission Open

Keywords: time-lapse geophysics; remote sensing; image registration; image processing and classification; hazard diagnosis

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

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

edited by

Yang-Won Lee

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 14707 | 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 2D/3D Mapping

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submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 12979 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; mapping; 3D reconstruction; deep learning; geoscience; GIS; satellite imagery; UAV; photogrammetry; point cloud processing; neural radiance field

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

Autonomous Space Navigation (Second Edition)

edited by

Vincenzo Capuano

and

Roberto Opromolla

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 12249 | Submission Open

Keywords: spacecraft navigation; spacecraft pose estimation; autonomy; GNSS; inertial sensors; star trackers; autonomous planetary landing; computer vision; Artificial Intelligence; machine learning

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

Earth Observation of Glacier and Snow Cover Mapping in Cold Regions

edited by Qing Cheng and Yan Huang

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 11293 | Submission Open

Keywords: glacier; snow cover; ice sheet; remote sensing; cryosphere; climate change

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

Intelligent Remote Sensing: AI-Powered Techniques for Enhanced Data Analysis and Interpretation

edited by

Hai Wang

,

Nianyin Zeng

and Shou Feng

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 10545 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing image processing; remote sensing semantic analysis; remote sensing applications; big data analysis; data fusion; artificial intelligence; machine learning; deep learning

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

Using Remote Sensing Satellites to Explore the Electromagnetic Environment and Natural Hazard Disturbances in Space

edited by

Sergey Smirnov

,

Angelo De Santis

and

Zeren Zhima

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 10464 | Submission Open

Keywords: electromagnetism satellite; infrared/hyperspectral remote sensing; GNSS technology; the electromagnetic environment; natural hazards monitoring

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

Quantitative Remote Sensing and Its Applications in Agriculture and Vegetation

edited by

Zhijun Zhen

,

Shengbo Chen

, Tiangang Yin and

Jean-Philippe Gastellu-Etchegorry

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8985 | Submission Open

Keywords: quantitative remote sensing; radiation directionality observing and modelling; radiative transfer and radiation budget; bidirectional reflectance distribution function (BRDF); directional anisotropy; angular anisotropy; retrieval of plant biochemical parameters; precision agriculture

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

Improving Remote Sensing Crop Mapping and Yield Estimation by New Techniques

edited by

Huapeng Li

, Hua Zhang, Xin Pan and

Ce Zhang

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 8586 | Submission Open

Keywords: crop classification/mapping; yield estimation; high-resolution remote sensing; artificial intelligence; deep learning; semantic segmentation; precision agriculture; food security; agricultural sustainability; big data; data analytics

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

Advances in Geological Hazard Characterization and Assessment: Merging Remote Sensing with Direct Surveys

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submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8298 | Submission Open

Keywords: geological Hazards; remote sensing; UAV LiDAR; InSAR; high-resolution satellite imagery; direct Surveys; hazard assessment; risk management; data integration; hazard mitigation

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

Space-Geodetic Techniques (Third Edition)

edited by

Xiaogong Hu

and

Walyeldeen Godah

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 7553 | Submission Open

Keywords: ground and satellite gravimetry; satellite altimetry; positioning; orbit determination; atmosphere; space weather; global climate change; geodynamics; natural hazard monitoring; earth rotation; planetary geodesy; GNSS-R

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

Advances in Deep Learning Approaches: UAV Data Analysis

edited by

Ehsan Khoramshahi

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7521 | Submission Open

Keywords: UAV; deep learning; 3D reconstruction; real-time analysis; convolutional neural network; precision agriculture; urban mapping; forest science; vision transformer

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

Remote Sensing and Geospatial Analysis in Urban Environments in the Big Data Era

edited by

Wenliang Li

and

Xiaoma Li

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7466 | Submission Open

Keywords: geospatial analysis; remote sensing; big data; city science

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

Remote and Proximal Sensing for Precision Agriculture and Viticulture(2nd Edition)

edited by

Frédéric Cointault

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7132 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; proximal sensing; precision agriculture and viticulture; image acquisition; image processing; multi- and hyperspectral data and sensors

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

Machine Learning for Spatiotemporal Remote Sensing Data (2nd Edition)

edited by

Lianfa Li

,

Xiaomei Yang

,

Yong Ge

and

Nikolaos L. Tsakiridis

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6874 | Submission Open

Keywords: spatiotemporal modeling; spatiotemporal dependency; spatiotemporal prediction; spatiotemporal fusion; forecast; machine learning; deep learning; regression; classification; remote sensing; forecast

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

Digital Modeling for Sustainable Forest Management

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submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 6315 | Submission Open

Keywords: geospatial modeling; precision forestry; enhanced forest inventory; digital forestry; remote sensing of forests; image classification; climate smart forestry

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

Smart Monitoring of Urban Environment Using Remote Sensing

edited by

Darshana Athukorala

,

Yuji Murayama

and

Takehiro Morimoto

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6173 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart monitoring; future predictions; scenario simulations; land use change; climate impacts; agriculture in urban areas; urban forestry; hydrology in urban areas; landscape sustainability; urban climate; quality of life; public health; ecosystem services

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

Advances in Remote Sensing Observation of Aerosol Properties and Assessment of Their Effects

edited by

Kaitao Li

,

Xingfeng Chen

,

Lei Li

and Donghui Li

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 5815 | 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)

Signal Processing, Image Processing and Fusion Techniques in Remote Sensing

edited by

Georgia Koukiou

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5363 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; multichannel information; sensor types; signal processing; image processing; information fusion; registration; elevation models; target detection; surface characterization

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

Trends and Prospects in Hyperspectral Remote Sensing Images Processing and Analysis

edited by

Qiang Zhang

and

Kui Jiang

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4933 | Submission Open

Keywords: hyperspectral image; object detection; deep learning; image processing; classification; anomaly detection; super-resolution; denoising; fusion; unmixing

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

Remote Sensing for Monitoring and Assessment of Hydrological and Water Quality Parameters

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submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4915 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable water management; climate change effects; hydrological processes; soil moisture and flooding; coastal and inland water dynamics; retrieval of water quality parameters; remote sensing; machine learning

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

Multimodal Remote Sensing Data Fusion, Analysis and Application

edited by Xiaoyan Lu, Yuting Wan, Zhuo Zheng,

Ce Zhang

and

Ji Zhao

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4905 | Submission Open

Keywords: multimodal remote sensing; data fusion; artificial intelligence; all-weather mapping; change detection; image translation; disaster emergency assessment; sustainable development; environmental monitoring

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

Remote Sensing Applications for Forest Ecosystem Monitoring and Spatial Modeling (2nd Edition)

edited by

Jan Komarek

and

Marlena Kycko

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4896 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest inventory; landscape modeling; feature and pattern detection; long-term monitoring; image analysis; point cloud analysis; data fusion

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

Advances of Optics Imaging Technologies for Environmental Remote Sensing

edited by

Lijuan Su

and Xin Tan

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 4646 | Submission Open

Keywords: spectral imaging; lidar; miniaturized optical sensor; multi-sensor integration; disaster response (wildfire; flood); pollution monitoring; AI-driven environmental analytics

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

Urban Resilience with Remote Sensing—Observation, Measurement, Evaluation and Applications (Second Edition)

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submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4564 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban resilience; global change; change detection; multisource data fusion; signal processing and data mining; artificial intelligence; urban science; sustainability; resilient cities

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

Remote Sensing for Risk Assessment, Monitoring and Recovery of Fires

edited by Xikun Hu,

Ioannis Gitas

and Puzhao Zhang

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4183 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; geoscience and earth observation; artificial intelligence; machine learning; forest fires; post-fire assessment; visualization and mapping

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

Assessment of Spatial and Temporal Patterns in Forest and Grassland Ecosystems Based on Spectral Metrics

edited by

Laura Recuero

,

Víctor Cicuéndez

and Margarita Huesca

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3823 | Submission Open

Keywords: hyperspectral and multispectral sensors (satellite; aerial and UAV); vegetation biophysical parameters; forest and grassland functioning; changes and trends; modelling traits; machine learning algorithms

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

Applications of Remote Sensing Imagery for Urban Areas (Second Edition)

edited by

Ruitao Feng

,

Yongtao Yu

and

Xinghua Li

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3791 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; urban climate; urban pollution; urban thermal environment; urban ecosystem; land-use change; urban object analysis; urban planning; urban spatial configuration

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

Enhanced Satellite Perspectives of Sea Surface Temperature and Air-Sea Interaction

edited by

Hazem Nagy

,

Omneya Ibrahim

and

Bayoumy Mohamed

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3616 | Submission Open

Keywords: sea surface temperature; extreme events (e.g.; atmospheric and oceanic heatwaves; low chlorophyll-a); climate change; air-sea interaction; biogeochemical cycle; large-scale teleconnection pattern; coral bleaching; sea ice concentration

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

3D City Modeling and Observation Using Remote Sensing and Artificial Intelligence

edited by Zheng Ji and

Brian Alan Johnson

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3560 | Submission Open

Keywords: 3D city modlling; city observation; AI algorithm; mobile measurement platform; laser scanning data processing; object recognition and positioning; neural network for 3D reconstruction; multi-source space data processing

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

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

edited by

Nicolas Younes

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

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3427 | Submission Open

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

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

Machine Learning and GeoAI for Remote Sensing Environmental Monitoring (2nd Edition)

edited by Haomin Yu and

Zhiyu Jiang

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3327 | Submission Open

Keywords: spatio-temporal analysis; multi-source data fusion; environmental monitoring; predictive analytics; air quality monitoring; cloud pattern recognition; atmospheric remote sensing; transportation impact assessment; traffic-related air pollution

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

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

edited by Mingyang Zhang, Puzhao Zhang, Xiangming Jiang and

Fenlong Jiang

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3304 | Submission Open

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

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

Advancements in Remote Sensing for Sustainable Agriculture (Second Edition)

edited by

Wenjiang Huang

, Kun Wang and

Tiecheng Huang

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2916 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; sustainable agriculture; precision farming; crop monitoring; environmental impact; land use change; crop growth model; water resource management; machine learning; artificial intelligence; decision support systems

Remote Sensing and Time-Series Analysis to Track Ecosystem Transitions

edited by

Carolina Acuña-Alonso

and

Xana Álvarez Bermúdez

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2858 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; ecosystem transitions; time-series analysis; machine learning; ecological connectivity; environmental degradation; ecological restoration; predictive models; LiDAR; UAVs

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

Advances in Deep Learning Approaches in Remote Sensing (Second Edition)

edited by

Xiaobo Liu

and Yaoming Cai

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2788 | Submission Open

Keywords: deep learning; remote sensing image processing; machine learning; multimodal fusion; representation learning; intelligent interpretation

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

Advances in Multi-Frequency GNSS High-Precision Positioning and Navigation Technology

edited by

Wang Gao

,

Rui Shang

and

Qing Zhao

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2653 | Submission Open

Keywords: multi-frequency GNSS; high-precision positioning; ambiguity resolution; RTK/PPP/PPP-RTK; GNSS integrity; inter-frequency bias estimation/calibration; multi-frequency GNSS bias product estimation

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

Mapping Essential Elements of Agricultural Land Using Remote Sensing (2nd Edition)

edited by

Luo Liu

, Jilin Yang, Fei Li,

Yaqun Liu

and Wenzhi Zhao

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2261 | Submission Open

Keywords: agricultural land mapping; agricultural land parameter retrieval; yield estimation or forecasts; biomass in agricultural land; water use efficiency in agricultural land; plant biodiversity in agricultural land; plant growth model; deep learning

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

Advanced Technology for Remote Sensing Image Analysis and Applications

edited by

, Haixia Bi,

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submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2135 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; deep learning; classification; image fusion; segmentation; enhancement; cross-domain

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

Advances in AI-Driven Remote Sensing for Geohazard Perception

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submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2066 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; artificial intelligence; deep learning; foundation models; geohazard; object detection; object recognition; monitoring and warning; risk assessment

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

Remote Sensing and GIScience for Natural Hazard Mitigation and Resilience

edited by Mohamed Aly,

Brad Peter

, Yaqian He and

Kashif Mahmud

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2029 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; GIScience; natural hazards; disaster mitigation; resilience; risk assessment; disaster response; recovery strategies; satellite imagery; geospatial modeling

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

Applications of Remote Sensing in Landscapes and Human Settlements

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submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1940 | Submission Open

Keywords: landscapes ecology; urban heat islands; local climate zones; human settlements; green infrastructure; urban and rural planning

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

Multiplatform Remote Sensing Techniques for Active Tectonics, Seismotectonics, and Volcanic Hazard Assessment (Second Edition)

edited by

Daniele Cirillo

,

Pietro Tizzani

and Francesco Brozzetti

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1755 | Submission Open

Keywords: tectonic processes; earthquakes; seismogenic faults and seismic source; ground deformation modelling; geophysical application; seismic hazard; volcanic hazard; volcano deformation; optical IR volcano analysis; 3D modelling; GNSS; InSAR; GIS and geomatic approaches; DEM; UAV DEMs; LiDAR; GPR; geological survey; digital field survey

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

Remote Sensing for Ocean-Atmosphere Interaction Studies

edited by

Shakeel Asharaf

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1730 | Submission Open

Keywords: air– sea interactions; satellite oceanography; ocean surface wind/heat fluxes; satellite/in situ data validation; high-impact weather events; impact studies; uncertainty quantification

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

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

edited by Yingfeng Zhang,

Jianfei Zang

,

Chong Xu

and Qi Ou

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1690 | Submission Open

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

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

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