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Remote Sensing publishes Special Issues to create collections of papers on specific topics, with the aim of building a community of authors and readers to discuss the latest research and develop new ideas and research directions. Special Issues are led by Guest Editors, who are experts on the topic and all Special Issue submissions follow MDPI's standard editorial process. The journal’s Editor-in-Chief and/or designated Editorial Board Member will oversee Guest Editor appointments and Special Issue proposals, checking their content for relevance and ensuring the suitability of the material for the journal. The papers published in a Special Issue will be collected and displayed on a dedicated page of the journal’s website. Further information on MDPI's Special Issue policies and Guest Editor responsibilities can be found here. For any inquiries related to a Special Issue, please contact the Editorial Office.

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Remote Sensing-Based Assessments in the Forest Fire Disturbance Continuum submission deadline 28 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6985 | 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)
AI-Driven Mapping Using Remote Sensing Data
edited by , and
submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 19349 | Submission Open
Keywords: AI-driven remote sensing; image interpretation; change detection; urban modeling; spatially explicit  AI; crowdsourced label
(This special issue belongs to the Section AI Remote Sensing)
Advances in Remote Sensing for Soil Property Mapping
edited by Miao Lu, Shangrong Wu and
submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8030 | Submission Open
Keywords: soil quality; soil properties; soil mapping; crop responses; crop growth/yield
(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing in Agriculture and Vegetation)
Multi-Source Remote Sensing for Environmental Component Monitoring and Target Detection
edited by , Juhua Luo, and
submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6520 | Submission Open
Keywords: environmental component monitoring; atmospheric detection; target detection; lidar; floating platform; satellite; airborne; unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs); collaborative observation; data assimilation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Remote Sensing)
Integrating Remote Sensing, Machine Learning, and Process-Based Modelling for Monitoring Environmental and Agricultural Landscapes Under Climate Change
edited by Michael Gbenga Ogungbuyi and
submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6123 | Submission Open
Keywords: remote sensing; machine learning; artificial intelligence; deep learning; process-based models; biophysical modelling; climate change impacts; environmental monitoring; agricultural landscapes; adaptive management
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Remote Sensing)
Multi-Object Detection and Feature Extraction of Remote Sensing Images
edited by , Yan Zhang, Zhiguang Shi and Ruigang Fu
submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4560 | Submission Open
Keywords: remote sensing imagery; multi-object detection; feature extraction; deep learning; transformer-based architectures; multi-modal fusion
(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing Image Processing)
Remote Sensing for Landscape Dynamics
edited by , Wei Han, and
submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4450 | Submission Open
Keywords: landscape dynamics; land use/land cover change; landscape pattern analysis; remote sensing; machine learning; time series analysis; landscape resilience; land degradation and recovery; geospatial modeling; multi-sensor data fusion; vegetation monitoring; large language models
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Remote Sensing)
Recent Advances in Hyperspectral Remote Sensing: Theories, Technologies and Applications
edited by , and Ke Zheng
submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4196 | Submission Open
Keywords: remote sensing; hyperspectral remote sensing; image processing; hyperspectral applications; artificial intelligence
(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing Image Processing)
Advances in Remote Sensing of the Inland and Coastal Water Zones (3rd Edition) submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3737 | 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)
Linking Landscapes, Landsliding, and Ecosystem Diversity and Functioning: New Insights from Remote Sensing submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3511 | Submission Open
Keywords: biodiversity; functional diversity; ecosystem function; ecosystem services; landscape function; spatial diversity; mountainscapes; landsliding
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biogeosciences Remote Sensing)
Emerging Technologies in Hyperspectral Image 3A—Acquisition, Analysis and Application
edited by Jie Chen, Shumin Liu, Min Zhao, Shuaikai Shi and Xiuheng Wang
submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1124 | Submission Open
Keywords: image processing; hyperspectral data acquisition; computational imaging; spectral and spatial analysis; AI-tools; hyperspectral applications; deep learning
(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing Image Processing)
High-Resolution Multisource Remote Sensing of Vegetation: Biomass, Structure, and Carbon Dynamics submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 733 | Submission Open
Keywords: high-spatial-resolution vegetation remote sensing product; carbon dynamic; biomass; vegetation structure parameters; vegetation monitoring; lidar based vegetation products
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Remote Sensing)
Advancements in Ionospheric Research: Remote Sensing, Space Weather Impacts, and Machine Learning
edited by and
submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 691 | Submission Open
Keywords: remote sensing techniques; ionospheric modeling; ionospheric disturbances due to ionospheric irregularities; geomagnetic storms; solar flares; and solar eclipses
(This special issue belongs to the Section Atmospheric Remote Sensing)
Innovative Remote Sensing Methods and Applications for Smart Cities
edited by , Biao He and
submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 531 | 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)
Evaluation of Ecological Environment Quality Using Remote Sensing submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 523 | Submission Open
Keywords: remote sensing technology; ecological environment quality; vegetation dynamics; land use/cover change (LUCC); ecosystem monitoring; ecological model
(This special issue belongs to the Section Ecological Remote Sensing)
High Earth Orbit Spaceborne SAR Systems, Technologies, and Applications (2nd Edition)
edited by , , Yongkang Li and
submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 513 | Submission Open
Keywords: new imaging mechanism and theory; high Earth orbit spaceborne SAR; moving target indication; interference suppression; SAR image recognition and interpretation; antenna technologies for high Earth orbit spaceborne SAR; artificial intelligence in SAR applications; L-SAR4
Recent Advances and Future Vision for Remote Sensing of Cultural and Natural Heritage submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 419 | Submission Open
Keywords: remote sensing; cultural heritage; natural heritage; natural hazards; cutting-edge technologies; disaster risk reduction; preservation; change detection; machine learning; decision support systems
Ground- and Satellite-Based Remote Sensing for Air Quality Monitoring
edited by Patrizio Tratzi and
submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 338 | Submission Open
Keywords: ground-based remote sensing; DOAS; air quality monitoring; tropospheric pollution; long-term observations
(This special issue belongs to the Section Atmospheric Remote Sensing)
Multi-Sensor Remote Sensing and Advanced Computational Frameworks for Landslide Detection and Predictive Modeling submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 208 | 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)
UAV Applications for Forest Management: Wood Volume, Biomass, and Mapping (Second Edition) submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 189 | Submission Open
Keywords: UAV; drone; remote sensing; forest management; forest inventory; precision forestry
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Remote Sensing)
Intelligent Processing, Mining and Application of Remote Sensing Information submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 25298 | Submission Open
Keywords: remote sensing image processing; artificial intelligence; fusion of multi-sensor remote sensing data; nighttime light remote sensing; sustainable development goals; disaster and natural resource monitoring; socioeconomic remote sensing
(This special issue belongs to the Section AI Remote Sensing)
Temporal Resolution, a Key Factor in Environmental Risk Assessment II - Integrating Data from Multiple Data Sources submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 20842 | Submission Open
Keywords: time series data and projections; rapid evaluation of the impact of extreme events on the environment and society; climate change; environmental risks; land-use and land-cover changes Multispectral; hyperspectral and LiDAR data from a temporal perspective; ecosystems monitoring from RS data; history and heritage; multiple data source integrated in time evolution analysis
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Remote Sensing)
Remote Sensing in Hydrometeorology and Natural Hazards
edited by , and Rui Yao
submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 17971 | Submission Open
Keywords: warming climate; remote sensing; hydrological cycle; hydrological hazards; hydrometeorology; climatic and hydrological extremes
(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing in Geology, Geomorphology and Hydrology)
Plant Disease Detection and Recognition Using Remotely Sensed Data
edited by and
submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 17065 | Submission Open
Keywords: remote sensing; plant disease detection; plant disease recognition; computer vision; machine learning; deep learning; image processing
(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing in Agriculture and Vegetation)
Imagery Classification and Feature Extraction Based on Hyperspectral Remote Sensing
edited by , Sen Lei, Yuanchao Su and
submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 12463 | Submission Open
Keywords: remote sensing; hyperspectral image; image classification; feature extraction; artificial intelligence; image processing
(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing Image Processing)
Advancements in Thunderstorm Nowcasting and Atmospheric Electricity Monitoring by Remote Sensing
edited by
submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 11134 | Submission Open
Keywords: thunderstorms; convective initiation; lightning; life cycle; hazards
(This special issue belongs to the Section Atmospheric Remote Sensing)
Remote Sensing Applications in Hydrology and Water Resources Management
edited by Ning Liu, Yun Yang, and
submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 9853 | 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 in Earth Surface Changes and Deformations Caused by Earthquake and Landslide (Third Edition)
edited by , and
submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 9296 | Submission Open
Keywords: remote sensing; earth surface change; surface deformation; earthquakes; landslides; hazard detection; hazard mapping; hazard evaluation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing in Geology, Geomorphology and Hydrology)
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning with Applications in Remote Sensing (Third Edition) submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 9272 | Submission Open
Keywords: remote sensing data; artificial intelligence; machine learning; deep learning; hyperspectral images
Artificial Intelligence and Big Data for Oceanography (2nd Edition) submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 9085 | Submission Open
Keywords: artificial intelligence; oceanography; big data; remote sensing; information extraction; data mining
(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Remote Sensing)
Artificial Intelligence and Remote Sensing for Geohazards submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 8551 | Submission Open
Keywords: modeling; monitoring; landslides; subsidence; geohazard; susceptibility; risk analysis; GIS; machine learning
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Remote Sensing)
Advances in Remote Sensing of Vegetation Structure Analysis and Forest Ecosystems Monitoring submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6089 | Submission Open
Keywords: LiDAR remote sensing; forest monitoring; aerial photogrammetry; vegetation structure; time series vegetation index; land cover change
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biogeosciences Remote Sensing)
Water Quality Monitoring and Quantitative Analysis in Marine and Inland Areas Utilizing Remote Sensing Techniques
edited by Jing Tan, and
submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5312 | Submission Open
Keywords: ocean color; eutrophication; water quality; multi-sensor data; optical properties; atmospheric correction; marine ecosystems; remote sensing data
(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing in Geology, Geomorphology and Hydrology)
Deep Learning for Very-High Resolution Land-Cover Mapping (Second Edition)
edited by and
submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 5156 | Submission Open
Keywords: deep learning; explainable deep learning; land-cover mapping; geo-information extraction; very high-resolution images; data augmentation; data fusion; semantic segmentation; instance segmentation; change detection; weak and semi-supervision
(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Remote Sensing)
Advances in Multimodal Remote Sensing Data: Processing, Fusion and Applications
edited by Yixiang Luomei and Fa-Ming Fang
submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4908 | Submission Open
Keywords: multimodal data alignment; multi-source data fusion; multimodal representation; multimodal co-learning; image interpretation; multimodal machine learning
(This special issue belongs to the Section AI Remote Sensing)
Remote Sensing and Geophysical Tools for Land and Water System Analysis submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4592 | Submission Open
Keywords: remote sensing; geophysical tools; land system analysis; water resource management; subsurface mapping; environmental monitoring; data integration and modeling
(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing in Geology, Geomorphology and Hydrology)
Development and Implementation of Early Detection and Warning Methods for Natural Hazards Utilizing Multi-Source Remote Sensing Data submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3848 | Submission Open
Keywords: remote sensing; reanalysis data; method development; natural hazards; early identification; monitoring and early warnings; glacier-related disasters; hill fire monitoring; flash flood; debris flow; drought; landslides
(This special issue belongs to the Section Earth Observation for Emergency Management)
Remote Sensing of Land Surfaces: Observation, Modeling, and Data Assimilation
edited by and
submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3645 | Submission Open
Keywords: land surface process; data assimilation; remote sensing  ; land cover; soil moisture
Big Data Era: AI Technology for SAR and PolSAR Image
edited by , , Yexian Ren and Weixian Tan
submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3558 | Submission Open
Keywords: synthetic aperture radar image processing; radar polarimetry; microwave remote sensing; explainable artificial intelligence; deep learning; earth resource monitoring; target attribute extraction
(This special issue belongs to the Section AI Remote Sensing)
Advanced Deep Learning Techniques for Information Extraction and Analysis of Remote Sensing Imagery
edited by Hao Zhu and Biao Hou
submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3372 | Submission Open
Keywords: image fusion; image segmentation; object detection; model acceleration or compression; image matching
(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing Image Processing)
Radar Sensing and Intelligent Recognitions: Algorithms, Data and Advanced Applications
edited by Wei Yang, Tiaojie Xiao, , Conghui Qi and Shiwen Lei
submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3132 | Submission Open
Keywords: radar scattering characteristics; ocean remote sensing; intelligent recognitions from radar data; radar data processing; artificial intelligence-based radar perception techniques; SAR imaging
(This special issue belongs to the Section Engineering Remote Sensing)
Integrating Artificial Intelligence and Remote Sensing for Wildfire Detection, Monitoring and Management
edited by
submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2358 | Submission Open
Keywords: artificial intelligence; wildfire; bushfire risk modelling and reduction; earth and space science informatics; environmental assessment and monitoring; photogrammetry and remote sensing; natural hazards; image processing; machine learning
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Remote Sensing)
Remote Sensing in Monitoring Coastal and Inland Waters
edited by Xiaoyun Wan, Qun Liu, and
submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2345 | Submission Open
Keywords: coastal and inland waters; satellite remote sensing; airborne/terrestrial/mobile LiDAR; water level/quality/depth; phytoplankton; carbon fluxes and stocks; Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs)
(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Remote Sensing)
Innovations in Remote Sensing Image Analysis submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1664 | 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)
New Views of the Moon: Recent Advances in Lunar Remote Sensing and Applications
edited by , , Le Qiao and Honglei Lin
submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1660 | Submission Open
Keywords: the moon; lunar volatile; remote sensing; spectroscopy; lunar south pole; mineralogy
(This special issue belongs to the Section Satellite Missions for Earth and Planetary Exploration)
Remote Sensing-Driven Digital Twins for Climate-Adaptive Cities
edited by
submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1228 | Submission Open
Keywords: digital twin frameworks; deep learning and transformer models; multi-sensor data fusion (optical; SAR; and LiDAR); urban heat island and environmental indicator mapping; feature extraction (buildings; impervious surfaces; and green spaces); spatiotemporal change detection; AI-powered decision-support systems
(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Remote Sensing)
Hyperspectral Classification in Remote Sensing: State-of-the-Art Methods and Emerging Trends
edited by , Zhigang Tu, Le Dong and
submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1161 | 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)
Recent Developments in Remote Sensing Instruments, Technologies, and Results for Aerosol and Cloud Measurements (Second Edition)
edited by Matthew McGill
submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1083 | Submission Open
Keywords: clouds; cloud radiative effects; aerosols; aerosol radiative effects; cloud– aerosol interactions; aerosol transport; diurnal variability; remote sensing
(This special issue belongs to the Section Atmospheric Remote Sensing)
GIS and RS for Spatial Documentation, Analysis and Interpretation in Multi-Scale Archaeological Applications submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 784 | Submission Open
Keywords: GIS; remote sensing; archaeological space; archaeological application; multiple scales; archaeological documentation; spatial analysis; spatial interpretation and narrative
(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing for Geospatial Science)
Artificial Intelligence for Coastal Remote Sensing: Dataset and Application
edited by , and Pengfei Tang
submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 751 | Submission Open
Keywords: artificial intelligence; automated mapping; coastal wetlands; river deltas; multi-source data fusion; earth observation big data
(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Remote Sensing)
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