Remote Sensing

River and Lake Dynamic Monitoring and Ecological Assessment Based on Remote Sensing

edited by Yingxin Shang and

submission deadline 15 Sep 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6125 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; spatial and temporal variation; optical properties; water quality; natural and anthropogenic influences; hydrological processes; ecological risk assessment; climate change; carbon cycles; sustainable water management

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

Artificial Intelligence Remote Sensing for Earth Observation

edited by Haokui Zhang,

Jie Feng

, Xizhe Xue and

Chen Ding

submission deadline 15 Sep 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5855 | Submission Open

Keywords: image super-resolution; image segmentation; image classification; multimodal fusion; language– image contrastive learning; visual language model

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

Advances in Synthetic Aperture Radar Data Processing and Application (Second Edition)

edited by

Hui Bi

, Daiyin Zhu and Jingjing Zhang

submission deadline 15 Sep 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 5086 | Submission Open

Keywords: synthetic aperture radar (SAR); SAR data processing; 3D/4D SAR imaging; ISAR imaging; moving target imaging; SAR applications

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

Remote Sensing Applications for Enhancing Wildfire Management and Ecosystem Multifunctionality

edited by Paula García-Llamas and

Angela Taboada

submission deadline 15 Sep 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4599 | Submission Open

Keywords: wildfire; fire management; remote sensing; ecosystem functioning; fire products; fire risk; ecosystem services

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

Space-Geodetic Techniques (Third Edition)

edited by

Xiaogong Hu

and

Walyeldeen Godah

submission deadline 15 Sep 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3513 | 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)

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

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submission deadline 15 Sep 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3173 | 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)

Trends and Prospects in Hyperspectral Remote Sensing Images Processing and Analysis

edited by

Qiang Zhang

and

Kui Jiang

submission deadline 15 Sep 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2636 | 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)

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

edited by

Laura Recuero

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Víctor Cicuéndez

and Margarita Huesca

submission deadline 15 Sep 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2249 | 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)

Big Earth Data in Support of the Sustainable Development Goals

edited by

Minquan Wu

,

Xi Li

and

Yu Chen

submission deadline 15 Sep 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2117 | Submission Open

Keywords: affordable and clean energy; integrated evaluations and interactions among SDGs; access to electricity; clean cooking; renewable energy; energy efficiency

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

Drones for Natural Hazards

edited by

Vasil Yordanov

,

Luigi Barazzetti

and

Maria Antonia Brovelli

submission deadline 15 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 1979 | Submission Open

Keywords: UAV; drones; hazards; mapping; geographic information science; remote sensing; landslides; floods; wildfires; volcanoes; disasters; relief

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

Advances in Remote Sensing of Aerosol Optical Properties and the Effects on Radiation

edited by

Inmaculada Foyo-Moreno

,

Maria João Costa

, Maria Pilar Utrillas and

Juan Luis Guerrero Rascado

submission deadline 15 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1879 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; interaction aerosol radiation; aerosol radiative forcing; aerosol properties; solar radiation; atmospheric radiative transfer

(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban 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 15 Sep 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1868 | 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)

Advanced Techniques for Water-Related Remote Sensing (Second Edition)

edited by

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, Jianhua Guo,

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submission deadline 15 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1675 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; water-related optics; sensing/imaging techniques; sensors/platforms; deep learning; signal processing

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

Remote and Proximal Sensing for Precision Agriculture and Viticulture II

edited by

Frédéric Cointault

submission deadline 15 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1673 | 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)

Low Earth Orbit Enhanced GNSS: Opportunities and Challenges

edited by Ziang Zhang and

Kan Wang

submission deadline 15 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 589 | Submission Open

Keywords: navigation augmentation; integrity monitoring; GNSS anti-spoofing; global navigation satellite system; low orbit constellation; satellite orbit determination; communication Integration; space environment monitoring

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

Digital Modeling for Sustainable Forest Management

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submission deadline 15 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 537 | 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)

Solar System Remote Sensing: Planetary Science and Exploration

edited by Jason (Jay) Laura and Ross A. Beyer

submission deadline 15 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 501 | Submission Open

Keywords: solar system remote sensing; planetary science; planetary exploration; surface analysis; planetary atmosphere; planetary geology

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

Multiplatform and Multisensor Applications for Landslide Characterization and Monitoring

edited by

Stratis Karantanellis

, Marco Mulas, Giuseppe Ciccarese and

Paolo Mazzanti

submission deadline 15 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 481 | Submission Open

Keywords: landslide detection; landslide characterization; landslide monitoring; data fusion; remote sensing

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

Deep Learning-Based Small-Target Detection in Remote Sensing

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submission deadline 15 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 254 | Submission Open

Keywords: small target detection; deep learning; remote sensing image processing; hyperspectral and infrared sensing; multi-sensor data fusion; feature extraction; target recognition

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

Application of Remote Sensing in Agroforestry (Third Edition)

edited by

Emanuel Peres

and

Joaquim João Sousa

submission deadline 20 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1951 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing technologies; unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs); deep learning applications; decision support systems; yield and disease forecasting models; sustainable management practices; data visualization and analysis; sensor fusion and integration; climate impact assessment on agroforestry; ecological and environmental monitoring

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

Aerosol–Cloud–Precipitation Interaction: Challenges and Advances

edited by

Wenhao Zhang

, Lili Zhang and

Yu Wu

submission deadline 20 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 147 | Submission Open

Keywords: aerosol; cloud; satellite remote sensing; machine learning; climate effects; cloud detection; atmospheric particulate matter; dust; air quality; environment and health

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

New Insights in GNSS Remote Sensing for Ionosphere Monitoring and Modeling (Second Edition)

edited by

Angela Aragón-Ángel

submission deadline 20 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 86 | Submission Open

Keywords: GNSS ground- and space-based observations; electron density morphology and determination; ionospheric indices; ionospheric models; ionospheric storms; low-; mid- and high-latitude ionosphere; waves and irregularities; total electron content (TEC); ionospheric global and regional maps; extreme events; GNSS navigation

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

High-Throughput Phenotyping in Plants Using Remote Sensing

edited by

Paulo Eduardo Teodoro

,

Carlos Antonio Da Silva Junior

and

Larissa Pereira Ribeiro Teodoro

submission deadline 25 Sep 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 19988 | Submission Open

Keywords: computational intelligence; agronomic traits of plants; physiological traits of plants; nutritional traits of plants; industrial traits of plants; UAV-multispectral sensor

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

Remote Sensing in Viticulture II

edited by

Luís Filipe Machado Pádua

,

Emanuel Peres

and

Raul Morais dos Santos

submission deadline 28 Sep 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 21832 | Submission Open

Keywords: precision viticulture; vineyard management; vineyard mapping and classification; machine and deep learning; decision support; phenological modelling and yield prediction; estimation of biophysical and geometrical parameters; intelligent monitoring; multi-temporal analysis

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

Remote Sensing for Geology and Mapping (Second Edition)

edited by

Chao Chen

,

Tao Chen

and

Yanni Dong

submission deadline 28 Sep 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2133 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; machine learning; deep learning; remote sensing; object detection; segmentation; agriculture environment; classifications

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

Ground Deformation Patterns Detection by InSAR and GNSS Techniques (3rd Edition)

edited by

Mimmo Palano

, Alessandra Carollo and Federica Sparacino

submission deadline 28 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 444 | Submission Open

Keywords: earthquakes; plate motion; volcano geodesy; land subsidence; GNSS reflectometry; ground deformation modelling

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

Computer Vision and Features Enhancement of Hyperspectral Images

edited by

Hongmin Gao

,

Shufang Xu

, Bing Tu and

Jun Zhou

submission deadline 28 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 222 | Submission Open

Keywords: hyperspectral imaging; computer vision; feature enhancement; image processing; spectral analysis; data integration

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

Advanced Technology for Remote Sensing Image Analysis and Applications

edited by

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submission deadline 28 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 207 | Submission Open

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

(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 28 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 153 | 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)

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

edited by Chong Wang,

Hao Wang

and Shuci Liu

submission deadline 28 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 148 | Submission Open

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

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

Applications of UAV Photogrammetric Survey in Smart City and Smart Region

edited by Ka Zhang

submission deadline 28 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 146 | Submission Open

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

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

Machine Learning and Remote Sensing for Improved Autonomous Driving

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submission deadline 28 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 135 | Submission Open

Keywords: machine learning for autonomous driving; multi-sensor fusion; mmWave radar; LiDAR and radar perception; deep learning in remote sensing; environmental modeling; real-time object detection; edge computing for AVs; urban remote sensing; autonomous vehicle navigation; explainable AI in transportation

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

Remote Sensing Applications in Urban Environment and Climate

edited by

Jia Hu

,

Yuyu Zhou

, Ying-Bao Yang and Zhengyuan Zhu

submission deadline 28 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 134 | Submission Open

Keywords: land use/cover change; urban climate; urban sustainability; urban extreme events; environmental inequality; human– environmental interactions; urban ecology; building energy use

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

High-Resolution Remote Sensing Image Processing and Applications

edited by Kai Xu, Yixiang Chen and

Kun Qin

submission deadline 28 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 131 | Submission Open

Keywords: high-resolution remote sensing; deep learning; image processing; image fusion; object detection; semantic segmentation; change detection; remote sensing vision– language model.

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

Urban Land Use Mapping Using Deep Learning

edited by

Chang Li

,

Rongjun Qin

and Ruisheng Wang

submission deadline 28 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 113 | Submission Open

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

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

Machine Learning and Deep Learning Applied to Remote Sensing Image Analysis

edited by Sen Lei,

Liqin Liu

and

Zhengxia Zou

submission deadline 28 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 83 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; machine learning; deep learning; generative models; multimodal learning; multispectral; hyperspectral; synthetic aperture radar

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

Space Geodesy and Time Transfer: From Satellite to Science

edited by Anja Schlicht and

Pierre Exertier

submission deadline 28 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 82 | Submission Open

Keywords: GENESIS; reference frames; VLBI; SLR; DORIS; time transfer; relativistic geodesy from space; space clocks; moon time scale; systematic errors; collocation; clock ties; troposphere ties

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

Remote Sensing for Ocean-Atmosphere Interaction Studies

edited by

Shakeel Asharaf

submission deadline 28 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 62 | 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)

SAR Image Change Detection: From Hand-Crafted to Deep Learning

edited by

Yuming Xiang

, Ling Wan,

Niangang Jiao

and

Sourabh Paul

submission deadline 28 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 56 | Submission Open

Keywords: deep learning for SAR image change detection; SAR change detection applications; multi-modal image change detection; multi-temporal data analysis; SAR change detection datasets

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

Remote Sensing for Geohazard Monitoring and Assessment

edited by

Scott Kieffer

submission deadline 28 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 52 | Submission Open

Keywords: landslide detection; earthquake deformation; subsidence monitoring; geologic risk assessment; SAR/InSAR; LiDAR; photogrammetry

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

Remote Sensing Applications in Digital Soil Mapping and Soil Property Modelling for Sustainable Agriculture

edited by Hans Edwin Winzeler

submission deadline 28 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 37 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital soil mapping; modeling of soil properties; sustainable agriculture; remote sensing imagery; soil properties prediction; soil health; environmental management

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

SAR and Multisource Remote Sensing: Challenges and Innovations

edited by

Peng Wang

, Kang Ni, Zhizhong Zheng and

Henry Leung

submission deadline 29 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2000 | Submission Open

Keywords: SAR image processing; hyperspectral image processing; hyperspectral video processing; multisource remote sensing deep learning; deep learning; feature learning

Hydrological Modelling Based on Satellite Observations

edited by

Hongxing Zheng

and

Ruirui Zhu

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 19973 | Submission Open

Keywords: Hydrological modelling; Satellite observations; Remote sensing; Data assimilation; Uncertainty; Hydrological cycle; Multiple-objective calibration; Prediction; Flood; Drought; Machine learning

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

Retrieving Leaf Area Index Using Remote Sensing

edited by

Yanghui Kang

,

Feng Gao

and

Rasmus Houborg

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 14743 | Submission Open

Keywords: leaf area index; remote sensing; in situ sensor; radiative transfer modeling; LiDAR; UAV; smallsat; data fusion; machine learning; validation; uncertainty

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

Deep Learning for Remote Sensing and Geodata

edited by

Levente Klein

, Conrad M. Albrecht,

Martin Werner

and Salman Khan

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 14480 | Submission Open

Keywords: foundational models; deep learning; artificial intelligence; satellite and aerial remote sensing; LiDAR and point cloud processing; earth digital twin

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

Global Monitoring of Inland Water Using Remote Sensing and Artificial Intelligence

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submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 14203 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; inland water; artificial intelligence; water resource; hydrology; machine learning; global change and regional response

(This special issue belongs to the Section AI 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 30 Sep 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 11458 | 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)

Remote Sensing for Land Surface Temperature and Related Applications

edited by

Constantinos Cartalis

and

Ilias Agathangelidis

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 11304 | 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)

HF Surface Wave Radar: Improving Performance and Extending Capabilities

edited by

Lucy Wyatt

and

Stuart Anderson

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 10010 | Submission Open

Keywords: HF radar; radar systems; signal processing; inverse methods; currents; waves; winds; MetOcean

(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 30 Sep 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 9107 | 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)

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