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Remote Sensing of Land Surfaces: Observation, Modeling, and Data Assimilation
edited by and
submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1609 | Submission Open
Keywords: land surface process; data assimilation; remote sensing  ; land cover; soil moisture
Remote Sensing in Monitoring Coastal and Inland Waters
edited by Xiaoyun Wan, Qun Liu, and
submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1536 | 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)
Big Data Era: AI Technology for SAR and PolSAR Image
edited by , , Yexian Ren and Weixian Tan
submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1456 | 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)
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 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1195 | 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)
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 647 | 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)
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 | Viewed by 577 | 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)
Applications and Opportunities of Remote Sensing in Fire Ecology submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 462 | Submission Open
Keywords: fire ecology; forest fire prevention; fire risk assessment and management; fire/smoke detection sensors and algorithms; fire/smoke modeling and prediction; burned area estimation; post-fire management and restoration
(This special issue belongs to the Section Ecological Remote Sensing)
Innovations in Remote Sensing Image Analysis submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 408 | 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)
Monitoring and Assessment of Ecohydrological Evolution of River–Lake–Wetland Systems Based on Remote Sensing Big Data
edited by and
submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 358 | Submission Open
Keywords: remote sensing big data; ecohydrological evolution; river– lake– coastal wetland systems; ecological monitoring; hydrological assessment; machine learning; data analytics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biogeosciences Remote Sensing)
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 355 | 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)
Assessment of Climate Change Impact on Terrestrial Ecosystems in Arid Regions Using Remote Sensing Data submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 349 | Submission Open
Keywords: climate change; terrestrial ecosystems; arid regions; remote sensing; vegetation dynamics; ecosystem monitoring; land surface phenology; natural resource management; nature-based solutions (NbS)
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Remote Sensing)
Remote Sensing for Characterization of Fractured Rocks Masses and Landslide Monitoring submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 320 | Submission Open
Keywords: fractured rock masses; groundwater; InSAR; landslides; slope instability; UAV
(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing in Geology, Geomorphology and Hydrology)
Multimodal AI-Empowered Remote Sensing: Image Fusion and Analysis
edited by , F. Richard Yu and
submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 246 | Submission Open
Keywords: multimodal remote sensing; cross-modal learning; remote sensing image fusion; image enhancement; domain adaptation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing Image Processing)
Applications of Photogrammetry and Lidar Techniques in Cultural Heritage Documentation
edited by , Alberto Mendikute and
submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 233 | Submission Open
Keywords: aerial/terrestrial data integration; LiDAR/photogrammetry integration; MMSs (mobile mapping systems); SLAM; hyperspectral; thermal; and multispectral sensors; different approaches in 3D modeling; scan to BIM; HBIM; memory twin/digital twin; AI base point cloud classification; AI-generated 3D models; paradata and metadata; semantic classifications; new methods and strategies for 3D surveys; three-dimensional and immersive visualization; including virtual; augmented; and mixed reality; the preservation and protection of cultural heritage; digital cultural heritage applications and services
(This special issue belongs to the Section Engineering Remote Sensing)
GIS and RS for Spatial Documentation, Analysis and Interpretation in Multi-Scale Archaeological Applications submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 227 | 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)
Integrating Artificial Intelligence and Remote Sensing for Wildfire Detection, Monitoring and Management
edited by
submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 222 | 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)
Advances in Hyperspectral Remote Sensing Image Anomaly Detection
edited by , and
submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 191 | Submission Open
Keywords: hyperspectral image; anomaly detection; object tracking; machine learning; deep learning; remote sensing
(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing Image Processing)
Remote Sensing in Space Geodesy and Cartography Methods (Fourth Edition)
edited by , , and Tzu-pang Tseng
submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 188 | 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)
Advances in Remote Sensing of the Polar Ice with High Frequency (HF) to L-Band Radar
edited by , , and Pedro Fidel Espín-López
submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 179 | Submission Open
Keywords: ice sounding radar; system design; signal processing; Antarctic; Arctic; mountain glaciers; subglacial conditions; snow cover; sea ice; satellite and aerial cryosphere
(This special issue belongs to the Section Engineering Remote Sensing)
Artificial Intelligence for Coastal Remote Sensing: Dataset and Application
edited by , and Pengfei Tang
submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 166 | 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)
Recent Advances in Quantitative Thermal Imaging Using Remote Sensing submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 155 | Submission Open
Keywords: thermal remote sensing; land surface temperature; sensor calibration; urban heat island; wildfire detection; multisource data fusion; artificial intelligence; UAV thermal mapping; infrastructure monitoring
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Remote Sensing)
Global Vegetation Cover Estimated from Remote Sensing
edited by Mingzhu He and
submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 150 | Submission Open
Keywords: vegetation coverage; remote sensing; multi-sourced data; machine learning; data fusion
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Remote Sensing)
Satellite Remote Sensing of Quantifying Greenhouse Gases Emissions
edited by Ruixue Lei, Xueying Yu and Leyang Feng
submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 141 | Submission Open
Keywords: greenhouse gas emissions; satellite remote sensing; CO2; CH4 retrieval; inversion algorithms; data assimilation; OCO-2; TROPOMI; GOSAT; machine learning; emission monitoring; carbon flux estimation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Remote Sensing)
Remote Sensing-Driven Digital Twins for Climate-Adaptive Cities
edited by
submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 131 | 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)
Integration of Remote Sensing and Artificial Intelligence for Structural Health Monitoring
edited by , Xuanyu Qu, and
submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 122 | Submission Open
Keywords: automated displacement monitoring; damage detection; change detection in infrastructure; spatiotemporal modeling; predictive maintenance; big data analytics; novel monitoring techniques; multi-source data fusion
Radiative Transfer Models for Remote Sensing Land Surface Parameter Estimation
edited by Xinyan Liu, , and
submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 116 | Submission Open
Keywords: radiative transfer model; surface parameter estimation; physical model; satellite product; machine learning; moderate and high resolution
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Remote Sensing)
Applications of Remotely Sensed Data in Hydrology and Climatology (Third Edition)
edited by
submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 102 | Submission Open
Keywords: climate change; satellite observation; water resources; global water and energy cycles; remote sensing; water reservoir monitoring; cloud; temperature; humidity; precipitation; wind; etc.
(This special issue belongs to the Section Atmospheric Remote Sensing)
Earth Observations of Pre-Fire Fuel Conditions for the Prediction of Large-Scale Wildfires: Building Up Operational Systems
edited by Ju Hyoung Lee
submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 92 | Submission Open
Keywords: large-scale wildfires; microwave sensors; fuel conditions; forest temperature; vegetation moisture; fire severity; fire prediction
(This special issue belongs to the Section Earth Observation for Emergency Management)
Theory and Applications of Satellite Remote Sensing Fusing Lidars with Optical and Thermal Sensors in Oceanography and Limnology
edited by , Yanfang Xiao, Song Ye, and
submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 89 | Submission Open
Keywords: satellite lidar; photon-counting lidar; oceanography and limnology; ocean color; subsurface optical/biological properties; satellite-derived bathymetry; sea surface temperature
(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Remote Sensing)
3D Scene Perception and Reconstruction of Remote Sensing Imagery
edited by , Haiyong Jiang, and
submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 88 | Submission Open
Keywords: multi-modal fusion; structural reconstruction; weak supervision and semi-supervision; remote sensing; annotation efficiency
(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing Image Processing)
Urban Remote Sensing: State-of-the-Art Reviews and Future Perspectives
edited by
submission deadline 1 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 163 | Submission Open
Keywords: urban remote sensing; land use and land cover; urban heat island; multi-sensor fusion; artificial intelligence; urban resilience; smart cities with remote observation; 3D city modeling; urban environmental health monitoring with multi-sensors; change detection; urban sustainability
(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Remote Sensing)
Remote Sensing and Climate Pollutants
edited by , and Songyan Zhu
submission deadline 10 Feb 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1573 | Submission Open
Keywords: remote sensing; climate pollutants; greenhouse gases (GHGs); short-lived climate pollutants (SLCPs); long-lived climate pollutants (LLCPs); scattering and absorbing aerosols
(This special issue belongs to the Section Atmospheric Remote Sensing)
LEO-Augmented PNT Service submission deadline 12 Feb 2026 | 15 articles | Viewed by 37275 | Submission Open
Keywords: Low Earth orbit (LEO); Precise orbit determination (POD); Time and frequency transfer; Positioning; Navigation; Integrity monitoring; Quality control; Signal processing; Sensor calibration
(This special issue belongs to the Section Satellite Missions for Earth and Planetary Exploration)
Near Real-Time (NRT) Agriculture Monitoring
edited by , , and Peng Yang
submission deadline 12 Feb 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 22913 | Submission Open
Keywords: near real-time (NRT); early crop mapping; crop stress; crop phenology; yield prediction; soil monitoring; data fusion; time-series analysis
(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing in Agriculture and Vegetation)
Multi-Modal and Multi-Task Learning in Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing submission deadline 12 Feb 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 9991 | Submission Open
Keywords: remote sensing data; neural networks; image fusion; image segmentation; object detection; classification; photogrammetry
(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing Image Processing)
Remote Sensing for Groundwater Hydrology
edited by Zofia Rzepecka, and Olga Barron
submission deadline 12 Feb 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 9718 | Submission Open
Keywords: groundwater; GRACE; GLDAS; water storage; methods of groundwater monitoring; water cycle and balance
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Remote Sensing)
Multi-Source Remote Sensing Data in Hydrology and Geophysical Processes
edited by , , Qiudong Zhao and
submission deadline 12 Feb 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 9262 | Submission Open
Keywords: hydrologic variables; data fusion; surface water; glaciers; snow cover; hydrological process; flood monitoring
(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing in Geology, Geomorphology and Hydrology)
Advances in Surface Deformation Monitoring Using SAR Interferometry
edited by Yuedong Wang, Lijia He, and Huiqiang Wang
submission deadline 12 Feb 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 8163 | Submission Open
Keywords: SAR interferometry (InSAR); wide-area InSAR; advanced methods for deformation monitoring; geohazards detection and analysis; geodetic and geophysical modeling; parameter inversion; deformation analysis
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Remote Sensing)
Advances in Spectral Imagery and Methods for Fire and Smoke Detection
edited by Eriita Jones
submission deadline 12 Feb 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4181 | Submission Open
Keywords: fire detection; smoke detection; spectral imagery; remote sensing; environmental monitoring and management; multispectral and hyperspectral imaging; thermal imaging; machine learning; AI models; super-resolution; IOT; wildfires and aerosols
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Remote Sensing)
New Insights from Wind Remote Sensing
edited by Stefano Letizia, Peter Brugger, Matteo Puccioni and Sonia Wharton
submission deadline 12 Feb 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4153 | Submission Open
Keywords: wind lidars; wind radars; satellite imaging of wind fields; virtual remote sensing; uncertainty quantification of remote sensing; wind resource assessment; thermodynamic profiling for wind energy
(This special issue belongs to the Section Atmospheric Remote Sensing)
Advances in Computer Vision and Machine Learning Applications on Remote Sensing Images
edited by , Jing Li, Dan Wang and
submission deadline 12 Feb 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4045 | Submission Open
Keywords: remote sensing image processing; geospatial data analysis; computer vision; machine learning; satellite imagery; image fusion; advanced computational techniques
(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing Image Processing)
Geological Hazard Monitoring, Identify, Predict, and Risk Assessment Using Geographic Information Science and Remote Sensing
edited by , and
submission deadline 12 Feb 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3936 | Submission Open
Keywords: geological hazards; GIS and remote sensing technology; risk management; hazard monitoring; hazard identification and prediction; multi-source data fusion
(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing for Geospatial Science)
Multi-Sensor Detecting, Monitoring, and Modelling of Volcanic Activity
edited by , Andrew J L Harris and
submission deadline 12 Feb 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3408 | Submission Open
Keywords: passive (visible and thermal infrared) remote sensing; active (radar) remote sensing; eruption precursors; unrest and base lines; monitoring; ash plumes; gas clouds; effusive eruptions; hydrothermal system; deformation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Atmospheric Remote Sensing)
Advancements in Deep Learning for Object Detection and Segmentation in Remote Sensing Imagery submission deadline 12 Feb 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3187 | Submission Open
Keywords: deep learning; object detection; image segmentation; convolutional neural networks (CNNs); generative adversarial networks (GANs); transformer models; recurrent neural networks (RNNs)
(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing Image Processing)
Processing Methods and Techniques of Spaceborne SAR with Ultra-High Resolution submission deadline 12 Feb 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3061 | Submission Open
Keywords: spaceborne SAR; ultra-high-resolution (UHR); focusing algorithm; interferometry; stereo SAR imaging; multi-view-angle image fusion; 3D deformation monitoring
(This special issue belongs to the Section Engineering Remote Sensing)
Environment Observation Analysis Based on Remote Sensing and Geospatial Artificial Intelligence
edited by , Peyman Abbaszadeh, and
submission deadline 12 Feb 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2753 | Submission Open
Keywords: remote sensing; big data; GeoAI; spatiotemporal processes; disaster analysis; large-scale monitoring and prediction
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Remote Sensing)
Snow Water Equivalent Retrieval Using Remote Sensing
edited by Jianwei Yang, , , Yan Huang and
submission deadline 12 Feb 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2531 | Submission Open
Keywords: microwave remote sensing; snow water equivalent (SWE); snow depth; SWE retrieving algorithm; snow forward modeling; field campaigns in cryosphere; spatiotemporal variability
(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing in Geology, Geomorphology and Hydrology)
Remote Sensing for Geo-Hydrological Hazard Monitoring and Assessment
edited by Diandong Ren and
submission deadline 12 Feb 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2503 | Submission Open
Keywords: geo-hydrological hazards; disaster prediction; extreme precipitation; flash floods; mudslides/landslides; earthquakes
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Remote Sensing)
Crop Biophysical Parameters Retrieval Using Remote Sensing Data (Second Edition) submission deadline 12 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1754 | Submission Open
Keywords: crop biophysical parameters; optical remote sensing; active remote sensing; multisource data integration; radiative transfer model; deep learning
(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing in Agriculture and Vegetation)
LiDAR Technology for Autonomous Navigation and Mapping submission deadline 12 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1624 | Submission Open
Keywords: LiDAR odometry; simultaneous localization and mapping; obstacle detection and avoidance; 3D mapping; multi-sensor fusion; autonomous vehicles
(This special issue belongs to the Section Engineering Remote Sensing)
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