Remote Sensing

Recent Progress in Understanding Global Sea Level Rise Using Space and Earth Observations

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, Jean Philippe Montillet and

Rui Fernandes

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 9351 | Submission Open

Keywords: sea level change; tide gauge; satellite altimetry; GNSS; GRACE; satellite gravity; global geodetic observing system; big data; artificial intelligence; environmental loading model

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

Stereoscopic Remote Sensing of Air Pollutants: Emission, Formation, and Transport

edited by

Chengxin Zhang

,

Chi Li

and

Chengzhi Xing

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 8108 | Submission Open

Keywords: satellite remote sensing; ground-based remote sensing; atmospheric pollutants; source analysis; greenhouse gases

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

Geospatial Artificial Intelligence (GeoAI) in Remote Sensing

edited by

Xian Sun

, Wanxuan Lu, Lingqiao Liu and Shucheng You

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7943 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing foundation models with GeoAI; deep neural networks combining RS properties or geospatial knowledge; robust architectures for multiple geospatial tasks; GeoAI for remote sensing forecasting tasks; high-quality and large-scale datasets for remote sensing foundation models; applications such as smart cities; land-cover and ocean observation; environmental monitoring; and sustainable development

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

Application of Remote Sensing to Flood and Drought Analysis, Monitoring and Risk Management

edited by

Andrés Navarro

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 7530 | Submission Open

Keywords: precipitation; floods; droughts; extreme precipitation events; natural hazards; hydrology

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

Remote Sensing of Atmospheric Vertical Profile—Air Quality, Pollution and Aerosol Optical Properties

edited by Min Xie,

Jane Liu

and Bingliang Zhuang

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 5790 | Submission Open

Keywords: atmospheric vertical profile; aerosol optical properties; aerosol transportation; aerosol radiative effect; aerosol-cloud microphysics effects; boundary layer pollution; remote sensing retrieval algorithms; machine learning applications in remote sensing

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

Dynamic Monitoring of Forest Resources Based on Multi-Source Remote Sensing Data

edited by

Fernando José Aguilar

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Flor Álvarez-Taboada

and

Manuel Ángel Aguilar

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5337 | Submission Open

Keywords: multi-source remote sensing data; dynamic monitoring of forest resources; data fusion; machine learning; deep learning; OBIA; precision forestry; multi-temporal remote sensing data; aboveground biomass and carbon stock; near real-time (NRT) forest monitoring

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

Advanced HRWS Spaceborne SAR: System Design and Signal Processing

edited by

Guodong Jin

, Daiyin Zhu, Xinhua Mao,

Wei Wang

,

Yanyan Zhang

and Yashi Zhou

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4365 | Submission Open

Keywords: spaceborne synthetic aperture radar; HRWS SAR system design; high-resolution SAR imaging method; ambiguity suppression; SAR waveform design; beamforming

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

Applications of Remote Sensing in the Monitoring of the Mountain Cryosphere

edited by Pedro Fidel Espín-López, Massimiliano Barbolini and

Andreas J. Dietz

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3698 | Submission Open

Keywords: snow cover; glaciers; remote sensing; permafrost; snow avalanches; climate change; water management; hyperspectral; black carbon

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

Applications of AI and Remote Sensing in Urban Systems II

edited by

Ahmed Mustafa

and

Andreas Rienow

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3406 | Submission Open

Keywords: land use/cover change; urban systems; image processing; google earth engine; thermal remote sensing; open data; big data; artificial intelligence

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

Innovative Geospatial Information and Earth Observation (GEO) Techniques for Sustainable Development

edited by Chao Yang, Jie Chen,

Chaogui Kang

, Liang Hong and

Phaedon C. Kyriakidis

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3105 | Submission Open

Keywords: earth observation; geospatial sensor web; citizen sensing; sustainable transport; land use change; urban resilience; nature-based solutions

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

Image Fusion and Object Detection Using Multi-Modal Remote Sensing Data

edited by Bin Yang, Xin Ye and Jing Li

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3020 | Submission Open

Keywords: image fusion; object detection; multi-modal data; deep learning; benchmark dataset; remote sensing data analysis

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

Problem-Driven Geospatial Data Acquisition, Tools and Applications in Earth Observation

edited by

Artan Hysa

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Pai-Hui Hsu

and

Yongze Song

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2816 | Submission Open

Keywords: geospatial technology; geospatial data acquisition; geographic information system (GIS); spatial analysis; earth observation; geospatial AI; big data analysis

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

Machine Learning Approaches for Semantic and Instance Segmentation in Remote Sensing

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submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2793 | Submission Open

Keywords: semantic segmentation; instance segmentation; object detection; hyperspectral imagery; supervised machine learning; deep learning; feature extraction

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

Advances in Remote Sensing and Digital Twin Technologies for Transportation Infrastructure

edited by

Zhen Liu

and

Xingyu Gu

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2656 | Submission Open

Keywords: transportation infrastructure; road extraction; traffic network; transportation infrastructure; remote sensing; InSAR; AI; digital twin

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

Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing in Environmental and Engineering Applications (Second Edition)

edited by

Wojciech Drzewiecki

and

Antoni Rzonca

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1375 | Submission Open

Keywords: photogrammetry; remote sensing; laser scanning; close-range sensors; UAV sensors; airborne sensors; satellite sensors; data integration and synergy

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

Remote Sensing for Risk Assessment, Monitoring and Recovery of Fires

edited by Xikun Hu,

Ioannis Gitas

and Puzhao Zhang

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 832 | 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)

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

edited by

Kaitao Li

,

Xingfeng Chen

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Lei Li

and Donghui Li

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 768 | 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)

Coastal Dynamics Monitoring Using Remote Sensing Data

edited by Huaguo Zhang, Wenting Cao and

Nurjannah Nurdin

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 198 | Submission Open

Keywords: coastline; time series analysis; coastal erosion; coastal disaster; artificial intelligence; coastal flood; blue carbon; coastal vegetation; intertidal flat; bathymetric mapping; coastal wetland habitat; coastal management

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

Application of Artificial Intelligence in Land Use and Land Cover Mapping—3rd Version

edited by

Sawaid Abbas

, Janet Nichol,

Faisal M. Qamer

and Hamid Mehmood

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 171 | Submission Open

Keywords: land use and land cover (LULC) mapping; artificial intelligence (AI) in remote sensing; machine learning and deep learning; cloud computing (GEE; AWS); object detection in remote sensing images; hyperspectral and multispectral data analysis; change detection and monitoring; big data analytics in Earth observation; generative AI for geospatial applications; large language models (LLMs) for geospatial intelligence; urban morphology and landscape analysis; sustainable development goals (SDGs) and AI

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

Application of Satellite Data for Lightning Mapping

edited by

Adonis Ferreira Raiol Leal

and

Dongshuai Li

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 105 | Submission Open

Keywords: lightning; lightning climatology; spaceborne sensors; forecasting; nowcasting; GLM; LMI; LI; lightning mapping

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

Fifth Anniversary of “AI Remote Sensing” Section

edited by

Lefei Zhang

and Yushi Chen

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 82 | Submission Open

Keywords: machine learning and deep learning for remote sensing; optical/multispectral/hyperspectral/SAR image processing; target detection; anomaly detection; and change detection; multi-modal remote sensing

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

Earth Observation Satellites for Soil Moisture Monitoring

edited by

Jaromir Krzyszczak

and

Anna Siedliska

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1443 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; soil moisture; hydrology; agriculture; meteorology; climate change; drought monitoring; algorithm development; data validation

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

Applications and Advances of Remote Sensing Technologies in Assisting Landslide Investigation, Monitoring and Assessment

edited by

Chun Zhu

, Han Bao, Daoyuan Tan,

Luqi Wang

, Zhanbo Cheng and

Tomaž Podobnikar

submission deadline 20 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 98 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing technologies; landslide investigation; landslide mapping; landslide deformation forecasting; landslide runout modelling; numerical simulation; artificial intelligence

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

Remote Sensing Application in Coastal Geomorphology and Processes II

edited by

Cristina Ponte Lira

and

Ana Nobre Silva

submission deadline 25 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3781 | Submission Open

Keywords: geomorphology of the coastal zone; coastal hydrodynamics and morphodynamics; beach and dune processes; oceanographic forcing; coastal processes and management; remote sensing applications in the coastal zone

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

Multi-platform and Multi-modal Remote Sensing Data Fusion with Advanced Deep Learning Techniques (Second Edition)

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submission deadline 28 Oct 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 14984 | Submission Open

Keywords: multispectral and hyperspectral data fusion; hyperspectral and LiDAR data fusion; pansharpening or thermal sharpening; optical and SAR data fusion; optical and LiDAR data fusion; novel benchmark; multi-platform or multi-modal datasets; advanced deep learning algorithm/architectures/theory transfer; multitask; few-shot and meta learning; attention mechanism and transformer; convolutional neural networks/graph convolutional networks; scene/object classification and segmentation; target detection/tracking; geological mapping

Advances in Oceanic Dynamics by SAR and Numeric Model in Tropical Cyclone

edited by Maurizio Migliaccio, Jian Shi,

Weizeng Shao

and Xianbin Zhao

submission deadline 28 Oct 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 9625 | Submission Open

Keywords: tropical cyclone; ocean dynamic; target detection; SAR; remote sensing; ocean modeling

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

Advances and Innovative Applications in Multi-temporal InSAR Technology

edited by

Hongyu Liang

,

Lei Xie

,

Songbo Wu

and Guoqiang Shi

submission deadline 28 Oct 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5494 | Submission Open

Keywords: SAR interferometry (InSAR); advanced multi-temporal InSAR algorithms; error estimation and correction; deformation modelling; parameter inversion; data integration; infrastructure stability monitoring; geohazard detection; machine/deep learning

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

Innovative Applications of HF Radar (Second Edition)

edited by

Yonggang Ji

, Yiming Wang,

Weifeng Sun

and

Weimin Huang

submission deadline 28 Oct 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4695 | Submission Open

Keywords: HF radar; target detection; target tracking; sea state inversion; OTH radar; clutter suppression

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

Advances in the Remote Sensing of Solar-Induced Chlorophyll Fluorescence for Vegetation Stress

edited by

Zhigang Liu

, Shan Xu and

Micol Rossini

submission deadline 28 Oct 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4216 | Submission Open

Keywords: solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence; stress detection and assessment; biotic stress; abiotic stress; drought

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

Advances in AI-Driven Remote Sensing for Geohazard Perception

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submission deadline 28 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 664 | 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)

Applications of Remote Sensing in Landscapes and Human Settlements

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submission deadline 28 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 166 | 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)

Using Earth Observation Data to Monitor Deforestation and Forest Degradation to Ensure Compliance with Regulatory Frameworks

edited by

Melvin Lippe

,

Margret Köthke

,

Ramon Felipe Bicudo Silva

and Arief Wijaya

submission deadline 28 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 34 | Submission Open

Keywords: advanced remote sensing technologies; big data; GeoAI; and GIS integration; land cover and land use change; deforestation monitoring; forest degradation; regulatory compliance; zero-deforestation; sustainability governance

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

Target Detection, Recognition, Tracking, and Positioning Using Remote Sensing and AI Techniques

edited by

Wensheng Wang

,

Martin Gade

, Yi Wan and Zhirui Wang

submission deadline 29 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 65 | Submission Open

Keywords: satellite– aerial– ground collaborative perception; multi-agent system; target detection; recognition; tracking; and positioning; geographic retrieval and cross-view geolocalization; knowledge graph; deep learning; task-driven optimization

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

Remote Sensing and GeoAI in Natural Hazard Assessment: Emerging Trends and Applications

edited by Husam A. H. Al-Najjar,

Bahareh Kalantar

and

Alfian Abdul Halin

submission deadline 29 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 64 | Submission Open

Keywords: natural hazards (floods; landslides; earthquakes; erosion; wildfires; droughts; etc.); remote sensing; GeoAI (geospatial artificial intelligence); damage assessment; data fusion (e.g.; SAR; optical; LiDAR); intelligent geohazard computation; explainable AI (XAI) for geohazards; hazard and risk assessment; Earth observation; vulnerability mapping

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

Intelligent Image Analysis: Advancing Remote Sensing with Artificial Intelligence

edited by

Yangyang Li

,

Tianyang Zhang

and

Xinghua Li

submission deadline 29 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 64 | Submission Open

Keywords: intelligent RSI interpretation; remote sensing foundation models development and downstream applications; multi-modal RSI interpretation; remote sensing 3D reconstruction; open-world remote sensing image interpretation; remote sensing interpretation applications with advanced AI technology

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

AI Technology for Enhanced Analysis of High-Resolution Earth Observation Imagery in Climate Change

edited by

Hongjie He

, Liangzhi Li, Linlin Xu, Wei Liu and

Yuhong He

submission deadline 29 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 62 | Submission Open

Keywords: deep learning for remote sensing; remote sensing image super-resolution; multi-source data fusion in EO; AI-based land use and land cover (LULC) classification; weakly\semi-supervised learning for EO applications; object detection and extraction for natural hazard assessment; change detection and image matching in multi-temporal analysis; synthetic aperture radar (SAR) deep learning techniques

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

Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) Applications in Earth, Moon and Planetary Exploration (Second Edition)

edited by

David Gomez-Ortiz

submission deadline 29 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 57 | Submission Open

Keywords: ground-penetrating radar (GPR); planetary radar; subsurface structure; earth; moon; mars; system; simulation; signal processing; imaging; interpretation; etc.

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

Multi-Source Remote Sensing Integrations in Geological Hazards Research

edited by Jie Zhao,

Shufang Tian

,

Ying Zhang

and

Die Hu

submission deadline 29 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 49 | Submission Open

Keywords: data fusion; landslide; mudslide; ground collapse; earthquake; hazard monitoring; hazard assessment; hazard prediction

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

Remote Sensing Tools for Monitoring Vegetation and Enhancing Biodiversity Conservation Strategies

edited by

Marco Vuerich

and

Giacomo Trotta

submission deadline 29 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 30 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; upscaling approach; vegetation dynamics; biodiversity conservation; global change impact; machine learning technique; hyperspectral and multispectral data; time-series analyses; vegetation indices (e.g.; NDVI); vegetation mapping

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

New Insights in Remote Sensing of Snow and Glaciers

edited by

Roberto Salzano

and

Rosamaria Salvatori

submission deadline 30 Oct 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 15651 | Submission Open

Keywords: snow cover; glaciers; optical remote sensing; radar remote sensing; data integration; novel methodologies

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

Advances in Applications of Remote Sensing GIS and GNSS

edited by

Bing Xu

,

Lei Wang

,

Qian (Chayn) Sun

and

Panagiotis Partsinevelos

submission deadline 30 Oct 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 9695 | Submission Open

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

Mapping and Monitoring of Geohazards with Remote Sensing Technologies II

edited by

Constantinos Loupasakis

,

Konstantinos G. Nikolakopoulos

and

Ioannis Papoutsis

submission deadline 30 Oct 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 7517 | Submission Open

Keywords: geohazards; InSAR; remote sensing; photogrammetry; unmanned aerial vehicles; GNSS; TLS; persistent scatterer interferometry; machine learning

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

Remote Sensing Application in the Carbon Flux Modelling

edited by

Zongyao Sha

and

Yichun Xie

submission deadline 30 Oct 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7349 | Submission Open

Keywords: carbon cycle; ecosystems; carbon emissions; vegetation carbon sequestration; geospatial modeling

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

Linking Upper Ocean Dynamics with Extreme Weather and Climate Events over the Ocean (Second Edition)

edited by Hailun He and

Gad Levy

submission deadline 30 Oct 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5371 | Submission Open

Keywords: extreme weather and climate; air– sea interaction; tropical cyclone; extratropical cyclone; ocean dynamics; biological response; in situ observation; remote sensing observation; ocean modelling; operational forecast

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

Remote Sensing Technologies, Applications and Perspectives at Night: Nightlight, Nighttime Thermal Infrared and Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR)

edited by

Di Liu

, Jiajun Li, Weiying Lin and

Chengbin Deng

submission deadline 30 Oct 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2871 | Submission Open

Keywords: nightlight remote sensing; night-time thermal infrared remote sensing; night-time synthetic aperture radar (SAR); ecological applications; human settlement applications; other night-time applications

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

New Insights in Remote Sensing Image Interpretation with Deep Learning

edited by

Shiyan Pang

, Mi Zhang, Huiwei Jiang and

Yongyang Xu

submission deadline 30 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 243 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; deep learning; remote sensing; semantic segmentation; change detection; classification; object detection

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

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

edited by

Caterina Balletti

,

Valentina Alena Girelli

and

Francesca Matrone

submission deadline 30 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 47 | Submission Open

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

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

NISAR Global Observations for Ecosystem Science and Applications

edited by

Sassan Saatchi

, Paul Siqueira and

Anup Das

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 18168 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest and vegetation; agriculture; ecosystem; synthetic aperture radar; NISAR; passive microwave measurements; LiDAR

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

Advances in Satellite Image Analysis and Applications for Earth Observation

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Maria Antonia Brovelli

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 14352 | Submission Open

Keywords: image analysis; environmental monitoring; image-based change detection; urban planning; earth observation; GeoAI; multi-scale and multi-sensor; earth observation analytics

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

Advance of Radar Meteorology and Hydrology II

edited by

Sanghun Lim

and

Seongsim Yoon

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 13155 | Submission Open

Keywords: radar system; radar signal processing; quality control; quantitative precipitation estimation; nowcasting; hydrological applications; remote sensing; precipitation

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

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