Remote Sensing

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for Multi-Modal and Multi-Spectral Remote Sensing Image Processing

edited by

Tao Lei

, Tao Gao,

Lefei Zhang

and

Asoke K. Nandi

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 177 | Submission Open

Keywords: deep learning; transformer; diffusion model; multi-modal remote sensing data; multi-spectral remote sensing data; feature representation; feature fusion; remote sensing interpretation

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

Tianmu-1 Constellation: Advancements in Atmospheric, Ionospheric and Surface Remote Sensing Using GNSS-RO and GNSS-R

edited by Shengpeng Yang,

Hugo Carreno-Luengo

and

Feixiong Huang

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 101 | Submission Open

Keywords: GNSS-RO applications; data assimilation; numerical weather forecast; ocean wind

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

State of the Art and Future Developments: Short-Range Radar (2nd Edition)

edited by

Yanhua Wang

,

Liang Zhang

and Shichao Chen

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 79 | Submission Open

Keywords: short-range radar; object detection; recognition; and tracking; radar imaging; sensor integration and data fusion; signal processing

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

Advancements in Satellite and Ground-Based Retrievals for Aerosol and Cloud Characterization

edited by

Deaconu Lucia

and

Haipeng Zhang

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 73 | Submission Open

Keywords: aerosols; clouds; satellite remote sensing; ground-based measurements; aerosol– cloud interactions; validation; machine learning; retrieval algorithms

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

Multi-Source Remote Sensing and Spatial Statistical Analysis in Urban Sustainability Research

edited by

Hao Zhang

,

Ashraf Dewan

and Rui Zhou

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 41 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; multi-source remote sensing data; data mining; urban sustainability; climate change; spatial statistics; urban resilience; geohazards; biological degradation

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

Remote Sensing of Urban Built Environment for Sustainable Development

edited by

Shengbiao Wu

, Siqi Jia and

Raffaele Lafortezza

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 33 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban built environment; remote sensing; sustainable development

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

Satellite Measurements and the Monitoring of Ionosphere and Space Weather (Second Edition)

edited by Fuyang Ke,

Wang Li

,

Lei Liu

and

Dongsheng Zhao

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 32 | Submission Open

Keywords: ionospheric modeling; deep learning; ionospheric disturbance; ionospheric tomography; severe space event; ionospheric scintillation

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

The Application of Nighttime Remote Sensing in Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (Second Edition)

edited by

Jinyao Lin

and

Jinpei Ou

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 27 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable development goals; social indicators; land use planning; environmental conservation; artificial intelligence

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

High-Precision Calibration and Processing Technology of Spaceborne SAR Data

edited by

Fengli Zhang

, Kun Li and Chang Liu

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 24 | Submission Open

Keywords: novel calibration algorithms; polarimetric and interferometric calibration models; application of big data and artificial intelligence for SAR calibration; calibration strategies for ongoing and upcoming SAR missions; multi-source data processing with physical modeling and deep learning techniques; quantitative applications of calibrated SAR data

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

Advances in the Remote Sensing Application of Autonomous Unmanned Vehicles (UAV/UGV/USV/UUV) (Second Edition)

edited by

Mariusz Specht

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 21 | Submission Open

Keywords: autonomous vehicle; drone; earth observation; remote sensing; sensors used in unmanned systems; unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV); unmanned ground vehicle (UGV); unmanned surface vehicle (USV); unmanned system (US); unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV)

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

Beidou/GNSS Positioning, Navigation and Timing: Methods and Technology (Third Edition)

edited by

Baocheng Zhang

and

Robert Odolinski

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 6 | Submission Open

Keywords: multi-frequency and multi-constellation GNSS; BDS; POD/LEO; navigation and timing; geodesy and geophysics; the advance of high-precision products

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

Advancement of Multi-Source Remote Sensing Data Fusion in Environmental Monitoring

edited by Junjue Wang, Jiaqi Yang, Yinhe Liu, Zhuo Zheng and

Yonghao Xu

submission deadline 15 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2891 | Submission Open

Keywords: multi-source remote sensing data fusion; multi-source transferable or domain adaptation models; multi-modal models for remote sensing tasks; ecosystem monitoring; urban analysis; crop monitoring and yield forecasting; glacier and sea ice monitoring; atmospheric monitoring; greenhouse gas emission monitoring; vegetation dynamics and carbon cycle

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

Remote Sensing for Modeling and Understanding Land-Atmosphere Interaction Processes

edited by

Ren Wang

, Dagang Wang and

Wenbin Zhu

submission deadline 15 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 88 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; land-atmosphere interaction; evapotranspiration; soil moisture; vegetation ecosystem; land use/land cover change; land surface model; hydrological modeling; machine learning

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

Remote Sensing of River and Lake Ice/Water Using Spaceborne, Airborne, and Ground Platforms

edited by

Zhijun Li

and

Lilong Zou

submission deadline 25 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 4 | Submission Open

Keywords: river ice; lake ice; ice/snow properties; water quality; water ecosystem; remote sensing; remote sensing applications; multi-sensor and multi-source data; climate change; resources assessment; machine learning

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

Remote Sensing and Machine Learning in Vegetation Biophysical Parameters Estimation (Second Edition)

edited by

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submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 10972 | Submission Open

Keywords: vegetation biophysical parameter estimation; vegetation spectral indices; multispectral/hyperspectral/LiDAR/SAR; satellite/airborne/UAV/tower-based/ground observation; regression/RTM/machine learning/deep learning; agriculture; forest; grassland; vegetation dynamics monitoring

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

Remote Sensing and Modelling of Terrestrial Ecosystems Functioning

edited by

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,

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submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2945 | Submission Open

Keywords: terrestrial ecosystems; remote sensing; vegetation functioning; ET and GPP; estimation and modelling; accuracy assessment

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

Remote Sensing for Soil Moisture and Vegetation Parameters Retrieval (Second Edition)

edited by

Liangliang Tao

,

Dongryeol Ryu

and

Hao Sun

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1890 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil moisture; agricultural monitoring; microwave remote sensing; machine learning; vegetation dynamics estimates; modeling; drought assessment

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

From Remotely Sensed Data to Ecological Intelligence: New Insights in Coral Reef Recovery Detected through Remote Sensing in a Warming Climate

edited by Renata Ferrari, Sophie Gordon, Kang Han,

Erica Nocerino

and Gaia Pavoni

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 313 | Submission Open

Keywords: underwater photogrammetry; neural radiance fields; machine learning applications to the segmentation and classification of coral reef images; orthomosaics; and 3D models; coral reef vital rates; climate change impact detection (i.e.; bleaching; cyclones); spatio-temporal comparisons

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

AI Applications to Remote Sensing of Cloud and Precipitation: Monitoring, Modeling, and Prediction

edited by

, Jinfang Yin,

,

and

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 191 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing techniques; clouds and precipitation; AI applications for RS; cloud microphysics; cloud seeding; extreme weather events; data fusion and assimilation; RS for hydrological analysis; atmospheric water vapor/moisture

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

Remote Sensing for Marine Environmental Disaster Response

edited by

Zhixiang Fang

, Quanyi Huang, Jaroslaw Tęgowski,

Magaly Koch

and

Yukiharu Hisaki

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 13 articles | Viewed by 50114 | Submission Open

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

Advances in Remote Sensing in Coastal Geomorphology (Third Edition)

edited by

José Juan de Sanjosé Blasco

,

Germán Flor-Blanco

and

Ramón Blanco Chao

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 9073 | Submission Open

Keywords: geomatics techniques; coastal remote sensing; storm impact; coastal processes; coastal geomorphology; shoreline change; coastal erosion; sea level change; coastal and ports management; oceanography; anthropocene

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

Satellite Navigation and Signal Processing (Second Edition)

edited by

Mieczysław Bakuła

and

Krzysztof Naus

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5626 | Submission Open

Keywords: GNSS systems; SBAS systems; aircraft/UAV navigation systems; marine navigation systems; land navigation systems; multi-GNSS-integrated navigation systems; GNSS algorithms; GNSS signal processing; multi-GNSS applications; real-time kinematics; smartphone GNSS surveying and navigation

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

Dam Stability Monitoring with Satellite Geodesy II

edited by

Antonio Miguel Ruiz Armenteros

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,

and

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 5551 | Submission Open

Keywords: dam; satellite geodesy; remote sensing; GNSS; radar interferometry; InSAR; deformation monitoring; geodetic measurements; geotechnical measurements; infrastructure; earth observation; sensors

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

Hyperspectral Imaging and LiDAR Scanning Technology Development and Applications

edited by

Jianxin Jia

, Yuwei Chen,

Yue Yu

and

Xiaorou Zheng

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5345 | Submission Open

Keywords: hyperspectral imaging; LiDAR; data processing; artificial intelligence; remote sensing applications

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

Advanced AI Technology for Remote Sensing Analysis

edited by Guangliang Cheng,

Qi Zhao

, Shuchang Lyu and

Hossein M. Rizeei

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4919 | Submission Open

Keywords: multi-modality images; image fusion; cross-domain adaptation; visual– linguistic models; multi-modality downstream tasks; remote sensing; pattern analysis; advanced AI technology; image segmentation/detection and change detection

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

Recent Advances in Infrared Target Detection

edited by Xia Wang and

Kun Gao

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 4791 | Submission Open

Keywords: infrared target detection; deep learning; signal processing; infrared image enhancement; multi-resource data fusion; infrared target tracking; infrared target monitoring

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

Spatial Calculation and Remote Sensing Diagnosis for Environmental Health

edited by

Min Xu

,

Shaohua Wang

,

Ran Tao

and Chunxiang Cao

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4566 | Submission Open

Keywords: environmental health; spatial calculation; diagnosis by remote sensing; dynamic simulation; spatiotemporal big data analysis; geographic flow; disease transmission; risk warning

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

PAZ Ciencia: Review of the Scientific Results from Radar PAZ Mission Data

edited by

José Fernández

,

Antonio Turiel

, María José González Bonilla, Juan Manuel Cuerda Muñoz and Nuria Casal Vázquez

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4030 | Submission Open

Keywords: synthetic aperture radar; SAR interferometry; SAR polarimetry; ground deformation; land cover; geo-hazards; hidrology

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

Advanced Satellite Remote Sensing for Geohazards

edited by

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, Yi He and

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3749 | Submission Open

Keywords: satellite remote sensing; geohazard monitoring; interferometric SAR (InSAR); landslide detection; subsidence monitoring; glacier dynamics; remote sensing applications; satellite imagery; geospatial analysis

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

Remote Sensing for Monitoring Land-Use/Land-Cover Change and Impacts on Ecosystem Service

edited by

Shaohua Wang

,

Liang Zhou

,

Yeran Sun

and Haojian Liang

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3514 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; land-use change; land-cover monitoring; urban environmental monitoring; urban infrastructure; sustainable land management; RS and GIS integration; deep learning applications

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

Multi-Data Applied to Near-Surface Geophysics (Second Edition)

edited by

Fridon Shubitidze

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3340 | Submission Open

Keywords: multi-data near-surface; joint-inversion; remote sensing; UXO; magnetics; electromagnetics induction; acoustic; permafrost; classification; hazardous materials; unmanned aerial systems

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

Recent Advantages in Monitoring Inland Water Using Various Sources of Remote Sensing Imagery from Space

edited by

Xiaodong Li

and

Frédéric Frappart

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2915 | Submission Open

Keywords: inland surface water; time series analysis; artificial intelligence; data fusion; small water bodies and floods

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

Remote Sensing of Target Object Detection and Identification (Third Edition)

edited by

Paolo Tripicchio

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 2794 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; data fusion; machine learning; deep learning; signal processing; classification; target tracking

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

Impacts of Climate Change on Water Cycle and Terrestrial Ecosystems by Remote Sensing

edited by Chun-Yu Dong,

Xufeng Wang

and

Chang Huang

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2634 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; environmental monitoring; hydrological processes; vegetation dynamics; phenology; flood; biodiversity; water cycle; drought; water resources; carbon cycle; biomass

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

Data-Driven City and Society – A Remote Sensing Perspective

edited by

Szymon Chmielewski

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2465 | Submission Open

Keywords: data utilization; data-driven; AI

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

Application of Remote Sensing Data in Data Assimilation, Reanalysis and Artificial Intelligence for Mesoscale Numerical Weather Models (Second Edition)

edited by

, Yunheng Wang,

,

,

and

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2400 | Submission Open

Keywords: advances in remote sensing data assimilation; new types of remote sensing observations; network design or data analysis with numerical models; convective-allowing and/or regional numerical model developments; probabilistic prediction methods; verification methods and statistical modelling; new developments in artificial intelligence for numerical models; regional and global data reanalysis techniques; coupled data assimilation; artificial intelligence; machine learning; air quality research

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

Recent Advances in Nonlinear Processing Technique for Radar Sensing

edited by

Xiaoqiang Hua

,

Yongqiang Cheng

and Hao Wu

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2368 | Submission Open

Keywords: information geometry; Riemannian manifold; nonlinear processing technique; deep learning; radar sensing; SAR image processing

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

Advances in Retrieval and Validation of Atmospheric Components by Remote Sensing

edited by

Yuhan Luo

,

Lei Liu

, Shanshan Wang and

Youwen Sun

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2287 | Submission Open

Keywords: satellite trace gas product validation; satellite cloud product validation; trace gas vertical profile; atmospheric composition; high-resolution imaging; data assimilation; data fusion

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

Enhancing Geological Remote Sensing with Cutting-Edge Sensor Technologies

edited by

Veronika Kopačková-Strandová

,

Pierre Lacroix

, Kati Laakso and

Teodosio Lacava

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2218 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; geological applications; hyperspectral imaging; synthetic aperture radar; cutting-edge sensor innovations

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

Satellite Observations for Particulate Matter and Gaseous Pollutants Research

edited by

Zhengqiang Li

, Jintai Lin,

Cheng Chen

and Yan Yu

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2065 | Submission Open

Keywords: particulate matters; gaseous pollutants; such as SO2; NO2; O3; etc.; aerosol and chemical compositions; satellite observation; interaction; PM2.5; PM10; PM1; and dust

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

Remote Sensing for Monitoring Water and Carbon Cycles

edited by

Dong Liu

, Fang Cao and Shujie Yu

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1769 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; water quality; water volume; carbon cycle; total suspended matter; Chlorophyll; dissolved organic carbon; particulate organic carbon; water color; global change

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

Recent Advances in Sea Ice Research Using Satellite Data (Second Edition)

edited by

Linlin Xu

, Xinwei Chen,

Qingyun Yan

and

Juha Karvonen

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1228 | Submission Open

Keywords: sea ice cover; satellite observations; AI-based Methods; sea ice parameters; remote sensing techniques; computer vision; deep learning; SAR; image segmentation/classification

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

Application of Advanced Remote Sensing Techniques in Mining Areas

edited by

Tingting He

, He Ren and

Yongjun Yang

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1158 | Submission Open

Keywords: high-resolution remote sensing; optical data; SAR images; surface/open-pit mining; disturbances; coal waste dumps; mining subsidence area; land degradation; land reclamation and ecological restoration; active/abandoned mining; deep learning; change detection; Google Earth Engine

Advances in Aerosol and Cloud Properties Observation in the Middle and Upper Layers Based on Remote Sensing (Second Edition)

edited by Ian Y. Chang,

Lan Gao

and

Falguni Patadia

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1020 | Submission Open

Keywords: aerosol optical; chemical and physical properties; middle and upper troposphere; aerosol– cloud interactions; atmospheric composition; aerosol and cloud remote sensing; radiative transfer

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

Understanding Snow Hydrology Through Remote Sensing Technologies

edited by

Emanuele Santi

and

Simone Pettinato

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 773 | Submission Open

Keywords: snow remote sensing; SAR/SAR interferometry; microwave radiometers (AMSR2; SSM/I; … ); snow cover area; snow water equivalent; snow depth; machine learning

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

Satellite Observations for Hydrological Modelling

edited by

Younghyun Cho

,

Taeil Jang

and

Won-Ho Nam

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 766 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydrological modelling; satellite remote sensing; earth observations; data assimilation; earth’ s water cycle; global hydrology; hydrometeorological variables; hydrological extremes; climate change assessment; machine learning applications

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

Expanding Horizons: Testing and Evaluating Non-Conventional Mobile Devices for Remote Sensing in Built and Natural Environment

edited by

Alesandra Spreafico

,

Lorenzo Teppati Losè

and

Jesús Balado Frías

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 732 | Submission Open

Keywords: mobile devices; LiDAR; metric survey; low-cost sensors; mobile apps

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

Close-Range LiDAR for Forest Structure and Dynamics Monitoring

edited by Panagiotidis Dimitrios

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 313 | Submission Open

Keywords: • Forest Growth & Dynamics • Airborne Laser Scanning • Terrestrial Laser Scanning • 3D Point Clouds • Unmanned Aerial Systems • Forest Inventory • Forest Monitoring & Mapping • UAV

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

Lidar Monitoring of Aerosols and Clouds

edited by Carmen Córdoba-Jabonero and

Juan Luis Guerrero Rascado

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 287 | Submission Open

Keywords: active remote sensing techniques and methods; aerosol– cloud interactions; atmospheric aerosols and clouds; cirrus clouds; lidar observations; radiative transfer

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

Remote Sensing of Extreme Heat Events, Urban Heat Islands, and Public Health Impacts: Integrating Hydrological and Atmospheric Dynamics

edited by

Yuei-An Liou

,

Shih-Chun Candice Lung

and

Kim Anh Nguyen

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 243 | Submission Open

Keywords: adaptation strategies; atmospheric dynamics; climate resilience; earth observation data; extreme heat events; heatwaves; heat vulnerability; human health and heat exposure; hydrological processes; hydrological dynamics; mitigation measures; thermal remote sensing; urban heat islands; water– energy– climate nexus; public health impacts

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