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Remote Sensing for Digital Twins in Forestry: Applications and Future Perspectives
edited by Juan Suarez-Minguez and Jacqueline Rosette
submission deadline 28 May 2025 | Viewed by 287 | Submission Open
Keywords: digital twins; earth observation; forestry; AI; tree growth models; high-resolution remote sensing
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Remote Sensing)
Advances in Radiative Transfer Modeling: Applications in Natural, Urban, and Emerging Environments
edited by Yingjie Wang, , Biao Cao and Tiangang Yin
submission deadline 28 May 2025 | Viewed by 216 | Submission Open
Keywords: radiative transfer models; quantitative remote sensing; forest parameters estimation; vegetation functioning; urban heat island; inversion; 3D construction
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Remote Sensing)
Monitoring and Restoration of Mining-Impacted Ecosystems Using Remote Sensing Technology submission deadline 28 May 2025 | Viewed by 207 | Submission Open
Keywords: multi-source remote sensing data; remote sensing technology; mining ecosystem; ecological restoration; ecosystem structure and function
(This special issue belongs to the Section Ecological Remote Sensing)
Upcoming Positioning, Navigation and Timing: GPS, GLONASS, Galileo and BeiDou (Second Edition)
edited by Shengyue Ji, and
submission deadline 28 May 2025 | Viewed by 199 | Submission Open
Keywords: urban navigation; smartphone; ocean navigation; multipath; sensor integration
(This special issue belongs to the Section Satellite Missions for Earth and Planetary Exploration)
Remote Sensing in Natural Resource and Water Environment II submission deadline 30 May 2025 | 16 articles | Viewed by 33411 | Submission Open
Keywords: hyperspectral remote sensing in the environment; retrieving air pollutant concentrations through remote sensing; machine learning algorithms for modeling based on remote sensing data; ecological indicators mapping by remote sensing; urban stormwater models; hydrologic models; flood disaster; water pollution; wastewater treatment; water resource management; urban-rural management; urban planning
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Remote Sensing)
Satellite Image Processing and Object Recognition for Agriculture and Food Security Applications submission deadline 30 May 2025 | 12 articles | Viewed by 32319 | Submission Open
Keywords: remote sensing; geoscience and earth observation; artificial intelligence; machine learning; food security; water security; biodiversity protection; big data; visualization and mapping; automation and robotics; soil quality; water quality; yield protection; yield prediction
(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing in Agriculture and Vegetation)
Applications of Remote Sensing in Earth Observation and Geo-Information Science
edited by and Christopher Post
submission deadline 30 May 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 28666 | Submission Open
Keywords: Photogrammetry; Remote sensing; Light detection and ranging (LiDAR); Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV); Machine and deep learning; Big data analysis (i.e.; Google Earth Engine); Multispectral; hyperspectral; and thermal image analysis; Multi-sensor and multi-resolution data analysis; Environmental monitoring (soil; water; vegetation; biomass; forest; and etc.); Change detection monitoring and assessment
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Remote Sensing)
Weather and Climate Extremes Monitoring Based on Remote Sensing Methods
edited by
submission deadline 30 May 2025 | 11 articles | Viewed by 26710 | Submission Open
Keywords: remote sensing; weather and climate extremes; Asia– Oceania; climate risk assessments; natural hazards; tropical cyclones; floods; droughts
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Remote Sensing)
Remote Sensing of Post-fire Environmental Damage and Forest Recovery: New Challenges and Approaches submission deadline 30 May 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 19165 | Submission Open
Keywords: Wildfire severity evaluation and land monitoring; Big data and artificial intelligence; 3D mapping post-fire Studies; Hyperspectral sensors post fire Studies; Ultra-high spatial resolution; Modeling image time-series for fire disturbance recovery; Wildland– urban interface (WUI); Climate change on forest fire severity
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Remote Sensing)
Remote Sensing Calibration and Validation in Sounding Atmosphere and Ionosphere
edited by , and Jiyao Xu
submission deadline 30 May 2025 | 10 articles | Viewed by 16956 | Submission Open
Keywords: GNSS-RO; GNSS-R; radar; lidar; airglow; data processing; calibration; validation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Atmospheric Remote Sensing)
Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Applied to Deep Space Exploration
edited by , and Philipp Gläser
submission deadline 30 May 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 14314 | Submission Open
Keywords: moon; Mars; remote sensing; photogrammetry; planetary mapping; planetary geodesy
(This special issue belongs to the Section Satellite Missions for Earth and Planetary Exploration)
Remote Sensing of Ocean Surface Currents: Measurement, Validation and Applications submission deadline 30 May 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 11125 | Submission Open
Keywords: ocean surface current; remote sensing; altimetry; scatterometry; optical remote sensing; synthetic aperture radar; autonomous underwater vehicles; air– sea interactions; data validation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Remote Sensing)
Deep Transfer Learning for Remote Sensing II
edited by Yu Zhang, , Yuheng Jia, Junhui Hou and Deyu Meng
submission deadline 30 May 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6491 | Submission Open
Keywords: transfer learning; remote sensing images; domain adaptation; domain generalization; CNN
(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing Image Processing)
Application of GNSS Remote Sensing in Ionosphere Monitoring
edited by , , Jun Wang and
submission deadline 30 May 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5942 | Submission Open
Keywords: GNSS ionosphere; data assimilation; ionospheric irregularities and scintillation; machine learning
(This special issue belongs to the Section Satellite Missions for Earth and Planetary Exploration)
Ground, Proximal and Remote Sensing for Precision Agriculture Applications submission deadline 30 May 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5920 | Submission Open
Keywords: satellite remote sensing; UAS and UGV; digital soil mapping; ground sensor network; vegetation analysis and yield estimation; precision agriculture and forestry; image processing and pattern recognition; field and laboratory  Spectroscopy; DEM; DTM; DSM; DDM; artificial intelligence; decision support systems; geographical information systems; geostatistics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing in Agriculture and Vegetation)
Remote Sensing Supporting the Inventorying and Analysis of Ground Instabilities Scenarios Induced by Earthquakes
edited by , Gian Marco Marmoni and
submission deadline 30 May 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5091 | Submission Open
Keywords: earthquake-induced landslides; landslide distribution; landslide scenarios; co/post-seismic landslides surveying and monitoring; remote sensing applied to landslides; SAR; DInSAR; GBInSAR interferometry; photointerpretation; environmental monitoring
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Remote Sensing)
Multi-Source Remote Sensing Data for Water Resource Management in Agriculture submission deadline 30 May 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4379 | Submission Open
Keywords: irrigation; optical and microwave remote sensing; evapotranspiration; soil moisture; unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV); ground sensor
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Remote Sensing)
Advances in Remote Sensing of Vegetation Structure Analysis and Forest Ecosystems Monitoring submission deadline 30 May 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3209 | Submission Open
Keywords: LiDAR remote sensing; forest monitoring; aerial photogrammetry; vegetation structure; time series vegetation index; land cover change
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biogeosciences Remote Sensing)
3D Virtual Reconstruction for Cultural Heritage (Second Edition) submission deadline 30 May 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1989 | Submission Open
Keywords: virtual reality; augmented reality; cultural heritage; 3D reconstruction; 3D modelling; reality-based modelling; integration of data; multi-source data; hidden cultural heritage; digital twin in cultural heritage; virtual tourism; virtual tour; virtual devices; storytelling
(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Remote Sensing)
International GNSS Service Validation, Application and Calibration (2nd Edition) submission deadline 30 May 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1290 | Submission Open
Keywords: GNSS technique/technology; GNSS positioning error budget; GNSS risk assessment; Space weather impact on GNSS; GNSS satellite orbit determination; GNSS data validation; GNSS applications on environments including water vapor; water level; and underwater surveying; GNSS applications in disasters such as fires and oil spills; GNSS applications on infrastructures; GNSS time and frequency transfer; GNSS atmospheric parameters; GNSS geodetic research; GNSS interferometric reflectometry applications
(This special issue belongs to the Section Satellite Missions for Earth and Planetary Exploration)
Advances in CubeSat Missions and Applications in Remote Sensing
edited by and Fernando Aguado-Agelet
submission deadline 30 May 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1253 | Submission Open
Keywords: CubeSat; remote sensing; payload; artificial intelligence; earth observation; planetary exploration
Real-Time Agricultural Monitoring from Remotely Sensed Data (Second Edition)
edited by , and
submission deadline 30 May 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 788 | Submission Open
Keywords: agricultural remote sensing; crop types; crop phenotype; crop yield; in-season; phenotyping; plant stress; precision agriculture; time-series data; within-season
(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing in Agriculture and Vegetation)
Remote Sensing Data Fusion and Applications (2nd Edition)
edited by Linwei Yue, Qing Cheng, and Jiang He
submission deadline 30 May 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 656 | Submission Open
Keywords: spatio-temporal data fusion; multimodal data fusion; multitemporal data fusion; multi-sensor data fusion; deep learning for data fusion; image enhancement and restoration
(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing Image Processing)
Remote Sensing Target Recognition and Detection: Theory and Applications (Second Edition)
edited by and Mingyang Zhang
submission deadline 30 May 2025 | Viewed by 343 | Submission Open
Keywords: target recognition; target detection; deep learning; neural networks; image classification; image processing
(This special issue belongs to the Section AI Remote Sensing)
Radar Signal Processing and Imaging for Ocean Remote Sensing (Second Edition)
edited by , , Yunhua Wang, and
submission deadline 30 May 2025 | Viewed by 250 | Submission Open
Keywords: ocean remote sensing; radar signal processing; radar imaging; ocean numerical modeling; artificial intelligence
(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Remote Sensing)
Recent Advances in Remote Sensing of Soil Science submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 23081 | Submission Open
Keywords: soil organic carbon; artificial intelligence; earth observation; soil quality; land degradation; digital soil mapping; machine learning
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Remote Sensing)
Earth Observation and Citizen Contributed Data for Urban Sustainability submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 19881 | Submission Open
Keywords: Earth observation; citizen science; urban sustainability; SDG 11; geomatics and Earth observation machine learning (GEOML); digital twin cities
(This special issue belongs to the Section Engineering Remote Sensing)
Integration of Remote Sensing and GIS to Forest and Grassland Ecosystem Monitoring
edited by Xiuchun Yang, , Cong (Vega) Xu and Yungang Cao
submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 12 articles | Viewed by 19461 | Submission Open
Keywords: remote sensing; geographic information systems (GIS); forest ecosystem; grassland ecosystem; vegetation change; biodiversity assessment; land cover change; carbon sequestration; ecosystem degradation; ecosystem resilience; wildfire monitoring; environmental conservation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Remote Sensing)
GIS and Remote Sensing in Ocean and Coastal Ecology
edited by Gang Yang, , , and
submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 18694 | Submission Open
Keywords: coastal ocean modeling; coastal ocean remote sensing; coastal and ocean environment monitoring; coastal ocean forecasting; biodiversity; ecological process and risk assessment
(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing for Geospatial Science)
Application of Remote Sensing in Cultural Heritage Research II submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 18608 | Submission Open
Keywords: 3D digitisation; remote sensing; multispectral/hyperspectral data; geospatial analysis; machine learning; photogrammetry; lidar; aerial/terrestrial data collection; restoration/preservation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Remote Sensing)
Machine Learning for Intelligent Processing and Applications of Multi-Source Remote Sensing Data
edited by , Haiyong Gan, and Wenshuai Hu
submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 14338 | Submission Open
Keywords: multi-source remote sensing data; intelligent processing; earth observation applications; registration; data fusion; feature extraction; classification; object detection; advanced machine learning methods; lightweight designs
(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing Image Processing)
SAR in Big Data Era III
edited by Chao Wang, , Mihai P. Datcu, and
submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 13548 | Submission Open
Keywords: SAR/InSAR; big data; sustainable development goals (SDGs); high performance computing; artificial intelligence; PolSAR processing; TomoSAR processing; SAR applications; geohazards; global change
(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing Image Processing)
SAR Images Processing and Analysis (2nd Edition)
edited by Qian Song, Xiao Wang, and
submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 11700 | Submission Open
Keywords: synthetic aperture radar (SAR); polarimetric SAR (PolSAR); InSAR; TomoSAR; target decomposition; SAR image classification; SAR simulation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing Image Processing)
Semantic Segmentation of High-Resolution Remote Sensing Images with Advanced Deep Learning Techniques
edited by , Qian Sun and
submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 10787 | Submission Open
Keywords: high-resolution/super-pixel remote sensing image segmentation; semantic segmentation/change detection; data augmentation; pixel-wise classification; zero-shot learning/ensemble learning; attention mechanisms; convolutional neural networks/generative adversarial networks/graph convolutional networks/transformer; multi-scale feature fusion; multimodal data fusion; time series image analysis; computational complexity; domain adaptation; explainable AI (XAI)
(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing Image Processing)
Advances in Methods and Techniques for Satellite Image Processing and Analysis
edited by
submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 9297 | Submission Open
Keywords: deep learning; computer vision; machine learning; image processing; remote sensing; image analysis
(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing Image Processing)
Remote, Proximal Sensing and Geophysics for Cultural Heritage Knowledge and Conservation (Second Edition) submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 8246 | Submission Open
Keywords: methods and techniques for cultural heritage knowledge and conservation; geophysical and micro-geophysical methods; ground penetrating radar; electrical resistivity methods; magnetic and electromagnetic methods; seismic and acoustic methods; wide area geophysics; archaeological surveys; optical and infrared photogrammetry; infrared thermography; terahertz and microwave imaging; geomatics for imaging (LiDAR; laser scanner; structure for motion; etc.); image and data processing; NDT and diagnostics methods; satellite and aerial remote sensing; vulnerability studies; satellite and terrestrial radar interferometry (RAR; SAR); radar polarimetry; multispectral and hyperspectral remote sensing; motion magnification technique; integrated methods; virtual restoration and musealization
(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Remote Sensing)
Advancements in Thunderstorm Nowcasting and Atmospheric Electricity Monitoring by Remote Sensing
edited by
submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6921 | Submission Open
Keywords: thunderstorms; convective initiation; lightning; life cycle; hazards
(This special issue belongs to the Section Atmospheric Remote Sensing)
Monitoring and Early Warning for Heavy Precipitation, Flash Floods and Waterlogging Disasters Using Remote Sensing
edited by Youcun Qi, , , Donghuan Li and Bong-Chul Seo
submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6446 | Submission Open
Keywords: weather radars; satellites; flash floods and waterlogging; quantitative precipitation estimation (QPE); remote sensing data assimilation; extreme weather and hydrological events; artificial intelligence and machine (deep) learning; application of remote sensing equipment in geological disaster; disastrous weather analysis; and observation of hydrometeorological extremes; weather and hydrological forecast
(This special issue belongs to the Section Atmospheric Remote Sensing)
Cropland and Yield Mapping with Multi-source Remote Sensing submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6430 | Submission Open
Keywords: yield mapping; crop yield estimation or forecasts; cropland mapping; crop parameter retrieval; multi-source imagery; crop growth model; Google Earth Engine; data assimilation; machine learning; deep learning
(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing in Agriculture and Vegetation)
Remote Sensing for Landslide Investigations: Mapping, Monitoring and Forecasting submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6062 | Submission Open
Keywords: landslide susceptibility mapping; landslide monitoring; landslide forecasting; landslide hazard assessment; SBAS-InSAR; risk assessment
(This special issue belongs to the Section AI Remote Sensing)
Advanced InSAR Techniques for Geohazard Monitoring and Risk Evaluation submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5776 | Submission Open
Keywords: InSAR; data fusion; artificial intelligence; geohazards; deformation monitoring and modelling; risk evaluation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Remote Sensing)
Remote Sensing-Assisted Forest Inventory Planning
edited by Zhengyang Hou, Qing Xu and
submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5643 | Submission Open
Keywords: forest ecosystems; forest management; forest inventory; forest planning; biostatistics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Remote Sensing)
Advances in Synthetic Aperture Radar: Calibration, Analysis and Application II
edited by and
submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5237 | Submission Open
Keywords: synthetic aperture radar; PolSAR; InSAR; POLInSAR; calibration; signal processing; SAR applications; SAR intelligent interpretation
(This special issue belongs to the Section Engineering Remote Sensing)
Advances in Exploring the Moon, Mars, and Asteroids Based on In-Situ and Remote Sensing Measurements
edited by Simone Pirrotta, , Alice Lucchetti and
submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5040 | Submission Open
Keywords: geological features; study of the environment; resources; robotic and human exploration; innovative strategies; remote sensing dataset analyses; new instrumentation concepts; smallsat concepts
(This special issue belongs to the Section Satellite Missions for Earth and Planetary Exploration)
Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) in Remote Sensing Big Data (Second Edition)
edited by Peng Liu, and
submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4728 | Submission Open
Keywords: explainable artificial intelligence (XAI); remote sensing (RS) big data; semantic interpretation; deep feature understanding; large scale RS image classification/segmentation; object detection; multi-source geospatial data; large scale inversion problems; spatial optimization; environmental applications; climate change; machine learning; deep learning
(This special issue belongs to the Section Engineering Remote Sensing)
Road Extraction and Distress Assessment by Spaceborne, Airborne and Terrestrial Platforms (Second Edition) submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4007 | Submission Open
Keywords: road extraction and pavement distress analysis; very high resolution satellite imagery; airborne remote sensing; synthetic aperture radar (SAR); UAV and UGV; multispectral and hyperspectral remote sensing; time series analysis; change detection; imaging spectroscopy; pavement management systems (PMS); photogrammetry and 3D modelling; GIS modelling for management plan; decision support systems based on remote sensed techniques; geostatistics; artificial intelligence; ML (machine learning); CNN; deep learning; data fusion; light detection and ranging (LiDAR); pattern recognition
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Remote Sensing)
3D City Modelling and Remote Sensing: Advances, Challenges, and New Technologies (Second Edition) submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3144 | Submission Open
Keywords: three-dimensional city models; BIM-GIS integration; urbanization; smart cities; crisis management; artificial intelligence
(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Remote Sensing)
Perspectives of Remote Sensing for Precision Agriculture
edited by , Spiros Mourelatos and
submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2390 | Submission Open
Keywords: precision agriculture; site-specific management; machine learning; computer vision; object-based image analysis; fractal geometry; drones
(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing in Agriculture and Vegetation)
Temporal and Spatial Analysis of Multi-Source Remote Sensing Images
edited by Lin Lei, and
submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 1727 | Submission Open
Keywords: remote sensing images; multi-source data; spatial-temporal analysis; machine learning and deep learning; multi-modal image fusion; change detection; feature alignment
(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing Image Processing)
Radar Data Processing and Analysis
edited by Xingpeng Mao, , Zhenhua Zhang, Yongzhen Li and Yun Zhang
submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 938 | Submission Open
Keywords: radar signal processing; synthetic aperture radar (SAR); distributed radar; passive radar; machine learning in radar; polarimetric radar; radar interference and anti-jamming; target detection and tracking; MIMO radar
(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing Image Processing)
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