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Application of Remote Sensing-Based Monitoring of Local Climate in Urban Areas
edited by , Guangjun He, , , Hanfa Xing and
submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 13390 | Submission Open
Keywords: remote sensing; urban areas; local climate; risk assessment; sustainable urban development; green space; geographic big data
(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban 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 28 Feb 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 13351 | 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)
Advances in the Spatial and Spatio-Temporal Modeling of Environmental Data
edited by George Christakos, and Jiaping Wu
submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 12962 | Submission Open
Keywords: multi-sourced data fusion; spatiotemporal geostatistics; artificial intelligence; remote sensing; high spatiotemporal resolution; uncertainty assessment
(This special issue belongs to the Section Earth Observation Data)
Applications of Remote Sensing in Monitoring Ionospheric and Atmospheric Physics (Third Edition) submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 12598 | Submission Open
Keywords: ionosphere; atmosphere; ionospheric irregularities; ionospheric/thermosphric modeling; data assimilation; geomagnetic storms; radars; radio occultations; GNSS TEC; airglow observations
(This special issue belongs to the Section Atmospheric Remote Sensing)
Antarctic Remote Sensing Applications (Second Edition) submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 11687 | Submission Open
Keywords: antarctica; ice sheets change; permafrost state; landform dynamics; biota occupation; human presence; multi-sensor and multiplatform analysis; remote sensing applications
(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing Image Processing)
Deep Learning for Multi-Source Remote Sensing Image Interpretation: Exploring, Rethinking, and Limiting Breakthroughs
edited by , Xueyao Hu, Yang Li, and
submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 11446 | Submission Open
Keywords: multi-source remote sensing image processing; remote sensing image generation; multimodal remote sensing image interpretation model; target characteristic analysis; radar signal processing; new task dataset and benchmark for remote sensing image interpretation
(This special issue belongs to the Section AI Remote Sensing)
Marine Ecology and Biodiversity by Remote Sensing Technology
edited by Laura Martín-García and
submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 11074 | Submission Open
Keywords: marine and coastal habitats; habitat mapping; remote sensing; distribution models; marine biodiversity; coastal biodiversity; marine management
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Remote Sensing)
Advances in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Deep Learning (DL) in UAV-Based Remote Sensing
edited by and Ryan Rad
submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 10414 | Submission Open
Keywords: artificial intelligence; deep learning; UAV remote sensing; object detection; semantic segmentation; environmental monitoring; precision agriculture; 3D reconstruction; real-time analytics; multi-sensor integration
(This special issue belongs to the Section AI Remote Sensing)
Advanced Artificial Intelligence and Deep Learning for Remote Sensing (3rd Edition)
edited by , and Yimian Dai
submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 10346 | Submission Open
Keywords: object detection; artificial intelligence; deep learning; scene reconstruction; scene perception; data mining; change detection; object recognition
(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing Image Processing)
High-Resolution Observations of Planetary Geological and Geomorphic Investigation (Second Edition) submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 10192 | Submission Open
Keywords: planetary geology; planetary geomorphology; planetary landforms; planetary surface processes; planetary composition; planetary geological mapping; high-resolution planetary imaging; shallow subsurface detection; space weathering
(This special issue belongs to the Section Satellite Missions for Earth and Planetary Exploration)
Remote Sensing of Aquatic Ecosystem Monitoring
edited by
submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 9673 | Submission Open
Keywords: aquatic ecosystem; algal blooms; aquatic vegetation; artificial intelligence; mechanism; extreme events
(This special issue belongs to the Section Ecological Remote Sensing)
Land Surface Temperature Estimation Using Remote Sensing II
edited by
submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 9664 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biogeosciences Remote Sensing)
State of the Art of GNSS and SAR/InSAR Techniques for Geomatic Applications
edited by Claudia Pipitone and
submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 8271 | Submission Open
Keywords: geomatic applications; SAR/InSAR; GNSS time series; deformation analysis; fault/crustal property; active tectonics; multi-source data integration; seismic activities; stability modeling; time series analysis; landslides; hazard mapping
(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing in Geology, Geomorphology and Hydrology)
Observations of Atmospheric and Oceanic Processes by Remote Sensing
edited by , , Xiaofeng Zhao and
submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 7516 | Submission Open
Keywords: ocean– atmosphere interaction; atmospheric processes; oceanic monitoring; climate change monitoring; microwave remote sensing; satellite observations; observation methods; observation instruments; artificial intelligence in remote sensing; emerging remote sensing technologies
(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Remote Sensing)
Study on Hydrological Hazards Based on Multi-Source Remote Sensing
edited by Jun Zhang, Shaonan Zhu and
submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 7383 | Submission Open
Keywords: multi-source remote sensing; hydrological hazards; flood monitoring; drought assessment; landslide risk; remote sensing data fusion; machine learning; climate change
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Remote Sensing)
Coastal and Marine Monitoring and Restoration Mapping Using UAS and Remote Sensing Systems
edited by , and Matthew Brolly
submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7165 | Submission Open
Keywords: UAVs; remote sensing; blue carbon; coastal vegetated systems; saltmarsh; seagrass; kelp; marine mammals; birds
(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Remote Sensing)
Machine Learning and Deep Learning Applied to Remote Sensing Image Analysis
edited by Sen Lei, and
submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6914 | Submission Open
Keywords: remote sensing; machine learning; deep learning; generative models; multimodal learning; multispectral; hyperspectral; synthetic aperture radar
(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing Image Processing)
Uncertainty in Remote Sensing Image Analysis (Second Edition)
edited by Penglin Zhang, and
submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 6534 | Submission Open
Keywords: image processing and uncertainty analysis; uncertainty in remote sensing applications; uncertainty quantification; uncertainty suppression/control; error or uncertainty modeling; process or mechanism of uncertainty propagation; data quality; reliability; the impact of uncertainty on decision making; geospatial statistics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing Image Processing)
Advancing Hydrological Monitoring and Prediction Through Multisource Geodetic Observations
edited by , Daocheng Yu and
submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6038 | Submission Open
Keywords: satellite geodesy; hydrological geodesy; land water storage; joint inversion; machine learning; hydrological monitoring and predication
(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing in Geology, Geomorphology and Hydrology)
Advanced Techniques for Water-Related Remote Sensing (Second Edition)
edited by , , Jianhua Guo, and
submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5417 | Submission Open
Keywords: remote sensing; water-related optics; sensing/imaging techniques; sensors/platforms; deep learning; signal processing
(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing Image Processing)
Advanced Satellite Earth Observing Technologies for Weather and Climate Resilience
edited by , , , and Longjiang Li
submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5347 | Submission Open
Keywords: satellite Earth observations; GNSS atmospheric monitoring; International GNSS Service data and products; severe weather forecasting; climate risks assessment; environmental monitoring; numerical weather prediction model; artificial intelligence (AI)-empowered climate model; GNSS tropospheric tomography; miscellaneous advanced methodologies and applications
(This special issue belongs to the Section Atmospheric Remote Sensing)
Deep Learning and Foundation Models: Advancing Remote Sensing Applications submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5174 | Submission Open
Keywords: remote sensing; deep learning; data analysis; modeling; machine vision; artificial intelligence
(This special issue belongs to the Section Engineering Remote Sensing)
Advanced Techniques of Spaceborne Surveillance Radar
edited by , Weiwei Wang, Yanhong Xu and Yuhong Zhang
submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5107 | Submission Open
Keywords: spaceborne radar system; spaceborne antenna technique; array signal processing; moving target detection; non-homogeneity clutter suppression; jamming suppression; multi-target tracking
(This special issue belongs to the Section Satellite Missions for Earth and Planetary Exploration)
Application of Remote Sensing in Snow and Ice Monitoring
edited by Qian Yang, , Yanli Zhang and Yuwen Pang
submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4223 | Submission Open
Keywords: snow cover; lake ice; ice dynamics; sea ice; climate change; multi-sensor and multi-source data; change detection; remote sensing applications; resources assessment
(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing in Geology, Geomorphology and Hydrology)
Remote Sensing Applications in Natural Hazards and Sustainable Development
edited by , Bo Yu and
submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4164 | Submission Open
Keywords: natural hazards; risk; sustainable development goals; resilience; flood; earthquake; geology; landslide; ecology; fire; sustainably
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Remote Sensing)
Recent Advances in SAR: Signal Processing and Target Recognition
edited by Dahai Dai and Fengming Hu
submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4161 | Submission Open
Keywords: synthetic aperture radar; signal processing; target recognition; machine learning; radar system; SAR feature extraction and processing
(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing Image Processing)
Advances in Detection-Oriented Multi-Sensor Fusion Beyond the Visible Spectrum
edited by , , Yimian Dai, Fei Zhou and Xingchen Zhang
submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3931 | Submission Open
Keywords: image fusion; target detection; anomaly detection; change detection; SAR
(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing Image Processing)
Microwave Remote Sensing for Object Detection (2nd Edition)
edited by
submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3779 | Submission Open
Keywords: synthetic aperture radar (SAR); airborne and satellite systems; objection detection and recognition; machine learning; compressive sensing; deep neural network sand few sample learning; ground moving target indication (GMTI); change detection in SAR images; generative adversarial networks (GANs); ship detection and ship traffic
Applications of Radar Remote Sensing in Earth Observation
edited by Guoman Huang, , , and
submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3591 | Submission Open
Keywords: SAR; InSAR; land cover and land use mapping; forest canopy height; aboveground biomass estimation; land hazard and risk monitoring; earth system; deep learning; machine learning
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Remote Sensing)
Advances in Remote Sensing of Aerosol Optical Properties and the Effects on Radiation submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3297 | Submission Open
Keywords: remote sensing; interaction aerosol radiation; aerosol radiative forcing; aerosol properties; solar radiation; atmospheric radiative transfer
(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Remote Sensing)
High-Resolution Remote Sensing Image Processing and Applications
edited by Kai Xu, Yixiang Chen and
submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3180 | Submission Open
Keywords: high-resolution remote sensing; deep learning; image processing; image fusion; object detection; semantic segmentation; change detection; remote sensing vision– language model.
(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing Image Processing)
Advances of Ocean Circulation and Air-Sea Interaction Using Remote Sensing Techniques
edited by Xiang Wang, , Ronghua Zhang, and Jingtao Yu
submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2788 | Submission Open
Keywords: ocean circulation; air-sea interaction; remote sensing; satellite oceanography; ocean climate change; data assimilation; artificial intelligence; machine learning; multi-sensor observations
(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Remote Sensing)
Advancements in Autonomous UAVs for Infrastructure Inspection and Monitoring
edited by , Samer Karam and
submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2740 | Submission Open
Keywords: UAV; UAS; and drones; autonomous; SLAM; path planning; big data; infrastructure; civil engineering; machine learning and deep learning; three-dimensional mapping; navigation; data fusion; LiDAR; RGB-D; mapping; real-time; graph-based; Kalman filter; active exploration
(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing in Geology, Geomorphology and Hydrology)
Advances in Remote Sensing and AI for Monitoring and Mitigating Land Subsidence and Secondary Geohazards
edited by Jing Wang, , and Xiwei Fan
submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2554 | Submission Open
Keywords: land subsidence; InSAR; GNSS deformation monitoring; 3D deformation analysis; machine learning/deep learning; subsidence modeling; GPS optical image urban monitoring
(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing in Geology, Geomorphology and Hydrology)
Remote Sensing for Maritime Monitoring
edited by Peng Liu, and
submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2500 | Submission Open
Keywords: marine pollution detection; ship monitoring; maritime traffic situation awareness; multi-source remote sensing; image process and analysis
(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Remote Sensing)
Recent Advances in Remote Sensing Products for Water and Environment Monitoring submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2471 | Submission Open
Keywords: water resources; water fluxes; hydrologic modeling; Earth observations; environmental monitoring; hydroinformatics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Remote Sensing)
Spatial Analysis and Modeling in Urban Remote Sensing
edited by and
submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2344 | Submission Open
Keywords: remote sensing; urban environment monitoring and modeling; unmanned aerial vehicles; lidar; hyperspectral sensor; imaging spectroscopy; social sensing; GeoAI; image processing algorithm; land use/land cover mapping and change analysis; socio-economic applications; public health applications; urban planning practices; environmental modeling; environmental impacts
(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Remote Sensing)
Multiplatform and Multisensor Applications for Landslide Characterization and Monitoring
edited by , Marco Mulas, Giuseppe Ciccarese and
submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2333 | Submission Open
Keywords: landslide detection; landslide characterization; landslide monitoring; data fusion; remote sensing
(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing in Geology, Geomorphology and Hydrology)
Advances in Multi-Source Remote Sensing Data Fusion and Analysis submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2280 | Submission Open
Keywords: multi-source remote sensing data; deep learning; multi-source image fusion; pansharpening; classification; change detection; anomaly detection; target detection
(This special issue belongs to the Section Earth Observation Data)
Precise Orbit Determination for Gravity Field Investigations
edited by , Gael Cascioli and
submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2269 | Submission Open
Keywords: precise orbit determination; radio science; interplanetary missions; planetary science; satellite geodesy; planetary interiors; gravity fields
(This special issue belongs to the Section Satellite Missions for Earth and Planetary Exploration)
Remote Sensing Image Change Detection and Feature Enhancement Based on Deep Learning
edited by Kaimin Sun, Wenzhuo Li, , and
submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2143 | Submission Open
Keywords: remote sensing change detection; feature enhancement; feature fusion; semantic segmentation; deep learning; multi-model image analysis
(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing Image Processing)
Cutting-Edge PolSAR Imaging Applications and Techniques
edited by Dapeng Tao, , , and
submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2015 | Submission Open
Keywords: multitemporal SAR/PolSAR; polarimetric target decomposition; change detection; PolInSAR; deep learning for PolSAR image; land coverage mapping and classification
(This special issue belongs to the Section Earth Observation Data)
Advancements in Deep Learning for Remote Sensing: Exploring Planetary and Earth Observation Applications submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1998 | Submission Open
Keywords: deep learning; earth observation; planetary science; feature detection; mapping; super-resolution; classification
(This special issue belongs to the Section Satellite Missions for Earth and Planetary Exploration)
Solar System Remote Sensing: Planetary Science and Exploration
edited by Jason (Jay) Laura and Ross A. Beyer
submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1953 | Submission Open
Keywords: solar system remote sensing; planetary science; planetary exploration; surface analysis; planetary atmosphere; planetary geology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Satellite Missions for Earth and Planetary Exploration)
Ecologically Vulnerable Zones (EVZs) in Focus: Remote Sensing and AI for Sustainable Futures
edited by , Jianli Ding, Yuemin Yue and
submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1921 | Submission Open
Keywords: remote sensing; ecologically vulnerable zones; AI/ML applications; climate change; land degradation; biodiversity monitoring; disaster resilience; sustainable development; multi-source data fusion; environmental forecasting
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Remote Sensing)
AI-Enhanced Remote Sensing and Land Surface Modeling for Terrestrial Hydrology and Climate Systems
edited by , and Qing Yang
submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1895 | Submission Open
Keywords: Artificial Intelligence (AI); land surface model; remote sensing data assimilation; hydroclimatic extremes; climate modeling; human– environment interactions; hydrometeorological variables monitoring
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Remote Sensing)
Monitoring and Managing Environmental Sustainability Using Remote Sensing (Second Edition)
edited by and
submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1829 | Submission Open
Keywords: remote sensing; environmental sustainability; land use/cover change; habitat health; climate change monitoring; satellite imagery; environmental monitoring; ecosystem assessment
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biogeosciences Remote Sensing)
Advanced in Space-Air-Ground-Sea Integrated Remote Sensing: Intelligent Processing and Applications
edited by , Chenchen Jiang and Huazhong Ren
submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1766 | Submission Open
Keywords: remote sensing; space– air– ground– sea integration; artificial intelligence; data processing; modeling; mapping
(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Remote Sensing)
Advances in Machine Learning Algorithms for Atmospheric Remote Sensing
edited by Alqamah Sayeed, Ahmed Khan Salman and Siddharth Chaudhary
submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1748 | Submission Open
Keywords: machine learning; atmospheric remote sensing; hyperspectral data analysis; air quality prediction; aerosols and trace gases; urban pollution modeling; climate adaptation; human epidemiology; crop health monitoring; advanced time-series analysis
(This special issue belongs to the Section Atmospheric Remote Sensing)
Satellite Remote Sensing for Ocean and Coastal Environment Monitoring (Second Edition) submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1693 | Submission Open
Keywords: sea level rise; ocean tides; model assimilation; sea surface temperature; sea surface salinity; chlorophyll; water transparency; sea waves; mesoscale eddy; ocean dynamics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Remote Sensing)
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