Remote Sensing

Advancing Water System with Satellite Observations and Deep Learning

edited by

Ying Zhang

, Peng Dou and

Chunlin Huang

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 875 | Submission Open

Keywords: water system; hydrological modeling; satellite observations; deep learning; water resource

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

Deep Learning-Driven Remote Sensing Image Processing for Object Detection and Localization

edited by

Jong-Eun Ha

and

Hyoseok Hwang

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 612 | Submission Open

Keywords: object detection/tracking/localization; data fusion; weakly supervised object detection; artificial intelligence; deep learning; computer vision; convolutional neural networks; feature extraction; image segmentation; image processing

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

Integration of Multi-sources in Fluvial Hydro-Geomorphology: A Machine Learning, Deep Learning, and Remote Sensing Perspective

edited by Massimiliano Gargiulo,

Michael Nones

and

Giuseppe Ruello

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 569 | Submission Open

Keywords: fluvial hydro-geomorphology; river science; remote sensing; deep learning and machine learning in river monitoring; multi-sources; data integration and data fusion; river management; hydrology; hydrodynamic modeling; geospatial technologies; big data analytics

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

Deep Learning for Land Use and Land Cover Change Monitoring with Optical and SAR Images

edited by

Hyung-Sup Jung

,

Jin-Woo Kim

and

Zhong Lu

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 559 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; change detection; earth surface changes; geohazards; time series analysis; deep learning; optical/infrared imagery; SAR/InSAR imagery; land use/land cover

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

Landslide Studies Integrating Remote Sensing and Geophysical Data (Second Edition)

edited by

Veronica Pazzi

,

Anne-Sophie Mreyen

and

Sebastian Uhlemann

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 379 | Submission Open

Keywords: joint remote sensing and geophysical surveys; geophysical landslide monitoring; 3D data integration models; cross-validation of RS; ground-based; and subsurface information; visualization in extended reality

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

Recent Achievements in Remote Sensing-Based Archaeological Research

edited by

Rosa Lasaponara

and

Cláudia Maria de Almeida

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 379 | Submission Open

Keywords: VHR satellite imagery; close-range photogrammetry; SfM and 3D reconstruction; LiDAR data processing; ALS; TLS; MLS; BLS platforms; walls stratigraphy; coupling DL parameterization to dynamic models; SAR images processing for archaeological investigation; interior-environment 3D models

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

Remote Sensing Technologies for the Conservation and Preservation of Cultural Heritage Sites

edited by

Vicente Bayarri

,

Francisco García

and

Luis A. Ruiz

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 290 | Submission Open

Keywords: cultural heritage conservation; remote sensing applications; digital twins; ground-penetrating radar (GPR); hyperspectral and multi-spectral imaging; LiDAR and laser scanning; environmental impact monitoring; change detection techniques; data fusion and assimilation; sustainable conservation management

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

Remote Sensing for Eutrophication Monitoring in Oceanic and Inland Water Bodies

edited by Jing Tan,

Ishan Joshi

and

Zhigang Cao

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 271 | Submission Open

Keywords: ocean color; eutrophication; water quality; multi-sensor data; optical properties; atmospheric correction; marine ecosystems; remote sensing data

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

Advancement of Environmental Studies with New SAR Sensors

edited by

Antonios Mouratidis

and Armando Marino

submission deadline 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 221 | Submission Open

Keywords: SAR; SAR polarimetry; SAR interferometry; climate change; disasters; biomass; land cover; land use; coastal; cryosphere

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

Recent Advances in Water Quality Monitoring

edited by

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submission deadline 1 Jun 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 8180 | Submission Open

Keywords: water quality assessment; marine pollution; eutrophication; phytoplankton; HABs; marine litter; oil spills; dumping of dredge spoil; eddies and ecosystem dynamics in open waters

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

Remote Sensing of the Dead Sea Region

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submission deadline 1 Jun 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6831 | Submission Open

Keywords: dead sea; earth surface deformation; submarine groundwater discharge; multispectral analysis; InSAR; photogrammetry; machine-learning-based remote sensing analysis; vegetation patterns; land use; geomorphology

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

Nighttime Light Remote Sensing Products for Urban Applications

edited by

Zihao Zheng

and

Qiming Zheng

submission deadline 10 Jun 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 11090 | Submission Open

Keywords: nighttime light remote sensing; urbanization; urban light pollution; ecological impacts of artificial lights; disaster assessments; DMSP-OLS; NPP-VIIRS; SDGSAT-1; ISS night photographs

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

Advanced Application of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Vision in Remote Sensing (Third Edition)

edited by

Hossein M. Rizeei

submission deadline 15 Jun 2025 | 18 articles | Viewed by 48385 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence (AI); machine vision (MV); machine learning (ML); geospatial information systems (GIS); optimisation; spatial framework; deep learning (DL)

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

Remote Sensing for Precision Farming and Crop Phenology

edited by

Mitsunori Yoshimura

and

Francesco Pirotti

submission deadline 15 Jun 2025 | 11 articles | Viewed by 26320 | Submission Open

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

Recent Advances in Remote Sensing Image Processing Technology

edited by

, Xueqian Wang,

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submission deadline 15 Jun 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 17060 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; image fusion; feature extraction; image classification; change detection; object detection

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

Advances in Remote Sensing and Applications in Geodesy and Gravity Field Modeling

edited by

Vassilios N. Grigoriadis

and

Vassilios D. Andritsanos

submission deadline 15 Jun 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 15805 | Submission Open

Keywords: gravity field modeling; geoid modeling; satellite geodesy; height system; forward modeling; satellite altimetry; water storage; inverse modeling; global geopotential model; gravity network

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

Multi-Data Integration in Near-Surface Geophysics and Close Range Remote Sensing Applied to Cultural Heritage

edited by

Maria Danese

and

Nicola Masini

submission deadline 15 Jun 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 15130 | Submission Open

Keywords: near-surface geophysics; close-range remote sensing; multi-data integration; GIS; spatial analysis; machine learning; deep learning; cultural heritage

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

Remote Sensing of Soil Condition Assessment and Degradation Drivers Monitoring

edited by Jianli Ding,

Danlin Yu

and

Xiangyu Ge

submission deadline 15 Jun 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 14681 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital soil mapping; soil degradation; soil organic carbon; soil nutrients; soil variability; LULC; climate change; machine learning; remote sensing big data; scenario simulation

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

Recent Developments in Remote Sensing Instruments, Technologies, and Results for Aerosol and Cloud Measurements

edited by Matthew McGill

submission deadline 15 Jun 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 12368 | Submission Open

Keywords: clouds; cloud radiative effects; aerosols; aerosol radiative effects; cloud– aerosol interactions; aerosol transport; diurnal variability; remote sensing

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

Advanced Applications of Remote Sensing in Monitoring Marine Environment (Second Edition)

edited by

Zhe-Wen Zheng

and

Jiayi Pan

submission deadline 15 Jun 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 9024 | Submission Open

Keywords: ocean remote sensing; ocean environment; environment monitoring; remote sensing techniques; satellite data

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

Earth Observation Data in Environmental Data Spaces

edited by

Joan Masó

,

Alaitz Zabala Torres

, Lucy Bastin and Kaori Otsu

submission deadline 15 Jun 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 8523 | Submission Open

Keywords: data quality; provenance; governance; processing; data space; semantics

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

Multi-Modal and Multi-Task Learning in Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing

edited by

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submission deadline 15 Jun 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 8423 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing data; neural networks; image fusion; image segmentation; object detection; classification; photogrammetry

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

Remote Sensing in Geomatics (Second Edition)

edited by

Gino Dardanelli

,

Paolo Dabove

and

Günther Retscher

submission deadline 15 Jun 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8407 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; radar; thermal; optical; interferometry; hyperspectral; geostatistics; geodesy; cartography; GIS; WebGIS; DSS; GNSS; LIDAR; geometric and radiometric accuracy; photogrammetry; UAV

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

Remote Sensing for Agricultural Water Management (RSAWM) (Second Edition)

edited by

Ramona Magno

and Paolo Filippucci

submission deadline 15 Jun 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7536 | Submission Open

Keywords: high resolution; EO data; machine learning; multi-data-driven approach; water balance; water consumption; soil; climate; vegetation; irrigation

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

Applications of Remote Sensing Technology in Volcano Hazard Monitoring

edited by

Emanuela De Beni

, Cristina Proietti,

Gaetana Ganci

and

Simona Scollo

submission deadline 15 Jun 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6947 | Submission Open

Keywords: volcano monitoring and analysis; remote sensing systems; estimation of eruption parameters; ground-based; satellite; and UAS sensors; GIS

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

Hyperspectral Sensors for Soil Parameters and Crop Parameters Retrieval

edited by

Minfeng Xing

,

Jinfei Wang

and

Qisheng He

submission deadline 15 Jun 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6547 | Submission Open

Keywords: hyperspectral imaging; soil parameter retrieval; crop parameter retrieval; remote sensing technologies; precision agriculture; sustainable farming; soil physicochemical properties; crop health monitoring; unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs); biophysical and biochemical parameter estimation

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

Applications of Satellite Geodesy for Sea-Level Change Observation

edited by

Isabel Vigo

,

David García-García

, José Antonio López Fernández and

José M. Ferrándiz

submission deadline 15 Jun 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5352 | Submission Open

Keywords: satellite geodesy; sea-level change; Earth observation satellites; geodetic techniques; spatial and temporal patterns; comprehensive sea-level monitoring systems

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

Advances and Challenges in Ultra-High-Resolution Land Cover and Land Use Classification

edited by

Elena Belcore

and

Marco Piras

submission deadline 15 Jun 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4548 | Submission Open

Keywords: land cover; land use; ultra-high-resolution (UHR); very-high-resolution (VHR); classification algorithms; OBIA; texture analysis; spatial components; UAV; satellite satellite– UAV data fusion; model upscaling; model downscaling

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

Coastal Environment Monitoring Based on Remote Sensing and Artificial Intelligence

edited by

Scot Smith

and

Kamal Darwish

submission deadline 15 Jun 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4360 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; remote sensing; coastal monitoring; LiDAR; satellite imagery

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

Time-Series Mapping and Analysis of Land Surface Parameters and Changes Using Remote Sensing Data

edited by

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, Su Ye,

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submission deadline 15 Jun 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4061 | Submission Open

Keywords: time-series mapping; time-series analysis; change detection; dynamic monitoring; data pre-processing; data fusion; land surface parameters; vegetation structure parameters; vegetation biochemical parameters; land cover mapping; land disturbance; forest disturbance; remote sensing

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

Application of Remote Sensing in Coastline Monitoring

edited by Paolo Ciavola, Clara Armaroli and Juan Montes Pérez

submission deadline 15 Jun 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3937 | Submission Open

Keywords: coastal morphodynamics; coastal evolution; earth observation data; shoreline; coastal wetlands; dunes; rocky shores; satellite images; UAVs; video monitoring systems

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

Satellite Remote Sensing of Atmospheric Aerosols for Air Quality Applications (Second Edition)

edited by Seohui Park and

Jungho Im

submission deadline 15 Jun 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2995 | Submission Open

Keywords: satellite remote sensing; atmospheric aerosols; air pollution; PM2.5; O3; NO2; methane; air quality monitoring and forecasting; atmospheric components; artificial intelligence; machine learning; deep learning; data assimilation

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

Electromagnetic Scattering and SAR Imaging from Target and Complex Marine/Ground Environment: Method and Applications

edited by

Shuirong Chai

,

Anqi Wang

, Lixin Guo and

Juan Li

submission deadline 15 Jun 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2791 | Submission Open

Keywords: SAR imaging; target detection; marine/ground environment; artificial intelligence; deep learning; environment monitoring

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

Advances in Remote Sensing Video Data Processing: Theories, Technologies and Applications

edited by

Peng Wang

, Ying Zhang and

Henry Leung

submission deadline 15 Jun 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2692 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing video; video system development; video detection and tracking; image/video understanding; video data processing; machine learning

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

Remote Sensing in Monitoring and Modelling the Patterns and Processes of Land System Change

edited by

Yu Cao

,

Narumasa Tsutsumida

,

Chuyuan (Carter) Wang

and

Chengbin Deng

submission deadline 15 Jun 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2629 | Submission Open

Keywords: land system science; human– environment interactions; ecosystem; ecological process; land degradation; land use function; land configuration; environmental performance; change detection; time series analysis; ecological restoration; social-ecological systems; human well-being

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

Urban Resilience with Remote Sensing—Observation, Measurement, Evaluation and Applications II

edited by

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submission deadline 15 Jun 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2556 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban resilience; global change; change detection; multisource data fusion; signal processing and data mining; artificial intelligence; urban science; sustainability; resilient cities

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

Machine Learning and Remote/Proximal Sensing for Rock Mass Characterization and Slope Analyses

edited by Elisa Mammoliti,

Adriano Mancini

and

Mirko Francioni

submission deadline 15 Jun 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2271 | Submission Open

Keywords: geomechanics and proximal/remote sensing; machine learning; rock mass characterization; discontinuities analysis; fracturing

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

Advances in Remote Sensing and GIS for Agricultural Disaster Monitoring and Management

edited by

Lei Hu

,

Chen Zhang

,

Li Lin

and Yahui Di

submission deadline 15 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 1251 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; GIS; agro-geoinformatics; agricultural disaster; disaster risk reduction; reproducible EO science; FAIR

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

Environmental Monitoring with Sentinel Satellites: Applications and Future Perspectives

edited by Silvia Scifoni,

Maria Marsella

and

Francesca Giannone

submission deadline 15 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 937 | Submission Open

Keywords: Sentinel-1; Sentinel-2; Sentinel-3; Sentinel-5P; Sentinel-6; environmental monitoring; copernicus programme

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

Remote Sensing and Machine Learning Applications in Atmospheric Physics, Weather, and Air Quality

edited by

Michal Segal-Rosenheimer

submission deadline 15 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 784 | Submission Open

Keywords: Remote sensing; Machine learning; Air-quality; Aerosols; Weather; Cloud dynamics; Fires

Remote Sensing of Floods: Progress, Challenges and Opportunities (Second Edition)

edited by

A. K. M. Azad Hossain

,

Xiaobo Chao

and

Taufique Mahmood

submission deadline 15 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 762 | Submission Open

Keywords: floods; flood monitoring; flood impact; flood damage; remote Sensing; progress; challenges; and opportunities; inland flooding; urban flooding; flash flooding; coastal flooding; optical remote sensing; RADAR remote sensing; hyperspectral remote sensing; spatial resolution; high/moderate/low spatial resolution; temporal resolution; high/moderate/low temporal resolution; space-borne remote sensing; air-borne remote sensing; drone/UAV; synthetic aperture radar (SAR); light detection and ranging (LIDAR); unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV); rainfall and runoff; hydrology; geospatial technology; spatial analysis; numerical model; hydrodynamic model; spatial decision support systems (SDSS); watershed model

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

Remote Sensing of Clouds and Aerosols: Techniques and Applications

edited by

Alexander Kokhanovsky

,

Linlu Mei

and Yasmin Aboel Fetouh

submission deadline 15 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 654 | Submission Open

Keywords: clouds; precipitation; cloud pollution; remote sensing; radiative transfer; light scattering; atmospheric ice crystals; aerosol remote sensing; air quality; climate change

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

Exploring the Variations and Interplay of Drought and Heatwaves: Uncovering the Associated Mechanisms and Impacts (2nd Edition)

edited by

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submission deadline 15 Jun 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 522 | Submission Open

Keywords: heatwave and drought; spatio-temporal variations; mechanisms; potential impacts; compound events; interplay; projection; adaptation strategies

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

Road Detection, Monitoring and Maintenance Using Remotely Sensed Data (2nd Edition)

edited by

Nicholas Fiorentini

and

Massimo Losa

submission deadline 15 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 219 | Submission Open

Keywords: road monitoring and maintenance; remote sensing of infrastructures; non-destructive techniques (NDTs); synthetic aperture radar interferometry (InSAR); falling weight deflectometer (FWD); ground-penetrating radar (GPR); unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) imagery; pavement management systems (PMSs); artificial intelligence (AI); decision support systems (DSS); data integration and data fusion

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

Advanced Lidar Remote Sensing for Atmosphere, Vegetation, and Ocean Observations

edited by Boming Liu, Zhiyu Zhang,

Hui Zhou

,

Xin Ma

and

Yue Ma

submission deadline 16 Jun 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3375 | Submission Open

Keywords: lidar remote sensing; aerosol and clouds; boundary layer; leaf and canopy; lidar bathymetry; photon-counting lidar; high-spectral-resolution lidar

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

Advancements in Passive/Active Remote Sensing of Clouds and Precipitation

edited by Yong-Keun Lee and Thomas Greenwald

submission deadline 18 Jun 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3558 | Submission Open

Keywords: clouds; precipitation; active remote sensing; ground-based remote sensing; satellite remote sensing; airborne remote sensing

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

New Insights in Landscapes, Landslides and Ecosystem Diversity and Function Research

edited by

Carla Restrepo

and

Miles R. Silman

submission deadline 25 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 710 | Submission Open

Keywords: biodiversity; functional diversity; ecosystem function; ecosystem services; landscape function; spatial diversity; mountainscapes; landsliding

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

Vegetation Biophysical Variables and Remote Sensing Applications (Second Edition)

edited by

Jia Sun

and

Chunbo Huang

submission deadline 25 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 162 | Submission Open

Keywords: vegetation biophysical variables; parameter retrieval; data fusion; vegetation dynamics; carbon cycling; LiDAR; SAR; precision agriculture; ecological modelling; machine learning

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

Deep Learning Meets Remote Sensing for Earth Observation and Monitoring (Second Edition)

edited by

Sultan Daud Khan

,

Habib Ullah

and

Mohib Ullah

submission deadline 28 Jun 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2537 | Submission Open

Keywords: satellite image processing; multi-scale feature extraction; deep learning; context understanding; data fusion

Advancements in Deep Learning for Object Detection and Segmentation in Remote Sensing Imagery

edited by

Osmar Abílio De Carvalho Júnior

and

Linlin Xu

submission deadline 28 Jun 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 853 | Submission Open

Keywords: deep learning; object detection; image segmentation; convolutional neural networks (CNNs); generative adversarial networks (GANs); transformer models; recurrent neural networks (RNNs)

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

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