Remote Sensing

Using Remote Sensing Technology to Quantify Greenhouse Gas Emissions

edited by

Ge Han

,

Simit Raval

and Tianqi Shi

submission deadline 28 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3817 | Submission Open

Keywords: greenhouse gas emissions; CO2; CH4; N2O; flux inversion; point sources; space– ground-based remote sensing; hyperspectral and LiDAR remote sensing; OCO-2/3 GOSAT TROPOMI TANSAT DQ-1

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

Innovations in Hyperspectral Image Processing: Advancing Image Generation, Denoising, Fusion Techniques and Beyond

edited by Jiangjun Peng, Xiangyong Cao,

Shuang Xu

,

Jing Yao

and

Gemine Vivone

submission deadline 28 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2756 | Submission Open

Keywords: hyperspectral image denoising; hyperspectral image fusion; hyperspectral image generation; hyperspectral image restoration; deep learning; statistical regularization model

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

Advances in Multi-Sensor Remote Sensing for Vegetation Monitoring

edited by

Shan Lu

and

Chunying Ren

submission deadline 29 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5481 | Submission Open

Keywords: SAR– optical synergy; thermal– optical synergy; LIDAR– optical synergy; SIF– multispectral synergy; vegetation biomass; vegetation phenology; vegetation mapping; vegetation parameter inversion

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

Underwater Remote Sensing: Status, New Challenges and Opportunities

edited by

Yuri Rzhanov

and

Elias Fakiris

submission deadline 29 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3074 | Submission Open

Keywords: multibeam sonar; synthetic aperture sonar; airborne lidar; underwater vehicles; hyperspectral satellites; satellite-derived bathymetry; satellite-based bathymetric measurements

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

Remote Sensing of Water Dynamics in Permafrost Regions

edited by Zeyong Gao and Lingxiao Wang

submission deadline 29 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2876 | Submission Open

Keywords: permafrost degradation; thermokarst processes; ground-ice melting; active layer dynamics; climate change impacts; eco-hydrological effects

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

Object Detection in Remote Sensing Images Based on Artificial Intelligence

edited by

Jianming Hu

, Xiyang Zhi,

Yongqiang Mao

and

Longfei Ren

submission deadline 29 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2313 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing images; object detection; artificial intelligence; multimodal data fusion; frontier applications

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

Array and Signal Processing for Radar (Second Edition)

edited by Haowei Zhang,

Jingwei Xu

, Junpeng Shi, Weijian Liu and Yuan Liu

submission deadline 29 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1791 | Submission Open

Keywords: radar array and signal processing; waveform and frequency diversity; interference; clutter and noise suppression; radar imaging; radar resource management; machine learning; space-based radar (SBR) system

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

Algorithms Exploration of Land Surface Temperature Retrieval from Satellites Data

edited by Caixia Gao

submission deadline 29 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 626 | Submission Open

Keywords: thermal infrared sensors; atmospheric effect correction; land surface temperature and emissivity separation; land surface temperature downscaling; land surface temperature validation; artificial intelligence

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

Revolutionizing Earth Observation: Convolutional Neural Networks Innovations in Remote Sensing and Environmental Monitoring

edited by

Antonio Mazza

, Massimiliano Gargiulo,

Sergio Vitale

and

Matteo Ciotola

submission deadline 29 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 356 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; deep learning; convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs); generative Adversarial Networks (GANs); earth observation; remote sensing; image processing; data fusion; super resolution

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

Advances in Remote Sensing for Glacier Preservation

edited by Feiteng Wang, Chunhai Xu and

Qiao Liu

submission deadline 29 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 313 | Submission Open

Keywords: glacier preservation; remote sensing; glacier region engineering; anthropogenic impacts; SAR/InSAR; machine learning; glacier dynamics; glacier mass balance

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

Image Analysis for Forest Environmental Monitoring (2nd Edition)

edited by

El Khalil Cherif

and

Catarina Barata

submission deadline 29 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 129 | Submission Open

Keywords: image analysis; remote sensing; environment monitoring; forests; multispectral and hypespectral imaging; airborne image

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

Remote Sensing in Natural Resource and Water Environment II

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, Min Wu,

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Pedro Luiz Borges Chaffe

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 19 articles | Viewed by 49955 | 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)

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

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submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 22253 | 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)

Feature Papers of Section “Atmospheric Remote Sensing” (Second Edition)

edited by

Alexander Kokhanovsky

and

Dmitry Efremenko

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 13811 | Submission Open

Keywords: terrestrial atmosphere; remote sensing; atmospheric aerosol; trace gases; clouds; precipitation

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

Intelligent Processing and Analysis of Multi-Modal Remote Sensing Data

edited by

Haopeng Zhang

and Giorgio Antonino Licciardi

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 8506 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; image processing; image analysis; artificial intelligence; deep learning; data fusion; multispectral and hyperspectral data; synthetic aperture radar; LiDAR

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

Multi-Source Remote Sensing Data for Water Resource Management in Agriculture

edited by

Pasquale Nino

,

Nicolas Baghdadi

and

Artur Łopatka

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 7442 | 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 Video Data Processing: Theories, Technologies and Applications

edited by

Peng Wang

, Ying Zhang and

Henry Leung

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7342 | 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 and Modelling of Terrestrial Ecosystems Functioning

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submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6946 | 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)

Advancements in Passive/Active Remote Sensing of Clouds and Precipitation

edited by Yong-Keun Lee and Thomas Greenwald

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6608 | 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)

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

edited by

Elisa Mammoliti

,

Adriano Mancini

and

Mirko Francioni

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 6189 | 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)

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 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5957 | 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)

Ecological Environment Remote Sensing and Sustainable Development Evaluation in Coastal Zones

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submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4547 | Submission Open

Keywords: coastal zones; intelligent remote sensing interpretation; ecological environment remote sensing; ecological pro-cesses; landscape ecological security; land subsidence safety; sustainable development

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

Advances in Remote Sensing Image Target Detection and Recognition

edited by

Yin Zhuang

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4153 | Submission Open

Keywords: semi-supervised learning; few-shot learning; long-tail distribution; domain adaptation; open-vocabulary; zero-shot learning

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

Satellite Remote Sensing for Meteorological Disaster Monitoring and Forecasting

edited by

Dimitrios Katsanos

and

Adrianos Retalis

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3427 | Submission Open

Keywords: meteorological hazards; extreme Precipitation; flash floods; early warning systems; droughts; wildfires; heat waves; meteorological disaster management

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

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

edited by

, Jinfang Yin,

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submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3350 | 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 and Machine Learning Applications in Atmospheric Physics, Weather, and Air Quality

edited by

Michal Segal-Rosenheimer

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3268 | Submission Open

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

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 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1961 | 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)

New Perspectives in Plant Phenotyping: Satellite-Based Multispectral Remote Sensing

edited by Luwei Feng,

Xiaoyan Kang

and Yan Zhao

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 439 | Submission Open

Keywords: multispectral remote sensing; crop classification; phenology; deep learning; radiative transfer model; plant parameter retrieval; vegetation productivity simulation; crop yield prediction

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

Advances in Remote Sensing Large Visual Language Model

edited by Fan Liu, Tianjin Huang and

Jun Zhou

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 279 | Submission Open

Keywords: Vision– Language Models (VLMs); remote sensing; multimodal data fusion; AI-driven mapping; land use classification; visual Question Answering; geospatial reasoning and spatial analysis

(This special issue belongs to the Section AI 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 | 14 articles | Viewed by 58952 | Submission Open

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

Glacial Lakes and Related Hazards: Mapping, Monitoring, and Risk Assessment

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submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 11 articles | Viewed by 36514 | Submission Open

Keywords: novel lake mapping approaches/algorithms of remote sensing; glacial lake mapping and change; glacier and lake interactions; glacial lake outburst floods; reconstruct historical GLOFs; cascading geohazard related to glacial lake dynamics; GLOF risk assessment; social– economic impact of GLOFs; optical SAR-UAV-based monitoring

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

Remote Sensing Image Classification and Semantic Segmentation (Second Edition)

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, Bobo Xi,

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submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 12 articles | Viewed by 32350 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; deep learning; semantic segmentation; classification; cross-domain; earth observation

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

Remote Sensing of Post-fire Environmental Damage and Forest Recovery: New Challenges and Approaches

edited by

Alfonso Fernández-Manso

and

Carmen Quintano

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 25734 | 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)

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

edited by

Zhe-Wen Zheng

and

Jiayi Pan

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 10 articles | Viewed by 25212 | 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)

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 31 Dec 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 24166 | 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)

New Insights in Remote Sensing of Snow and Glaciers

edited by

Roberto Salzano

and

Rosamaria Salvatori

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 23960 | Submission Open

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

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

Remote Sensing for the Study of the Changes in Wetlands

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submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 22532 | Submission Open

Keywords: earth observation monitoring of wetlands; essential biodiversity variables; time-series analysis to distinguish natural dynamics from artificial and climate change impacts; wetlands; including lacustrine and palustrine biome wetlands; in the estuarine; coastal and freshwater realms

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

Application of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing in Urban Areas

edited by

Marwa Elbouz

,

Gaëtan Palka

and

Catherine Baskiotis

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 21904 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; photogrammetry; urban heterogeneous data fusion; urban planning; urban traffic mitigation; urban digital twins; urban pollution monitoring; global extreme event; machine learning; data mining

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

SAR in Big Data Era III

edited by Chao Wang,

Alberto Moreira

, Mihai P. Datcu,

Sirui Tian

and

Yixian Tang

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 19467 | 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)

Advanced AI Technology for Remote Sensing Analysis

edited by Guangliang Cheng,

Qi Zhao

, Shuchang Lyu and

Hossein M. Rizeei

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 18493 | 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)

Remote Sensing for Landslide Investigations: Mapping, Monitoring and Forecasting

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submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 17553 | 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)

Machine Learning and Image Processing for Object Detection

edited by

Weifeng Liu

,

Igor García Olaizola

and

Bingfeng Zhang

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 17462 | Submission Open

Keywords: machine learning algorithm; image processing; deep learning; object detection; quality measurement; 3D objects; pre/post-processing; drone imagery

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

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 | 3 articles | Viewed by 17363 | 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)

Quantitative Remote Sensing of Vegetation and Its Applications

edited by

Kun Jia

and Linqing Yang

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 16876 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; biochemical/biophysical parameters; vegetation dynamics; multi-sensor data fusion; algorithm development; artificial intelligence; accuracy validation; inter-comparison and evaluation; products and applications

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

Vegetation Mapping through Multiscale Remote Sensing

edited by

Alberto García-Martín

and

Antonio Luis Montealegre Gracia

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 15655 | Submission Open

Keywords: Vegetation distribution and dynamics; Environmental assessment and monitoring; Multiscale and multiplatform remote sensing; Spectral and structural data integration; Multispectral imagery; LiDAR/SAR; UAV; Field spectrometry; Upscaling; Downscaling

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

Recent Advances in Infrared Target Detection

edited by Xia Wang and

Kun Gao

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 15031 | 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)

Hyperspectral Sensors for Soil Parameters and Crop Parameters Retrieval

edited by

Minfeng Xing

,

Jinfei Wang

and

Qisheng He

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 14539 | 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)

HF Surface Wave Radar: Improving Performance and Extending Capabilities

edited by

Lucy Wyatt

and

Stuart Anderson

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 14021 | Submission Open

Keywords: HF radar; radar systems; signal processing; inverse methods; currents; waves; winds; MetOcean

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

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

edited by

Ramona Magno

and Paolo Filippucci

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 13858 | 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)

Remote, Proximal Sensing and Geophysics for Cultural Heritage Knowledge and Conservation (Second Edition)

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Sergio Vincenzo Calcina

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Ilaria Catapano

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 13637 | 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)

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