Remote Sensing

Underwater Remote Sensing: Status, New Challenges and Opportunities

edited by

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submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 8917 | 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)

Intelligent Processing of 3D Point Clouds for Scene Understanding and Modelling

edited by

Yuan Li

, Rong Huang, Shuhang Zhang and Linfu Xie

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 8660 | Submission Open

Keywords: LiDAR; point cloud processing; deep learning; artificial intelligence; 3D mapping and modelling

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

Point Cloud Data Analysis and Applications

edited by

Ruijin Ma

,

Tarig Ali

and

Maolin Chen

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 8588 | Submission Open

Keywords: point clouds processing; geospatial digital twin modeling; data fusion

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

Multi-Object Detection and Feature Extraction of Remote Sensing Images

edited by

Yu Zhang

, Yan Zhang, Zhiguang Shi and Ruigang Fu

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8207 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing imagery; multi-object detection; feature extraction; deep learning; transformer-based architectures; multi-modal fusion

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

Remote Sensing Measurements of Land Use and Land Cover

edited by

Victor Mesev

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7382 | Submission Open

Keywords: image classification; change detection; image processing; urban sprawl; environmental science

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

Recent Progress in Monitoring the Troposphere with GNSS Techniques

edited by

Minghua Wang

, Hong Liang, Cuixian Lu and Jungang Wang

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 7229 | Submission Open

Keywords: GNSS meteorology; zenith total delay estimation; precipitable water vapor; water vapor tomography; severe weather monitoring; data assimilation; numerical weather forecast

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

Advances in Deep Learning and Machine Learning for Remote Sensing Image Analysis

edited by

Keshav D. Singh

,

Abdul Bais

and

Saeid Homayouni

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6779 | Submission Open

Keywords: imagery data analysis; remote sensing; machine learning; deep learning; computer vision; exploiting big data; HPC and predictive analytics; multi-source/sensor data fusion; object detection and recognition; image segmentation; large language models; generative AI

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

Advances in Remote Sensing Used in Mineral Exploration

edited by Hai Li and

Zhenwei Guo

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 6556 | Submission Open

Keywords: mineral exploration; geospatial analysis; data integration; geological mapping; machine learning; hyperspectral imaging

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

Application of Remote Sensing in Landscape Ecology

edited by

Wayne Myers

and

Douglas Miller

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6523 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; landscape ecology; image analysis; environmental indicators; lidar; radar; ecosystem services; spatial analysis; machine learning; drones; multispectral; digital elevation model; UAV; satellite imagery; radiotracking; digital sound recording; landscape fragmentation

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

Remote Sensing of Water Dynamics in Permafrost Regions

edited by Zeyong Gao and Lingxiao Wang

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6336 | 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)

Remote Sensing for Monitoring Water and Carbon Cycles

edited by

Dong Liu

, Fang Cao and Shujie Yu

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6325 | Submission Open

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

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

Satellite Remote Sensing for Meteorological Disaster Monitoring and Forecasting

edited by

Dimitrios Katsanos

and

Adrianos Retalis

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6257 | 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)

Remote Sensing in Water Quality Monitoring

edited by

Xuejiao Hou

,

Shangbo Yang

and

Jilin Men

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 5896 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; water quality; water clarity; eutrophication; water turbidity; atmospheric correction; algal bloom; climate change; multi-source integrated observation; inherent/apparent optical properties

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

Remote Sensing for Digital Twins in Forestry: Applications and Future Perspectives

edited by Juan Suarez-Minguez and Jacqueline Rosette

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5822 | 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)

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

edited by

Zhijun Li

and

Lilong Zou

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 5816 | Submission Open

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

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

Multi-Source Data Fusion and Feature Extraction for Underwater Target Detection

edited by

Min Fu

and Salah Bourennane

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5027 | Submission Open

Keywords: target detection; multi-modal fusion; feature extraction; underwater data classification; multispectral imaging; multi-sensor systems; data fusion; signal processing; underwater sensing; acoustic– optical fusion

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

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 30 Jun 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4875 | 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)

Remote Sensing Applications for Trace Gases and Air Quality

edited by Songyan Zhu,

Shuaiyi Shi

and Haolin Wang

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4674 | Submission Open

Keywords: trace gases; air quality; remote sensing; public well-being; pollution exposure; ecosystem responses

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

Monitoring and Assessment of Ecohydrological Evolution of River–Lake–Wetland Systems Based on Remote Sensing Big Data

edited by

Yanfeng Wu

and

Hsiang-te Kung

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4521 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing big data; ecohydrological evolution; river– lake– coastal wetland systems; ecological monitoring; hydrological assessment; machine learning; data analytics

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

Close-Range LiDAR for Forest Structure and Dynamics Monitoring

edited by Panagiotidis Dimitrios

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4382 | Submission Open

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

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

Advances in Remote Sensing for Burned Area Mapping

edited by

Giandomenico De Luca

,

Giuseppe Modica

and

Lorenzo Arcidiaco

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4223 | Submission Open

Keywords: burn areas’ detection and mapping; geo-informatics; fire severity; fire regime; biomass loss; wildland– urban interface (WUI) fires; three-dimensional modeling; image processing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Earth Observation for Emergency Management)

LiDAR Technology for Autonomous Navigation and Mapping

edited by

Yiqing Yao

and

Johnson Ihyeh Agbinya

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4158 | Submission Open

Keywords: LiDAR technology; spatial perception; environmental reconstruction; simultaneous localization and mapping; 3D mapping; multi-sensor fusion; autonomous vehicles

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

Remote Sensing of the Cryosphere (Third Edition)

edited by

Ulrich Kamp

,

Bijeesh K. Veettil

and

Dmitry Ganyushkin

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3903 | Submission Open

Keywords: cryosphere; GIS; glacier; ice; frozen ground; remote sensing; snow

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

Microwave Remote Sensing on Ocean Observation

edited by

Yanlei Du

and

Ali Khenchaf

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3874 | Submission Open

Keywords: ocean dynamic parameter retrieval; detection of marine dynamic phenomena and artificial targets; advanced forward modeling of ocean scattering and emission; data fusion and reconstruction of multi-source ocean products; deep learning/artificial intelligence in ocean remote sensing; scatterometer/radiometer/SAR/GNSS-reflectometry; scale effect analysis; Polarization theory and Polarimetric SAR applications in ocean remote sensing

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

Remote Sensing and GIS for Monitoring Urbanization and Urban Health (Second Edition)

edited by

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submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3744 | Submission Open

Keywords: urbanization and health both regionally and globally; urban landscape; urban ecological system; and health; territorial spatial planning and health city; urbanization speed and acceleration; spatial– temporal analysis of urbanization; green space/blue space/gray space remote sensing monitoring; map of urban development and evolution; urban environment changes and health effects; remote sensing GIS big data and urban health; remote sensing and GIS monitoring; simulating; and predicting of infectious diseases; such as COVID-19

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

High-Resolution Soil Moisture Products for Hydrology, Agriculture, and Hazard Applications

edited by Yuchuan Luo, Juan Cao and Peng Zhu

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3692 | Submission Open

Keywords: high-resolution soil moisture; remote sensing; data assimilation; soil moisture retrieval; hydrological modeling; agricultural productivity; hazard risk assessment

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

Advances in Calibration, Validation, and Quality Assurance for Optical Remote Sensors

edited by

Zhenhai Liu

and

Gennadi Milinevsky

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3507 | Submission Open

Keywords: optical remote sensing; radiometric calibration; polarimetric calibration; spectral calibration; geometric calibration; vicarious calibration; cross-calibration; uncertainty analysis; validation; data quality assurance

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

Vegetation Biophysical Variables and Remote Sensing Applications (Second Edition)

edited by

Jia Sun

and

Chunbo Huang

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3437 | 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)

Remote Sensing of Clouds and Aerosols: Techniques and Applications

edited by

Alexander Kokhanovsky

,

Linlu Mei

and Yasmin Aboel Fetouh

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2765 | 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)

Remote Sensing of Climate Change Influences on Urban Ecology

edited by

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submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2598 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban ecology; climate change; nature-based solutions; urban wetlands; green infrastructure; environmental justice; urban forestry; remote sensing; ecosystem services; urban sustainability; urban biodiversity

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

Advances in Remote Sensing for Glacier Preservation

edited by Feiteng Wang, Chunhai Xu and

Qiao Liu

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2559 | 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)

Radiometric Calibration of Satellite Sensors Used in Remote Sensing

edited by

Shengli Wu

,

Yong Zhang

, Boyang Chen and Juyang Hu

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2363 | Submission Open

Keywords: calibration; radiometer; SNO; SCO; vicarious calibration; lunar calibration; pre-launch calibration

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

AI-Driven Remote Sensing Image Restoration and Generation

edited by

Shi Chen

, Yicong Zhou, Jiaqi Ma, Jiang He,

Kui Jiang

and Xiangyong Cao

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 1968 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; deep learning; machine learning; image processing; image restoration; image generation; data fusion

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

Multi-Sensor Remote Sensing Synergies for Flood Hazard Monitoring and Geomorphic Analysis

edited by

Marina Zingaro

,

Domenico Capolongo

and

Alberto Refice

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1776 | Submission Open

Keywords: multi-sensor remote sensing; flood hazard; geomorphology; flood geomorphic dynamics monitoring; process coupling; data fusion; risk assessment

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

New Trends on Remote Sensing Applications to Mineral Deposits (Third Edition)

edited by

Joana Cardoso-Fernandes

,

Ana Cláudia Teodoro

and

Alexandre Lima

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1667 | Submission Open

Keywords: mineral exploration; multispectral and hyperspectral data; sar data; machine learning; deep learning; satellite data; raw materials

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

Advances in High-Resolution Crop Mapping at Large Spatial Scales

edited by

Lingbo Yang

and Pengliang Wei

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1569 | Submission Open

Keywords: high-resolution crop mapping; remote sensing for agriculture; large-scale crop monitoring; multi-source satellite data; crop classification; machine learning in agriculture; temporal dynamics of crops; agricultural change detection; precision agriculture; remote sensing applications in food security

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

Emulation and Surrogate Modeling in Remote Sensing: Advances, Challenges and Applications

edited by

Jochem Verrelst

and

Jorge Vicent

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1515 | Submission Open

Keywords: emulation; surrogate modeling; radiative transfer models; machine learning/deep learning; uncertainty quantification; atmosphere; vegetation; and land surface retrievals; hyperspectral and multispectral data; data assimilation; cloud computing and HPC

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

Hyperspectral Remote Sensing Image Analysis via Advanced Deep Learning and Computer Vision

edited by

Peixian Zhuang

, Xiangyong Cao and Xueyang Fu

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1478 | Submission Open

Keywords: hyperspectral image analysis; spectral– spatial feature fusion; self-supervised learning; Explainable AI (XAI); domain adaptation; multimodal data fusion; generative models; lightweight deep learning; transformer networks; large language models

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

Environmental Monitoring with Sentinel Satellites: Applications and Future Perspectives

edited by Silvia Scifoni,

Maria Marsella

and

Francesca Giannone

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 1454 | 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)

Recent Advances in Quantitative Thermal Imaging Using Remote Sensing

edited by

Susana Lagüela López

and

Iván Garrido González

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1381 | Submission Open

Keywords: thermal remote sensing; land surface temperature; sensor calibration; urban heat island; wildfire detection; multisource data fusion; artificial intelligence; UAV thermal mapping; infrastructure monitoring

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

3D Computer Vision for Remote Sensing: Point Clouds, Reconstruction and Scene Understanding

edited by

Hanyun Wang

, Li Li, Qi Dong and

Yao Wei

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1353 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; computer vision; LiDAR; point clouds; 3D synthesis and reconstruction; scene understanding; multimodal data fusion; deep generative models; large vision– language models; 3D remote sensing applications

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

Applications of Remote Sensing in Hydrology and Ecology: Observations, Methods, and Innovations

edited by

Jingkai Xie

,

Jiaqi Tian

and

Keqi He

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1340 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; hydrological modelling; data assimilation; machine learning; climate extremes monitoring; ground water storage; surface water dynamics

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

Advanced Remote Sensing Technologies for Soil Erosion Mapping and Modeling

edited by

Haijing Shi

, Xihua Yang and

Alfredo Huete

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1266 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil erosion; remote sensing; RUSLE; gully erosion; land degradation; machine learning; GIS; UAV; sediment yield; conservation practices

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

Remote Sensing with Radar or Lidar for Multi-Scale Atmospheric Observation

edited by

Zhifeng Shu

and

Zhiqiu Gao

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1225 | Submission Open

Keywords: radar remote sensing; lidar atmospheric sensing; multi-scale atmospheric observation; atmospheric boundary layer observation; atmospheric parameter retrieval; energy meteorology observation; wind field detection; cloud and precipitation detection; radar/lidar data assimilation; machine learning

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

Deep Learning Techniques for Pixel Classification and Image Retrieval in Remote Sensing

edited by

Kyungil Lee

,

Eunbeen Park

and

Hyun-Woo Jo

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1204 | Submission Open

Keywords: high-resolution remote sensing; satellite imagery; pixel-wise classification; time-series image analysis; machine learning applications; deep learning applications; multi-source feature fusion; domain adaptation

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

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

edited by Luwei Feng,

Xiaoyan Kang

and Yan Zhao

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1125 | 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 Scene Understanding with Hyperspectral Remote Sensing: From Data Benchmarks to Applications

edited by

Yanzi Shi

,

Mengmeng Zhang

, Shou Feng,

Zhou Zhang

and Zhiyong Lv

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1123 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; hyperspectral image processing; benchmarking datasets; spectral unmixing; target detection; classification/segmentation; hyperspectral applications

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

Multi-Source Remote Sensing and Foundation Models for Advanced Vegetation Mapping and Ecosystem Service Assessment

edited by Jianhong Liu, Clement Atzberger, Peijun Sun, Xianfeng Liu and Donghai Zhang

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1047 | Submission Open

Keywords: multi-source remote sensing; foundation model; vegetation mapping and monitoring; sensor fusion; lidar– optical– sar integration; ecosystem service assessment; shallow to deep machine learning; time-series analysis; multi-sensor uav-based vegetation monitoring; land surface phenology and phenology-driven mapping; cross-scale modeling and uncertainty assessment

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

UAV Applications for Forest Management: Wood Volume, Biomass, and Mapping (Second Edition)

edited by

Mauro Maesano

and

Federico Valerio Moresi

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1026 | Submission Open

Keywords: UAV; drone; remote sensing; forest management; forest inventory; precision forestry

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

Remote Sensing Applications for Environmental Monitoring and Land Changes

edited by

Krystyna Michałowska

,

Ewa Glowienka

,

Eva Savina Malinverni

and

Eufemia Tarantino

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 931 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing and environmental monitoring; AI and machine learning for remote sensing; land use and land cover change analysis; hyperspectral; lidar; optical and radar applications; climate change impact and disaster risk management; big data; cloud-based geospatial processing; data fusion in geospatial analysis; sustainable land management and policy applications

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

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