Remote Sensing

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 13184 | 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,

Francesca Esposito

, Alice Lucchetti and

Maurizio Pajola

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 12843 | 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,

Junyu He

and Jiaping Wu

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 12759 | 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)

edited by

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and

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 12362 | 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)

edited by

Gonçalo Prates

,

Manuel Berrocoso Domínguez

and

Cristina Torrecillas

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 11439 | 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

Xin Zhang

, Xueyao Hu, Yang Li,

Fernando José Aguilar

and

Muhammad Yasir

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 11059 | 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

Manuel Arbelo

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 10949 | 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)

High-Resolution Observations of Planetary Geological and Geomorphic Investigation (Second Edition)

edited by

Ákos Kereszturi

and

Jiannan Zhao

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 10041 | 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)

Advanced Artificial Intelligence and Deep Learning for Remote Sensing (3rd Edition)

edited by

Zhenming Peng

,

Zhengzhou Li

and Yimian Dai

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 9927 | 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)

Advances in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Deep Learning (DL) in UAV-Based Remote Sensing

edited by

Michal Aibin

and Ryan Rad

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 9843 | 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)

Land Surface Temperature Estimation Using Remote Sensing II

edited by

Anand Inamdar

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 9557 | Submission Open

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

Remote Sensing of Aquatic Ecosystem Monitoring

edited by

Yibo Zhang

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 9494 | Submission Open

Keywords: aquatic ecosystem; algal blooms; aquatic vegetation; artificial intelligence; mechanism; extreme events

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

State of the Art of GNSS and SAR/InSAR Techniques for Geomatic Applications

edited by Claudia Pipitone and

Gino Dardanelli

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 7901 | 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)

Study on Hydrological Hazards Based on Multi-Source Remote Sensing

edited by Jun Zhang, Shaonan Zhu and

Qiang Dai

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 7285 | 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)

Observations of Atmospheric and Oceanic Processes by Remote Sensing

edited by

Jinpeng Zhang

,

Xi Zhang

, Xiaofeng Zhao and

Weimin Huang

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 7263 | 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)

Coastal and Marine Monitoring and Restoration Mapping Using UAS and Remote Sensing Systems

edited by

Niall Burnside

,

Jonathan Dale

and Matthew Brolly

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6960 | 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,

Liqin Liu

and

Zhengxia Zou

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6723 | 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,

Qi Zhang

and

Jon Atli Benediktsson

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 6449 | 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

Jiashuang Jiao

, Daocheng Yu and

Cheinway Hwang

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5860 | 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 5317 | 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 5243 | 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

edited by

Mohamed Lamine Mekhalfi

,

Yakoub Bazi

,

Edoardo Pasolli

and

Mawloud Guermoui

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5017 | 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

Jingwei Xu

, Weiwei Wang, Yanhong Xu and Yuhong Zhang

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4965 | 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,

Xiaohua Hao

, Yanli Zhang and Yuwen Pang

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4032 | 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)

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 3980 | 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)

Remote Sensing Applications in Natural Hazards and Sustainable Development

edited by

Yaohui Liu

, Bo Yu and

Fangbin Liu

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3917 | 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)

Advances in Detection-Oriented Multi-Sensor Fusion Beyond the Visible Spectrum

edited by

Liangliang Li

,

Zhenming Peng

, Yimian Dai, Fei Zhou and Xingchen Zhang

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3865 | 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

Guangcai Sun

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3681 | 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 3476 | 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

edited by

Inmaculada Foyo-Moreno

,

Maria João Costa

, Maria Pilar Utrillas and

Juan Luis Guerrero Rascado

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3236 | 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

Kun Qin

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2969 | 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)

Advancements in Autonomous UAVs for Infrastructure Inspection and Monitoring

edited by

Bashar Alsadik

, Samer Karam and

Daniel Rodrigues Dos Santos

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2683 | 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 of Ocean Circulation and Air-Sea Interaction Using Remote Sensing Techniques

edited by Xiang Wang,

Huizan Wang

, Ronghua Zhang,

Haokun Bai

and Jingtao Yu

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2499 | 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)

Advances in Remote Sensing and AI for Monitoring and Mitigating Land Subsidence and Secondary Geohazards

edited by Jing Wang,

Sen Du

,

Joaquín Menéndez

and Xiwei Fan

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2491 | 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,

Jin Xu

and

Bingxin Liu

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2412 | 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

edited by

Gonzalo E. Espinoza-Dávalos

,

Mhd. Suhyb Salama

and

Marouane Temimi

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2355 | 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

Wei Fan

and

Changshan Wu

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2298 | 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)

Advances in Multi-Source Remote Sensing Data Fusion and Analysis

edited by

,

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,

and

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2237 | 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

Ivan di Stefano

, Gael Cascioli and

Baocheng Zhang

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2227 | 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)

Multiplatform and Multisensor Applications for Landslide Characterization and Monitoring

edited by

Stratis Karantanellis

, Marco Mulas, Giuseppe Ciccarese and

Paolo Mazzanti

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2025 | 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)

Cutting-Edge PolSAR Imaging Applications and Techniques

edited by Dapeng Tao,

,

,

and

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1948 | 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)

Remote Sensing Image Change Detection and Feature Enhancement Based on Deep Learning

edited by Kaimin Sun, Wenzhuo Li,

Xin Tao

,

Ting Bai

and

Wangbin Li

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1944 | 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)

Advancements in Deep Learning for Remote Sensing: Exploring Planetary and Earth Observation Applications

edited by

Riccardo La Grassa

and

Ignazio Gallo

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1932 | 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 1873 | 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

Alim Samat

, Jianli Ding, Yuemin Yue and

Junli Li

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1825 | 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

Ya Huang

,

Yuyan Zhou

and Qing Yang

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1812 | 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)

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 1713 | 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)

Monitoring and Managing Environmental Sustainability Using Remote Sensing (Second Edition)

edited by

Dongmei Chen

and

Yuhong He

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1704 | 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

Zhonghua Hong

, Chenchen Jiang and Huazhong Ren

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1694 | 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)

Spatio-Temporal Land Surface Temperature Retrieval Based on Ground-Based, Satellite Observations and Artificial Intelligence

edited by

Bo-Hui Tang

, Xiangyang Liu and Tian Hu

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1603 | Submission Open

Keywords: land surface temperature (LST); retrieval algorithm; complex terrain; urban area; ground-based observation; artificial intelligence; validation; reconstruction of data under clouds; temporal scale expansion

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

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