Remote Sensing

Advanced Image Processing Algorithms for Object Detection and Tracking in Aerial and Satellite Imagery

edited by

Jun Zhou

,

Libao Zhang

, Junpeng Zhang and

Jue Zhang

submission deadline 29 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 515 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; deep learning; object detection; object tracking; cross-modal representation learning; hyperspectral videos

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

Digital Twins of the Earth: Contribution to a More Sustainable Society

edited by

Stefano Nativi

and

Paolo Mazzetti

submission deadline 29 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 428 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital twin; earth observation; sustainability; cyber-physical world (virtual worlds); Web 4.0 (intelligent web); AI

Remote Sensing for Hydrological Management

edited by

Ram L. Ray

and

Gebrekidan Tefera

submission deadline 29 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 388 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; hydrological monitoring; hydrological extremes; hydrological models; soil moisture; water quality; water management

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

Remote Sensing in Soil Organic Carbon Dynamics

edited by Xiangtian Meng,

Huanjun Liu

and

Chong Luo

submission deadline 29 Aug 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 339 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil organic carbon; remote sensing; multi-source data; spatiotemporal dynamics; deep learning model; driver analysis

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

GNSS and Multi-Sensor Integrated Precise Positioning and Applications

edited by

Guorui Xiao

,

Xinghan Chen

, Peiyuan Zhou and

Lingxuan Wang

submission deadline 29 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 246 | Submission Open

Keywords: GNSS; multi-sensors integration; integration algorithms; cooperative positioning; challenging environments; precise positioning; robust positioning

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

SAR Target Detection and Recognition with Intelligent Methods and Its Applications

edited by Zongyong Cui, Sihang Dang,

Siqian Zhang

and Zongjie Cao

submission deadline 29 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 204 | Submission Open

Keywords: synthetic aperture radar; SAR target detection; SAR target recognition; artificial intelligence; small sample; SAR image interpretation

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

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

edited by

Riccardo La Grassa

and

Ignazio Gallo

submission deadline 29 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 195 | 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)

Advances of Optics Imaging Technologies for Environmental Remote Sensing

edited by

Lijuan Su

and Xin Tan

submission deadline 29 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 159 | Submission Open

Keywords: spectral imaging; lidar; miniaturized optical sensor; multi-sensor integration; disaster response (wildfire; flood); pollution monitoring; AI-driven environmental analytics

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

Intelligent Remote Sensing Information Extraction

edited by

Weixun Zhou

and

Zhenwei Shi

submission deadline 29 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 135 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; information extraction; deep learning; artificial intelligence; feature extraction; image segmentation

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

Artificial Intelligence-Based Remote Sensing for Crop Information Extraction and Status Monitoring

edited by

Muhammad Moshiur Rahman

submission deadline 29 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 133 | Submission Open

Keywords: crop growth and vigour monitoring; crop phenology; crop diseases and pests; drought stress; machine learning; artificial intelligence; image processing; crop classification; yield prediction

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

Deep Learning for Spectral-Spatial Hyperspectral Image Classification (2nd Edition)

edited by

Jiayi Li

,

Maria Grazia D’Urso

,

Xian Guo

, Jie Yang and Xin Huang

submission deadline 29 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 131 | Submission Open

Keywords: deep learning; hyperspectral imaging; spectral– spatial classification; domain adaption; attention mechanisms

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

Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) in Radar Imaging: Recent Advances and Future Directions

edited by

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,

and

submission deadline 30 Aug 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2671 | Submission Open

Keywords: explainable artificial intelligence (XAI); imaging radar; synthetic aperture radar; deep learning; classification; feature extraction; change detection; automatic target recognition (ATR); object detection; convolutional neural networks

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

Smart Monitoring of Urban Environment Using Remote Sensing

edited by

Darshana Athukorala

,

Yuji Murayama

and

Takehiro Morimoto

submission deadline 30 Aug 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1870 | Submission Open

Keywords: smart monitoring; future predictions; scenario simulations; land use change; climate impacts; agriculture in urban areas; urban forestry; hydrology in urban areas; landscape sustainability; urban climate; quality of life; public health; ecosystem services

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

Towards High-Precision 3D Reconstruction and Modelling from Multi-Sensor Geospatial Data

edited by

Ana Maria Loghin

, Bruno Vallet,

Paul Sestraș

and

Valeria Ersilia Oniga

submission deadline 30 Aug 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1062 | Submission Open

Keywords: data acquisition techniques; sensor calibration; multi-sensor integration; data integration and fusion; 3D geospatial data processing; 3D reconstruction; 3D modeling; point cloud analysis; surface reconstruction; AI/ML; semantic modeling; 3D geospatial modeling; change detection; topographic mapping; quantitative analyses and comparisons; accuracy assessment

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

Remote Sensing and Time-Series Analysis to Track Ecosystem Transitions

edited by

Carolina Acuña-Alonso

and

Xana Álvarez Bermúdez

submission deadline 30 Aug 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 964 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; ecosystem transitions; time-series analysis; machine learning; ecological connectivity; environmental degradation; ecological restoration; predictive models; LiDAR; UAVs

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

Remote Sensing of Mountain and Plateau Vegetation (Second Edition)

edited by

Zhaoqi Wang

,

Donghai Wu

and

Hao Wang

submission deadline 30 Aug 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 642 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing of vegetation; vegetation productivity; carbon cycle; mountain and plateau regions; alpine vegetation; remote sensing algorithm; vegetation types; elevation gradient; remote sensing in hydrology

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

Advances in Deep Learning Change Detection Based on High-Resolution Remote Sensing Imagery

edited by

Daifeng Peng

,

Sicong Liu

, Yuxing Chen and Zhi Zheng

submission deadline 30 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 215 | Submission Open

Keywords: high-resolution remote sensing imagery; change detection; deep learning; foundation model; vision-language model; label-efficient learning; domain adaptation; zero-shot learning

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

Crop Quantitative Monitoring with Remote Sensing II

edited by

Tiecheng Bai

,

Jianxi Huang

,

Qingling Wu

and

Wei Su

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 13944 | Submission Open

Keywords: quantitative remote sensing; time series analysis; crop growth models; data assimilation; machine learning; deep learning; climate change; crop parameter retrieval; crop growth monitoring; crop stress monitoring; crop disaster monitoring; crop phenology detection; crop type mapping; crop yield estimation or forecasting

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

3D and Semantic Reconstruction of the Urban Environment Using Multi-Modal and Multi-Resolution Remote Sensing Data

edited by

Wufan Zhao

,

Andrea Nascetti

and

Maarten Vergauwen

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 10297 | Submission Open

Keywords: machine learning/deep learning; data efficient learning (foundation model; transfer learning; self-supervised; semi-supervised; and weakly supervised learning); semantic/instance segmentation; object detection/tracking; and change detection; SCAN-to-BIM; data processing and feature extraction; point cloud registration; multisource data fusion; application of 3D point clouds and remote sensing images; spatial digital twins and smart cities

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

Intelligent Remote Sensing: AI-Powered Techniques for Enhanced Data Analysis and Interpretation

edited by

Hai Wang

,

Nianyin Zeng

and Shou Feng

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 7383 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing image processing; remote sensing semantic analysis; remote sensing applications; big data analysis; data fusion; artificial intelligence; machine learning; deep learning

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

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

edited by

Ákos Kereszturi

and

Jiannan Zhao

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6173 | 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)

Application of Spatial Information Science and Cartography in the Big Remotely Sensed Data Era

edited by Xi Chen, Mingqiang Guo and

Antonios Emmanouil Chatzipavlis

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5634 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; artificial intelligence; deep learning; large language models; remote sensing images processing; knowledge graph

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

Latest Advances and Application in the GNSS-R Field

edited by

Nereida Rodriguez-Alvarez

,

Xavier Bosch-Lluis

and

Joan Francesc Munoz-Martin

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4829 | Submission Open

Keywords: GNSS-R; polarimetric GNSS-R; near-surface ocean wind vector; ocean surfactant detection; soil moisture; wetlands; lakes and rivers; biomass; freeze/thaw; sea ice concentration and thickness; ice sheet characterization

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

Root-Zone Soil Moisture Retrieval and Applications from Remote Sensing Measurements

edited by

David Fairbairn

, Bertrand Bonan and

Luca Brocca

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4320 | Submission Open

Keywords: root-zone; soil moisture; data assimilation; machine learning; remote sensing; observations; vegetation

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

Vegetation Dynamics Revealed by Remote Sensing and Its Feedback to Regional and Global Climate (3rd Edition)

edited by

Xuejia Wang

,

Tinghai Ou

and

Wenxin Zhang

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3967 | Submission Open

Keywords: vegetation type; vegetation phenology; change detection; model simulation; response to climate change; feedback to climate change

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

Remote Sensing and Geospatial Analysis in Urban Environments in the Big Data Era

edited by

Wenliang Li

and

Xiaoma Li

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3894 | Submission Open

Keywords: geospatial analysis; remote sensing; big data; city science

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

Advances in Deep Learning Approaches: UAV Data Analysis

edited by

Ehsan Khoramshahi

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3335 | Submission Open

Keywords: UAV; deep learning; 3D reconstruction; real-time analysis; convolutional neural network; precision agriculture; urban mapping; forest science; vision transformer

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

Advances in Hyperspectral Remote Sensing Image Processing: 2nd Edition

edited by

Xudong Kang

and

Mingmin Chi

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3254 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; hyperspectral image; feature extraction; image processing; image analysis; artificial intelligence; image classification; information fusion

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

Multi-Platform Collaboration for City 3D Modelling: Photogrammetric and Remote Sensing Satellite, Aerial, Terrestrial, and UAV Data

edited by

Przemysław Klapa

,

Massimiliano Pepe

,

Pelagia Gawronek

and Peter Kyseľ

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3112 | Submission Open

Keywords: 3D modelling; smart cities; integration of geospatial data; UAV; laser scanning (SLS; ALS; MLS; TLS); photogrammetry and remote sensing; land management; land surveying; civil engineering; multi-dimensional cartography

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

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

edited by Claudia Pipitone and

Gino Dardanelli

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3026 | 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)

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 31 Aug 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2678 | Submission Open

Keywords: image fusion; target detection; anomaly detection; change detection; SAR

(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 31 Aug 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2001 | 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)

Applications of Remote Sensing Imagery for Urban Areas (Second Edition)

edited by

Ruitao Feng

,

Yongtao Yu

and

Xinghua Li

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1851 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; urban climate; urban pollution; urban thermal environment; urban ecosystem; land-use change; urban object analysis; urban planning; urban spatial configuration

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

3D City Modeling and Observation Using Remote Sensing and Artificial Intelligence

edited by Zheng Ji and

Brian Alan Johnson

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1615 | Submission Open

Keywords: 3D city modlling; city observation; AI algorithm; mobile measurement platform; laser scanning data processing; object recognition and positioning; neural network for 3D reconstruction; multi-source space data processing

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

Remote Sensing of Invasive Alien Species—towards Effective Monitoring and Management (Second Edition)

edited by

Sylwia Szporak-Wasilewska

and

Barbara Tokarska-Guzik

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1590 | Submission Open

Keywords: spatial and spectral resolutions; data fusion; machine learning; classification algorithms; spectral discrimination; invasive species; distribution mapping; invasion monitoring; early detection; risk assessment; landscape dynamics; multitemporal analysis; multiscale assessment; management planning; invasive species control programs

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

Ocean Remote Sensing Based on Radar, Sonar and Optical Techniques (Second Edition)

edited by

Xuebo Zhang

,

Ning Li

, Haiyong Xu and Farman Ali

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 1568 | Submission Open

Keywords: ocean; remote sensing; image; radar; sonar; optical technology

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

Advancing Hydrological Monitoring and Prediction Through Multisource Geodetic Observations

edited by

Jiashuang Jiao

, Daocheng Yu and

Cheinway Hwang

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1495 | 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)

Precise Orbit Determination for Gravity Field Investigations

edited by

Ivan di Stefano

, Gael Cascioli and

Baocheng Zhang

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1424 | 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)

3D Information Recovery and 2D Image Processing for Remotely Sensed Optical Images (Third Edition)

edited by

Li Li

, Wei Zhang,

Jian Yao

and

Wei Yuan

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1113 | Submission Open

Keywords: deep learning; remote sensing image processing; feature matching; dense matching; pose estimation; 3D reconstruction; semantic segmentation; object detection; image stitching; image enhancement; image denoising; image super-resolution; digital elevation model (DEM); digital orthophoto map (DOM)

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

Physics Informed Foundational Models for SAR Image Interpretation

edited by Zhixiang Huang, Mihai Datcu, Jie Chen and

Zhongling Huang

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 869 | Submission Open

Keywords: SAR; foundational models; physics-aware foundational models; efficient foundational models; climate change monitoring and adaptation; semantic segmentation; target detection and classification; change detection; multi-modal remote sensing image

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

Satellite Remote Sensing Techniques for Ionospheric and Thermospheric Observations

edited by

Jiahao Zhong

, Ningbo Wang,

Xuguang Cai

and

Jiawei Kuai

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 724 | Submission Open

Keywords: ionosphere; thermosphere; satellite; GNSS; radio occultation; radio waves; radar sounding; optical imaging; ionospheric/thermospheric modeling; space weather

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

Multi-Sensor Detecting, Monitoring, and Modelling of Volcanic Activity

edited by

Alessandro Bonforte

, Andrew J L Harris and

Letizia Spampinato

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 652 | Submission Open

Keywords: passive (visible and thermal infrared) remote sensing; active (radar) remote sensing; eruption precursors; unrest and base lines; monitoring; ash plumes; gas clouds; effusive eruptions; hydrothermal system; deformation

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

Deep Learning-Based Cloud Detection and Removal for Remote Sensing Images

edited by

Jun Li

, Libo Wang,

Wufan Zhao

and

Yang Du

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 648 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; cloud detection; cloud removal; image restoration; data fusion; pattern recognition

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

Remote Sensing Satellites Calibration and Validation: 2nd Edition

edited by Yonghua Jiang,

Mingjun Deng

and Litao Li

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 536 | Submission Open

Keywords: new calibration method; accuracy of satellite calibration; challenge of satellite calibration

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

Multimodal Remote Sensing Data Fusion, Analysis and Application

edited by Xiaoyan Lu, Yuting Wan, Zhuo Zheng and

Ce Zhang

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 528 | Submission Open

Keywords: multimodal remote sensing; data fusion; artificial intelligence; all-weather mapping; change detection; image translation; disaster emergency assessment; sustainable development; environmental monitoring

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

Applications of Radar Remote Sensing in Earth Observation

edited by Guoman Huang,

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,

and

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 463 | 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)

Remote Sensing in Maritime Navigation and Transportation

edited by

David Brčić

,

Mario Bakota

and

Serdjo Kos

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 441 | Submission Open

Keywords: safety of maritime navigation; maritime traffic monitoring; environmental monitoring; vessel tracking and coastal surveillance; GNSS-based maritime navigation and transportation; synthetic aperture radar (SAR) and satellite imagery; navigation systems; port operations optimisation; maritime transportation efficiency; dynamic positioning; polar navigation

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

Geospatial Foundation Model in Urban Environments: Challenges and New Technologies (Second Edition)

edited by

Haifeng Li

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 435 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban environments; urban human mobility; urban socioeconomic sustainability; urban crime; SDGs; carbon neutrality; deep learning; foundation models; CNN; transformer model; GNN

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

Early Warning Systems and Real-Time Monitoring for Geohazards by Remote Sensing Techniques

edited by Yingfeng Zhang,

Jianfei Zang

,

Chong Xu

and Qi Ou

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 407 | Submission Open

Keywords: earthquakes; volcanic eruptions; landslides; earth observation; geohazards; optical imagery; SAR imagery; UAV; hazard detection and mapping; geohazard monitoring; geohazard modeling

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

Advances in Remote Sensing in Urban Climatology

edited by

Maria Zoran

and Marina N.M. Tautan

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 359 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban climate; remote sensing; aerosols and clouds; greenhouse gases; urban greening; urban thermal environment; urban ecosystem– climate interaction; urban land cover changes; urban climate sustainability

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

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