Remote Sensing

The Use of Remote Sensing Data in Water Resources Management: Current Challenges and Future Opportunities

edited by

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submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 10587 | Submission Open

Keywords: surface water; groundwater; visible data; thermal data; radar data monitoring; natural variability; climate change; anthropogenic variability

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

Deep Learning Techniques and Applications of MIMO Radar Theory

edited by

Chen Zhao

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 10579 | Submission Open

Keywords: deep learning; MIMO radar; signal processing; target detection and classification; target tracking; parameter estimation; data fusion; multi-sensor collaboration; generative model and LLM; image reconstruction; super resolution

(This special issue belongs to the Section AI 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 31 Jul 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 10445 | 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)

Machine Learning and Deep Learning Applied to Remote Sensing Image Analysis

edited by Sen Lei,

Liqin Liu

and

Zhengxia Zou

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 9762 | 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)

Recent Advances in Hyperspectral Remote Sensing: Theories, Technologies and Applications

edited by

Jiaxin Li

,

Lianru Gao

and Ke Zheng

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 9 articles | Viewed by 9632 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; hyperspectral remote sensing; image processing; hyperspectral applications; artificial intelligence

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

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

edited by

David Fairbairn

, Bertrand Bonan and

Luca Brocca

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 9349 | 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)

New Insights from Wind Remote Sensing

edited by Stefano Letizia, Peter Brugger, Matteo Puccioni and Sonia Wharton

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 9104 | Submission Open

Keywords: wind lidars; wind radars; satellite imaging of wind fields; virtual remote sensing; uncertainty quantification of remote sensing; wind resource assessment; thermodynamic profiling for wind energy

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

Integrating Remote Sensing, Machine Learning, and Process-Based Modelling for Monitoring Environmental and Agricultural Landscapes Under Climate Change

edited by

Michael Gbenga Ogungbuyi

and

Dimitrios D. Alexakis

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 8379 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; machine learning; artificial intelligence; deep learning; process-based models; biophysical modelling; climate change impacts; environmental monitoring; agricultural landscapes; adaptive management

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

Water Quality Monitoring and Quantitative Analysis in Marine and Inland Areas Utilizing Remote Sensing Techniques

edited by Jing Tan,

Ishan Joshi

and

Zhigang Cao

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 8066 | Submission Open

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

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

Advances in Remote Sensing of Vegetation Structure Analysis and Forest Ecosystems Monitoring

edited by

Carlos José Novillo Camacho

and

Arrogante-Funes Patricia

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 7819 | Submission Open

Keywords: LiDAR remote sensing; forest monitoring; aerial photogrammetry; vegetation structure; time series vegetation index; land cover change

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biogeosciences 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 31 Jul 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 7753 | 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)

Environment Observation Analysis Based on Remote Sensing and Geospatial Artificial Intelligence

edited by

Lei Xu

, Peyman Abbaszadeh,

Wenying Du

and

Min Huang

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 7683 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; big data; GeoAI; spatiotemporal processes; disaster analysis; large-scale monitoring and prediction

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

Remote Sensing and Geophysical Tools for Land and Water System Analysis

edited by

Vivek Agarwal

,

Stuart Marsh

and

Anuj Tiwari

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 7112 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; geophysical tools; land system analysis; water resource management; subsurface mapping; environmental monitoring; data integration and modeling

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

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

edited by

Alessandro Bonforte

, Andrew J L Harris and

Letizia Spampinato

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6651 | 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)

Advanced Deep Learning Techniques for Information Extraction and Analysis of Remote Sensing Imagery

edited by Hao Zhu and Biao Hou

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5485 | Submission Open

Keywords: image fusion; image segmentation; object detection; model acceleration or compression; image matching

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

Snow Water Equivalent Retrieval Using Remote Sensing

edited by Jianwei Yang,

Lingmei Jiang

,

Matias Takala

, Yan Huang and

Tao Che

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5288 | Submission Open

Keywords: microwave remote sensing; snow water equivalent (SWE); snow depth; SWE retrieving algorithm; snow forward modeling; field campaigns in cryosphere; spatiotemporal variability

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

Application of Remote Sensing in Snow and Ice Monitoring

edited by Qian Yang,

Xiaohua Hao

, Yanli Zhang and Yuwen Pang

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5255 | 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)

High-Resolution Remote Sensing Image Processing and Applications

edited by Kai Xu, Yixiang Chen and

Kun Qin

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5142 | 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)

Big Data Era: AI Technology for SAR and PolSAR Image

edited by

Weidong Sun

,

Jinqi Zhao

, Yexian Ren and Weixian Tan

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4985 | Submission Open

Keywords: synthetic aperture radar image processing; radar polarimetry; microwave remote sensing; explainable artificial intelligence; deep learning; earth resource monitoring; target attribute extraction

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

Advances in Atmospheric Chemistry and Transportation of Aerosol by Remote Sensing and Modeling (Second Edition)

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submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4545 | Submission Open

Keywords: aerosol; aerosols species; optical properties; vertical profile; long-range transport; radiative forcing; light-absorbing aerosol; snow; aerosol cloud; extreme weather

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

Integrating Artificial Intelligence and Remote Sensing for Wildfire Detection, Monitoring and Management

edited by

Arnick Abdollahi

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4451 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; wildfire; bushfire risk modelling and reduction; earth and space science informatics; environmental assessment and monitoring; photogrammetry and remote sensing; natural hazards; image processing; machine learning

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

The Application of Nighttime Remote Sensing in Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (Second Edition)

edited by

Jinyao Lin

and

Jinpei Ou

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4058 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable development goals; social indicators; land use planning; environmental conservation; artificial intelligence

(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban 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 31 Jul 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3957 | 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)

Applications of Photogrammetry and Lidar Techniques in Mining Areas

edited by Zhihua Xu,

Zhenghua Zhang

and

Xiaohu Lin

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3539 | Submission Open

Keywords: photogrammetry; laser scanning; mining engineering; slope stability; deformation monitoring; SLAM (Simultaneous Localization and Mapping); point cloud processing; mine surveying; ecological monitoring

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

Observation of Optical and Radiative Properties of Atmospheric Aerosols by Ground-Based Remote Sensing Measurements

edited by

Disong Fu

, Kai Wu, Hongrong Shi and

Yu Zheng

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3265 | Submission Open

Keywords: atmospheric aerosols; ground-based remote sensing; aerosol optical properties; radiative transfer modeling; lidar measurements; radiative forcing; sun photometry; long-term monitoring; data validation

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

Applications of Photogrammetry and Lidar Techniques in Cultural Heritage Documentation

edited by

Filiberto Chiabrando

, Alberto Mendikute and

Dominique Rissolo

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3249 | Submission Open

Keywords: aerial/terrestrial data integration; LiDAR/photogrammetry integration; MMSs (mobile mapping systems); SLAM; hyperspectral; thermal; and multispectral sensors; different approaches in 3D modeling; scan to BIM; HBIM; memory twin/digital twin; AI base point cloud classification; AI-generated 3D models; paradata and metadata; semantic classifications; new methods and strategies for 3D surveys; three-dimensional and immersive visualization; including virtual; augmented; and mixed reality; the preservation and protection of cultural heritage; digital cultural heritage applications and services

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

Remote Sensing for Environmental Monitoring in Cold and Arid Regions: Advances and Perspectives

edited by

Lihui Luo

,

Jie Xue

, Miao Zhang and Mingyang Lv

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3191 | Submission Open

Keywords: cold and arid region; frozen soil monitoring; glacier monitoring; desert monitoring; data fusion; spatial modeling

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

GIS and RS for Spatial Documentation, Analysis and Interpretation in Multi-Scale Archaeological Applications

edited by

Jie He

,

Fulong Chen

and

Massimiliano Pepe

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3180 | Submission Open

Keywords: GIS; remote sensing; archaeological space; archaeological application; multiple scales; archaeological documentation; spatial analysis; spatial interpretation and narrative

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

Remote Sensing and Non-Destructive Testing Solutions for Sustainable Development and Urban Resilience

edited by

Livia Lantini

, Atiyeh Ardakanian and

Enzo Rizzo

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2788 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; non-destructive testing; urban resilience; sustainable development; environmental monitoring; disaster preparedness; urban infrastructure; climate adaptation; resource management; smart cities

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

Remote Sensing Modelling and Measuring Snow Cover and Snow Albedo

edited by

Donghang Shao

,

Alexander Kokhanovsky

,

Zhiguang Tang

and

Anxin Ding

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2517 | Submission Open

Keywords: snow cover; snow albedo; light-absorbing particles; radiative forcing; Earth radiation budget

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

Advances in Remote Sensing of the Polar Ice with High Frequency (HF) to L-Band Radar

edited by

Shinan Lang

,

Xiangbin Cui

,

Bo Zhao

and Pedro Fidel Espín-López

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2207 | Submission Open

Keywords: ice sounding radar; system design; signal processing; Antarctic; Arctic; mountain glaciers; subglacial conditions; snow cover; sea ice; satellite and aerial cryosphere

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

Remote Sensing for Monitoring Harmful Algal Blooms (Second Edition)

edited by

Gongliang Yu

,

Junsheng Li

, Chen Wang and

Yao Liu

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2179 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; UAVs; citizen science; harmful algal blooms; eutrophication; water quality; bio-optical properties; natural and anthropogenic factors

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

Remote Sensing-Driven Digital Twins for Climate-Adaptive Cities

edited by

Hossein M. Rizeei

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2170 | Submission Open

Keywords: digital twin frameworks; deep learning and transformer models; multi-sensor data fusion (optical; SAR; and LiDAR); urban heat island and environmental indicator mapping; feature extraction (buildings; impervious surfaces; and green spaces); spatiotemporal change detection; AI-powered decision-support systems

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

Emerging Technologies in Hyperspectral Image 3A—Acquisition, Analysis and Application

edited by Jie Chen, Shumin Liu, Min Zhao, Shuaikai Shi and Xiuheng Wang

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2018 | Submission Open

Keywords: image processing; hyperspectral data acquisition; computational imaging; spectral and spatial analysis; AI-tools; hyperspectral applications; deep learning

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

High-Resolution Multisource Remote Sensing of Vegetation: Biomass, Structure, and Carbon Dynamics

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submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1888 | Submission Open

Keywords: high-spatial-resolution vegetation remote sensing product; carbon dynamic; biomass; vegetation structure parameters; vegetation monitoring; lidar based vegetation products

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

Multi-Source Remote Sensing and Spatial Statistical Analysis in Urban Sustainability Research

edited by

Hao Zhang

,

Ashraf Dewan

and

Rui Zhou

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1741 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; multi-source remote sensing data; data mining; urban sustainability; climate change; spatial statistics; urban resilience; geohazards; biological degradation

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

Ecological Change with Multi-Scale Spatial-Temporal Remote Sensing Data

edited by

Linlin Cheng

, Wei Tang and Deqin Fan

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1643 | Submission Open

Keywords: ecological structure and function; remote sensing; ecological networks; multi-source data fusion; ecological dynamics

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

Artificial Intelligence for Coastal Remote Sensing: Dataset and Application

edited by

Chunpeng Chen

,

Panpan Xu

and Pengfei Tang

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1482 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; automated mapping; coastal wetlands; river deltas; multi-source data fusion; earth observation big data

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

Remote Sensing in Space Geodesy and Cartography Methods (Fourth Edition)

edited by

Jinyun Guo

,

Cheinway Hwang

,

Yu Sun

and Tzu-pang Tseng

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1447 | Submission Open

Keywords: GNSS; LiDAR; satellite gravimetry; satellite altimetry; optical/multispectral/hyperspectral/SAR remote sensing; space geodetic technique; deep space detection

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

The Recent Progression of Machine Learning in Remote Sensing: Theory and Modelling (Second Edition)

edited by Rong Wang and

Lefei Zhang

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1395 | Submission Open

Keywords: machine learning; image processing; remote sensing; data fusion; satellite images; aerial images

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

Multimodal AI-Empowered Remote Sensing: Image Fusion and Analysis

edited by

Jie Guo

, F. Richard Yu and

Yinghua Li

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1188 | Submission Open

Keywords: multimodal remote sensing; cross-modal learning; remote sensing image fusion; image enhancement; domain adaptation

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

Multimodal Data Fusion for Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Image Processing

edited by

Ronghui Zhan

, Zongyong Cui and

Shiqi Chen

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1138 | Submission Open

Keywords: SAR; ship targets; target tracking; object detection; SAR interpretation; SAR recognition

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

Intelligent Remote Sensing Information Extraction

edited by

Weixun Zhou

and

Zhenwei Shi

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1106 | 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)

Remote Sensing and Smart Forestry (Third Edition)

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submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1090 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; smart forestry; intelligent forestry; forestry technology; virtual reality; artificial intelligence; image processing; remote sensing classification; LiDAR application in forestry

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

Advances in Multi-Source Remote Sensing, Space-Based Observations, Data Assimilation and Deep Learning for Localized Extreme Weather: Understanding Remote Sensing

edited by Chuang Zhang,

Zhengxia Zou

and Xiaoling Zhang

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1045 | Submission Open

Keywords: localized extreme weather; remote sensing data assimilation; multi-source data fusion; deep learning in meteorology; precipitation nowcasting; statistical post-processing; high-resolution weather prediction; cognitive science in remote sensing

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

Advancements in Atmospheric Turbulence Remote Sensing

edited by

Andreu Salcedo-Bosch

and

Simone Lolli

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 970 | Submission Open

Keywords: turbulence; atmospheric remote sensing; wind; boundary layer; lidar; radar; clear air turbulence

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

Machine Learning for Remote-Sensing Data Processing and Analysis

edited by Maria Kaselimi,

Olga Sykioti

,

Konstantinos Koutroumbas

and

Yongzhi Wang

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 961 | Submission Open

Keywords: machine learning and deep learning for satellite; UAV and aerial-image analysis; data fusion of multispectral; hyperspectral; SAR; LiDAR and other sensors; change detection; segmentation; classification and object detection; generative AI; foundation models and self-supervised learning for remote sensing; interpretable; explainable and physics-informed machine learning; spatiotemporal modeling and prediction; AI-driven environmental monitoring and climate applications; applications in precision agriculture; urban analytics; water resources; forestry and natural-hazard assessment; including wildfires and earthquakes; machine learning for geoscience applications; including mineral and ore deposits exploration; mine-land monitoring; open-pit mine management and safety; mine recovery and geochemical pattern analysis; benchmark datasets; open-source tools and reproducibility in remote-sensing ML

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

Satellite Remote Sensing of Quantifying Greenhouse Gases Emissions

edited by Ruixue Lei, Xueying Yu and Leyang Feng

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 878 | Submission Open

Keywords: greenhouse gas emissions; satellite remote sensing; CO2; CH4 retrieval; inversion algorithms; data assimilation; OCO-2; TROPOMI; GOSAT; machine learning; emission monitoring; carbon flux estimation

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

Ground- and Satellite-Based Remote Sensing for Air Quality Monitoring

edited by Patrizio Tratzi and

Cristiana Bassani

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 869 | Submission Open

Keywords: ground-based remote sensing; DOAS; air quality monitoring; tropospheric pollution; long-term observations

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

InSAR Innovations: Advances in Remote Sensing for Geohazard Monitoring

edited by

Yunkai Deng

and Feifeng Liu

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 825 | Submission Open

Keywords: InSAR; InSAR data processing; radar interferometry; geohazard monitoring; deformation measurement

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

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