Remote Sensing

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

edited by Xi Chen, Mingqiang Guo and

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4279 | 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 4222 | 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 3724 | 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 3228 | 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 3004 | Submission Open

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

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

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 2614 | 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)

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 2474 | 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 Hyperspectral Remote Sensing Image Processing: 2nd Edition

edited by

Xudong Kang

and

Mingmin Chi

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2391 | 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)

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 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2095 | 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)

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 1450 | 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)

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 1253 | 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 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 1163 | 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)

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 1148 | 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)

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 971 | 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)

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 | 1 articles | Viewed by 629 | 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)

Advances in Deep Learning Approaches: UAV Data Analysis

edited by

Ehsan Khoramshahi

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 568 | 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)

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 547 | 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)

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 | 1 articles | Viewed by 465 | Submission Open

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

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean 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 434 | 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)

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 393 | 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)

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

edited by

Haifeng Li

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 391 | 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)

Remote Sensing in Maritime Navigation and Transportation

edited by

David Brčić

,

Mario Bakota

and

Serdjo Kos

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 379 | 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)

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 364 | 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)

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 350 | 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 and Zhuo Zheng

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 349 | 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,

,

,

and

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 330 | 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 in Urban Climatology

edited by

Maria Zoran

and Marina N.M. Tautan

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 327 | 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)

Remote Sensing in Clouds and Precipitation Physics

edited by

Zuhang Wu

,

Balaji Kumar Seela

, Yong Zeng and

Ismail Gultepe

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 263 | Submission Open

Keywords: clouds and precipitation; remote sensing; aerosol– cloud– precipitation interactions; cloud physics and dynamics parameterizations; extreme precipitation events; weather and climate

(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 | Viewed by 215 | 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)

Advances in Deep Learning Approaches in Remote Sensing (Second Edition)

edited by

Xiaobo Liu

and Yaoming Cai

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 118 | Submission Open

Keywords: deep learning; remote sensing image processing; machine learning; multimodal fusion; representation learning; intelligent interpretation

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

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 | Viewed by 110 | 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)

Recent Advances in Satellite Data and In-Situ Measurements of Chlorophyll Fluorescence

edited by

Lin Du

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 66 | Submission Open

Keywords: chlorophyll fluorescence; fchl retrieval methods; radiative transfer models; vegetation stress conditions

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

Ionosphere Monitoring with Remote Sensing (3rd Edition)

edited by

Fabio Giannattasio

submission deadline 1 Sep 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8249 | Submission Open

Keywords: space weather; magnetosphere– ionosphere coupling; ionosphere observations; ionospheric models; GNSS; radio occultation; ionosonde; radar; satellites

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

Advancements in Ground Movement Monitoring through Remote Sensing Techniques

edited by

Constantine A. Stamatopoulos

, Angelos Protopapas, Baofeng Di and

Giordano Teza

submission deadline 1 Sep 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3518 | Submission Open

Keywords: ground displacement; measurements; landslides; slope instability; ground subsidence risk; inSAR; SAR; global navigation satellite system (GNSS); terrestrial laser scanner (TLS); unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV)

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

Recent Advances in Multispectral and Hyperspectral Image Analysis and Classification

edited by

Guoming Gao

and

Mercedes E. Paoletti

submission deadline 10 Sep 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3392 | Submission Open

Keywords: hyperspectral classification; intrinsic image decomposition; scene classification; high-order tensor analysis; cross-domain adaptation; hyperspectral and multispectral image fusion; deep learning

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

Recent Advances in SAR: Signal Processing and Target Recognition

edited by Dahai Dai and Fengming Hu

submission deadline 10 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 270 | 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)

Applications to Internet of Things with Images and Videos from Remote Sensing

edited by

Chen Chen

,

Liang Zhao

, Yoong Choon Chang and

Ying Ju

submission deadline 10 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 168 | Submission Open

Keywords: Internet of Things; remote sensing technology; environmental monitoring; image and video processing; intelligent data analysis; decision support systems

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

Advances in Microwave Remote Sensing for Earth Observation (EO)

edited by

Arnab Muhuri

submission deadline 15 Sep 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 31587 | Submission Open

Keywords: Earth observation; active microwave remote sensing; passive microwave remote sensing; polarimetric SAR: full; dual; compact; machine learning; image classification; target decomposition techniques; interferometric SAR

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

Remote Sensing at Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV) — Geophysics and Volcanology Experience

edited by

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,

,

,

and

submission deadline 15 Sep 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 23279 | Submission Open

Keywords: volcanic activity; explosive and effusive phases; volcanic hazard assessment; modelling of volcano processes; volcano hazard forecasting; monitoring active volcanoes

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

Current and Future Earth Observing Sensor Systems aboard the International Space Station (ISS)

edited by

,

,

,

and

submission deadline 15 Sep 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 19751 | Submission Open

Keywords: ISS; Calibration; Validation; Temperature; Evapotranspiration; Vegetation structure; Carbon dioxide; Solar-induced fluorescence; Hyperspectral imaging; Future instruments onboard ISS

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

Biomass Remote Sensing in Forest Landscapes II

edited by

, Xiaoyi Wang,

,

and

submission deadline 15 Sep 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 11867 | Submission Open

Keywords: above-ground biomass (AGB); carbon cycle; biomass; remote sensing; drone; lidar; laser scanning

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

Deep Learning and Explainable AI (XAI) for Next Level Information Extraction from Remote Sensing Imagery

edited by

,

,

,

and

submission deadline 15 Sep 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 11863 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; information extraction; artificial intelligence; machine learning; deep learning; explainable AI; classification; change detection; feature extraction

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

Machine Learning in Global Change Ecology: Methods and Applications

edited by

Boyi Liang

,

Hongyan Liu

,

Ying Qu

, Jiangzhou Xia and

Micol Rossini

submission deadline 15 Sep 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 10718 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; machine learning; terrestrial vegetation; carbon cycle; climate change; global change ecology

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

Advances in Remote Sensing of Solving Challenges in Autonomous Driving and Safety Analysis

edited by

Mohammad Aldibaja

,

Sufyan Ali Memon

and

Andrea Masiero

submission deadline 15 Sep 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 8690 | Submission Open

Keywords: autonomous vehicles; 3D point cloud analysis; path planning with unprotected turns; robust perception of construction areas; SLAM-based mapping in challenging environments; road pavement assessment for driving safety analysis; object status classification in urban traffic conditions; LIDAR/radar-based localization systems in adverse weather conditions; map quality analysis and enhancement; lane graph generation; safe AI integration technologies into autonomous driving

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

Linking Marine Heatwaves/Cold-Spells, Eddies, and Sea Surface Features

edited by

Wenjin Sun

and

Yulong Yao

submission deadline 15 Sep 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 7433 | Submission Open

Keywords: marine heatwaves; marine cold-spells; oceanic eddies; sea surface features; remote sensing; AI; climate change; ecosystem impacts

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

Remote Sensing of Savannas and Woodlands II

edited by

Karine Adeline

,

Ana Andreu

and

Vicente Burchard-Levine

submission deadline 15 Sep 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6941 | Submission Open

Keywords: savannas and woodlands; functional traits and diversity; evapotranspiration and water stress; radiative transfer modeling; energy/water balance modeling; pixel unmixing; imaging spectroscopy; thermal infrared

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

The Applications of Remote Sensing, Machine Learning and Deep Learning in Frozen Ground Regions

edited by Xiaoqing Peng,

Dongliang Luo

,

Raul-David Șerban

, Lingcao Huang and Yonghong Yi

submission deadline 15 Sep 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6807 | Submission Open

Keywords: frozen ground; permafrost; remote sensing; machining learning; deep learning; InSAR; carbon

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

Crop Yield Estimation Based on Remote Sensing and Artificial Intelligence

edited by

Orly Enrique Apolo-Apolo

,

Simon Appeltans

,

Mino Sportelli

and

Nathaniel K. Newlands

submission deadline 15 Sep 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6411 | Submission Open

Keywords: data analytics; remote sensing; LiDAR; spectral analysis; crop modelling; geospatial data

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

Recent Advances in Drought Risk Assessment, Monitoring, and Forecasting II

edited by

Yuei-An Liou

submission deadline 15 Sep 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6392 | Submission Open

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

Marine Ecology and Biodiversity by Remote Sensing Technology

edited by Laura Martín-García and

Manuel Arbelo

submission deadline 15 Sep 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6325 | 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)

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