Remote Sensing

Editorial Board Members' Collection Series: 'New Advances on SAR/Pol/InSAR/TomoSAR Techniques and Applications'

edited by

Gabriel Vasile

and

Stefano Tebaldini

submission deadline 25 Apr 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 11368 | Submission Open

Keywords: SAR interferometry; SAR tomography; SAR polarimetry; HRWS; MIMO SAR; small satellites

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

Urban Sensing Methods and Technologies II

edited by

Paolo Santi

,

Amin Anjomshoaa

and

Priyanka Nadia DeSouza

submission deadline 25 Apr 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 7735 | Submission Open

Keywords: environmental monitoring; smart city; sensor networks; intelligent systems

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

Validation and Evaluation of Global Ocean Satellite Products (Second Edition)

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submission deadline 25 Apr 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6714 | Submission Open

Keywords: sea surface current; temperature; and salinity; ocean color and chlorophyll-a concentration; oceanic front; new approaches; methods and algorithms; climatic variables; ocean– typhoon interaction; multiscale ocean dynamics

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

Novel Interpretations of Solar-Induced Chlorophyll Fluorescence and Photochemical Reflectance Using Remote Sensing

edited by Genghong Wu,

Mario Cunha

and

Zhunqiao Liu

submission deadline 25 Apr 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6697 | Submission Open

Keywords: photosynthesis; vegetation dynamics; vegetation stress; solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence; photochemical reflectance index; radiative transfer models; multiscale measurements; retrieval algorithms

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

SAR Image Object Detection and Information Extraction: Methods and Applications

edited by

Kefeng Ji

,

Mingjin Zhang

, Xiangguang Leng,

Haohao Ren

and

Zhongzhen Sun

submission deadline 28 Apr 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 5657 | Submission Open

Keywords: synthetic aperture radar (SAR); object detection; information extraction

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

Remote Sensing-Based Assessments in the Forest Fire Disturbance Continuum

edited by

José Manuel Fernández-Guisuraga

submission deadline 28 Apr 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3059 | Submission Open

Keywords: wildfires; fire severity; burned area; multispectral/hyperspectral; LiDAR; SAR; unmanned aerial vehicles; fuel mapping; fire impacts on vegetation and soils; fire regime

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

Artificial Intelligence Algorithm for Remote Sensing Imagery Processing (5th Edition)

edited by

, Shou Feng,

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submission deadline 28 Apr 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2215 | Submission Open

Keywords: machine learning and deep learning for remote sensing; optical/multispectral/hyperspectral image processing; multi-modal remote sensing; LiDAR and SAR; wetland; ocean; and underwater remote sensing; target detection; anomaly detection; and change detection; semantic segmentation and classification; object reidentification using cross-domain/cross-dimensional images; object 3D modeling and mesh optimization; applications in remote sensing (urban; agriculture; etc.)

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

Monitoring Urban Environment and Temperature Change Using Remote Sensing

edited by

George Xian

, Peter Ibsen and

Xiangming Xiao

submission deadline 28 Apr 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1313 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban; land cover; surface temperature; urban thermal environment; urban heat island; urban climate

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

Lidar Monitoring of Aerosols and Clouds

edited by Carmen Córdoba-Jabonero and

Juan Luis Guerrero Rascado

submission deadline 28 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 275 | Submission Open

Keywords: active remote sensing techniques and methods; aerosol– cloud interactions; atmospheric aerosols and clouds; cirrus clouds; lidar observations; radiative transfer

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

Advances in Atmospheric Aerosol Monitoring Based on Lidar and Satellites

edited by

Dong Liu

submission deadline 28 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 189 | Submission Open

Keywords: atmospheric aerosols; LiDAR and remote sensing satellites; machine learning in aerosol detection; climate regulation; aerosol– cloud interactions; aerosol transport modeling

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

Remote Sensing in Mangroves III

edited by

Chandra Giri

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | 10 articles | Viewed by 32912 | Submission Open

Keywords: mangrove forests; mangrove change; mapping; monitoring; remote sensing; image processing

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

Land Degradation Assessment with Earth Observation (Second Edition)

edited by

Elias Symeonakis

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | 10 articles | Viewed by 30842 | Submission Open

Keywords: Land degradation; Desertification; Deforestation; Drought; Soil erosion; Land use/cover change; Habitat degradation; Multitemporal analysis; Time-series analysis

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

Applications of Multi-Scale Remote Sensing and GIS Technology to Study Terrestrial Ecosystems

edited by

Jiahua Zhang

,

Alex Okiemute Onojeghuo

and

Fengmei Yao

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | 11 articles | Viewed by 29078 | Submission Open

Keywords: multi-scale remote sensing and GIS; terrestrial ecosystems; environmental and ecological dynamics; terrestrial ecosystem services; ecological evolution and degradation; carbon and water cycles; climate change and natural disasters; land-use change and human activities; sustainable development and ecological rehabilitation

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

Remote Sensing Applications in Land Use, Land-Use Change and Forestry (LULUCF)

edited by

Ali Nadir Arslan

,

Katarzyna Dabrowska-Zielinska

and

Jose Manuel Álvarez-Martínez

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 23931 | Submission Open

Keywords: land use; land-use change; and forestry (LULUCF); GHG inventories; state-of-the-art LULUCF monitoring and reporting and perspectives; remote sensing in LULUCF monitoring and reporting and verification; remote sensing-based applications and databases for LULUCF stakeholders; national land-use/land-cover monitoring; classification and detection of changing land use/land cover; data fusion and combination for LULUCF; synergy of remote sensing and modeling techniques of carbon stocks; copernicus program

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

Applications and New Trends in Metrology for Radar/LiDAR-Based Systems II

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, Yu Yao,

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submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 21295 | Submission Open

Keywords: radar and LiDAR systems; radar and LiDAR data measurements and processing; remote sensing applications; land-based; shipborne; and on board of drones; aircraft; and satellites; cognitive radars; human-in-the-loop aspects in radar systems; dual-function radar communications; waveform diversity and design; adaptive radar waveform design; radar detection theory; radar signal processing: theory; algorithms; and applications (RTAA)

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

Remote Sensing Techniques for Ocean Dynamics: State of the Art, Present and Future Applications

edited by

Milena Menna

and

Daniele Ciani

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | 13 articles | Viewed by 20977 | Submission Open

Keywords: ocean monitoring; remote sensing applications; ocean surface and interior dynamics; (sub)mesoscale processes; earth observation data integration

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

Remote Sensing Band Ratios for the Assessment of Water Quality

edited by

Anita Simic-Milas

and

Yuhong He

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 18639 | Submission Open

Keywords: vegetation indices for water quality; empirical methods in monitoring inland and coastal waters; feature extraction techniques and machine learning methods for water quality; optimal wavelength(s) to measure water quality parameters; multispectral and hyperspectral imagery for water quality using band ratios; optimal sampling methods and data collection strategies in monitoring water quality; role of spatial resolution of imagery in mapping water quality parameters

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

Remote Sensing Based Monitoring of Terrestrial Ecosystem Service Bundles, Trade-Offs and Synergies (Second Edition)

edited by

Jeroen Meersmans

,

Toby Waine

and

Jian Peng

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 15877 | Submission Open

Keywords: ecosystem service bundles; food security; climate regulation; water supply; flood control; soil conservation

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

GNSS for Urban Transport Applications II

edited by

Juliette Marais

,

Li-Ta Hsu

and

Omar García Crespillo

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 15293 | Submission Open

Keywords: GNSS; urban applications; multipath; NLOS; hybridization; multisensor fusion; detection techniques (statistical tests; machine learning; etc.); performance analysis and enhancement; integrity concepts

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

Array and Signal Processing for Radar

edited by Junpeng Shi, Yuan Liu, Weijian Liu,

Jingwei Xu

and Haowei Zhang

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | 15 articles | Viewed by 13600 | Submission Open

Keywords: radar array and signal processing; waveform and frequency diversity; interference; clutter and noise suppression; radar imaging; radar resource management; machine learning; space-based radar (SBR) system

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

Application of Nighttime Remote Sensing in Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals

edited by

Jinyao Lin

and

Jinpei Ou

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 12549 | 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)

Beidou/GNSS Positioning, Navigation and Timing: Methods and Technology (Second Edition)

edited by

Baocheng Zhang

and

Robert Odolinski

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | 11 articles | Viewed by 11758 | Submission Open

Keywords: multi-frequency and multi-constellation GNSS; BDS; POD/LEO; navigation and timing; geodesy and geophysics; advance of high-precision product

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

Remote Sensing and Machine Learning in Vegetation Biophysical Parameters Estimation (Second Edition)

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submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 10308 | Submission Open

Keywords: vegetation biophysical parameter estimation; vegetation spectral indices; multispectral/hyperspectral/LiDAR/SAR; satellite/airborne/UAV/tower-based/ground observation; regression/RTM/machine learning/deep learning; agriculture; forest; grassland; vegetation dynamics monitoring

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

New Insight into Point Cloud Data Processing

edited by

Jun Xiao

and

Lupeng Liu

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 10099 | Submission Open

Keywords: three-dimensional point cloud; deep learning; three-dimensional dataset construction; three-dimensional information annotation; noise cleaning; precise densification; registration; uniformization

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

Applications and Analysis of Satellite Cloud Imagery Using Deep Learning Techniques

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submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 8881 | Submission Open

Keywords: satellite cloud image; deep learning; object detection; classification; prediction; restoration; tropical cyclone

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

Soil Erosion Estimation Based on Remote Sensing Data

edited by Xihua Yang,

Alfredo Huete

and

Xiaoping Zhang

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 8366 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil erosion; remote sensing; spatial modelling; soil conservation

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

Remote Sensing Applications for Infrastructures

edited by Maria Libera Battagliere and

Valerio Gagliardi

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 8241 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing technology and data-driven applications; infrastructures and environmental engineering; risk reduction; environmental monitoring; integrated applications; risk mitigation; predictive monitoring; engineering applications; cultural heritage; downstream applications based on new satellite missions

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

Hydrometeorological Modelling Based on Remotely Sensed Data

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submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5798 | Submission Open

Keywords: warming climate; warming world; hydrological cycle; hydrological hazards; water cycle; hydro-meteorology; climatic and hydrological extremes

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

Advances in CubeSats for Earth Observation

edited by

Massimiliano Pastena

,

Marco D’Errico

and Camille Pirat

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4909 | Submission Open

Keywords: CubeSats; enabling technology; remote sensing techniques; research mission; earth observation applications; earth observation instrument technology; artificial intelligence; constellations and swarm of CubeSats; miniaturization

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

New Approaches in High-Resolution SAR Imaging

edited by

Himanshu Govil

, Chandrakanta Ojha, Ramji Divedi,

Antonio Pepe

and

Sankaran Rajendran

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4731 | Submission Open

Keywords: satellite radar interferometry techniques; advanced multi-temporal InSAR techniques; data fusion using InSAR-machine learning; multi-geodetic data integration; surfaced deformation and time-series analysis; natural and anthropogenic hazard monitoring; oil spill; hazard evaluation; agriculture; lithology; earth structures

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

Advanced Pattern Recognition and Image Processing Technology for Agricultural Engineering

edited by

, Shan Zeng,

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and

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4403 | Submission Open

Keywords: advanced pattern recognition technology in agricultural engineering; image processing networks in agricultural applications; soil spectral data in agricultural engineering; multispectral image processing in agricultural engineering; satellite remote sensing technology in agriculture; neural networks applications in agriculture engineering; human– machine intelligent algorithm in agriculture; detection and location of agricultural robotics; near-infrared image processing in agricultural engineering; hyperspectral technology in crop monitoring; integrating perception; sensor fusion; and control in agricultural applications; fault detection and diagnosis in agricultural engineering

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

Assessment of Solar Energy Based on Remote Sensing Data

edited by

Panagiotis Kosmopoulos

and

Fernando Ramos Martins

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3261 | Submission Open

Keywords: solar energy nowcasting and forecasting; solar power planning and management; radiative transfer modelling; concentrated solar power; aerosol and cloud effect; surface solar irradiation; solar resource mapping; solar cadasters; photovoltaics

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

Advancing Position, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) Service Using Satellite Navigation Technology

edited by

Ke Su

,

Liangliang Yuan

, Yulong Ge,

Amir Allahvirdi-Zadeh

and Guo Chen

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3135 | Submission Open

Keywords: GNSS; PNT; PPP; GNSS timing; GNSS orbiting determination; GNSS meteorology; GNSS ionosphere

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

Precipitation and Evapotranspiration Mechanisms in Drylands and Their Remote Sensing Retrieval & Simulation (Second Edition)

edited by

Qiang Zhang

, Yu Zhang, Ping Yue,

Zesu Yang

, Yongli He and

Simone Lolli

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2924 | Submission Open

Keywords: precipitation; evapotranspiration; environmental regulations; sensible heat fluxes; soil moisture; precipitation recycling process; evapotranspiration partitioning; evapotranspiration– precipitation coupling; Asia summer monsoon; westerly wind; vegetation dynamics; numerical simulation; hydrological extremes; drylands

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

Current Advances in Radar Technologies for Remote Sensing

edited by

Konrad Jędrzejewski

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2904 | Submission Open

Keywords: radar for remote sensing; bistatic/multi-static radar; passive radar; SAR/ISAR imaging; space surveillance; satellite applications; radar networks

Remote Sensing in Support of Crisis Management: How Space-Based Information Can Support Operations and the Decision-Making Process

edited by

Valerio Baiocchi

,

Roberta Onori

and

Erica Nocerino

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2861 | Submission Open

Keywords: LST; air pollutants; environment; climate; heat islands; lockdown periods; change detection; hot-spot analysis; seismic events; emergencies

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

Technical Developments in Radar—Processing and Application (2nd Edition)

edited by

Xiaolong Chen

, Shuwen Xu and

Luca Pallotta

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 2697 | Submission Open

Keywords: radar detection; radar tracking; radar target recognition; radar signal processing; radar remote sensing; deep learning for radar

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

Remote Sensing Application in Sustainable Urban Planning and Environmental Services in the Big Data Era (Second Edition)

edited by

Danlin Yu

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2518 | Submission Open

Keywords: big data described urban landscape; urban remote sensing; sustainable urban development; urban health under the lens of remote sensing and social sensing technologies; spatiotemporal data analysis in urban studies; remote sensing and big data supported urban simulation; urban vibrancy; multispectral; hyperspectral; and social sensing applications in urban studies

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

Applications of Remote Sensing in Water Quality Assessment of Lakes, Rivers and Reservoirs

edited by

Yuankun Wang

,

Feng Huang

and

Zhenxing Zhang

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2450 | Submission Open

Keywords: water temperature retrieval; chlorophyll retrieval; remote sensing monitoring; water quality assessment; artificial intelligence; unmanned aerial vehicles

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

Monitoring Terrestrial Water Resources Using Multiple Satellite Sensors (Second Edition)

edited by Yao Li,

Nan Xu

,

Yue Ma

and Yi Ma

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2293 | Submission Open

Keywords: satellite sensors; terrestrial water resources; lake/reservoir/river/wetland; coast and ocean; hydrology; drought/flooding risk; water environment and security; sustainable development goals

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

Enhancing Geological Remote Sensing with Cutting-Edge Sensor Technologies

edited by

Veronika Kopačková-Strandová

,

Pierre Lacroix

, Kati Laakso and

Teodosio Lacava

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2167 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; geological applications; hyperspectral imaging; synthetic aperture radar; cutting-edge sensor innovations

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

Land Deformation and Engineering Structural Health Monitoring Using Geo-Spatial Technologies

edited by

Teng-To Yu

and

Wen Liu

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1857 | Submission Open

Keywords: GNSS; remote sensing; GIS; spatial analysis; machine learning; SAR/In-SAR/GBSAR

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

Recent Advances in Deep Learning-Based High-Resolution Image Processing and Analysis

edited by Chenxiao Zhang, Zhuo Zheng and Nour Aburaed

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1842 | Submission Open

Keywords: high-resolution images; deep learning; image classification; change detection; object detection; image processing and analysis; foundation model; image generation

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

Remote Sensing for Soil Moisture and Vegetation Parameters Retrieval (Second Edition)

edited by

Liangliang Tao

,

Dongryeol Ryu

and

Hao Sun

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1733 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil moisture; agricultural monitoring; microwave remote sensing; machine learning; vegetation dynamics estimates; modeling; drought assessment

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

GNSS Advanced Positioning Algorithms and Innovative Applications (2nd Edition)

edited by

Xianlu Tao

and

Rui Sun

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1010 | Submission Open

Keywords: GNSS high-precision positioning and navigation; multi-source fusion seamless positioning and navigation; intelligent processing of multipath and NLOS; reliable resolution of GNSS ambiguities; online evaluation of positioning integrity; machine learning in high-precision GNSS applications; high-precision GNSS applications for smartphones; high-precision GNSS applications for autonomous driving

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

Applications of Unmanned Aerial Remote Sensing in Precision Agriculture

edited by Erica Isabella Parisi and

Fabiana Di Ciaccio

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 557 | Submission Open

Keywords: precision agriculture; unmanned aerial systems (UASs); remote sensing; crop monitoring; soil analysis; irrigation management; multi-spectral imaging; hyper-spectral imaging; thermal imaging; machine learning; environmental impact; data fusion

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

Remote Sensing Image Classification: Theory and Application

edited by Han Zhai and

Yuxiang Zhang

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 408 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing image; artificial intelligence; deep learning; classification; clustering; change detection; applications

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

Remote Sensing for Ecohydrology

edited by Ayele Almaw Fenta and Mewcha Amha Gebremedhin

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 374 | Submission Open

Keywords: ecohydrology; remote sensing; vegetation dynamics; water and sediment flux monitoring; evapotranspiration; soil moisture; water quality prediction; groundwater– surface water interaction; ecohydrological extremes; land use change impacts; climate change impacts; ecosystem-water interaction; hydrological modeling

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

Remote Sensing and Industry 4.0 for Cultural Heritage and Archaeological Landscapes Applications

edited by

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submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 364 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; cultural heritage; industry 4.0; archaeological landscapes; satellite imagery; airborne technologies; LiDAR (light detection and ranging); digital twins; digital archives; GIS (geographic information systems); BIM (building information modeling); HBIM (heritage building information modeling); geomatics

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

Remote Sensing Applications in Urban Ecosystem Services (Second Edition)

edited by Songbing Zou

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 325 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban ecosystem services; quantification and assessment; climate change; human activity; sustainable management; urbanization; urban heat island effect; air quality; water resource management; biodiversity conservation

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

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