Remote Sensing

Collaborative Learning for Multimodal Remote Sensing Analysis: Methods, Techniques and Applications

edited by Mingyang Zhang, Puzhao Zhang, Xiangming Jiang and

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4241 | Submission Open

Keywords: deep learning; collaborative learning; remote sensing analysis; computational intelligence; regular optimization

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

Multiplatform Remote Sensing Techniques for Active Tectonics, Seismotectonics, and Volcanic Hazard Assessment (Second Edition)

edited by

Daniele Cirillo

,

Pietro Tizzani

and Francesco Brozzetti

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4203 | Submission Open

Keywords: tectonic processes; earthquakes; seismogenic faults and seismic source; ground deformation modelling; geophysical application; seismic hazard; volcanic hazard; volcano deformation; optical IR volcano analysis; 3D modelling; GNSS; InSAR; GIS and geomatic approaches; DEM; UAV DEMs; LiDAR; GPR; geological survey; digital field survey

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

Remote Sensing and GIScience for Natural Hazard Mitigation and Resilience

edited by Mohamed Aly,

Brad Peter

, Yaqian He and

Kashif Mahmud

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4116 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; GIScience; natural hazards; disaster mitigation; resilience; risk assessment; disaster response; recovery strategies; satellite imagery; geospatial modeling

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

Advances in Multi-Frequency GNSS High-Precision Positioning and Navigation Technology

edited by

Wang Gao

,

Rui Shang

and

Qing Zhao

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4058 | Submission Open

Keywords: multi-frequency GNSS; high-precision positioning; ambiguity resolution; RTK/PPP/PPP-RTK; GNSS integrity; inter-frequency bias estimation/calibration; multi-frequency GNSS bias product estimation

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

Mapping Essential Elements of Agricultural Land Using Remote Sensing (2nd Edition)

edited by

Luo Liu

, Jilin Yang, Fei Li,

Yaqun Liu

and Wenzhi Zhao

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3769 | Submission Open

Keywords: agricultural land mapping; agricultural land parameter retrieval; yield estimation or forecasts; biomass in agricultural land; water use efficiency in agricultural land; plant biodiversity in agricultural land; plant growth model; deep learning

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

Applications of Remote Sensing in Landscapes and Human Settlements

edited by

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submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3618 | Submission Open

Keywords: landscapes ecology; urban heat islands; local climate zones; human settlements; green infrastructure; urban and rural planning

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ecological 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 Mar 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3305 | 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 Applications in Land Cover Changes and Associated Environmental Effects: Progress, Challenges, and Opportunities (Second Edition)

edited by

Mingjun Ding

,

Lanhui Li

,

Linshan Liu

, Haiyan Zhang and Shoubao Geng

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2592 | Submission Open

Keywords: land use/cover changes; remote sensing; climate change; human activities; machine learning

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

Remote Sensing Target Recognition and Detection: Theory and Applications (Second Edition)

edited by

Hao Li

and Mingyang Zhang

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2228 | Submission Open

Keywords: target recognition; target detection; deep learning; neural networks; image classification; image processing

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

Artificial Intelligence-Driven Methods for Remote Sensing Target and Object Detection (Third Edition)

edited by

Yanni Dong

,

Xiaochen Yang

and

Qian Du

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2108 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; target detection; artificial intelligence; machine learning; deep learning; object detection; new datasets

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

Spatial Modeling and Analysis with Geographical and Remote Sensing Data

edited by Jinming Sha,

Jinliang Wang

and

Ling Chang

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1860 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence in gis and remote sensing; spatial data modeling; data fusion; spatiotemporal analysis; big data analytics; urban planning and environmental monitoring; cloud computing for geospatial data

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

Urban Land Use Mapping Using Deep Learning

edited by

Chang Li

,

Rongjun Qin

and Ruisheng Wang

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1689 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban land use mapping; deep learning; multi-modal data integration; knowledge graphs; remote sensing; urban environmental monitoring; semantic segmentation; three-dimensional urban modeling; dynamic urban change detection

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

Intelligent Remote Sensing for Wetland Mapping and Monitoring

edited by Ming Wang,

Weidong Man

, Xiao Huang,

Mingyue Liu

, Huiying Li and Hengxing Xiang

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1551 | Submission Open

Keywords: wetland mapping and monitoring; intelligent remote sensing; deep learning; time-series analysis; change detection; wetland ecosystem services; hydrological dynamics

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

Remote Sensing Technologies in Precision Agriculture: From Ground Vehicles to Aerial and Handheld Platforms

edited by Renato Herrig Furlanetto, Xu 'Kevin' Wang,

Luis Crusiol

and

Caiwang Zheng

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1534 | Submission Open

Keywords: precision agriculture; crop monitoring; AI techniques

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

Advances in the Remote Sensing of Crop Phenology and Production Monitoring Under Environmental Constraints

edited by Xin Zhao,

Jianxiu Shen

and Sanai Li

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1311 | Submission Open

Keywords: crop phenology; crop production; environmental constraints; agricultural remote sensing; algorithm development; time series analysis; precision agriculture; yield prediction; crop monitoring

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

New Perspectives on 3D Point Cloud (Fourth Edition)

edited by

Sara Gonizzi Barsanti

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 858 | Submission Open

Keywords: point cloud acquisition; data extraction/data analysis/point cloud registration/multi-temporal point clouds; AI/ML/DL for point cloud processing and pattern recognition in the context of remote sensing; NErF/Gaussian splatting; monocular depth estimation for 3D point cloud reconstruction; multimodal fusion (LiDAR+SAR+multispectral); multi-time point cloud change detection; multi-sensor point cloud collaboration; voxel creation; object detection; down sampling; denoising; point cloud processing; classification and quality assessment; from 2D images to 3D point clouds with GANs and LLMs in the context of remote sensing data acquisition or scene understanding

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

Multi-, Hyperspectral and SAR Sensing Data for Environmental Monitoring and Natural Hazard Management

edited by

Massimo Musacchio

,

Cristiano Tolomei

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Maria Teresa Melis

and Federico Rabuffi

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 757 | Submission Open

Keywords: new and consolidated algorithm for product generation; natural risks; geo-resources; time series products; CAL/VAL activities; orbiting and future missions

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

Deep Learning for Remote Sensing Image Scene Classification

edited by Christine Pohl

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 642 | Submission Open

Keywords: deep learning; remote sensing; image scene classification; convolutional neural networks (CNNs); transfer learning; multispectral and hyperspectral imaging; data augmentation; big data analytics; smart city; digital twins

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

AI-Enhanced Remote Sensing for High-Precision Positioning and Navigation

edited by Xiangdong An,

Xiaolin Meng

,

Craig M. Hancock

and Qusen Chen

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 605 | Submission Open

Keywords: intelligent high-precision positioning; AI-enhanced fusion of multiple remote sensing data sources; AI-enhanced navigation; machine learning for remote sensing techniques; GNSS/INS/vision fusion; GNSS error modeling and mitigation with AI

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

Utilization of Remote Sensing in Evaluating Crop Production Constraints

edited by

Koki Homma

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 586 | Submission Open

Keywords: crops; production constraints; drought; floods; pests; disease; weeds

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

Application of Remote Sensing in Arctic Ecosystem Monitoring

edited by

Gareth Rees

and Olga Tutubalina

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 582 | Submission Open

Keywords: Arctic; ecosystem; terrestrial; marine; sea ice; coastal; freshwater; satellite; UAV; ecology; monitoring

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

Bridging AI and Remote Sensing: Multimodal Learning for Advanced Semantic Understanding

edited by

Min Xia

,

Ligou Weng

and

Haifeng Lin

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 488 | Submission Open

Keywords: multimodal learning; remote sensing semantic understanding; multi-source remote sensing data fusion; deep learning

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

Remote Sensing for Urban Infrastructure: Intelligent Health and Safety Assessments

edited by

Yuansheng Hua

,

Mingxiao Li

and

Rong Liu

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 363 | Submission Open

Keywords: infrastructure monitoring; structural health monitoring (SHM); remote sensing; SAR; InSAR; LiDAR; UAV; artificial intelligence; deep learning

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

Leveraging Multitemporal Remote Sensing Data for Land Use and Land Cover Classification

edited by Ioannis Kotaridis, Hazem Abdo and

Linlin Lu

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 301 | Submission Open

Keywords: land use and land cover classification; image classification; semantic segmentation; multitemporal; multimodal; Artificial Intelligence (AI); Machine Learning (ML); Deep Learning (DL); Geospatial Information Systems (GIS); remote sensing

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

AI-Enhanced GNSS Meteorology for Real-Time Correction of Microwave Remote Sensing Data

edited by Jungang Wang and Longjiang Tang

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 198 | Submission Open

Keywords: GNSS meteorology; artificial intelligence; microwave remote sensing; tropospheric delay correction; precipitable water vapor (PWV); climate applications; real-time data assimilation; atmospheric water vapor retrieval

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

High-Resolution Mapping and Monitoring of Estuarine Systems Using Multi-Sensor Remote Sensing and Machine Learning

edited by

Carina Lurdes Lopes

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 189 | Submission Open

Keywords: water quality; habitat mapping; unmanned aerial systems; satellites; multispectral sensors; LiDAR; aerial imagery

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

Recent Advances in Resource Management in Radar Sensing and Imaging Applications

edited by

Tianxian Zhang

, Zongyong Cui,

Xueting Li

and Yuanhang Wang

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 184 | Submission Open

Keywords: radar system; system resource management; radar imaging; radar remote sensing; synthetic aperture radar (SAR); optimization; artificial intelligence (AI)

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

Emerging UAS-Based Remote Sensing Applications for DRR (Disaster Risk Reduction) and Ecosystem Dynamics

edited by

Monica Herrero-Huerta

,

Shangpeng Sun

and

Francesco Pirotti

submission deadline 31 Mar 2026 | Viewed by 161 | Submission Open

Keywords: unmanned aerial systems (UAS) or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV); disaster risk reduction (DRR); ecosystem dynamics; remote sensing; multi-sensor integration; LiDAR; AI and machine learning; post-disturbance recovery

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

Remote Sensing of Climate–Vegetation Dynamics and Their Effects on Ecosystems (Third Edition)

edited by

Chung-Te Chang

and

Junhu Dai

submission deadline 1 Apr 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1479 | Submission Open

Keywords: vegetation and animal phenology; regular climate; climatic fluctuation; disturbance; PhenoCam; multisource remotely sensed data; productivity; water and biogeochemical cycles; wildlife phenology derived from remote sensing

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

Exploring Innovative Ionospheric Applications Using Ground and Spaceborne Observations

edited by

Andong Hu

,

Dongsheng Zhao

, Weijia Zhan and

Kefei Zhang

submission deadline 14 Apr 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8153 | Submission Open

Keywords: ionosphere; machine learning; global navigation satellite system (GNSS); space weather; data assimilation; ionospheric disturbances

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

Using Earth Observation Data to Monitor Deforestation and Forest Degradation to Ensure Compliance with Regulatory Frameworks

edited by

Melvin Lippe

,

Margret Köthke

,

Ramon Felipe Bicudo Silva

and Arief Wijaya

submission deadline 14 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 6283 | Submission Open

Keywords: advanced remote sensing technologies; big data; GeoAI; and GIS integration; land cover and land use change; deforestation monitoring; forest degradation; regulatory compliance; zero-deforestation; sustainability governance

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

Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing in Environmental and Engineering Applications (Second Edition)

edited by

Wojciech Drzewiecki

and

Antoni Rzonca

submission deadline 14 Apr 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5694 | Submission Open

Keywords: photogrammetry; remote sensing; laser scanning; close-range sensors; UAV sensors; airborne sensors; satellite sensors; data integration and synergy

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

Quantifying Greenhouse Gases Emissions from Remote Sensing Perspective

edited by

Christoffer Karoff

submission deadline 14 Apr 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3650 | Submission Open

Keywords: greenhouse gas emissions; satellite remote sensing; atmospheric inversion; data assimilation; climate change monitoring; GHG retrieval algorithms; environmental policy

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

Advanced Applications of Radar Remote Sensing and Artificial Intelligence in Meteorology and Hydrology

edited by

Dong-In Lee

and

Kaoshen Chung

submission deadline 14 Apr 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1605 | Submission Open

Keywords: AI and deep learning models for radar-based rainfall estimation; global case studies of radar-aided flood and storm forecasting; machine learning for hydrometeor classification using dual-pol radar; variational wind retrieval using radar networks; AI-driven analysis of tropical cyclones; hurricanes; and typhoons; orographic precipitation modeling across diverse terrains; integration of radar data with satellite or reanalysis products; cross-continental comparison of precipitation microphysics using disdrometers; radar and AI applications for snow; hail; and mixed-phase precipitation systems

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

Coastal Dynamics Monitoring Using Remote Sensing Data

edited by Huaguo Zhang, Wenting Cao and

Nurjannah Nurdin

submission deadline 14 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1423 | Submission Open

Keywords: coastline; time series analysis; coastal erosion; coastal disaster; artificial intelligence; coastal flood; blue carbon; coastal vegetation; intertidal flat; bathymetric mapping; coastal wetland habitat; coastal management

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

Advances in UAV-Based Remote Sensing for Climate-Smart Agriculture

edited by Hongquan Wang,

Taifeng Dong

and

Liming He

submission deadline 14 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 476 | Submission Open

Keywords: unmanned aerial vehicles; remote sensing; climate-smart agriculture; crop phenotyping; precision agriculture

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

Applications of Multimodal Remote Sensing Models in Ecological Environment Monitoring

edited by

R. Douglas Ramsey

,

Jin Wu

and Jing Wang

submission deadline 14 Apr 2026 | Viewed by 460 | Submission Open

Keywords: multimodal remote sensing; ecological monitoring; data fusion; vegetation assessment; land cover classification; environmental change detection; machine learning; AI; geospatial analysis; sustainable resource management

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

Weather and Climate Extremes Monitoring Based on Remote Sensing Methods

edited by

Yuriy Kuleshov

submission deadline 15 Apr 2026 | 11 articles | Viewed by 44553 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; weather and climate extremes; Asia– Oceania; climate risk assessments; natural hazards; tropical cyclones; floods; droughts

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

Recent Progress in Understanding Global Sea Level Rise Using Space and Earth Observations

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, Jean Philippe Montillet and

Rui Fernandes

submission deadline 15 Apr 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 17537 | Submission Open

Keywords: sea level change; tide gauge; satellite altimetry; GNSS; GRACE; satellite gravity; global geodetic observing system; big data; artificial intelligence; environmental loading model

(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 15 Apr 2026 | 7 articles | Viewed by 11511 | 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)

Proximal and Remote Sensing for Low-Cost Soil Carbon Stock Estimation

edited by Tong Li,

Songchao Chen

, Anquan Xia,

Francesco Fava

and

Yash Dang

submission deadline 15 Apr 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5196 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil fertility; visible near-infrared (VNIR) spectroscopy; mid-infrared (MIR) spectroscopy; climate change; machine learning; digital soil mapping; land-use management; unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs); airborne; and satellite imagery

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

Advances in Remote Sensing Monitoring of Post-Disturbance Forest Recovery

edited by

Guangsheng Chen

,

Zoltan Szantoi

and

Santonu Goswami

submission deadline 15 Apr 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3399 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest disturbance; forest recovery; forest resilience; forest regrowth; canopy structure; forest composition; forest service; productivity and biomass; recovery trajectory; disturbance regime; disturbance severity; big data and artificial intelligence; remote sensing application; forest management

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

Deep Learning-Based Interpretation and Processing of Remote Sensing Images

edited by Sheng Xu, Qiaolin Ye and

Yu Shen

submission deadline 15 Apr 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 2934 | Submission Open

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

Remote Sensing Methods and Technical Developments in Geohazard Early Warning

edited by

Yaning Yi

,

Kunfeng Qiu

and Zhijie Zhang

submission deadline 15 Apr 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2533 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; satellite data; natural hazards; early warning; disaster risk reduction; SAR/InSAR; UAV; LiDAR; GNSS

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

Advances in Multispectral Image Processing for Land Use and Land Cover Mapping

edited by Zhuohong Li, Junjue Wang, Haonan Guo and Jiaqi Zou

submission deadline 15 Apr 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1610 | Submission Open

Keywords: multispectral remote sensing; land use and land cover (LULC) mapping; data fusion and multimodal integration; urban; forest; and agricultural mapping; advanced deep learning model; foundation models for mapping

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

Artificial Intelligence and Remote Sensing Applications in Natural Ecology Monitoring

edited by

Eric Ariel L. Salas

submission deadline 15 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1151 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; remote sensing; natural ecology; machine learning; deep learning; data fusion; biodiversity monitoring; ecosystem dynamics; species distribution modeling; climate change ecology

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

Advances in Remote Sensing Technology for Ground Deformation

edited by

Teng-To Yu

submission deadline 15 Apr 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 963 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; InSAR; LiDAR; ground deformation; GNSS; GBSAR; DTM; AI; UAV; photogrammetry

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

Machine Learning of Remote Sensing Imagery for Land Cover Mapping

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submission deadline 15 Apr 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 901 | Submission Open

Keywords: land cover/land use; classification; multimodal data fusion; domain adaptation; urban sustainability; feature extraction; deep learning; crowdsensing data

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

Improving Meteorological Forecasting Models Using Remote Sensing Data

edited by Kaijun Ren,

Wenjing Zhao

and Jia Liu

submission deadline 15 Apr 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 864 | Submission Open

Keywords: meteorological satellite remote sensing; atmospheric parameters; data assimilation; AI/ML in meteorology; model optimization; meteorological forecasting; extreme weather events

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

Land Cover Change Detection: Emerging Algorithms and Applications in Remote Sensing

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submission deadline 15 Apr 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 844 | Submission Open

Keywords: land cover change detection; deep learning and machine learning; spatio-temporal analysis; multi-source data fusion (optical; SAR; LiDAR); urban expansion and agricultural transitions; forest; wetland; and water dynamics; desertification and land degradation; climate change and ecosystem services

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

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