Recent Progress and Applications in Quantitative Remote Sensing

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Dear Colleagues,

Hundreds of modern remote satellites—including optical, infrared, passive and active microwave remote satellites—have been launched over the past few years and more will be launched soon by various space agencies or commercial companies. With dedicated calibration efforts, a tremendous amount of high level 1 data has been provided for quantitative remote sensing applications. In recent years, the Committee on Earth Observations Satellites (CEOS) has defined Analysis-Ready Data (ARD) that allow immediate analysis with minimal additional user effort and interoperability both through time and with other datasets. Countries and international organizations have expressed their desire to facilitate access to and processing of satellite data into CEOS ARD products, which would bring us great convenience in quantitative remote sensing as we make more progress in remote sensing data processing and Earth surface parameter retrieval.

The aim of this Topic is to present the latest research in remote sensing theory, technology, and application. The scope includes, but is not limited to, the following topics:

1. Recent progress in sensor technology: techniques for new sensor design, calibration, and validation;
2. Quantitative remote sensing model development and inversion: recent progress in remote sensing models, inversion techniques, and Earth surface parameter retrieval;
3. Applications of remote sensing: quantitative remote sensing applications in agriculture, forestry, ecology and the environment, human activities, land systems, etc.

Researchers and practitioners in the field are encouraged to submit original research articles, reviews, and case studies. This topic aims to provide a comprehensive platform for disseminating new knowledge and fostering innovation in understanding and managing the progress and applications of quantitative remote sensing.

Prof. Dr. Huawei Wan
Prof. Dr. Yu Wang
Prof. Dr. Hongmin Zhou
Dr. Longhui Lu
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Participating Journals

Journal Name	Impact Factor	CiteScore	Launched Year	First Decision (median)	APC
Land land	3.2	4.9	2012	17.8 Days	CHF 2600	Submit
Remote Sensing remotesensing	4.2	8.3	2009	24.7 Days	CHF 2700	Submit
Sensors sensors	3.4	7.3	2001	16.8 Days	CHF 2600	Submit
Applied Sciences applsci	2.5	5.3	2011	17.8 Days	CHF 2400	Submit

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