Recent Advances in Remote Sensing (RARS) has its origins in the Recent Advances in Quantitative Remote Sensing (RAQRS) Symposium, which held its inaugural edition in 2002 in Torrent, Valencia, Spain. Over these 20 years, RAQRS has become a global benchmark in quantitative remote sensing. Led by Professor José Antonio Sobrino from the University of Valencia (Spain), founding president of RAQRS, RARS will emphasize recent advancements and applications of various techniques and research methods employed in quantitative remote sensing. Topics covered include, among others:

• Land surface radiation and inversion modeling
• Atmospheric remote sensing
• Thermal infrared remote sensing
• Multispectral and hyperspectral remote sensing and imaging spectroscopy
• Multiangular and multitemporal measurements
• Scaling, fusion, reduction, and assimilation of data
• Machine learning in remote sensing
• Advances in consolidated datasets of Essential Climate Variables and their impact arising from the Climate Change Initiative
• Carbon and Water cycle observation and modelling
• Inversion of Evapotranspiration
• Land cover/use and change
• From R&D to operational agricultural monitoring
• Urban Heat Island mapping and mitigation
• Global change and sustainable development
• Remote sensing of snow and ice in visible, infrared, and microwave wavelengths
• Oceans and coastal monitoring
• Geology
• Forest Remote Sensing
• Sensor calibration, atmospheric correction, and product validation
• Passive and active microwaves data processing and applications
• Laser remote sensing
• Passive and active fluorescence
• Close range remote sensing
• Earth Observation Missions & Services

Recent Advances in Remote Sensing offers the following types of articles:

• Original research Articles should present crucial and groundbreaking new findings or methodologies that contribute to the progress of remote sensing science or its practical applications.
• Review  articles should provide a comprehensive analysis of the current state of the art of a crucial subject in remote sensing.
• Short Communications are designed to promptly publish significant new techniques, data, or results.