Foreword to the Special Issue on Hyperspectral Remote Sensing and Imaging Spectroscopy

In 2015, two major conferences focused on hyperspectral remote sensing and imaging spectroscopy were held in Luxembourg and Tokyo, respectively. They are namely the 9th EARSeL SIG Imaging Spectroscopy workshop and the 7th Workshop on Hyperspectral Image and Signal Processing. As a follow up to these conferences, the current special issue of JSTARS was launched and we are proud to present a selection of 48 excellent papers. The large number of papers, which were drawn from both extended versions of workshop presentations and traditional paper submissions, is indicative of the high level of research activity, interest, and applications in this field. The papers in this special issue cover a wide range of topics, including new imaging spectroscopy systems, research and applications of imaging spectroscopy, and advances in hyperspectral image and signal processing.