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In this paper, a new single-image SR method, deep gradient-aware network with image-specific enhancement (DGANet-ISE) was proposed to improve the spatial resolution of remote sensing images. First, DGANet was proposed to model the complex relationship between low- and high-resolution images. A new gradient-aware loss was designed in the training phase to preserve more gradient details in super-resolved remote sensing images. Then, the ISE approach was proposed in the testing phase to further improve the SR performance. By using the specific features of each test image, ISE can further boost the generalization capability and adaptability of our method on inexperienced datasets. Finally, three datasets were used to verify the effectiveness of our method. 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