Atmospheric Remote Sensing
A section of Remote Sensing (ISSN 2072-4292).
Section Information
Background and Aim
The atmosphere and atmospheric processes play a crucial role in life on our planet. Important atmospheric parameters include temperature, pressure, wind, precipitable water, and atmospheric components including clouds, aerosols, and trace gases such as carbon dioxide, methane, ozone, nitrogen dioxide, sulphur dioxide, ammonia, and volatile organic compounds. All atmospheric components interact with each other, as well as with the solar radiation, surface, and biosphere, and play various roles in atmospheric chemistry, climate and climate change, air quality, and many other aspects. Their concentrations often vary on time scales from seconds to days, spatial scales from local to global, and with the seasons. Knowledge on atmospheric aerosol, clouds, and trace gases is of importance for many branches of modern science and technology. In particular, this information is of crucial importance for understanding the water, carbon, and nitrogen cycles, socioeconomic impacts such as renewable energy, degradation of materials and cultural heritage, health issues, food production, land, road, and ship traffic and air quality management, the development of adaptation strategies for climate change, etc. Atmospheric composition data are available from ground-based in situ and airborne measurements, including remote sensing, sometimes with a high degree of sophistication and temporal resolution, but with limited representativeness in a spatial sense. Satellite remote sensing can provide the spatial variation of atmospheric variables, using the same sensor and technique to retrieve the desired information, over the whole planet, but with less detail. The application of ground-based, airborne, and satellite-based remote sensing requires the development of sophisticated instruments, fit-for-purpose, retrieval algorithms, big-data processing, and tools for presentation, analysis, and interpretation. These include radiative transfer and chemical transport models.
The aim of Atmospheric Remote Sensing is to offer a platform to discuss the use of remote sensing to improve our knowledge and understanding of the atmosphere and atmospheric processes in the widest sense. Atmospheric Remote Sensing solicits research papers presenting the development of remote sensing instruments, techniques, and retrieval algorithms, their validation and evaluation, and in particular, the application of remote sensing data and techniques in studies leading to a better understanding of atmospheric processes.
Scope
Sensor and technological development:
- Development and application of instruments for atmospheric remote sensing: satellite, airborne, and ground-based.
- Active/passive sensors: lidar, radar/radiometers, and spectrometers.
- Hyperspectral remote sensing.
- Retrieval algorithms, radiative transfer models; sensor synergy.
- New techniques and applications.
- Validation and evaluation.
- Image processing.
- Data processing, presentation, distribution, interpretation.
- Machine learning.
- Big data.
Applications and process studies:
- Solar and terrestrial radiation: Earth radiation budget, UV radiation levels, chemical processes, visibility, scattering and absorption.
- Climate and climate change: time series, data assimilation, forecasting.
- Air quality studies: aerosols, trace gases, and their interactions; new particle formation; atmospheric pollution transport and large-scale circulation.
- Spatial variations: sources, sinks; top-down emission estimates.
- Meteorological parameters: temperature, wind, boundary layer height, precipitation, lightning, etc.
- Cloud properties.
- Ozone measurements and interpretation; ozone holes.
- Applications to atmosphere/biosphere/land/ocean/lakes/ interactions.
- Hydrological cycle, aerosol–cloud–radiation interaction, precipitation.
- Volcanic eruptions and their effect on atmospheric composition.
- Long time series and their temporal variation: time series analysis.
- Applications: renewable energy, food production, effects on cultural heritage and material degradation, adaptation and planning.
- Urban pollution and adaptation.
Editorial Board
Topical Advisory Panel
Special Issues
Following special issues within this section are currently open for submissions:
- Space-Based Observations of Lightning and Related Phenomena (Deadline: 31 October 2024)
- Advancements in Microwave Radiometry for Atmospheric Remote Sensing (Deadline: 26 November 2024)
- Exploring Innovative Ionospheric Applications Using Ground and Spaceborne Observations (Deadline: 28 November 2024)
- Recent Developments in Remote Sensing Instruments, Technologies, and Results for Aerosol and Cloud Measurements (Deadline: 30 November 2024)
- Applications of Remotely Sensed Data in Hydrology and Climatology (Second Edition) (Deadline: 30 November 2024)
- New Challenges in Solar Radiation, Modeling and Remote Sensing (Second Edition) (Deadline: 10 December 2024)
- Feature Papers of Section “Atmospheric Remote Sensing” (Second Edition) (Deadline: 15 December 2024)
- Satellite Remote Sensing of Atmospheric Aerosols for Air Quality Applications (Second Edition) (Deadline: 15 December 2024)
- Advances in Remote Sensing of Atmospheric Aerosols and Their Radiative Effects (Deadline: 15 December 2024)
- Remote Sensing of Surface BRDF and Albedo (Deadline: 24 December 2024)
- Advancements in Passive/Active Remote Sensing of Clouds and Precipitation (Deadline: 30 December 2024)
- Remotely Sensed Data of Space Weather: New Observations, Approaches and Methods (Deadline: 30 December 2024)
- Advances in Atmospheric Chemistry and Transportation of Aerosol by Remote Sensing and Modeling (Second Edition) (Deadline: 31 December 2024)
- Applications of Remote Sensing in Monitoring Ionospheric and Atmospheric Physics (Third Edition) (Deadline: 31 December 2024)
- Remote Sensing of Extreme Weather Events: Monitoring and Modeling (Deadline: 31 December 2024)
- Earth Radiation Budget and Earth Energy Imbalance (Deadline: 15 January 2025)
- Processes and Effects of Atmospheric and Ionospheric Dynamics Based on Remote Sensing Observations (Deadline: 15 January 2025)
- New Insights in GNSS Remote Sensing for Ionosphere Monitoring and Modeling (Deadline: 15 January 2025)
- Application of Remote Sensing Data in Data Assimilation, Reanalysis and Artificial Intelligence for Mesoscale Numerical Weather Models (Second Edition) (Deadline: 30 January 2025)
- Advances in Remote Sensing in Urban Climatology (Deadline: 30 January 2025)
- Surface Radiative Transfer: Modeling, Inversion, and Applications (Deadline: 31 January 2025)
- Cloud Remote Sensing: Current Status and Perspective (Deadline: 31 January 2025)
- Advances in Aerosol and Cloud Properties Observation in the Middle and Upper Layers Based on Remote Sensing (Second Edition) (Deadline: 31 January 2025)
- Comprehensive Analysis Based on Observation, Remote Sensing, and Numerical Models to Understand the Meteorological Environment in Arid Areas and Their Surrounding Areas (Deadline: 20 February 2025)
- Advance of Radar Meteorology and Hydrology II (Deadline: 28 February 2025)
- New Insights from Wind Remote Sensing (Deadline: 28 February 2025)
- Advanced Satellite Earth Observing Technologies for Weather and Climate Resilience (Deadline: 28 February 2025)
- Advances in Retrieval and Validation of Atmospheric Components by Remote Sensing (Deadline: 28 February 2025)
- Recent Advances in Precipitation Radar (Deadline: 15 March 2025)
- Editorial Board Members’ Collection Series: Recent Progress in Atmospheric Remote Sensing (Deadline: 15 March 2025)
- Advances in Near-Earth Space and Atmospheric Physics from Ground-Based and Satellite Observations (Deadline: 20 March 2025)
- Remote Sensing for High Impact Weather and Extremes (2nd Edition) (Deadline: 28 March 2025)
- Satellite Observations for Particulate Matter and Gaseous Pollutants Research (Deadline: 28 March 2025)
- Ionosphere Monitoring with Remote Sensing (3rd Edition) (Deadline: 30 March 2025)
- Remote Sensing of Land Surface Temperature: Retrieval, Modeling, and Applications (Deadline: 31 March 2025)
- Advances in GNSS Remote Sensing for Ionosphere Observation (Deadline: 31 March 2025)
- Remote Sensing of Atmospheric Vertical Profile—Air Quality, Pollution and Aerosol Optical Properties (Deadline: 31 March 2025)
- Trend, Progress and Application of Remote Sensing for Atmospheric Environment and Climate Change (Deadline: 31 March 2025)
- Stereoscopic Remote Sensing of Air Pollutants: Emission, Formation, and Transport (Deadline: 31 March 2025)
Applications and Analysis of Satellite Cloud Imagery Using Deep Learning Techniques
(Deadline: 30 April 2025)- Remote Sensing Calibration and Validation in Sounding Atmosphere and Ionosphere (Deadline: 30 May 2025)
- Advancements in Thunderstorm Nowcasting and Atmospheric Electricity Monitoring by Remote Sensing (Deadline: 31 May 2025)
- Remote Sensing of Clouds and Aerosols: Techniques and Applications (Deadline: 15 June 2025)