Atmosphere 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 Planet Earth. Important atmospheric parameters are radiation, temperature, pressure, wind, precipitable water and water vapour, and atmospheric components including clouds, aerosols, greenhouse gases and trace gases such as ozone, nitrogen dioxide, sulphur dioxide, ammonia, volatile organic compounds and a wide range of other trace gases. All of these interact with each other, as well as with the surface and biosphere, and play different roles in atmospheric chemistry, climate and climate change, air quality and many other aspects. Their values and concentrations often vary on time scales from seconds to days, spatial scales from local to global, and with the seasons. Knowledge on their magnitude or concentration is important, e.g., to understand the water, carbon and nitrogen cycles, socioeconomic impacts such as on renewable energy, degradation of materials and cultural heritage, health issues, food production, land, road, ship traffic and air quality management, 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 remote sensing, ground-based, airborne and satellite-based, 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 Atmosphere 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. Atmosphere 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, ground-based
- Active/passive sensors: lidar, radar/radiometers and spectrometers; hyperspectral
- 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; haze, effects of atmospheric processes and applications; transport, large scale circulation, monsoon interaction
- Spatial variations: sources, sinks; top–down emission estimates
- Meteorological parameters: temperature, wind, boundary layer height, precipitation, lightning, etc.
- Cloud properties
- Ozone observations and interpretation
- 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 and effect studies
- Applications: renewable energy, food production, effects on cultural heritage and material degradation, adaptation and planning
- Urban pollution and adaptation
Editorial Board
Topic Board
Special Issues
Following special issues within this section are currently open for submissions:
- Advances in Remote Sensing of Biomass Burning (Deadline: 1 September 2021)
- Air Quality Sensors and Their Application (Deadline: 30 September 2021)
- Remote Sensing of Atmospheric Aerosols over Asia: Methods and Applications (Deadline: 30 September 2021)
- Remote Sensing of Stratospheric Gases and Aerosols (Deadline: 30 September 2021)
- Current Advances in Radiative Transfer Modeling for Satellite Optical Remote Sensing Applications (Deadline: 30 September 2021)
- Radar Remote Sensing: Retrieval Algorithms and Applications for Characterizing Precipitation (Deadline: 30 September 2021)
- Remote Sensing of Solar Radiation Satellite (Deadline: 30 September 2021)
- Advances of Remote Sensing in Air Pollution Modelling (Deadline: 1 October 2021)
- Clouds, Circulation and Climate Sensitivity Supported by Remote Sensing (Deadline: 1 October 2021)
- Modelling of Aerosol Vertical Profiles Using Remote Sensing Techniques (Deadline: 1 October 2021)
- Microwave Remote Sensing of the Atmosphere: Current Progress and Future Vision (Deadline: 1 October 2021)
- Advances in Ionospheric Studies over Polar Areas (Deadline: 15 October 2021)
- Advancement of Airborne-Based Doppler Wind Lidar (Deadline: 31 October 2021)
- Sea-Atmosphere Interactions as Monitored by Remote Sensing (Deadline: 10 November 2021)
- Extraterrestrial Influences on Remote Sensing in the Earth’s Atmosphere (Deadline: 30 November 2021)
- High Resolution Active Optical Remote Sensing Observations of Aerosols, Clouds and Aerosol-Cloud Interactions and Their Implication to Climate II (Deadline: 30 November 2021)
- New Challenges in Solar Radiation, Modeling and Remote Sensing (Deadline: 30 November 2021)
- Retrieval of Cloud and Precipitation by Ground-Based Radar and In Situ Observations: Application to Atmospheric and Volcanic Ash Clouds (Deadline: 30 November 2021)
- Forecasting Cloudiness Using Remote Sensing Techniques and Sky Camera Imagery (Deadline: 30 November 2021)
- Applications of Remotely Sensed Data in Hydrology and Climatology (Deadline: 30 November 2021)
- Advance of Radar Meteorology and Hydrology (Deadline: 15 December 2021)
- Optical and Laser Remote Sensing of Atmospheric Composition (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- Satellite Remote Sensing of Fires, Smoke, Air Quality and Integration of Earth Observation Data (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- Uncertainty Management in Satellite Remote Sensing (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- Remote Sensing of Lightning and Its Applications in Atmospheric Electricity Studies (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- Satellite and Airborne Remote Sensing of Cloud Microphysical Properties (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- Satellite and Ground-Based Remote Sensing of Aerosol Optical Properties—Future Outlook and Perspectives (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- Use of Remote Sensing for High Impact Weather (Deadline: 31 January 2022)
- Atmospheric and Surface Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Forecasting of Remote Sensing (Deadline: 31 January 2022)
- GNSS Atmospheric Modelling (Deadline: 31 January 2022)
- Atmospheric Correction of Remote Sensing Imagery (Deadline: 31 January 2022)
- Beidou/GNSS Precise Positioning and Atmospheric Modeling (Deadline: 31 January 2022)
- Radio Occultations for Numerical Weather Prediction, Ionosphere, and Space Weather (Deadline: 1 February 2022)
- Advances of the Satellite-Based GNSS Radio Occultation (RO) Techniques and Associated Improvements in the Description and Modeling of the Atmosphere and the Thermosphere (Deadline: 15 February 2022)
- Ground-Based Remote Sensing of the Atmosphere during the COVID-19 Lockdown (Deadline: 28 February 2022)
- Fine-Scale Monitoring and Modeling Techniques for Local Air Quality (Deadline: 28 February 2022)
- Monitoring Pollution Sources Using Remote Sensing Technologies Current Understanding, Limitations and Future Directions of Research (Deadline: 28 February 2022)
- Remote Sensing Technologies for the Analysis and Modeling of Atmospheric Events (Deadline: 1 March 2022)
- Ionosphere Monitoring with Remote Sensing (Deadline: 31 March 2022)
- Satellite Observation for Atmospheric Modeling (Deadline: 31 March 2022)
- Advance on Net Surface Radiation Inversion Using Remote Sensing Technology (Deadline: 30 April 2022)
- Advances in Mesoscale Meteorology and Precipitation Monitoring and Processes Using Remote Sensing Observations and Technologies (Deadline: 31 May 2022)
- Artificial Intelligence in Remote Sensing of Atmospheric Environment (Deadline: 30 June 2022)
- Selected Papers of the European Lidar Conference (Deadline: 30 June 2022)
- Advances in Infrared Observation of Earth's Atmosphere (Deadline: 30 June 2022)
- Spatial and Spatio-Temporal Statistics: Methods and Applications in Remote Sensing (Deadline: 1 October 2022)
- The Future of Air Quality Monitoring by Remote Sensing (Deadline: 31 December 2022)
Topical Collection
Following topical collection within this section is currently open for submissions: