Remote Sensing and Climate Pollutants
A special issue of Remote Sensing (ISSN 2072-4292). This special issue belongs to the section "Atmospheric Remote Sensing".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 10 February 2026 | Viewed by 590
Special Issue Editors
Interests: aerosol remote sensing; atmospheric component; climate change
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Interests: microwave remote sensing calibration and quantitative inversion; hyperspectral atmospheric remote sensing; radiative transfer modeling
Interests: climate change; gross primary productivity; photosynthesis; earth observations
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Climate pollutants are the atmospheric components that crucially impact the Earth's climate by altering the balance of energy in the atmosphere. These pollutants come from natural and human sources and can contribute to either the warming or cooling of the planet. Remote sensing can provide wide-coverage observations in adequate spatial and temporal resolution. Such characteristics mean it can be utilized for the accurate acquisition of climate pollutant concentration and analysis of the climate, environment, and health effect.
The types of climate pollutants are varied. Categorized based on their physical state, they can be classified as gaseous climate pollutants and aerosols. Categorized based on their atmospheric lifetime, they can be classified as Short-Lived Climate Pollutants (SLCPs) and Long-Lived Climate Pollutants (LLCPs). The goal of this Special Issue is to discuss the accurate acquisition of different climate pollutants using remote sensing measurements and to discuss the climate, environment, and health effect of different types of climate pollutants, revealing their underlying mechanisms.
Therefore, we cordially invite our colleagues in the scientific community to submit their recent findings on “Remote Sensing and Climate Pollutants” to this Special Issue of Remote Sensing. Potential topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Remote sensing retrieval of climate pollutants;
- Remote sensing study of Greenhouse Gases (GHGs);
- Remote sensing study of scattering and absorbing aerosols;
- Remote sensing study of Short-Lived Climate Pollutants (SLCPs);
- Remote sensing study of Long-Lived Climate Pollutants (LLCPs).
Dr. Shuaiyi Shi
Dr. Jian Xu
Dr. Songyan Zhu
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- remote sensing
- climate pollutants
- greenhouse gases (GHGs)
- short-lived climate pollutants (SLCPs)
- long-lived climate pollutants (LLCPs)
- scattering and absorbing aerosols
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