Satellite and Ground Monitoring and Measurements of Ionospheric and Geo Magnetic Disturbances and Space Weather Events
A special issue of Remote Sensing (ISSN 2072-4292). This special issue belongs to the section "Atmospheric Remote Sensing".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 909
Special Issue Editors
Interests: solar activity; geomagnetic storms; GNSS; aurora; extreme value theory; and space weather
Interests: electronic navigation; satellite navigation; satellite and inertial navigation systems; space weather; ionospheric/tropospheric delay errors in GNSS systems; general positional scattering errors due to extreme ionospheric and geomagnetic disturbances; influence of volcanic activity on the dispersion of user position determined by satellite navigation systems; GeoRSS systems and technologies; errors of inertial navigation systems; navigation information systems; GNSS-based remote sensing
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Dear Colleagues,
The monitoring of the ionosphere and near-Earth environment through satellite measurements is of great importance in space weather, especially with the recent high solar activity and frequent space weather events. The technologies that our society relies on are largely dependent on the properties of the plasma surrounding the Earth. Failures of navigation systems based on the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS), radars, power distribution networks, and interruptions in radio communications are all related to space weather events triggered by complex phenomena occurring in the ionosphere–magnetosphere–solar wind physical system.
The increasing number of satellite missions to detect the space environment provides very valuable observations to deepen our understanding of the near-Earth environment and to develop and improve models to mitigate the effects of space weather.
This Special Issue aims to investigate the use of satellite and ground-based measurements to characterise the plasma conditions in the ionosphere and near-Earth environment with implications for extreme space weather applications. Contributions are welcome, and topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Investigation and modelling of ionospheric magnetospheric plasmas through in situ measurements on low earth orbit (LEO) satellite missions;
- Study of multiscale properties of the ionosphere through ionospheric indices;
- Study of in situ satellite measurements of plasmas based on remote sensing observations and empirical models from ground-based and space-based instruments;
- Characteristics of ionospheric plasmas under severe space weather events;
- Relationship with external source mechanisms of magnetosphere and solar wind origin under severe space weather events and impact on technological systems;
- Theoretical studies and modelling of the ionosphere.
In this Special Issue, we aim to improve our understanding of extreme space weather events in the space environment using satellite and ground-based measurements in order to mitigate their effects on the application of remote sensing to the ionosphere and atmosphere. Both original research and review papers are welcome.
Dr. Si Chen
Prof. Dr. Serdjo Kos
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- extreme space weather
- ionosphere (observation and modelling)
- GNSS radio occultation
- LEO satellite measurements
- ionospheric irregularities
- geomagnetic storms
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