Remote Sensing of the Global Cryosphere: Development, Application and Challenges

Dear Colleagues,

The global cryosphere plays a fundamental role in regulating Earth's climate and evolving sea levels. Remote sensing technologies—including optical, LiDAR, SAR, and InSAR—provide unparalleled capabilities for large-scale, long-term monitoring of glaciers, ice sheets, sea ice, permafrost, and seasonal snow. Recent advances in multi-sensor fusion, high-resolution satellite missions, and AI-enhanced geophysical inversion have significantly improved our understanding of cryospheric processes and their response to climate forcing.

This Special Issue aims to gather innovative research on cryosphere remote sensing, including methodological developments, novel applications, and emerging challenges. Topics of interest include glacier dynamics, ice mass balance, sea ice classification, permafrost deformation, snow cover retrieval, and next-generation cryosphere monitoring techniques.

We welcome the submission of original research articles, technical notes, reviews, and dataset papers.

Prof. Dr. Qiang Shen
Dr. Donghui Shangguan
Dr. Xianwei Wang
Guest Editors

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