Climate and Environmental Changes Monitored by Satellite Remote Sensing

Dear Colleagues,

During recent decades, the global climate has experienced unprecedented changes. Much evidence indicates that the global mean surface temperature is increasing rapidly, the Arctic sea ice cover is sharply declining, and extreme climate and environmental events are occurring frequently. Extreme climate and environmental events not only have a great impact on society and the economy, but also seriously affect people’s lives and health. Therefore, it is very important to understand why the global climate and environment are changing and what the key physical mechanisms behind these changes are. Moreover, another key question is to what extent recent changes in the global climate and environment are due to anthropogenic impacts as opposed to internal climate variability. Satellite remote sensing data can be very useful for monitoring the states and processes of the climate and environment at various spatiotemporal scales. Therefore, satellite remote sensing is crucial for advancing our understanding of the global climate and environmental changes and their impacts.

This Special Issue aims to invite contributions from studies that focus on understanding the climate and environmental changes at various spatiotemporal scales using satellite remote sensing observations and their derived products. Of interest to this Special Issue are a wide range of topics including, but not limited to:

1. Climate change impacts on the frequency and intensity of extreme weather and climate events, such as floods, droughts, typhoons, heat waves, and cold events, using satellite data or their derived products.
2. Climate change impacts on extreme environmental events, such as dust storms and severe air pollution, using satellite observations and their derived products.
3. Climate change impacts on Arctic sea ice changes using remote sensing data.
4. Separating the contributions of human activity and internal climate variability to the climate and environmental changes using long-term satellite remote sensing data or their derived products.

Original research papers and/or review papers that cover applications of satellite remote sensing technology or data for the improvement of understanding of the climate and environmental changes are all welcome.

Dr. Hainan Gong
Prof. Dr. Peng Zhang
Guest Editors

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