Dr. Alexander Kokhanovsky Appointed Section Editor-in-Chief of the Section “Atmosphere Remote Sensing” in Remote Sensing
We are pleased to announce that Dr. Alexander Kokhanovsky has been appointed Editor-in-Chief of the Section “Atmosphere Remote Sensing” of Remote Sensing (ISSN: 2072-4292).
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Name: Dr. Alexander Kokhanovsky |
Dr. Alexander Kokhanovsky graduated from the Physical Department of the Belarusian State University, Minsk, Belarus, in 1983. His Ph.D. research at the Institute of Physics (in Minsk, Belarus, 1991) was devoted to studies on the light scattering properties of atmospheric aerosols and whitecaps. Dr. Kokhanovsky’s habilitation work at the Main Geophysical Observatory (in St. Petersburg, Russia, 2011) aimed at cloud and snow remote sensing from space. He was a member of the atmospheric optics group at the Laboratory of Light Scattering Media Optics at Institute of Physics (in Minsk, Belarus, 1983–2004), and the SCIAMACHY/ENVISAT satellite aerosol and cloud retrieval algorithms development team at the Institute of Environmental Physics, University of Bremen (in Bremen, Germany, 2001–2013). Dr. Kokhanovsky has designed aerosol and cloud remote sensing algorithms for the imaging polarimeter (3MI) on board EUMETSAT Polar System-Second Generation (EPS-SG) while working at EUMETSAT (in Darmstadt, Germany, 2014–2017). Currently, his research interests are directed toward studies of light propagation and scattering in the terrestrial atmosphere and surfaces, including ice and snow. He is the author of the following books: Light Scattering Media Optics: Problems and Solutions (Chichester: Springer-Praxis, 1999, 2001, 2004), Polarization Optics of Random Media (Berlin: Springer-Praxis, 2003), Cloud Optics (Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2006), Aerosol Optics (Berlin: Springer-Praxis, 2008), Foundations of Remote Sensing (Berlin: Springer, 2021, with D. Efremenko), and Snow Optics (Berlin: Springer, 2021). Dr. Kokhanovsky published around 250 papers in the field of environmental and atmospheric optics, radiative transfer, remote sensing, and light scattering.
The following is a short Q&A with Dr. Alexander Kokhanovsky, who shared his vision for the Section with us as well as his views on the research area.
1. What appealed to you about the journal that made you want to take on the role as Section Editor-in-Chief?This journal focuses on remote sensing of the terrestrial atmosphere. This subject is of great importance for atmospheric pollution, weather, and climate change studies (e.g., global temperature increase and the Earth’s energy imbalance). These topics are among the most important scientific topics to be considered.
2. What is your vision for the Section, and what does the future of this field of research look like in your view?Satellite remote sensing is of special importance for monitoring of the terrestrial atmosphere. Spaceborne atmospheric remote sensing using various instruments operating in a broad spectral range will enable us to monitor the atmospheric state with high precision as well as high spatial resolution and with high frequency.
3. What do you think of the development of open access in the publishing field?I fully support open access in the publishing field. Open access accelerates information exchange and leads to rapid progress in various research fields.
4. Who should contribute to this Section?Papers on various aspects of atmospheric remote sensing (ground-based, satellite, and airborne observations) are particularly welcome. Both experimental and theoretical high-quality research must be covered in this Section.
We warmly welcome Dr. Alexander Kokhanovsky as he starts his new role as Section Editor-in-Chief, and we look forward to him leading Remote Sensing to achieve many more milestones.
Remote Sensing Editorial Office