Call for papers: Special Issue on “Novel technologies for sustainable monitoring of polar environment upscaling from in situ observations to aerial and space-borne remote sensing”

?Polar regions have received increasing scientific research attentions, in great part, due to its dramatic changes of temperature in recent decades. Satellite remote sensing data provides consistent, regional and large scales patterns of polar oceans and sea ice that are essential for polar climate modelling and operational service. One the other hand, acquiring in situ observations data is hampered by harsh environmental conditions. These ground truths are critical for remote sensing algorithms and numerical models’ validation, and therefore, play important roles to improve the quality of polar weather and climate forecast and enhance better understanding of advances in polar science.

This special issue aims to bring together cutting-edge research and innovative solutions that address the monitoring capabilities and predictive skills in polar regions and guide the design of future observing systems. We cordially invite manuscripts relate to (but not limit to) the following topics:

1. Cost-cutting, innovated and robust ground-based instruments for sustainable polar environmental monitoring.

2. State of the art on development of ocean, ice and atmosphere unmanned instrumentation (e.g., profiling floats, under-ice gliders, and automatic weather stations) for polar research.

3. The application of airborne/spaceborne data in polar regions.

4. State of the art algorithms, machine learning, artificial intelligent on polar remote sensing data analysis.

If you are interested in this special issue, please follow the guidelines by the journal and submit your manuscript through the online submission system (https://aps.chinare.org.cn).

Important dates:

?● Deadline for submitting titles of possible manuscripts: 31 December 2023

?● Deadline for submitting a manuscript for this issue: 29 February 2024

?● Deadline for submission of the final accepted paper: 15 April 2024

?● Publication date: 30 June 2024