Special Issue "Observation of Atmospheric Boundary-Layer Based on Remote Sensing"
A special issue of Remote Sensing (ISSN 2072-4292). This special issue belongs to the section "Atmospheric Remote Sensing".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 January 2024 | Viewed by 1345
Special Issue Editors
Interests: atmospheric sciences; air pollution control; differential optical absorption spectroscopy (DOAS); ozone hole; optoelectronic remote sensing instrumentation
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Interests: aerosol; lidar; remote sensing; atmosphere
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Most human activities take place within the atmospheric boundary layer (ABL), the layer of the atmosphere closest to the Earth's surface. The ABL is directly influenced by the exchange of heat, moisture, and aerosol and gaseous constituents with the surface, as well as the biosphere and the anthropogenic activities. Furthermore, the main physical phenomena occurring in the ABL, such as temperature, wind, humidity, fog, clouds and precipitation, have a direct influence on human activities. Atmospheric profiling allows the measurement and characterization of atmospheric conditions at various heights, and hence, is critical for improving weather forecasts, air quality, and the projections of future climate scenarios, thereby leading to a better understanding of the atmospheric processes occurring in the climatic system. Energy security, public health and safety, transportation, water resources, and food production are the five societal requirements that necessitate the determination and characterization of the ABL height and profile, respectively. Ground-based sensors and satellite observations provide information on the high temporal variability and strong vertical gradients experienced within and above the ABL. Despite its significance, the ABL remains the most important under-sampled part of the atmosphere, and the scientific community is still trying to fill this informational gap.
With this aim and aligned with the objectives of the EU COST action PROBE (http://probe-cost.eu), this Special Issue is open to contributions dealing primarily with the remote sensing of the ABL, including support from in situ data, modelling approaches, and synergy using different techniques and equipment.
Prof. Dr. Daniele Bortoli
Prof. Dr. Juan Luis Guerrero Rascado
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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