[IGSMAIL-6385] ASR Special Issue - Satellite Altimetry Calibration - Announcement

[Pascal Willis]

 Dear colleagues,

 Papers are invited for a special topic issue of Advances in Space 
 Research (ASR) entitled “Satellite Altimeter Calibration and Deformation 
 Monitoring using GNSS”

 Global warming is a key scientific issue nowadays. Over the past 
 decades, satellite altimetry has provided an unprecedented amount of 
 data for monitoring sea level changes and thus global warming. Such 
 scientific results however rely on a significant number of geophysical 
 corrections as well as on continuous monitoring of the satellite 
 altimeter performances using in-situ data. A few calibration sites 
 around the world provide accurate calibration of satellite altimeters 
 using different in-situ techniques involving monitoring of geodetic 
 instruments close to the satellite tracks or at crossing points 
 (platforms, tide gauges, buoys, etc.). While Global Navigation Satellite 
 Systems, such as GPS, are key tools for geodetically monitoring the 
 vertical velocity of such calibration sites, several scientific issues 
 are still under consideration, as vertical positioning is still 
 difficult to obtain in an absolute sense. Furthermore, new satellite 
 altimeters, such as delay-Doppler, wide swath, etc., will soon provide 
 new types of observations for sea-level monitoring and allowing 
 altimetry to be closer at the coastal regions, for which new types of 
 calibration could be foreseen.

 This Special Issue is open to all scientists discussing new scientific 
 challenges in satellite altimeter calibration (technical aspects related 
 to the altimeter functioning, description of current calibration sites 
 and current techniques, or global satellite calibration using networks 
 of tide gauges or GNSS networks), as well as current limitations in 
 deformation monitoring (monitoring of the vertical, use of regional and 
 continuously-operating GNSS networks, reference issues when expressing 
 vertical velocities in global, regional or local frames). Paper 
 addressing topics related to natural hazards would also be welcome.

 Papers must be submitted electronically through the EES/Elsevier Web 
 system at http://ees.elsevier.com/asr. To ensure that all manuscripts 
 are correctly identified for inclusion into the Special Issue, authors 
 must select “Special Issue: Altimetry Calibration”, when they reach the 
 “Article Type” step in the submission process.
 Submitted papers must be written in English and should indicate full 
 affiliation addresses for all authors. All manuscripts will be subject 
 to a standard peer-review process, including at least two independent 
 reviewers. There are no page limits, but the length of the paper should 
 be appropriate to the scientific material being presented. Manuscripts 
 should follow the general format used in ASR:
 (http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/644/authorinstructions).

 The deadline for submission is 15 January 2012.

 Manuscripts will be accepted on a paper-by-paper basis and available 
 on-line with a DOI a few days after acceptance. Contributors to this 
 issue will have an opportunity to purchase individual issues once the 
 issue is finalized.  All articles will be typeset at no cost to the 
 author, while a nominal fee will be charged to the authors for color 
 figures in print, but not in the electronic version.

 Dr. Pascal Willis (pascal.willis at ign.fr) is the Guest Editor for this 
 Special Issue. Authors will be regularly informed on the progress of 
 this Special Issue by email until its final publication. Questions can 
 be directed to Pascal Willis or to the Co-Editor for Special Issues, Dr. 
 Peggy Ann Shea (sssrc at msn.com).

 Best regards
 Pascal

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