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Geodetic and Remote Sensing Observations in Tibet, Xinjiang and Siberia for Climate and Environment Change Studies (Second Edition)

A special issue of Remote Sensing (ISSN 2072-4292). This special issue belongs to the section "Remote Sensing in Geology, Geomorphology and Hydrology".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 28 February 2025 | Viewed by 587

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School of Geodesy and Geomatics, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430079, China
Interests: gravity field theory and applications; time and frequency applications; Earth rotation; the Earth’s free oscillation
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Key Laboratory of Geospace Environment and Geodesy, Department of Geophysics, School of Geodesy and Geomatics, Wuhan University, No.129 Luoyu Road, Wuhan 430079, China
Interests: geophysical data analysis and explanations; time-varying gravity and Earth tides; Earth rotation
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Key Laboratory of Geospace Environment and Geodesy, Department of Geophysics, School of Geodesy and Geomatics, Wuhan University, No.129 Luoyu Road, Wuhan 430079, China
Interests: surface mass changes; nonlinear signals from multi-geodetic measurements; crustal deformation of Tibet; hydrological and climate changes in the Tibet and surroundings
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Dear Colleagues,

We are very pleased to invite you to submit your latest research results to this Special Issue on “Geodetic and Remote Sensing Observations in Tibet, Xinjiang, and Siberia for Climate Change Studies (Second Edition)” of the open access journal, Remote Sensing. This is the second edition of the series of Special Issues launched by the journal to use geodetic and remote sensing observations to study issues related to climate and environmental changes in the region covering Tibet, Xinjiang, and Siberia (TibXS). Manifestations of these changes in this region are fast glacier melts, abnormal lake level changes, steady rises in temperature, and disrupted rain patterns, among other phenomena. These changes can be detected by sensors such as satellite altimeter, GPS, GRACE, and InSAR.

This Special Issue welcomes papers dealing with data collection, processing, and interpretation that can lead to detecting climate and environment-related changes in Tibet, Xinjiang, and Siberia. Papers with novel ideas, case studies, and new scientific findings derived from multi-datasets are encouraged. Subjects dealing with time series analysis related to gravity field, climate, and environmental changes are also acceptable. Researchers working on the following subjects can contribute to this Special Issue:

  • Hydrological change over river basins, lake level variation, vertical deformation, mountain glacier change, and atmospheric circulation of the Tibetan Plateau;
  • Geopotential and orthometric height determinations and unification of world height datum systems;
  • Long-term monitoring of surface processes from satellite altimeters such as ICESat, TOPEX, Jason-1, -2, and 32, ERS-1, -2, and ENVISAT and Sentinel series;
  • Results of satellite and terrestrial-based gravimetric observations;
  • Results of GNSS observations, GNSS meteorology, and ionosphere;
  • Regional hydrology, vertical displacement, glacier change, lake level change, and their interpretations from altimeter, GPS, monthly GRACE fields, and gravimeters;
  • Geophysical interpretations and consequences of gravity, GNSS, satellite altimetry, and seismic observations;
  • SAR and LiDAR detections of surface deformation, especially over TibXS;
  • Crust structure and density refinement especially in the region TibXS using multi-datasets;
  • Earth rotation effects related to TibXS;
  • Temporal gravity fields, mass migration, and strain/stress fields;
  • Time and frequency applications in geoscience.

Prof. Dr. Wenbin Shen
Prof. Dr. Cheinway Hwang
Prof. Dr. Hao Ding
Dr. Yuanjin Pan
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • Tibetan Plateau
  • Xinjiang
  • Siberia
  • geodetic observation
  • global environment change
  • time and frequency applications
  • Earth rotation effects
  • crust structure and density refinement

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Climatological Evaluation of Three Assimilation and Reanalysis Datasets on Soil Moisture over the Tibetan Plateau
by Yinghan Sang, Hong-Li Ren and Mei Li
Remote Sens. 2024, 16(22), 4198; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs16224198 - 11 Nov 2024
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Soil moisture is critical in the linkage between the land and atmosphere of energy and water exchange, especially over the Tibetan Plateau (TP). However, due to the lack of in situ plateau soil moisture measurements, the reanalyzed and assimilated data are the major [...] Read more.
Soil moisture is critical in the linkage between the land and atmosphere of energy and water exchange, especially over the Tibetan Plateau (TP). However, due to the lack of in situ plateau soil moisture measurements, the reanalyzed and assimilated data are the major supplements for TP climate research. Based on observations from 1992 to 2013, this study provides a comprehensive evaluation of three sets of assimilation and reanalysis products (GLDAS, ERA5-Land, and MERRA-2) on the climatic mean and variability of soil moisture over the Tibetan Plateau (TPSM). For the climatic mean, GLDAS captures the spatial distribution and annual cycle of TPSM better than other datasets in terms of lower spatial RMSE (0.07 m3×m-3) and bias (0.06 m3×m-3). In terms of the climatic variability of TPSM, the multi-data average (MDA) highlights its advantages in reducing the bias relative to any single data product. MDA describes the TPSM anomalies more stably and accurately in terms of temporal trend and variation (r = 0.94), as well as the dipole spatial pattern in EOF1. When considering both the climatic mean and spatial variability, the performance of MDA is more accurate and balanced than that of a single data product. This study overcomes the deficiency of limited time and space in previous evaluations of TPSM and indicates that multi-data averaging may be a more effective approach in the climate investigation of TPSM. Full article
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