Announcement of a new peer reviewed journal:
‘IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in
Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing’
(J-STARS)
The first volume of JSTARS will appear in 2008.
The “IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing” (JSTARS) is a new quarterly publication jointly sponsored by the Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society (GRSS) and the IEEE Committee on Earth Observations (ICEO).
In developing the scope of the journal the initiatives of the ICEO have been reviewed and a survey of the GRSS membership and interested parties has been conducted. The following defines the range of issues appropriate for JSTARS:
“Papers should address current issues and techniques in applied remote and in situ sensing, their integration, and applied modeling and information creation for understanding the Earth. Applications are for the Earth, oceans and atmosphere. Topics can include observations, derived information such as forecast data, simulated information, data assimilation and Earth information techniques to address science and engineering issues of the Earth system. The technical content of papers must be both new and significant.”
The first volume of JSTARS will appear in 2008. The first issue will be on “Earth Observations and Renewable Energy”. The Guest Editors are Ellsworth LeDrew, Lixin Wu, Thierry Ranchin, Marion Schroedter-homscheidt.
Click here to read the call for Papers for IEEE J-STARS.
The following issues are also planned for 2008:
- 1) “Special Issue on Remote Sensing of Human Settlements: Status and Challenges”. The Guest Editors are Paolo Gamba, Florence Tupin and Qihao Weng.
- 2) “Special Issue on Wildland Fires and Biomass Burning”. The Guest Editors are Emilio Chuvieco, Chris Justice, and Ioannis Gitas.
Proposals for future special issues and submissions of individual papers for general publication are welcome.
Initially, paper submission will be handled through the TGRS Manuscript Central site (http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/tgrs) while the dedicated JSTARS site is being built. The work flow for submission and review will be the same as that for TGRS and the site is expected to be on-line shortly.
We welcome individual articles and proposals for theme issues or special issues on topics relevant to JSTARS. Further information and guidance is available by contacting either the Editor-in-Chief or the Deputy Editor-in-Chief. We look forward to collaborating with the membership on an important and exciting new chapter in the evolution of both the GRSS and ICEO.
Editor-in-Chief:
Dr. Ellsworth LeDrew, FIEEE, FCASI
Faculty of Environmental Studies,
University of Waterloo,
Ontario, Canada
ells@watleo.uwaterloo.ca
eledrew@ieee.org
Deputy Editor-in-Chief:
Dr. Kun-Shan Chen, FIEEE
Center for Space and Remote Sensing Research
National Central University
Chung-Li, Taiwan, Republic of China
dkschen@csrsr.ncu.edu.tw
