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Call for Papers: Aquarius/SAC-D JSTARS Special Issue
[08-Sep-14] The Aquarius/SAC-D Mission has been operating for more than 3 years. The Special Issue of the IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing (JSTARS) solicits articles on the Aquarius/SAC-D mission addressing the calibration/validation performance of the instruments and associated retrieval algorithms for sea surface salinity and other geophysical products. Manuscripts dealing with both Aquarius and the instruments on SAC-D are encouraged.

The submitted papers will be subject to the nominal review process for IEEE JSTARS. The publication of accepted articles will be in December 2015.

Manuscript Submission Deadline: December 31, 2014

Instructions for submission:The JSTARS link to submission is https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/jstars. Please select the following from the dropdown menu Manuscripts type: vol8_12 Aquarius/SACD mission calibration/validation performance and retrieval algorithms.

Questions about the submission process should be addressed to [email protected].

Inquiries concerning the Special Issue should be directed to the Guest Editors:

Dr. Simon Yueh
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
California Institute of Technology
4800 Oak Grove Drive
Pasadena, CA 91109
Phone: (818) 354-3012
Email: [email protected]
Dr. David Le Vine
Goddard Space Flight Center
8800 Greenbelt Road
Greenbelt, MD 20771
Phone: (301) 614-5640
Email: [email protected]
Dr. Shannon Brown
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
California Institute of Technology
4800 Oak Grove Drive
Pasadena, CA 91109
Phone: (818) 393-0773
Email: [email protected]
Dr. Gary Lagerloef
Earth & Space Research
2101 Fourth Ave., Suite 1310
Seattle, WA 98121
Phone: (206) 726-2177
Email: [email protected]