Journal of Applied Remote Sensing -- SPIE

Wei Gao, Colorado State University
Editor-in-Chief

The Journal of Applied Remote Sensing (JARS) covers the concepts, information, and progress of the remote sensing community. Topics covered by the journal include, but are not limited to, the following areas:

Remote sensing theory and applications in the atmosphere, oceans, ecosystems, climate, agriculture, land cover/change, space, solar, ice/snow, hazard, fire, pollution, hydrology, and other environmental areas
Program and experiment concepts
Surveys of remote sensing user requirements
Numerical weather prediction
Environmental monitoring
Satellite instrument calibration requirements
Remote sensing validation problems and methods for resolution
Satellite mission requirements and implementation
On-board and on-ground data receiving and processing
Systems engineering for data
Pre- and post-launch systems and instrumentation
Space technology development and transfer
Orbital measurement concepts
Sensor technology development
Spacecraft and instrument navigation
Coupled numerical modeling
Data acquisition
System integration
Algorithm development
Product applications
Information analysis, mining, and management

Karolyn S. Labes, Managing Editor
SPIE
tel: +1 360 676 3290
journals@spie.org

Facts and Figures

E-ISSN: 1931-3195
Publisher: SPIE
Frequency: Annual (1 volume/year); articles published continuously throughout the year.
Format: Online only
Impact Factor: 0.818*
Subject Category Rankings: 15^th out of 24 journals in Remote Sensing; 11^th out of 21 journals in Imaging Science & Photographic Technology; 166^th out of 205 journals in Environmental Sciences*
h5-index^†: 17

^{* From the 2011 Science Edition of Thomson Reuters' Journal Citation Report®
^† h5-index is the h-index for articles published in the last 5 complete years. It is the largest number h such that h articles published in 2007-2011 have at least h citations each (from Google Scholar)}

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