The EGU has this week launched a new publication, Earth Observation (EO), an open-access, two-stage journal with open and public peer review, following the model of other EGU journals, published by Copernicus Publications.

Earth Observation will be dedicated to the discussion and publication of high-quality research of high-quality studies and original research on Earth observation technologies and methods. It will publish research that covers the full breadth and depth of Earth observation, from sensor and instrument design and construction to missions and campaigns, as well as analysis methods and applications of general interest within geosciences and beyond. Operating in a truly interdisciplinary way, the journal welcomes contributions from the a wide and diverse community of Earth observation research scientists, engineers, and practitioners, including perspectives from economical, societal, educational, or other disciplines outside the natural sciences.

Co-editor-in-chief Jonathan Bamber says: “Earth observation is ubiquitous across the geosciences and is a fundamental tool for observing, monitoring and understanding Earth surface and atmospheric processes, and more generally in Earth System Science. It is essential in numerical weather prediction and many other operational applications. It is such a fundamental tool for so many topics in the geosciences, yet EGU has no journal dedicated to EO methods, techniques, instruments and related topics. Other publishers operating in this field do not operate fully open access, or are not managed by a learned society with a not-for-profit ethos that drives quality over quantity. Earth Observation will provide access to fully open, high quality, original research, using EGU’s transparent and public peer-review platform that will stimulate exchange between communities. As a bottom-up initiative, Earth Observation will create new spaces for researchers to share and discuss cutting edge ideas and discoveries in Earth observation methods, instrumentation and sensors, strengthening and broadening our vital community.”

EO has been launched online and is now open for submissions.

• Earth Observation
• EGU open access journals