Subject areas

The journal subject areas are defined by the following index terms below. These terms represent the keywords to be chosen for assignment of submitted manuscripts to individual topic editors.

ESSD – Atmosphere

  • meteorology
  • atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • energy and emissions

ESSD – Land

  • biogeosciences and biodiversity
  • palaeooceanography, palaeoclimatology
  • geophysics and geodesy
  • geology and geochemistry
  • hydrology
  • pedology
  • energy and emissions
  • land cover and land use

ESSD – Ocean

  • physical oceanography
  • chemical oceanography
  • biological oceanography
  • marine geology
  • palaeooceanography, palaeoclimatology

ESSD – Ice

  • glaciology
  • permafrost
  • snow and sea ice

ESSD – Global

  • meteorology
  • atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • energy and emissions