Editorial board
Editors of this journal work on a purely voluntary basis without remuneration. This secures the freedom of taking editorial decisions purely based on scientific quality assurance without any interference with the economic interests an open-access publisher might have. The ESSD editorial manager, being a staff member of Copernicus Publications, does not take any editorial decisions.
Chief executive editor

Kirsten Elger
GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences
Germany
Subject areas
Subject areas
ESSD – Land

Chief editors

Ken Mankoff
NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies
United States
Subject areas
Subject areas
ESSD – Cryosphere


Graciela Raga
Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico
Mexico
Subject areas
Subject areas
ESSD – Atmosphere


François G. Schmitt
CNRS
Laboratory of Oceanology and Geosciences
Laboratory of Oceanology and Geosciences
France
Subject areas
Subject areas
ESSD – Ocean

Hanqin Tian
Boston College
Center for Earth System Science and Global Sustainability
Department of Earth and Environmental Science
Center for Earth System Science and Global Sustainability
Department of Earth and Environmental Science
United States
Subject areas
Subject areas
ESSD – Land

Yuyu Zhou
The University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Subject areas
Subject areas
ESSD – Anthroposphere

Editorial manager

Johannes Wagner
Copernicus Publications
Germany

Topic editors

Charles Amory
Univ. Grenoble Alpes
Institut des Géosciences de l’Environnement
Institut des Géosciences de l’Environnement
France
Subject areas
Subject areas
ESSD – Cryosphere


Achim A. Beylich
Geomorphological Field Laboratory (GFL)
Norway
Subject areas
Subject areas
ESSD – Cryosphere
ESSD – Geosphere
ESSD – Hydrosphere
ESSD – Geosphere
ESSD – Hydrosphere


Zihao Bian
Nanjing Normal University
School of Geography
School of Geography
China
Subject areas
Subject areas
ESSD – Biosphere
ESSD – Hydrosphere
ESSD – Hydrosphere


Davide Bonaldo
National Research Council, Institute of Marine Sciences, CNR-ISMAR
Italy
Subject areas
Subject areas
ESSD – Hydrosphere
ESSD – Ocean
ESSD – Ocean


Guillaume Charria
Ifremer
LOPS
LOPS
France
Subject areas
Subject areas
ESSD – Ocean


Montserrat Costa Surós
Barcelona Supercomputing Center
Earth Sciences
Earth Sciences
Spain
Subject areas
Subject areas
ESSD – Atmosphere


Chris DeBeer
University of Saskatchewan
Centre for Hydrology and Global Institute for Water Security
Centre for Hydrology and Global Institute for Water Security
Canada
Subject areas
Subject areas
ESSD – Cryosphere
ESSD – Hydrosphere
ESSD – Hydrosphere


Niccolò Dematteis
Research Institute for Geo-hydrological Protection, National Research Council of Italy
Italy
Subject areas
Subject areas
ESSD – Cryosphere
ESSD – Geosphere
ESSD – Geosphere


Attila Demény
HUN-REN Research Centre for Astronomy and Earth Sciences
Institute for Geological and Geochemical Research
Institute for Geological and Geochemical Research
Hungary
Subject areas
Subject areas
ESSD – Geosphere
ESSD – Hydrosphere
ESSD – Ocean
ESSD – Hydrosphere
ESSD – Ocean


Clare Eayrs
Korea Polar Research Institute
Division of Glacial Environment Research
Division of Glacial Environment Research
Korea, Republic Of
Subject areas
Subject areas
ESSD – Cryosphere


Kirsten Elger
GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences
Germany
Subject areas
Subject areas
ESSD – Geosphere


Dirk Fleischer
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
University and State Library
Research Data Competence Center
University and State Library
Research Data Competence Center
Germany
Subject areas
Subject areas
ESSD – Biosphere
ESSD – Ocean
ESSD – Ocean


Alexander Fraser
Australian Antarctic Program Partnership
Sea ice
Sea ice
Australia
Subject areas
Subject areas
ESSD – Cryosphere


Frédéric Gazeau
Sorbonne université
LOV Laboratoire océanographie de Villefranche
LOV Laboratoire océanographie de Villefranche
France
Subject areas
Subject areas
ESSD – Ocean


Alexander Gelfan
Water Problems Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Israel
Subject areas
Subject areas
ESSD – Land


Tobias Gerken
James Madison University
School of Integrated Sciences
School of Integrated Sciences
United States
Subject areas
Subject areas
ESSD – Atmosphere


Alexander Gruber
Technische Universität Wien
Department of Geodesy and Geoinformation
Department of Geodesy and Geoinformation
Austria
Subject areas
Subject areas
ESSD – Anthroposphere
ESSD – Atmosphere
ESSD – Biosphere
ESSD – Geosphere
ESSD – Hydrosphere
ESSD – Atmosphere
ESSD – Biosphere
ESSD – Geosphere
ESSD – Hydrosphere


Lukas Gudmundsson
ETH Zurich
Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science
Department of Environmental Systems Science
Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science
Department of Environmental Systems Science
Switzerland
Subject areas
Subject areas
ESSD – Anthroposphere
ESSD – Atmosphere
ESSD – Land
ESSD – Atmosphere
ESSD – Land


Dagmar Hainbucher
University Hamburg
Institute of Oceanography
Earth System Science
Institute of Oceanography
Earth System Science
Germany
Subject areas
Subject areas
ESSD – Ocean


Dalei Hao
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Atmospheric, Climate, and Earth Sciences Division
Atmospheric, Climate, and Earth Sciences Division
United States
Subject areas
Subject areas
ESSD – Anthroposphere
ESSD – Biosphere
ESSD – Cryosphere
ESSD – Hydrosphere
ESSD – Biosphere
ESSD – Cryosphere
ESSD – Hydrosphere


Sibylle K. Hassler
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research / Institute of Water Resources and River Basin Management
Atmospheric Trace Gases and Remote Sensing / Chair of Hydrology
Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research / Institute of Water Resources and River Basin Management
Atmospheric Trace Gases and Remote Sensing / Chair of Hydrology
Germany
Subject areas
Subject areas
ESSD – Land


Petra Heil
Australian Antarctic Division & University of Tasmania & Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research
Australian Antarctic Programme Partnership & Snow and Avalanche Research Institute
Australian Antarctic Programme Partnership & Snow and Avalanche Research Institute
Australia
Subject areas
Subject areas
ESSD – Cryosphere


Birgit Heim
Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Polar Terrestrial Environmental Systems
Polar Terrestrial Environmental Systems
Germany
Subject areas
Subject areas
ESSD – Cryosphere
ESSD – Land
ESSD – Land


Guanyu Huang
Stony Brook University
Program in Public Health, and School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences
Program in Public Health, and School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences
United States
Subject areas
Subject areas
ESSD – Anthroposphere
ESSD – Atmosphere
ESSD – Atmosphere


Iolanda Ialongo
Finnish Meteorological Institute
SPACE AND EARTH OBSERVATION CENTRE
SPACE AND EARTH OBSERVATION CENTRE
Finland
Subject areas
Subject areas
ESSD – Anthroposphere
ESSD – Atmosphere
ESSD – Atmosphere


Giulio G.R. Iovine
CNR-IRPI
Section of Cosenza
Section of Cosenza
Italy
Subject areas
Subject areas
ESSD – Geosphere
ESSD – Hydrosphere
ESSD – Hydrosphere


Conrad Jackisch
TU Bergakademie Freiberg
Faculty of Geosciences, Geoengineering and Mining
Interdisciplinary Environmental Research Centre
Faculty of Geosciences, Geoengineering and Mining
Interdisciplinary Environmental Research Centre
Germany
Subject areas
Subject areas
ESSD – Anthroposphere
ESSD – Biosphere
ESSD – Hydrosphere
ESSD – Biosphere
ESSD – Hydrosphere

Robert Jackisch
TU Berlin
ILAUP
Geoinformation in Environmental Planning
ILAUP
Geoinformation in Environmental Planning
Germany
Subject areas
Subject areas
ESSD – Anthroposphere
ESSD – Biosphere
ESSD – Geosphere
ESSD – Biosphere
ESSD – Geosphere

Alexander Kokhanovsky
Marburg University
Department of Geography
Department of Geography
Germany
Subject areas
Subject areas
ESSD – Atmosphere
ESSD – Cryosphere
ESSD – Cryosphere

Andrea Lammert
Deutsches Klimarechenzentrum GmbH
Data management
Data management
Germany
Subject areas
Subject areas
ESSD – Atmosphere

Qingxiang Li
Sun Yat-sen University
School of Atmospheric Sciences
School of Atmospheric Sciences
China
Subject areas
Subject areas
ESSD – Anthroposphere
ESSD – Atmosphere
ESSD – Atmosphere


Xuecao Li
China Agricultural University
College of Land Science and Technology
College of Land Science and Technology
China
Subject areas
Subject areas
ESSD – Anthroposphere
ESSD – Biosphere
ESSD – Biosphere


Heming Liao
Microsoft Corporation
United States
Subject areas
Subject areas
ESSD – Anthroposphere
ESSD – Cryosphere
ESSD – Cryosphere


Katrin Lindbäck
Mid Sweden University
Sweden
Subject areas
Subject areas
ESSD – Cryosphere


Christof Lorenz
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research
Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research
Germany
Subject areas
Subject areas
ESSD – Atmosphere
ESSD – Hydrosphere
ESSD – Hydrosphere


Chaoqun Lu
Iowa State University
United States
Subject areas
Subject areas
ESSD – Anthroposphere
ESSD – Biosphere
ESSD – Hydrosphere
ESSD – Biosphere
ESSD – Hydrosphere


Han Ma
The University of Hong Kong
Department of Geography
Department of Geography
China
Subject areas
Subject areas
ESSD – Anthroposphere
ESSD – Biosphere
ESSD – Biosphere


Marc Daniel Mallet
University of Tasmania
Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies
Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies
Australia
Subject areas
Subject areas
ESSD – Anthroposphere
ESSD – Atmosphere
ESSD – Atmosphere


Ken Mankoff
NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies
United States
Subject areas
Subject areas
ESSD – Cryosphere


Benjamin Männel
GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences
Geodesy
Geodesy
Germany
Subject areas
Subject areas
ESSD – Geosphere


Jiafu Mao
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Environmental Sciences Division
Environmental Sciences Division
United States
Subject areas
Subject areas
ESSD – Biosphere

Salvatore Marullo
Retired from CNR
ISMAR
ISMAR
Italy
Subject areas
Subject areas
ESSD – Ocean

Fan Mei
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Earth and Biological Sciences Directorate
Earth and Biological Sciences Directorate
United States
Subject areas
Subject areas
ESSD – Atmosphere


Luis Millan
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
United States
Subject areas
Subject areas
ESSD – Atmosphere

Carlos Morales
University of São Paulo - USP
Institute of Astronomy, Geophysics and Atmospheric Science - IAG
Department of Atmospheric Science
Institute of Astronomy, Geophysics and Atmospheric Science - IAG
Department of Atmospheric Science
Brazil
Subject areas
Subject areas
ESSD – Atmosphere

Christopher Neigh
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Biospheric Sciences Laboratory
Biospheric Sciences Laboratory
United States
Subject areas
Subject areas
ESSD – Anthroposphere
ESSD – Biosphere
ESSD – Biosphere


Sebastiano Piccolroaz
University of Trento
Department of Civil, Environmental and Mechanical Engineering
Department of Civil, Environmental and Mechanical Engineering
Italy
Subject areas
Subject areas
ESSD – Anthroposphere
ESSD – Hydrosphere
ESSD – Ocean
ESSD – Hydrosphere
ESSD – Ocean


Andrea Popp
SMHI (Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute)
Hydrological Research Unit
Hydrological Research Unit
Sweden
Subject areas
Subject areas
ESSD – Hydrosphere


Yue Qin
Peking University
College of Environmental Science and Engineering
College of Environmental Science and Engineering
China
Subject areas
Subject areas
ESSD – Anthroposphere
ESSD – Hydrosphere
ESSD – Hydrosphere


Graciela Raga
Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico
Mexico
Subject areas
Subject areas
ESSD – Atmosphere


Yuhan (Douglas) Rao
North Carolina State University
Cooperative Institute for Satellite Earth System Studies
North Carolina Institute for Climate Studies
Cooperative Institute for Satellite Earth System Studies
North Carolina Institute for Climate Studies
United States
Subject areas
Subject areas
ESSD – Anthroposphere
ESSD – Atmosphere
ESSD – Biosphere
ESSD – Cryosphere
ESSD – Hydrosphere
ESSD – Atmosphere
ESSD – Biosphere
ESSD – Cryosphere
ESSD – Hydrosphere


Alberto Ribotti
CNR-IAS
Operational Oceanography Group
Operational Oceanography Group
Italy
Subject areas
Subject areas
ESSD – Ocean


Alessio Rovere
Ca'Foscari University of Venice
Italy
Subject areas
Subject areas
ESSD – Geosphere


Andrea Rovida
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia
Milano
Milano
Italy
Subject areas
Subject areas
ESSD – Geosphere


Marta Rufino
Portuguese Institute for the Sea and the Atmosphere
Division of Modelling and Management of Fisheries Resources
Division of Modelling and Management of Fisheries Resources
Portugal
Subject areas
Subject areas
ESSD – Ocean


Nophea Sasaki
Sasin School of Management
ESG and Sustainability
ESG and Sustainability
Thailand
Subject areas
Subject areas
ESSD – Anthroposphere
ESSD – Biosphere
ESSD – Biosphere


Sabine Schmidt
OASU / CNRS
UMR5805
UMR5805
France
Subject areas
Subject areas
ESSD – Ocean


François G. Schmitt
CNRS
Laboratory of Oceanology and Geosciences
Laboratory of Oceanology and Geosciences
France
Subject areas
Subject areas
ESSD – Ocean


Hao Shi
Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Chinese Academy of Sciences
China
Subject areas
Subject areas
ESSD – Anthroposphere
ESSD – Biosphere
ESSD – Hydrosphere
ESSD – Biosphere
ESSD – Hydrosphere

Martina Stockhause
IPCC Data Distribution Centre (DDC)
Germany
Subject areas
Subject areas
ESSD – Anthroposphere
ESSD – Atmosphere
ESSD – Atmosphere

James Thornton
Switzerland
Subject areas
Subject areas
ESSD – Cryosphere
ESSD – Hydrosphere
ESSD – Hydrosphere

Hanqin Tian
Boston College
Center for Earth System Science and Global Sustainability
Department of Earth and Environmental Science
Center for Earth System Science and Global Sustainability
Department of Earth and Environmental Science
United States
Subject areas
Subject areas
ESSD – Land

Di Tian
Auburn University
United States
Subject areas
Subject areas
ESSD – Atmosphere
ESSD – Hydrosphere
ESSD – Hydrosphere


Désirée Treichler
University of Oslo
Department of Geosciences
Department of Geosciences
Norway
Subject areas
Subject areas
ESSD – Cryosphere


Francesco N. Tubiello
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Statistics
Statistics
Italy
Subject areas
Subject areas
ESSD – Anthroposphere
ESSD – Biosphere
ESSD – Biosphere


Baptiste Vandecrux
Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland
Glaciology and Climate
Glaciology and Climate
Denmark
Subject areas
Subject areas
ESSD – Atmosphere
ESSD – Cryosphere
ESSD – Cryosphere


Sebastiaan van de Velde
University of Otago
Marine Science
Marine Science
New Zealand
Subject areas
Subject areas
ESSD – Land
ESSD – Ocean
ESSD – Ocean

Bastiaan van Diedenhoven
SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research
Earth Science Division
Earth Science Division
Netherlands
Subject areas
Subject areas
ESSD – Atmosphere
Georg Veh
University of Potsdam
Institute of Environmental Science and Geography
Institute of Environmental Science and Geography
Germany
Subject areas
Subject areas
ESSD – Anthroposphere
ESSD – Cryosphere
ESSD – Geosphere
ESSD – Hydrosphere
ESSD – Cryosphere
ESSD – Geosphere
ESSD – Hydrosphere

Anton Velo
IIM-CSIC
Oceanic Processes in Global Change
Oceanic Processes in Global Change
Spain
Subject areas
Subject areas
ESSD – Ocean


Sander Veraverbeke
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Netherlands
Subject areas
Subject areas
ESSD – Anthroposphere
ESSD – Atmosphere
ESSD – Cryosphere
ESSD – Land
ESSD – Atmosphere
ESSD – Cryosphere
ESSD – Land

Christine I. B. Wallis
Technische Universität Berlin
Science
Science
Germany
Subject areas
Subject areas
ESSD – Biosphere

Xingchen (Tony) Wang
Boston College
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
United States
Subject areas
Subject areas
ESSD – Atmosphere
ESSD – Geosphere
ESSD – Hydrosphere
ESSD – Ocean
ESSD – Geosphere
ESSD – Hydrosphere
ESSD – Ocean


Jing Wei
Peking University
College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering
College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering
China
Subject areas
Subject areas
ESSD – Anthroposphere
ESSD – Atmosphere
ESSD – Geosphere
ESSD – Atmosphere
ESSD – Geosphere


Martin Wild
ETH Zurich
Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science
Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science
Switzerland
Subject areas
Subject areas
ESSD – Atmosphere


Kang Yang
Nanjing University
School of Geography and Ocean Science
School of Geography and Ocean Science
China
Subject areas
Subject areas
ESSD – Cryosphere
ESSD – Hydrosphere
ESSD – Hydrosphere


Jia Yang
Oklahoma State University
Natural Resource Ecology and Management
Natural Resource Ecology and Management
United States
Subject areas
Subject areas
ESSD – Anthroposphere
ESSD – Atmosphere
ESSD – Biosphere
ESSD – Hydrosphere
ESSD – Atmosphere
ESSD – Biosphere
ESSD – Hydrosphere


Yun Yang
Cornell University
Soil and Crop Sciences
Soil and Crop Sciences
United States
Subject areas
Subject areas
ESSD – Anthroposphere
ESSD – Hydrosphere
ESSD – Hydrosphere

Yuanzhi Yao
East China Normal University
School of Geographic Sciences
Geographic Information Science
School of Geographic Sciences
Geographic Information Science
China
Subject areas
Subject areas
ESSD – Anthroposphere
ESSD – Biosphere
ESSD – Hydrosphere
ESSD – Biosphere
ESSD – Hydrosphere

Yufang Ye
Sun Yat-sen University
School of Geospatial Engineering and Science
School of Geospatial Engineering and Science
China
Subject areas
Subject areas
ESSD – Cryosphere


Zhen Yu
Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology
School of Applied Meteorology
School of Applied Meteorology
China
Subject areas
Subject areas
ESSD – Anthroposphere
ESSD – Biosphere
ESSD – Biosphere


Yuqiang Zhang
Shandong University
Environment Research Institute
Environment Research Institute
China
Subject areas
Subject areas
ESSD – Anthroposphere
ESSD – Atmosphere
ESSD – Atmosphere


Kaiguang Zhao
The Ohio State University
School of Environment and Natural Resources
School of Environment and Natural Resources
United States
Subject areas
Subject areas
ESSD – Anthroposphere
ESSD – Biosphere
ESSD – Hydrosphere
ESSD – Biosphere
ESSD – Hydrosphere


Bo Zheng
Tsinghua University
Institute of Environment and Ecology
Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School
Institute of Environment and Ecology
Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School
China
Subject areas
Subject areas
ESSD – Anthroposphere
ESSD – Atmosphere
ESSD – Biosphere
ESSD – Atmosphere
ESSD – Biosphere


Yuyu Zhou
The University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Subject areas
Subject areas
ESSD – Anthroposphere


Chunlüe Zhou
Sun Yat-sen University
School of Geography and Planning
School of Geography and Planning
China
Subject areas
Subject areas
ESSD – Atmosphere


Peng Zhu
The University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Subject areas
Subject areas
ESSD – Anthroposphere

Editors on leave

Jan Beutel
University of Innsbruck
Networked Embedded Sensing Center
Department of Computer Science
Networked Embedded Sensing Center
Department of Computer Science
Austria


Nellie Elguindi
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Laboratoire d'Aérologie
France


Simona Simoncelli
Italy

Advisory board members

David Carlson
United States

Alexander Petrovich Lisitzin
Russian Academy of Sciences
Shirshov Institute of Oceanology
Shirshov Institute of Oceanology
Russian Federation

Giuseppe M.R. Manzella
OceanHIs SrL
Italy


Hans Pfeiffenberger
Germany
