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Executive editors: Jean Dumoulin, Anette Eltner, Francesco Soldovieri & Håkan Svedhem
eISSN: GI 2193-0864, GID 2193-0872

Geoscientific Instrumentation, Methods and Data Systems (GI) is a not-for-profit open-access interdisciplinary electronic journal for swift publication of original articles and short communications in the area of geoscientific instruments. It covers four main areas: (i) atmospheric and geospace sciences, (ii) Earth science, (iii) ocean science, and (iv) urban environmental monitoring. A unique feature of the journal is the emphasis on the synergy between science and technology that facilitates advances in GI.

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News

29 Nov 2024 Changes to article processing charges

We are pleased to announce a change in the handling of article processing charges. Please find all information on our APC page as well as in the news item from EGU.

29 Nov 2024 Changes to article processing charges

We are pleased to announce a change in the handling of article processing charges. Please find all information on our APC page as well as in the news item from EGU.

13 Sep 2024 EGU webinar: how to write a research paper

You have worked hard to get your results, analyse the data, and draw conclusions from your research topic. Now it is time to write up! Please find information on EGU's webinar "How to write a research paper" here.

13 Sep 2024 EGU webinar: how to write a research paper

You have worked hard to get your results, analyse the data, and draw conclusions from your research topic. Now it is time to write up! Please find information on EGU's webinar "How to write a research paper" here.

12 Sep 2024 GI now at ResearchGate

Copernicus is pleased to announce a new collaboration with ResearchGate in the framework of ResearchGate's Journal Home programme. Please read Copernicus' official announcement and have a look at GI's profile page for more details.

12 Sep 2024 GI now at ResearchGate

Copernicus is pleased to announce a new collaboration with ResearchGate in the framework of ResearchGate's Journal Home programme. Please read Copernicus' official announcement and have a look at GI's profile page for more details.

Recent papers

09 Dec 2024
The Harwell TCCON observatory
Damien Weidmann, Richard Brownsword, and Stamatia Doniki
Geosci. Instrum. Method. Data Syst. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-2024-14,https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-2024-14, 2024
Preprint under review for GI (discussion: open, 0 comments)
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29 Nov 2024
Towards ice core sampling by subsea robotic vehicles
Christian Katlein
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-3358,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-3358, 2024
Preprint under review for GI (discussion: open, 0 comments)
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27 Nov 2024
Managing data of sensor-equipped transportation networks using graph databases
Erik Bollen, Rik Hendrix, and Bart Kuijpers
Geosci. Instrum. Method. Data Syst., 13, 353–371, https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-13-353-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-13-353-2024, 2024
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18 Nov 2024
Improving relative humidity measurements on Mars: new laboratory calibration measurements
Maria Hieta, Iina Jaakonaho, Jouni Polkko, Andreas Lorek, Stephen Garland, Jean-Pierre de Vera, Maria Genzer, and Ari-Matti Harri
Geosci. Instrum. Method. Data Syst., 13, 337–351, https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-13-337-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-13-337-2024, 2024
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18 Nov 2024
Geo-Informatics Data Acquisition Instrument for Assessment of Avalanche Risk and Trafficability: STMET
Ganesh Kumar and Zorawar Singh
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-3154,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-3154, 2024
Preprint under review for GI (discussion: open, 0 comments)
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Highlight articles

18 Aug 2023
New ring shear deformation apparatus for three-dimensional multiphase experiments: first results
Shae McLafferty, Haley Bix, Kyle Bogatz, and Jacqueline E. Reber
Geosci. Instrum. Method. Data Syst., 12, 141–154, https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-12-141-2023,https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-12-141-2023, 2023
Short summary Executive editor
14 Jul 2023
Design and performance of the Hotrod melt-tip ice-drilling system
William Colgan, Christopher Shields, Pavel Talalay, Xiaopeng Fan, Austin P. Lines, Joshua Elliott, Harihar Rajaram, Kenneth Mankoff, Morten Jensen, Mira Backes, Yunchen Liu, Xianzhe Wei, Nanna B. Karlsson, Henrik Spanggård, and Allan Ø. Pedersen
Geosci. Instrum. Method. Data Syst., 12, 121–140, https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-12-121-2023,https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-12-121-2023, 2023
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02 Aug 2022
MOLISENS: MObile LIdar SENsor System to exploit the potential of small industrial lidar devices for geoscientific applications
Thomas Goelles, Tobias Hammer, Stefan Muckenhuber, Birgit Schlager, Jakob Abermann, Christian Bauer, Víctor J. Expósito Jiménez, Wolfgang Schöner, Markus Schratter, Benjamin Schrei, and Kim Senger
Geosci. Instrum. Method. Data Syst., 11, 247–261, https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-11-247-2022,https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-11-247-2022, 2022
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14 Jul 2022
Towards a self-sufficient mobile broadband seismological recording system for year-round operation in Antarctica
Alfons Eckstaller, Jölund Asseng, Erich Lippmann, and Steven Franke
Geosci. Instrum. Method. Data Syst., 11, 235–245, https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-11-235-2022,https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-11-235-2022, 2022
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Notice on the current situation in Ukraine

To show our support for Ukraine, all fees for papers from authors (first or corresponding authors) affiliated to Ukrainian institutions are automatically waived, regardless if these papers are co-authored by scientists affiliated to Russian and/or Belarusian institutions. The only exception will be if the corresponding author or first contact (contractual partner of Copernicus) are from a Russian and/or Belarusian institution, in that case the APCs are not waived.

In accordance with current European restrictions, Copernicus Publications does not step into business relations with and issue APC-invoices (articles processing charges) to Russian and Belarusian institutions. The peer-review process and scientific exchange of our journals including preprint posting is not affected. However, these restrictions require that the first contact (contractual partner of Copernicus) has an affiliation and invoice address outside Russia or Belarus.