CEDAR email: Announcement of a Special Issue of Advances in Space Research

[Aderonke Obafaye]

*Announcement of a Special Issue of Advances in Space Research on*

*Space and Geophysical Observations and Recent Results related to the
African Continent*
Papers are invited for a special topical issue of Advances in Space
Research (ASR) (Elsevier Journal IF: 2.15) entitled “Space and Geophysical
Observations and Recent Results related to the African Continent”.

The under-representation of space and geophysical observations and results
that are related to the African continent and the resultant effects of such
under-representation on the accuracy of the existing global and regional
models is a major source of concern to the global space science and
geophysical community.  This issue of ASR is a deliberate effort to help
close these gaps in order to improve the accuracy of the existing models,
with a view to building robust and reliable technological systems for
application purposes such that these observations and results can be
incorporated in world-wide studies and applications.  Submitted manuscripts
are expected to cover recent advances in space and geophysical sciences
that are related to the African continent.  Because geophysical research is
broad in scope, submissions of manuscripts to this special issue are
expected to be multidisciplinary covering subject areas such as space and
atmospheric sciences, solar and terrestrial sciences, astronomy and
planetary sciences, solid Earth and ocean sciences.  All submissions must
contain some aspect of the spatial environment, the utilization of data
from satellites, or the observation of space phenomena from the ground
(e.g. observations of solar phenomena from solar telescopes).  Measurements
via synthetic aperture radar or other geological surveys of any part of the
African continent with some space measurements incorporated are appropriate
for submission to this special issue.  While it is expected that most of
the papers will be authored by scientists from the African continent,
papers authored by scientists that live elsewhere but who are involved in
scientific activities that affect Africa are also encouraged to submit
manuscripts.

Papers must be submitted electronically to
https://www.editorialmanager.com/AISR.  To ensure that all manuscripts are
correctly identified for inclusion into the special issue, authors must
select “Special Issue: Space/Geophys. on Africa” when they reach the
"Article Type" step in the submission process.  Submitted papers must be
written in English and should include full affiliation postal addresses for
all authors.  The general format for submission of papers can be found on
the ASR Elsevier web site at

http://www.journals.elsevier.com/advances-in-space-research/

Only full-length papers will be considered for publication, subject to peer
review by a minimum of two reviewers.  There are no page limits although
the length of the paper should be appropriate for the material being
presented.  While the deadline for submissions is 1 March 2022, papers will
be published electronically as soon as they are accepted.  The printed
issue will be assembled within a reasonable time with late papers being
printed in regular issues of ASR.  All articles will be typeset at no cost
to the author.  There is a charge for printing color figures; there is no
charge for color figures on the electronic version.

Dr. Andrew Akala (andrewakala at yahoo.com; aakala at unilag.edu.ng) and Dr.
Chigomezyo Ngwira (cngwira at astraspace.net) are the Guest Editors for this
special issue.  Questions can be directed to Drs. Akala and Ngwira, or to
the Co-Editor for Special Issues, Dr. Peggy Ann Shea (sssrc at msn.com).

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*...........Aderonke Aderonke ObafayeCentre for Atmospheric
ResearchNational Space Research and Development Agency NASRDAKogi State
University Campus, Anyigba, Kogi State, Nigeria+234 8034530057*
ORCID ID:  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2558-3359
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