CEDAR email: Announcement of a Special Issue of Advances in Space Research on Space and Geophysical Observations and Recent Results related to the African Continent

[Astrid Maute]

Papers are invited for a special topical issue of Advances in Space
Research (ASR)
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 most
likely 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 forsubmissions 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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