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Co-editors-in-chief: Jonathan Bamber, Luca Brocca, Kirsten de Beurs, Andreas Kääb, Richard Kelly, Miguel Mahecha, Jamie Shutler, Susan Steele-Dunne & Xiao Xiang Zhu
eISSN: 3054-1786

Earth Observation (EO) is a not-for-profit interdisciplinary and international journal dedicated to the public discussion and open-access publication of high-quality studies and original research on Earth observation technologies and methods. EO implements a two-stage publication process.

Embracing the rapidly evolving technologies within Earth observation and their interdisciplinary character, EO serves a wide and diverse community of research scientists, engineers, and practitioners concerned with the full breadth and depth of Earth observation, from sensor and instrument design and construction to missions and campaigns, as well as analysis methods and applications of general interest within geosciences and beyond and of specialised interest for specific disciplines.

Manuscripts with a focus on Earth observation that include perspectives from economical, societal, educational, or other disciplines outside the natural sciences are also welcome.

News

07 May 2026 Temporary unavailability of article and preprint PDFs due to technical issues

Since Tuesday, 5 May, 06:30 CET, we have been experiencing technical issues caused by high demand on our systems, which have significantly affected our journal libraries. To maintain platform stability and ensure continued access to critical services, all preprint and journal article PDFs were temporarily restricted, while HTML full-text content and XML files remained available. Since Thursday, 7 May, 08:30 CET, we have made the preprint PDFs available again; however, journal article PDFs remain restricted until the technical issues have been resolved. We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your patience as we work to restore full PDF access as quickly as possible. Thank you for your understanding.

07 May 2026 Temporary unavailability of article and preprint PDFs due to technical issues

Since Tuesday, 5 May, 06:30 CET, we have been experiencing technical issues caused by high demand on our systems, which have significantly affected our journal libraries. To maintain platform stability and ensure continued access to critical services, all preprint and journal article PDFs were temporarily restricted, while HTML full-text content and XML files remained available. Since Thursday, 7 May, 08:30 CET, we have made the preprint PDFs available again; however, journal article PDFs remain restricted until the technical issues have been resolved. We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your patience as we work to restore full PDF access as quickly as possible. Thank you for your understanding.

20 Jan 2026 Announcing a new journal in EGU's open-access collection: Earth Observation!

Please read EGU's announcement on the launch of Earth Observation.

20 Jan 2026 Announcing a new journal in EGU's open-access collection: Earth Observation!

Please read EGU's announcement on the launch of Earth Observation.

Recent papers

05 Jun 2026
Evaluating InSAR-derived rates of surface-elevation change along the central U.S. Gulf Coast
Guandong Li, Torbjörn E. Törnqvist, and Jingyi Chen
Earth Obs., 1, 1–13, https://doi.org/10.5194/eo-1-1-2026,https://doi.org/10.5194/eo-1-1-2026, 2026
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03 Jun 2026
Using remote sensing to support forest policies in Bavaria, Germany
Qian Song and Xiaoshan Ni
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2026-2782,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2026-2782, 2026
Preprint under review for EO (discussion: open, 0 comments)
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29 May 2026
Connecting earth observation anomalies to farmer surveys for monitoring impacts of agricultural drought on rainfed rice yields in Nigeria
Nick Gutkin, Chiamaka I. Ehiemere, Koen De Vos, Nnamdi Ehiemere, Jeroen Degerickx, Sarah Gebruers, Uchechukwu Nwafor, and Anne Gobin
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2026-2636,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2026-2636, 2026
Preprint under review for EO (discussion: open, 0 comments)
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19 May 2026
Brief Communication – InSAR Svalbard Ground Motion Service: Observing Surface Displacements in the High Arctic
Marie Bredal, Line Rouyet, Lotte Wendt, Heidi Hindberg, Daniel Stødle, Tom Rune Lauknes, Jelte van Oostveen, Yngvar Larsen, Gökhan Aslan, Emma Hauglin, John Dehls, Anja Sundal, Anna Odh, and Dag Anders Moldestad
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2026-2189,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2026-2189, 2026
Preprint under review for EO (discussion: open, 1 comment)
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08 May 2026
Automated glacial lake extraction using an Object-Based Image Analysis approach in Google Earth Engine
Tomos Morgan, Robert McNabb, and Paul Dunlop
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2026-2033,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2026-2033, 2026
Preprint under review for EO (discussion: open, 0 comments)
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