Frontiers of Earth Science publishes original, peer-reviewed, theoretical and experimental frontier research papers as well as significant review articles of more general interest to earth scientists. The journal features articles dealing with observations, patterns, processes, and modeling of both innerspheres (including deep crust, mantle, and core) and outerspheres (including atmosphere, hydrosphere, and biosphere) of the earth. Its aim is to promote communication and share knowledge among the international earth science communities. Thematic issues will periodically be published featuring particular areas of earth science. The scope of the journal covers a broad range of earth science topics, including, but not limited to, physical geography, geology, geophysics, meteorology, oceanography, climatology, ecology, biology, global change, hydrology, environmental pollution, biogeochemical cycles, natural resource management, ecosystems and sustainability, land use cover and change, environmental assessment and monitoring, remote sensing, instrumentation technology, data acquisition/processing/assimilation, algorithm development, application and modeling, as well as socioeconomic drivers and societal consequences of the changing planet and its environment. Critical reviews and discussions of recently published research papers are also encouraged.

Members of Editorial Advisory Committee
Zhisheng An, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Jun Chen, Nanjing University, China
Xu Chen, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Guodong Cheng, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Zhongli Ding, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Bojie Fu, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Congqiang Liu, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Dahe Qin, China Meteorological Administration, China
Peijun Shi, Beijing Normal University, China
Honglie Sun, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Shu Sun, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Shu Tao, Peking University, China
Pinxian Wang, Tongji University, China
Yanxin Wang, China University of Geosciences, China
Ying Wang, Nanjing University, China
Shiyuan Xu, East China Normal University, China
Tandong Yao, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Lizhong Yu, East China Normal University, China
Daoxian Yuan, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, China
Rixiang Zhu, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Editor-in-Chief
Wei Gao, ECNU-CSU Joint Research Institute for Environmental Sciences
East China Normal University, China
Associate Editors-in-Chief
Fahu Chen, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Ni-Bin Chang, University of Central Florida, USA
Xiaofeng Xu, China Meteorological Administration, China
Shucheng Xie, China University of Geosciences, China
Zhifeng Yang, Beijing Normal University, China
Shufeng Yang, Zhejiang University, China
Associate Editors
Sam Batzli, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
Bin Chen, Beijing Normal University, China
Guoqian Chen, Peking University, China
Jingming Chen, University of Toronto, Canada
Zhenlou Chen, East China Normal University, China
David Crain, Geometwatch, USA
Peng Cui, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Zhijun Dai, East China Normal University
Rebecca L. Dodge, Midwestern State University, USA
Jim Graham, Oregon State University, USA
Jing Hu, Central China Normal University, China
Allen Huang, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
Minhe Ji, East China Normal University, China
Hsiang-te Kung, The University of Memphis, USA
Xiang Li, East China Normal University, China
Lin Liu, Sun Yat-Sen University, China
Xiaoping Liu, Sun Yat-Sen University, China
Mingguo Ma, Southwest University, China
Jiayi Pan, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China
Jiaguo Qi, Michigan State University, USA
Yadong Qi, Southern University, USA
Amir Sapkota, University of Maryland, USA
Xun Shi, Dartmouth College, USA
Jiong Shu, East China Normal University, China
Ramesh Sivanpillai, University of Wyoming, USA
Jinnian Wang, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Xiusheng Yang, University of Connecticut, USA
Dapeng Yu, Loughborough University, UK
Yan Zhao, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Jiawu Zhang, Lanzhou University, China
Quanan Zheng, University of Maryland, USA
Yunxuan Zhou, East China Normal University, China
Xiaolei Zou, University of Maryland, USA
Managing Editors
Xiaoyu Chen, Higher Education Press, China
Qing Zhao, East China Normal University, China
Copyeditors
Carolyn Ownby
Glenn Patterson
Laurie Richards