Geoscientific Instrumentation, Methods and Data Systems (GI) is an open-access interdisciplinary electronic journal for swift publication of original articles and short communications in the area of geoscientific instruments. It covers three main areas: (i) atmospheric and geospace sciences, (ii) earth science, and (iii) ocean science. A unique feature of the journal is the emphasis on synergy between science and technology that facilitates advances in GI. These advances include but are not limited to the following:

concepts, design, and description of instrumentation and data systems;

retrieval techniques of scientific products from measurements;

calibration and data quality assessment;

uncertainty in measurements;

newly developed and planned research platforms and community instrumentation capabilities;

major national and international field campaigns and observational research programs;

new observational strategies to address societal needs in areas such as monitoring climate change and preventing natural disasters;

networking of instruments for enhancing high temporal and spatial resolution of observations.

GI has an innovative two-stage publication process involving the scientific discussion forum Geoscientific Instrumentation, Methods and Data Systems Discussions (GID), which has been designed to do the following:

foster scientific discussion;

maximize the effectiveness and transparency of scientific quality assurance;

enable rapid publication;

make scientific publications freely accessible.