Special Issue of the 15th International Symposium for the Advancement of Boundary-Layer Remote Sensing (ISARS), 28–30 June 2010, Paris, France

The International Symposium for the Advancement of Boundary-Layer Remote Sensing (ISARS) was founded in 1981 by the International Society of Acoustic Remote Sensing of the Atmosphere and Oceans. ISARS organizes a symposium every two years on Remote Sensing and Associated Techniques of the Atmosphere and Oceans, with a particular focus on the boundary layer. Over the years, remote sensing technologies have tremendously progressed using accoustic (sodars), electromagnetic (profilers, radiometers) or optical waves (lidars, ceilometers). They have obviously made an important contribution to the study of planetary boundarylayer (PBL) dynamics. Beyond their role in support to academic research, remote sensing technologies have found an increasingly wide range of applications in air-quality monitoring, aircraft safety and wind energy. This breadth of technologies, scientific contribution and applications was reflected in the 15th International Symposium for the Advancement of Boundary-Layer Remote Sensing (ISARS 2010), hosted by Institut Pierre Simon Laplace, Université de Versailles SaintQuentin-en-Yvelines, and Ecole Polytechnique, in Paris, from 28 to 30 June 2010. The Symposium science program covered six topics: