Guest Editorial: Special Issue on “The 24th Electromagnetic Induction Workshop, Helsingør, Denmark”

Abstract

Division VI of the International Association of Geomagnetism and Aeronomy (IAGA) on “Electromagnetic Induction in the Earth and Planetary Bodies” (https ://www.emiw.org/) has long played an active role in the field of geophysics. Since 2015, the electromagnetic (EM) community has been accorded the status of a division within IAGA, which is one of the eight associations of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG). The EM Induction Workshop (EMIW), one of the most important activities of the Division, has been held biennially since its inception in 1972 in Edinburgh, UK. Keynote reviews are given by both younger and senior scientists and are summarized in review papers. These review papers describe recent advances in a sub-discipline or topic and are regarded as tutorials in the future application of a particular method. These contributions are published as Special Issues of Surveys in Geophysics/Geophysical Surveys. The 24th EMIW was held in Helsingør, Denmark, August 2018 (https ://emiw2 018.emiw. org/). The badge advertising the workshop is shown in Fig. 1. The event was a joint endeavour of the Nordic countries: Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden, and their associated territories: Greenland, the Faroe Islands, Svalbard, and the Åland Islands. They are located in the NW part of the Eurasian plate and in the NE part of the North-American plate and share location in the polar region. The workshop was attended by 302 participants from 38 countries. Some 345 abstracts were submitted to the following eight Workshop sessions: