Dear Colleagues,

Land–atmosphere interactions involve complex surface processes that exchange energy and matter between surface and the atmosphere, and have a significant contribution to weather forecasting and climate predictivity. Evapotranspiration is the key to the connection between surface and the atmosphere. Challenges still exist in understanding spatial and temporal variations in land–atmosphere interactions due to limited observations in evapotranspiration. Land surface conditions including soil moisture, vegetation cover, and snow cover could significantly affect atmospheric processes at local, regional, and global scales. Both temperature and precipitation variations are strongly influenced by the strength of land–atmosphere interactions. 

We invite the submission of original research articles and reviews on any aspect of land–atmosphere interactions, including (but not limited to) soil moisture–atmosphere interactions, vegetation–atmosphere interactions, and so on, and their variations across space and time. We encourage studies using the most recent technology such as remote sensing datasets to address such issues. Numerical studies that focus on the specific role of land surface features (soil, vegetation, and snow cover) in the climate system are especially welcome. We are also interested in studies using observational and reanalysis data to address spatial and temporal changes in land–atmosphere interactions.

Dr. Lei Meng
Dr. Yaqian He
Guest Editors

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• land-atmosphere interactions
• evapotranspiration
• soil moisture
• vegetation dynamics
• snow cover
• numerical simulations
• remote sensing