Atmospheric Circulation Climate Changes

Dear Colleagues,

The East Asian monsoon (EAM), as the major feature of the East Asia atmospheric circulation, is one of the most active components of the global climate system. It has large variabilities at different timescales (i.e., sub-seasonal, interannual to interdecadal timescales), and often leads to severe natural hazards such as flooding, drought, heat waves, and blizzards, and exerts great impacts on society and human lives throughout East Asia. Thus, it is of great interest and importance to study, simulate, and predict the variability of the EAM. As one of most complex climate systems, the EAM involves and is influenced by multi-scale interactions with the Earth’s atmosphere (i.e., teleconnections), ocean, land surface, and cryosphere components of the climate system, as well as anthropogenic forcing. Although a multitude of physical processes and interactions that influence the EAM have been proposed, the present simulation and prediction/projection of the EAM variability and associated atmospheric circulation by the state-of-the-art climate models still exhibit large uncertainties. A better understanding of EAM physics and dynamics, with more accurate prediction/projection of EAM, is therefore of a great practical importance to the research community and society.

This Special Issue invites papers on all aspects of the EAM, from the variability and predictability of the EAM to extremes and projections. The submission of original and review articles that aim to study EAM variability, the role of different teleconnections, extremes, predictability on multiple timescales, and projections of future changes in the EAM are particularly welcome. This Special Issue hopes to bring attention to recent developments and challenges ahead for understanding the variability and predicting the EAM in a changing climate.

Prof. Dr. Gang Huang
Guest Editor

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• East Asia monsoon variability and change
• atmospheric teleconnections
• droughts and floods
• projections
• East Asia monsoon dynamics
• extreme weather and climate events