Climatology
A section of Atmosphere (ISSN 2073-4433).
Section Information
The climate is what you expect, the weather is what you get. The Climatology section of Atmosphere focuses on the long-term evolution of processes and phenomena within the atmosphere. The scope of the section encompasses past (paleo) and present-day climates, and their future projections. Included within the scope of the section is the impact of external climate drivers such as greenhouse gas forcing, solar, anthropogenic aerosol, and volcanic forcing; the interface with boundary forcing from land-use change, cryosphere, and oceans. Areas of interest include the tropics, midlatitudes, and the polar regions. Tropospheric phenomena including Hadley, Walker, and monsoon circulations, subtropical and midlatitude jets, and atmospheric blocking. The scope of the Climatology section also covers stratosphere and mesosphere processes and variability, including external influence from trace gas and GHG changes (e.g., stratospheric ozone), and phenomena such as sudden stratospheric warmings, the quasi-biennial oscillation, and the Brewer–Dobson circulation.
Keywords
- Global and regional climate
- Climate change and variability
- Paleoclimate
- Atmosphere dynamics
- Long-term observations
- Modeling
- Monsoons
- Hadley and Walker circulations
- Solar cycle
- Volcanic forcing
- Modes of variability (e.g., ENSO, NAO, MJO, PDO)
- Atmospheric blocking
- Teleconnections
- Stratosphere–troposphere coupling
- Sudden stratospheric warmings
- Quasi-biennial oscillation
- Geoengineering
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Special Issues
Following special issues within this section are currently open for submissions:
- Climate Change on Ocean Dynamics (2nd Edition) (Deadline: 30 June 2024)
- Climate and Weather Extremes in the Mediterranean (Deadline: 8 July 2024)
- Arctic Atmosphere–Sea Ice Interaction and Impacts (Deadline: 10 July 2024)
- Polar Glacier Mass Balance and Climate Change (Deadline: 15 July 2024)
- Regional Climate Predictions and Impacts (Deadline: 31 July 2024)
- Arctic Climate Change: Observations, Modeling, and Arctic Amplification (Deadline: 31 July 2024)
- The Drivers and Impacts of Climate Change Over the Eastern Mediterranean (Deadline: 26 August 2024)
- Climate Dynamics and Variability Over the Tibetan Plateau (Deadline: 29 August 2024)
- Climate Change and Forest Environment (2nd Edition) (Deadline: 30 August 2024)
- The Potential of the Built Environment in Climate-Related Challenges (2nd Edition) (Deadline: 31 August 2024)
- Understanding and Forecasting Seasonal Weather and Climate Extreme Events (Deadline: 2 September 2024)
- Drought Monitoring, Prediction and Impacts (Deadline: 13 September 2024)
- Research on the Weather and Climate of the Tibetan Plateau and Its Impact (Deadline: 25 September 2024)
- UHI Analysis and Evaluation with Remote Sensing Data (Deadline: 27 September 2024)
- Urban Heat Islands, Global Warming and Effects (Deadline: 30 September 2024)
- Weather and Climate Extremes: Observations, Modeling, and Impacts (2nd Edition) (Deadline: 30 September 2024)
- Climate Change and Its Impacts in the United States (Deadline: 15 October 2024)
- Recent Advances in Research on Ocean Climate Variability (2nd Edition) (Deadline: 25 October 2024)
- Strategies to Mitigate Climate Change (Deadline: 25 October 2024)
- Climate Change and the Potential Impacts on Wind/Solar Power Systems (Deadline: 30 October 2024)
- Paleoclimate Changes and Dust Cycle Recorded by Eolian Sediments (Deadline: 31 October 2024)
- Challenges in Weather and Climate Modelling: Model Development, Validation, and Perspectives (Deadline: 31 October 2024)
- Sustainable Technologies in Landscape and Urban Planning Response to Climate Change (2nd Edition) (Deadline: 11 November 2024)
- Ocean Dynamics and Their Impact on Global Climate (Deadline: 20 November 2024)
- The Hydrologic Cycle in a Changing Climate (Deadline: 30 November 2024)
- The Impact of Climate Change on Water Resources (2nd Edition) (Deadline: 30 November 2024)
- The Water Cycle and Climate Change (3rd Edition) (Deadline: 30 November 2024)
- Tropical Air-Sea Interactions and Their Impact on East Asian Anomalous Climate (Deadline: 15 December 2024)
- Climate Change and Climate Variability, and Their Impact on Extreme Events (2nd Edition) (Deadline: 19 December 2024)
- Climate Change Challenges for Heritage Architecture (Deadline: 30 December 2024)
- Impacts of Climate Change on Basin Hydrology (Deadline: 31 December 2024)
- Hydroclimate in a Changing World: Recent Trends, Current Progress and Future Directions (2nd Edition) (Deadline: 30 January 2025)
- Climate Change and Extreme Weather Disaster Risks (Deadline: 30 January 2025)
- Extreme Climate Events: Causes, Risk and Adaptation (Deadline: 31 January 2025)
- Toward Sustainable Buildings and Cities: Thermal Environment and Human Comfort (Deadline: 1 May 2025)