Climate Events and Extreme Weather

Dear Colleagues,

Extreme weather events become one of the most important topics in meteorology and climatology in recent years. This is related, beyond any doubt, to their frequent disastrous effects, both environmentally and socioeconomically. Regarding current possibilities for their detection, with remote sensing techniques and systems above all, meteorological extremes have been permanently monitored and have become a bit easier to forecast. This monitoring should also contribute to early warning systems.

Regardless, the nature of weather extremes seems to be fascinating, including the scale, plot, and their atmospheric and environmental origins. It usually refers to extremes of different spatial and temporal scale, especially thermal, precipitation or anemological events. In many areas, it could also be limited to the others like fog, deposits, thunderstorms, snow cover, etc.

The following topics concerning weather and climate extremes are preferable, but other related problems are also welcome:

(1) Criteria and indices of meteorological extremes and their evaluation in different spatial and temporal scales;

(2) Circulation and other determinants of events;

(3) Long-term variability and changes;

(4) Challenges in forecasting;

(5) Social and economic impacts.

Prof. Dr. Zbigniew Ustrnul
Guest Editor

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