Lithosphere–Atmosphere–Ionosphere Coupling (LAIC) Models (Vol. 2)

Dear Colleagues,

Our first Special Issue on LAIC models was quite a successful undertaking and became popular not only for authors but for our readers as well. It is for this reason that we have decided to launch a second edition. With regard to our aims, they are quite similar to those in the first issue, but with some important additions:

1. We need more real models with solid physics and mathematics, so papers describing case studies with some precursors registering are welcome, while papers with simple speculations will be restricted;
2. We should pay more attention to the lower layers of the atmosphere and cascade of processes coupling the lower atmosphere with the middle and upper atmosphere and ionosphere, including energy transformation and phase transition processes;
3. We should also to look more carefully not only into the precursor’s generation but also at trigger effects which, as it turns out, play an important role in the coupling sequence;
4. We should look at events such as solar-induced earthquakes and, in general, coupling of space weather and seismicity.

As you can see, we have very ambitious plans, so let us start as soon as possible to collect our papers by the end of this year regardless of the difficulties created by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Dr. Sergey Pulinets
Guest Editor

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