Current Atmospheric Changes, Projections and Environmental Impacts in the Occidental Southern Polar Region
A special issue of Atmosphere (ISSN 2073-4433). This special issue belongs to the section "Climatology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 September 2022) | Viewed by 308
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Interests: atmosphere-cryosphere interaction; climate variability and change in polar regions and high mountains; synoptic meteorology and forecasting
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Dear Colleagues,
West Antarctica, especially the Antarctic Peninsula, is one of the regions on Earth where air surface temperatures have experienced warming at higher than global average rates. The overall warming has occurred along with other atmospheric changes in the southern polar region such as cloudiness, precipitation, radiation, and the latitudinal position and intensity of the westerly circulation. As a consequence of these changes, abrupt impacts in the Antarctic’s ecosystem and cryosphere have occurred during recent decades, and they are expected to continue in the future. In recent years, observed surface meteorological data, satellite, and atmospheric model data have been used to characterize the Antarctic region's surface climate and to study the atmospheric forcing mechanisms that modify the surface climate variables. Although the efforts mentioned above have improved our understanding of the climate variability and changes in the southern polar region, future projected atmospheric changes and their impacts on the Antarctic’s environment remain open questions that need to be addressed.
The Special Issue of the Atmosphere journal aims to invite researchers to contribute state-of-the-art manuscripts on observed environmental data analysis and modeling of present and future projection changes of their impacts in the Occidental Southern Polar Region (West Antarctica and surrounding oceans). In addition, studies in the scope of analyzing and predicting changes in atmospheric processes and the ecological and societal impacts during the 21st century due to climate change will also be welcome.
Prof. Dr. Jorge F. Carrasco
Guest Editor
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