Extreme Precipitation and Responses to Climate Change

Dear Colleagues,

Precipitation constitutes a fundamental component of the global water cycle, and the latent heat that is released during the precipitation process serves as a crucial driver of atmospheric circulation, directly influencing the energy balance of the Earth–atmosphere system. The spatiotemporal distribution of precipitation impacts terrestrial hydrological processes, making them susceptible to localized meteorological disasters such as droughts or floods. Against the backdrop of global warming, the melting of glaciers, rising sea levels, and the escalation of various extreme events have become increasingly prevalent. It is critically important for us to reveal the changes in extreme weather and its causal mechanism through observations and models.

In this context, understanding the variations in the frequency and intensity of global extreme precipitation events is of paramount importance for enhancing our capacity to address catastrophic weather occurrences. This Special Issue aims to unveil the changes in and underlying patterns of extreme precipitation events in different global regions, a theme that is closely aligned with the overarching theme of climate in this journal.

We invite submissions of research articles on the following topics:

• Extreme precipitation, high temperatures, cold waves, snowfall, hail, and other high-impact weather events;
• Trends in extreme weather changes;
• Mechanisms of extreme weather events;
• High-impact weather forecasting, warning technologies, and assessment.

Dr. Fengjiao Chen
Dr. Xiao Pan
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Climate is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

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• climate change
• numerical models
• high-impact weather
• extreme precipitation
• dynamics
• evaluation