Biosphere/Hydrosphere/Land–Atmosphere Interactions
A section of Atmosphere (ISSN 2073-4433).
Section Information
Biosphere/Hydrosphere/Land–Atmosphere interactions play a crucial role in weather and climate. Surface water and energy exchange fluxes drive the diurnal and seasonal dynamics of the atmospheric boundary layer, on both local and regional scales. Surface–atmosphere trace gas exchange fluxes affect the chemical composition of the boundary layer, acting both as a source and a sink of atmospheric trace species, including both greenhouse gases and more reactive species that drive atmospheric chemistry, such as isoprene. Together, these surface–atmosphere interactions thus dominate the environmental conditions of life on Earth. As man-made emissions are altering the Earth’s energy budget, surface–atmosphere interactions are changing as well. Magnified or reduced hydrologic cycles and slowly changing biosphere and land surface conditions owing to land use change or increasing frequency of extreme weather and climate occurrences, will not only alter local to regional energy and water fluxes, but also trace gas exchange rates. Both are expected to create feedbacks on atmospheric conditions, including atmospheric chemistry, which will need to be understood to project future risks, and to effectively respond with mitigation and adaptation strategies.
Atmosphere invites contributions analyzing how local to regional energy and trace gas exchanges between the surface and the atmosphere affect atmospheric conditions, including, but no limited to, weather and climate phenomena from local to regional scales, exchange mechanisms, greenhouse gas and other trace gas fluxes and their atmospheric reactions, deposition processes, or anthropogenic land use change effects.
Keywords:
- Atmospheric boundary layer;
- Surface–atmospheric interactions;
- Land–atmospheric interactions;
- Forests–atmosphere interactions;
- Air–sea interactions;
- Wind–wave interactions.
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Special Issues
Following special issues within this section are currently open for submissions:
- Atmosphere–Land Interactions over the Amazon (Deadline: 30 September 2023)
- Simulation of the Distribution of Atmospheric Pollutants and the Influence of Land Use on Them in Urban Areas (Deadline: 1 October 2023)
- Atmospheric and Land Surface Process Modeling (Deadline: 6 October 2023)
- Regional Hydrological Processes in a Changing Climate (Deadline: 10 October 2023)
- Machine Learning to Mitigate the Vulnerability of the Mining Industry to Climate Change Impacts (Deadline: 15 October 2023)
- Measurement and Risk of Pollutant Emissions from Soil to Atmosphere (Deadline: 20 October 2023)
- Land-Atmosphere Interactions over the Tibetan Plateau (Deadline: 31 October 2023)
- Sustainable Technologies in Landscape and Urban Planning Response to Climate Change (Deadline: 1 November 2023)
- Natural Disasters and Hazards in the Geographical Environment (2nd Edition) (Deadline: 10 November 2023)
- Emissions from Biomass Energy (Deadline: 27 November 2023)
- Water Isotopes in the Investigation of the Connection between Atmosphere and Terrestrial Water Cycle (Deadline: 30 November 2023)
- Nitrogen Emissions in Agricultural and Forest Ecosystems (Deadline: 15 December 2023)
- Climate Change and Sustainable Hydro-Energy Development (Deadline: 18 December 2023)
- Land Surface Temperature Retrieval Using Satellite Remote Sensing (2nd Edition) (Deadline: 20 December 2023)
- New Insights into the Microbial Mechanism of Carbon and Nitrogen Cycling (Deadline: 28 December 2023)
- Exploring the Interfaces between Meteorological and Hydrological Droughts (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- Agrometeorology in Brazil (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- Analysis of Global Glacier Mass Balance Changes and Their Impacts (Deadline: 30 January 2024)
- Carbon Fluxes in the Pan-Arctic Region (Deadline: 31 January 2024)
- Climate Change and Regional Sustainability in Arid Lands (Deadline: 31 January 2024)
- Research about Permafrost–Atmosphere Interactions (Deadline: 31 January 2024)
- Subterranean Shifts: Investigating the Dynamic Interplay of Climate Change and Groundwater (Deadline: 16 February 2024)
- Sea-Air CO2 Fluxes and Implications (Deadline: 20 February 2024)
- Impact of Ocean Plants on Atmosphere (Deadline: 28 February 2024)
- Agriculture-Climate Interactions in Tropical Regions (Deadline: 29 February 2024)
- Monitoring and Evaluation of Drought in Arid Areas (Deadline: 15 March 2024)
- Atmospheric Environment and Agro-Ecological Environment (Deadline: 31 March 2024)
- Ocean–Atmosphere–Land Interactions and Their Roles in Climate Change (Deadline: 30 April 2024)