Atmosphere and Surface Hydrothermal Factors

Dear Colleagues,

The atmosphere is essential for Earth’s climate, which is a global concern and widely recognized in both the scientific community and among the lay public. Surface hydrothermal factors are sensitive to the climate, and play an important role in the physical and biochemical processes of soil, as well as the energy exchange system. They directly affect the roots of plants, and have an important impact on the germination of plant seeds and the growth of plants. In modern times, the sources and sinks of atmospheric components are under dynamic change, causing the previous spatio-temporal pattern of radiation balance and surface hydrothermal factors to be disrupted and possibly come to a new balance, which must be carefully studied.

The goal of this Special Issue is to discuss the spatio-temporal pattern of surface hydrothermal factors and atmospheric components in the context of climate change. Therefore, we cordially invite our colleagues in the scientific community to submit their exciting findings to our recently released Special Issue of Atmosphere which relates to “Atmosphere and Surface Hydrothermal Factors”. Potential topics include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Surface hydrothermal factors (e.g., surface temperature, soil moisture, evapotranspiration) retrieval.
• Atmospheric components retrieval.
• Spatio-temporal characteristics of surface hydrothermal factors and atmospheric components.
• Effects of land use/cover change on hydrothermal factors.
• Influence of surface hydrothermal factors on agricultural production.
• Response of ecosystems to surface hydrothermal factors.
• The source and sink of atmospheric components.
• Atmospheric components and climate change.
• Climate change and surface hydrothermal factors.

Dr. Yulin Zhan
Dr. Chunmei Wang
Dr. Shuaiyi Shi
Guest Editors

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• climate change
• surface temperature
• soil moisture
• evapotranspiration
• atmospheric components
• land use/cover
• source and sink
• ecosystem
• remote sensing