Recent Advances in Air-Sea Interactions, Climate Variability, and Predictability

Dear Colleagues,

Air–sea interaction is an active area of research that is crucial for reducing uncertainties in weather and climate predictions.  Exchanges of momentum, heat, and mass across the marine boundary layer involve a variety of dynamic, thermodynamic, and biogeochemical processes, and hence play an important role in the variability and predictability of weather and climate. Recent studies have shown advances in many respects, including, but not limited to:

(1) Improving air–sea coupling and exchange observations;
(2) Refining the representation of relevant processes in coupled climate models;
(3) Developing statistical representations using data-driven/ machine learning techniques;
(4) Understanding relevant physical processes from the submesoscale to mesoscale to synoptic scales and, further, to large-scale modes of climate variability;
(5) Addressing air–sea interaction in the context of climate change predictions at global and regional scales.

We hope to follow along these lines in this Special Issue. Therefore, we are inviting contributions covering the following topics: 

• Air–sea interaction at the submeso, meso, and synoptic scales from the tropics to high latitudes;
• Recent advances in the observation and modeling of air–sea coupling and exchange;
• Large-scale modes of climate variability, such as ENSO, IOD, PDO, NAO, and AMO, and teleconnections;
• High-resolution modeling of marine boundary layer processes;
• Global and regional estimates of air–sea fluxes, including, but not limited to: heat, moisture, and momentum;
• The influence of air–sea coupling on climate variability and predictability, including extreme weather and climate events;
• Noval techniques involving air–sea interaction and coupling, including data-driven and machine learning approaches;
• Other topics on air–sea interaction, climate dynamics, and predictability.

Dr. Wei Zhang
Dr. Duo Chan
Dr. Jie Feng
Dr. Yulong Yao
Guest Editors

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