Compound Events and Climate Change Impacts in Agriculture
A special issue of Atmosphere (ISSN 2073-4433). This special issue belongs to the section "Climatology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 March 2026 | Viewed by 29
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Interests: climate change; compound dry–hot event; risk assessment; crop model
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Interests: extreme climatic change; compound dry–hot event; natural disaster impacts; agricultural meteorological disasters and risk assessment
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Interests: crop classification; spatiotemporal fusion; vegetation monitoring
Interests: organic chemical pollution; environmental risk assessment; persistent organic pollutants in aquatic environment
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Climate change is increasingly altering global weather patterns, leading to a rise in the frequency, intensity, and complexity of compound events. These are defined as the combination of multiple climate drivers or hazards (e.g., drought and heatwaves, consecutive flood and storm events, or concurrent oceanic and atmospheric extremes) that contribute to societal or environmental risk. The impacts of these compound events on agricultural systems are often non-linear and disproportionate, posing a severe threat to global food security, water resources, and ecosystem stability. While significant progress has been made in understanding individual extreme events, the integrated analysis of compound events and their cascading impacts on crops, livestock, and farm economies remains a critical research gap.In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:
- Mechanisms and evolutionary characteristics of compound extreme events (e.g., dry–hot and flood–storm events).
- Projections of compound events under future climate scenarios.
- Climate change impacts on crop physiology, yield stability, and soil ecosystem services.
- Integrated risk assessment and early warning systems of extreme climate events.
- Technology for mitigating agricultural losses caused by extreme climate events.
- A satellite-based framework for loss assessment of compound drought–heatwave events.
- Remote sensing of vegetation response and recovery trajectories following compound climate disturbances.
- Assessments of multi-hazard impacts on crop yield, water availability, and pest/disease outbreaks.
- Policy-relevant insights for enhancing climate resilience in agriculture.
We look forward to hearing from you.
Dr. Rui Wang
Dr. Enliang Guo
Dr. Xiangqian Li
Dr. Mo Zhou
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- compound extreme events
- climate risk assessment
- agricultural resilience
- food security
- remote sensing
- crop modelling
- multivariate hazards
- adaptation strategies
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