Climate Change and Climate Variability, and Their Impact on Extreme Events (2nd Edition)

A special issue of Atmosphere (ISSN 2073-4433). This special issue belongs to the section "Climatology".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 19 December 2024 | Viewed by 2313

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Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue is the second volume in a series of publications dedicated to “Climate Change and Climate Variability, and Their Impact on Extreme Events” (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/atmosphere/special_issues/climate_change_and_variability). Our goal is to collectively advance the understanding of climate-related challenges and foster informed decision making for a sustainable future.

In the present climate scenario, the consequences of climate change and climate variability are of great concern around the world, particularly their impact on extreme weather and mesoscale events, which consequently affect all sectors including habitats, the economy, health, water, and agriculture. Thus, understanding the pattern of climate change and climate variability has been the focus of many researchers, and many efforts are underway to better frame the consequences of their future impacts. To further our understanding of climate patterns and variations at global or regional scales, this Special Issue of Atmosphere seeks contributions on observational and numerical modelling studies to enhance the understanding of the global or regional climate patterns and variations over time in some measures of climate. This issue also encourages articles that discuss a regional or global analysis of extreme weather and mesoscale events and their response to the ongoing trends in climate change and climate variability. Contributions with model simulations and evaluations for a deeper understanding of the physics and dynamics associated with climate-change-related weather hazards will also be considered. Submissions in, but not limited to, the following research areas are invited:

  • Climate change;
  • Climate variability;
  • Extreme events;
  • Climate modelling;
  • Hydroclimate;
  • Hydrometeorology.

Dr. Sridhara Nayak
Dr. Netrananda Sahu
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Keywords

  • climate change
  • climate variability
  • extreme events
  • climate modeling
  • hydroclimate
  • hydrometeorology

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Decadal Changes in the Antarctic Sea Ice Response to the Changing ENSO in the Last Four Decades
by Young-Kwon Lim, Dong L. Wu, Kyu-Myong Kim and Jae N. Lee
Atmosphere 2023, 14(11), 1659; https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos14111659 - 6 Nov 2023
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Sea ice fraction (SIF) over the Ross/Amundsen/Bellingshausen Sea (RAB) are investigated using the Modern-Era Retrospective Analysis for Research and Application, Version 2 (MERRA-2), focusing on the differences in time-lagged response to ENSO between the late 20th (1980–2000, L20) and the early 21st century [...] Read more.
Sea ice fraction (SIF) over the Ross/Amundsen/Bellingshausen Sea (RAB) are investigated using the Modern-Era Retrospective Analysis for Research and Application, Version 2 (MERRA-2), focusing on the differences in time-lagged response to ENSO between the late 20th (1980–2000, L20) and the early 21st century (2001–2021, E21). The findings suggest that the typical Antarctic response to ENSO is influenced by changes in ENSO type/intensity, highlighting the need for caution when investigating the Antarctic teleconnection. Time-lagged regressions onto the mature phase of El Niño reveal that the SIF decrease and SST increase over the RAB is relatively weaker in E21 and most pronounced at 0–4 months lag. Conversely, the SIF in L20 continues to decline and reaches its peak at two-season lag (5–7 months). Tropospheric wind, pressure, and wave activity in response to El Niño in L20 show a zonally oriented high/low-pressure areas with two-season lag, enhancing the poleward flow that plays a key role in sea ice melt in the RAB, while this pattern in E21 is insignificant at the same lag. This study suggests that stronger (weaker) and more eastern (central) Pacific ENSOs on average in L20 (E21) are associated with this decadal change in the SIF response to ENSO. Full article
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