The Changing Climate of the Arctic

Dear Colleagues,

The Arctic has experienced unprecedented rapid climate change since the last century, accompanied by significant increases in air and surface temperature and sea ice retreat. The changing climate of the Arctic is obvious and verified by the observations of many aspects from both space and the ground. The observed evidence and numerical model predictions of Arctic climate change have established solid basis to advance our understanding of Arctic climate change.

This Special Issue of Atmosphere focuses on the changing climate of the Arctic that is specific to the state-of-the-art and advancements in both observations (satellite, field campaign, airborne, and in situ) and numerical climate modeling for a better understanding of Arctic climate change, in order to help better prediction for future Arctic climate. The list of subjects includes recent advances in observations, data assimilation, and numerical modeling of Arctic climate change with detailed and advanced information on the atmosphere, hydrosphere, geosphere, biosphere, and cryosphere. The most interesting studies would include: (1) satellite data observations and applications in the analyses and prediction of Arctic climate change; (2) advances in numerical climate models for the forecast and hindcast of Arctic climate change; (3) advanced data assimilation methods for coupling observations with numerical models to reduce bias in the model prediction; (4) sea ice and its change associated with Arctic climate change; and (5) advanced research in satellite remote sensing techniques and physical parameterizations and dynamical processes for Arctic climate modeling.

Any studies on any of the topics listed above are welcome to submit to this Special Issue as long as they are specific to the findings and understanding of Arctic climate change through observations and numerical modeling studies. We also welcome submissions of new observation techniques and innovations in numerical model design, as well as the improvements upon existing or the usage of newly available observation platforms.

All manuscripts related to Arctic climate change will be considered. Specific attention will be given to the hydrosphere, cryosphere, and atmosphere studies which would demonstrate unique features of the Arctic climate system. Some possible topics include (but are not limited to) space-based satellite observations (i.e., CryoSat-2), ice-albedo feedback, Arctic amplification phenomena, atmospheric and oceanic heat transfer, cloud radiative effect, and airborne and field campaign mission collected observations.

Manuscripts may present original research or reviews of the state-of-the-art of science, thereby providing context to the current research and the direction in which the Arctic climate change study should be moving.

Dr. Xuanji Wang
Guest Editor

Manuscript Submission Information

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Atmosphere is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

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• Arctic climate
• Arctic amplification
• Climate change
• Climate predication
• Cryosphere
• Sea ice change
• Global warming
• ice-albedo feedback
• Satellite climatology
• Satellite remote sensing