Toward Better Understanding and Prediction of Monsoon Onset and Withdrawal for Agricultural Sectors
A special issue of Atmosphere (ISSN 2073-4433). This special issue belongs to the section "Biometeorology and Bioclimatology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (1 March 2022) | Viewed by 7052
Special Issue Editors
Interests: climate risk management; agriculture; decision support tool; seasonal and subseasonal climate forecast
Interests: monsoons; climate variability
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Rainfed agricultural systems over monsoon regions strongly depend on rainfall during the monsoon season, but also on the onset and withdrawal timing. The complexity of monsoon systems and the high interannual variability of the onset and withdrawal dates hinder the development of reliable services in terms of operational monsoon timing monitoring and forecasting. Consequently, it is still difficult for farming communities to have information for decision-making regarding optimal planting dates, cultivar selection, and insurance to deal with critical yield loss and planning logistics before harvesting. This Special Issue aims to provide advances in the understanding of monsoon systems and their characteristics as well as the improvement of forecasting methodologies in the context of agricultural applications. Some potential topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Methods to detect or define monsoon onset/withdrawal dates at multiple scales
- New findings on monsoon characteristics from historical data analysis and implication for agriculture
- Methodologies for forecasting monsoon onset/withdrawal dates
- Agricultural and/or economic impacts of interannual variability in monsoon features
- Adaptation strategies in the agricultural sector to cope with interannual variability of monsoon onset/withdrawal dates
Dr. Eunjin Han
Dr. Carlo Montes
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- agricultural meteorology
- onset and withdrawal of rainy season
- climate variability
- agricultural impact of monsoon characteristics
- predictability of monsoon onset and demise
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