Atmosphere

Cirrus Clouds and Aviation: Observations, Trends, and Climate Interactions

edited by Ziming Wang,

and Weiyu Zhang

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 308 | Submission Open

Keywords: persistent contrail cirrus; ice-supersaturated regions; aviation emissions; aviation effective radiative forcing (ERF); remote sensing and in situ observations; climate modeling; contrail climate impact and mitigation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Atmospheric Techniques, Instruments, and Modeling)

GNSS Remote Sensing in Atmosphere and Environment (3rd Edition)

edited by

Li Li

and

Pengfei Xia

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 273 | Submission Open

Keywords: GNSS; remote sensing; atmosphere; troposphere; water vapor; data assimilation; environment; precipitation forecast; nowcasting of severe-weather events; GNSS-reflectivity

(This special issue belongs to the Section Atmospheric Techniques, Instruments, and Modeling)

Advances in Urban Air Quality Monitoring: From High-Resolution Sensors to Source Apportionment

edited by

Ülkü Alver Şahin

and Panayiotis Kalkavouras

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 271 | Submission Open

Keywords: air pollution; air pollutant monitoring; sensors; particulate matter monitoring; gas pollutant monitoring; greenhouse gas monitoring

(This special issue belongs to the Section Air Quality)

Radiowave Propagation in the Atmosphere: Bridging Signal Physics and Technological Innovation

edited by

Leke Lin

, Haiying Li and Shuhong Gong

submission deadline 1 Sep 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4037 | Submission Open

Keywords: radio meteorology; atmospheric remote sensing; atmospheric duct; atmospheric absorption; atmospheric refraction; rain attenuation; numerical weather prediction; machine learning; radiowave propagation effects

(This special issue belongs to the Section Atmospheric Techniques, Instruments, and Modeling)

Urban Carbon Emissions: Measurement and Modeling

edited by

Ji Zheng

,

Yingjie Hu

and

Yifu Ou

submission deadline 1 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1582 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban carbon emissions; emission quantification techniques; measurement and modeling; urban transportation emissions; land use and carbon emissions; sustainable urban development

(This special issue belongs to the Section Air Quality)

Measurement, Characterization and Source Identification of Atmospheric Pollutants

edited by Lewei Zeng and

Dawen Yao

submission deadline 1 Sep 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1494 | Submission Open

Keywords: atmospheric pollutants; emerging contaminants; organic compounds; source apportionment; high-resolution mass spectrometry; emission characteristics; ambient air quality; transformation processes; air pollution control; sensors

(This special issue belongs to the Section Air Quality)

Advancing Hydrometeorological Modeling Through Multi-Source Remote Sensing and Advanced Learning Approaches

edited by

Abdelhakim Amazirh

and

Salah Er-Raki

submission deadline 1 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 411 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydrometeorological modeling; multi-source remote sensing; data assimilation; drought and flood monitoring; water resource management; land–atmosphere interactions; climate resilience

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biosphere/Hydrosphere/Land–Atmosphere Interactions)

Advances in Integrated Air Quality Management: Emissions, Monitoring, Modelling (4th Edition)

edited by

Kyriaki-Maria Fameli

and

Vasiliki Assimakopoulos

submission deadline 15 Sep 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 7618 | Submission Open

Keywords: emission inventory; air pollution monitoring; air pollution assessment; exposure; climate change and air pollution; PM2.5; PM10; ozone; aerosols; statistical forecasting models; chemical transport models; urban air pollution; remote sensing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Air Quality)

Urban Design Guidelines for Climate Change (2nd Edition)

edited by

Hideki Takebayashi

and

Jihui Yuan

submission deadline 15 Sep 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5196 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; urban and architectural design; advanced building materials; urban landscape; renewable energy; energy saving

(This special issue belongs to the Section Climatology)

Chemical Characterization of Urban Air Pollution

edited by Xingnan Ye

submission deadline 15 Sep 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2242 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban pollution; ion chemistry; potentially toxic elements; N-containing compounds; VOCs; SOA; source apportionment; atmospheric chemistry; atmospheric monitoring; emerging pollutants; stable isotopic signature; health effects

(This special issue belongs to the Section Air Quality)

Understanding the Role of Wave-Particle Interactions in Earth’s Radiation Belt Dynamics Using Observations, Simulations and Modelling

edited by Suman Chakraborty

submission deadline 15 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 264 | Submission Open

Keywords: space plasma physics; radiation belt dynamics; wave-particle interaction; multi-spacecraft observations; numerical simulations; modelling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Upper Atmosphere)

Tropical Convection

edited by David K. Adams

submission deadline 15 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 222 | Submission Open

Keywords: tropical moist convection; monsoonal regimes; convective organization; land-atmosphere interaction; critical thermodynamic variables; numerical modeling; experimental campaigns; satellite platforms

(This special issue belongs to the Section Meteorology)

Fire Meteorology: Current Advancements in Observations and Modeling

edited by

Flavio T. Couto

and

Carolina Purificação

submission deadline 18 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 265 | Submission Open

Keywords: fire weather; atmosphere–fire interactions; extreme wildfire events; coupled atmosphere–fire models; wildfire observations

(This special issue belongs to the Section Meteorology)

Southern Hemisphere Climate Dynamics

edited by

Fabrício Daniel Dos Santos Silva

,

Jório Bezerra Cabral Júnior

and

Gabriela Müller

submission deadline 20 Sep 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3737 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate variability; climate change; climate modeling; extreme events

(This special issue belongs to the Section Climatology)

Global Ocean–Atmosphere Teleconnections and Their Influence on Climate Variability and Ecological Processes: Interdisciplinary Approaches and Recent Advances

edited by José Villanueva-Díaz and

Arian Correa Díaz

submission deadline 21 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 430 | Submission Open

Keywords: ocean–atmosphere teleconnections; climate modeling; paleoclimate reconstructions

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biosphere/Hydrosphere/Land–Atmosphere Interactions)

Air Quality in Germany

edited by

Klaus Schäfer

and

Lars Hoffmann

submission deadline 25 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 318 | Submission Open

Keywords: air quality management; Germany; low-emission zones; nitrogen dioxide; NO2; particulate matter; PM2.5; ammonia emissions; energy transition; environmental epidemiology; source apportionment; urban air pollution

(This special issue belongs to the Section Air Quality)

Pollution and Plants: Modeling, Monitoring and Phytoremediation

edited by

Hakan Sevik

,

Kaan Isinkaralar

and

Ismail Koc

submission deadline 25 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 238 | Submission Open

Keywords: air pollution; biomonitors; phytoremediation; pollution modeling; pollution and plants; pollution and human health; pollution and plant health; air pollution and climate change

(This special issue belongs to the Section Air Quality)

Atmospheric Remote Sensing and Hydrometeorological Monitoring for Drought Prediction and Assessment

edited by Huihui Zhang and

Hugo Loaiciga

submission deadline 25 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 212 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; hydrometeorological extremes; modeling and monitoring; flash drought and long-term drought; risk assessment; drought resilience

(This special issue belongs to the Section Meteorology)

Particulate Matter: Source and Concentrations

edited by Lina Zheng

submission deadline 28 Sep 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1012 | Submission Open

Keywords: particulate matter; source apportionment techniques; long-range transport

(This special issue belongs to the Section Air Quality)

Ocean–Atmosphere–Land Interactions and Their Roles in Climate Change (2nd Edition)

edited by

Biyun Guo

and

Chunyan Li

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 7814 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; ocean-atmosphere interaction; extreme weather; ecosystem; hydrology; river runoff; marine environment; geomorphic process; carbon cycle

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biosphere/Hydrosphere/Land–Atmosphere Interactions)

Spatial and Temporal Variability in Drought: Exploring Regional Drought Indicators and Indices

edited by

Muhammad Jehanzaib

and

Mohammed Achite

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 6307 | Submission Open

Keywords: drought variability; spatial drought analysis; regional drought indicators; drought indices; hydrological drought; meteorological drought; agricultural drought; climate variability; drought risk assessment; water scarcity; soil moisture deficit; evapotranspiration; drought forecasting; machine learning

(This special issue belongs to the Section Climatology)

The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau: Its Climate/Ecology and Its Impact on Global Climate/Ecology

edited by

Er Lu

,

Yaoming Ma

, Anmin Duan,

Wenkai Li

and Hui Wang

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 3813 | Submission Open

Keywords: Tibet Plateau climate; Tibet Plateau ecology; Tibet Plateau climate–ecology interactions; Tibet Plateau teleconnections; global impact of the Tibet Plateau

(This special issue belongs to the Section Climatology)

The Challenge of Weather and Climate Prediction (2nd Edition)

edited by

Kreso Pandzic

and

Tanja Likso

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3593 | Submission Open

Keywords: data assimilation for numerical weather and climate forecasting; application of atmospheric and oceanic models; ensemble forecasting; weather and climate forecasting verification

(This special issue belongs to the Section Meteorology)

Machine Learning for Atmospheric and Remote Sensing Research

edited by

Amit Kumar Mishra

and

Michał Lupa

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2821 | Submission Open

Keywords: machine learning; artificial intelligence; deep learning; remote sensing; atmospheric applications; earth observation; environmental monitoring; data fusion; climate science; air quality; satellite data; explainable AI; weather forecasting; anomaly detection; edge computing; geospatial analysis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Atmospheric Techniques, Instruments, and Modeling)

Remote Sensing of Aerosols and Clouds: Current Status and Emerging Challenges

edited by Lerato Shikwambana, Nkanyiso Mbatha and

Filomena Romano

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1479 | Submission Open

Keywords: aerosol remote sensing; cloud remote sensing; radiative transfer; aerosol optical thickness; cloud optical thickness; atmospheric pollution; aerosol–cloud interactions; climate change; remote sensing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Aerosols)

Assessing Hydroclimate, Environmental, and Ecosystem Impacts of Anthropogenic and Climatic Changes

edited by

Yanwei Zhao

,

Jingjing Fan

and

Xiong Zhou

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 850 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; extreme events; drought and flood risk; ecosystem responses; habitat factors; ecosystem resilience; water security; water environment risk assessment; adaptation strategies; wetlands; water exchange capacity; cascade hydropower operations; water management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biosphere/Hydrosphere/Land–Atmosphere Interactions)

Association Between Weather and Climate Conditions for Human and Animal Diseases

edited by

Vidmantas Vaičiulis

, Auksė Miškinytė and

Gennaro D'Amato

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 780 | Submission Open

Keywords: human biometeorology; heat and climate change; climate and health; animal biometeorology; diseases; One Health

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biometeorology and Bioclimatology)

Is Climate Change a Catastrophe or a New Opportunity for Life for Tree Species?

edited by Halil Baris Ozel and Tugrul Varol

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 718 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; forest tree species; forest genetic; genetic diversity; biodiversity; silviculture; tree distribution

(This special issue belongs to the Section Climatology)

Recent Advances in Atmospheric Optics: From Advanced Instrumentation and Techniques to Applications in Aerosol Monitoring (2nd Edition)

edited by

Marius M. Cazacu

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 630 | Submission Open

Keywords: advanced optical instruments; advanced modelling and simulation; machine learning technologies; air quality monitoring; atmospheric aerosol and pollution

(This special issue belongs to the Section Atmospheric Techniques, Instruments, and Modeling)

Surface Water Responses to Drought: From River Basins to Lakes and Reservoirs

edited by

Babak Vaheddoost

and

Mir Jafar Sadegh Safari

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 525 | Submission Open

Keywords: drought; surface water; sustainable development goals; climate change; hydrology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biosphere/Hydrosphere/Land–Atmosphere Interactions)

Innovative Measurement and Modeling Approaches for Effective Air Quality Management

edited by

Saikat Ghosh

,

Saritha Karnae

and Kuruvilla John

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 462 | Submission Open

Keywords: air quality monitoring; source apportionment; atmospheric modeling; regulatory compliance; wildfire emissions; ai/machine learning; emerging air pollutants; alternate energy systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Air Quality)

Black Carbon and Carbonaceous Aerosols: Sources, Transport, and Impacts

edited by

Honglei Wang

, Lijuan Shen and

Shuangshuang Shi

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 395 | Submission Open

Keywords: health risk ; carbonaceous aerosols ; long-range transport ; source apportionment ; air quality ; air pollution ; urban ; aerosol ; black carbon

(This special issue belongs to the Section Air Quality)

Urban Air Pollution and Odour

edited by

Radosław J. Barczak

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 306 | Submission Open

Keywords: odorants; odour emissions; air quality monitoring; source apportionment; dispersion modelling; health impacts; mitigation strategies; environmental policy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Air Pollution Control)

Drought and Innovative Trend Analysis Under Increasing Climate Change

edited by

Eyüp Şişman

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 299 | Submission Open

Keywords: drought analysis; drought monitoring; innovative trend analysis (ITA); hydrometeorological variables; climate change; trend detection; nonlinear trends; precipitation variability; temperature extremes; evapotranspiration; hydrological drought; meteorological drought; remote sensing; climate indices; risk assessment; uncertainty analysis; time series analysis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Climatology)

Feature Papers in "Atmospheric Techniques, Instruments, and Modeling" Section (3rd Edition)

edited by

Stephan Havemann

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 272 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; instruments; laboratory measurement techniques; artificial intelligence; machine learning; data science; model development; algorithm; satellite; carbon balance/carbon cycle; infrared spectroscopy; lidar; radar; unmanned aerial vehicles/drone; point cloud; GNSS; microwave radiometry

(This special issue belongs to the Section Atmospheric Techniques, Instruments, and Modeling)

Atmospheric Deposition in Forested Mountain Areas

edited by

Iva Hůnová

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 266 | Submission Open

Keywords: atmospheric deposition fluxes; wet-only deposition; dry deposition; fog pathway; rime-ice pathway; wash out; rain out; gases; particles

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biosphere/Hydrosphere/Land–Atmosphere Interactions)

Traffic Related Emission (4th Edition)

edited by

Xin Wang

submission deadline 30 Sep 2026 | Viewed by 150 | Submission Open

Keywords: traffic-related emission; alternative fuel; internal combustion engine; motor vehicle; non-road mobile machinery (NRMM); non-exhaust particles; life-cycle assessment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Air Pollution Control)

Atmospheric Ice Nucleating Particles, Cloud and Precipitation (2nd Edition)

edited by

Kui Chen

submission deadline 1 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1514 | Submission Open

Keywords: ice-nucleating particles; clouds; precipitation; observational study; modeling research

(This special issue belongs to the Section Meteorology)

Interactions Between Air Quality and Natural Ecosystems

edited by Zhenyu Wang and

Meichen Fu

submission deadline 10 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 442 | Submission Open

Keywords: air pollution; ecosystem services; ecosystem–atmosphere interactions; greenhouse gases; particulate matter (PM); ozone and nitrogen oxides; natural emissions and deposition; climate change impacts; air quality modeling; biodiversity and air quality

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biosphere/Hydrosphere/Land–Atmosphere Interactions)

Climate Changes, Air Quality and Human Health in South America

edited by

Gregori de Arruda Moreira

,

Anil Namdeo

,

Mario Coccia

, Jonatan João da Silva and

Alexandre Cacheffo

submission deadline 15 Oct 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5368 | Submission Open

Keywords: air quality; air pollution; human health; climate change; biometeorology; public health; global warming; infectious diseases; hazardous meteorological events; emerging air pollutants; emerging risks

(This special issue belongs to the Section Air Quality and Health)

Aviation Meteorology: Developments and Latest Achievements (2nd Edition)

edited by

Afaq Khattak

submission deadline 15 Oct 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1095 | Submission Open

Keywords: aviation meteorology; artificial intelligence in weather forecasting; turbulence prediction; wind shear detection; real-time weather monitoring; aviation safety; AI-driven meteorological analysis; weather-related risk mitigation; predictive analytics in aviation; traditional weather forecasting methods

(This special issue belongs to the Section Meteorology)

Urban Air Pollution, Atmospheric Chemistry and Human Health

edited by

Haider A. Khwaja

and

Mirza M. Hussain

submission deadline 16 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 240 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban air pollution; atmospheric chemistry; particulate matter (PM2.5); black carbon; volatile organic compounds (VOCs); secondary organic aerosols; source apportionment; exposure assessment; air pollution epidemiology; health risk assessment; urban air quality management; atmospheric modeling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Air Quality and Health)

State-of-the-Art in Severe Weather Research

edited by

Tomeu Rigo

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 8681 | Submission Open

Keywords: hail; hailstorm; radar; lightning; satellite; numerical weather prediction; internal structure

(This special issue belongs to the Section Meteorology)

Air Quality in the Era of Net-Zero Buildings

edited by

Alejandro Moreno-Rangel

,

Genny Carrillo

,

Lori McElroy

and

Hanan Al-Khatri

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3414 | Submission Open

Keywords: air quality modelling; air quality monitoring; building performance evaluation; building retrofit; energy-efficient buildings; healthy buildings; indoor air quality; low-carbon building design; net-zero buildings; outdoor air quality; ventilation strategies; indoor and outdoor air quality relationships; retrofit; thermal comfort

(This special issue belongs to the Section Air Quality)

Weather and Climate Extremes: Past, Current and Future (2nd Edition)

edited by

Helber Barros Gomes

,

Dirceu Luís Herdies

, Hakki Baltaci and Maria Cristina Lemos da Silva

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 243 | Submission Open

Keywords: weather and climate extremes; compound extreme atmospheric events; droughts and heatwaves; extreme precipitation and floods; thunderstorms; windstorms; risks, vulnerability and impacts

(This special issue belongs to the Section Meteorology)

Atmospheric Effects on High-Frequency Communication and Remote Sensing Systems

edited by

Marianna Biscarini

and

Ferdinando Nunziata

submission deadline 20 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 235 | Submission Open

Keywords: high-frequency propagation; millimeter-wave and sub-terahertz communications; optical communications and optical feeder links; atmospheric effects and impairments; atmospheric attenuation and scintillation; active and passive remote sensing; atmospheric sensing and profiling; earth observation; weather radar and radiometry; high-frequency channel modeling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Atmospheric Techniques, Instruments, and Modeling)

Aerosol–Climate Linkages Under Global Warming and Emission Transitions

edited by

Dongyou Wu

, Tiangang Yuan and

Zhida Zhang

submission deadline 27 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1490 | Submission Open

Keywords: aerosol; natural aerosol; climate; global warming; spatial–temporal variations; interaction mechanisms

(This special issue belongs to the Section Aerosols)

Gas Emissions from Soils During Global Environmental Change (2nd Edition)

edited by

Caiqing Qin

and Xiaodong Zhang

submission deadline 30 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 843 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil conditions; gas emissions from soils; processes of edaphon; land use change; global climate change; greenhouse gases

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biosphere/Hydrosphere/Land–Atmosphere Interactions)

Weather Radar Technology and Applications in Meteorology

edited by

Sounak Biswas

and Eiichi Yoshikawa

submission deadline 30 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 162 | Submission Open

Keywords: dual polarization; phased array; gap-filling radars; quantitative precipitation estimation; microphysical retrievals; nowcasting

(This special issue belongs to the Section Meteorology)

Application of Emerging Methods in Aerosol Research

edited by Pengzhen He and

Libin Wu

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5601 | Submission Open

Keywords: aerosol measurement; model development; formation mechanism; machine learning; artificial intelligence; high-resolution mass spectrometry

(This special issue belongs to the Section Atmospheric Techniques, Instruments, and Modeling)

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