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Weather and Climate Extremes: Current Status and Emerging Challenges

edited by

Sen Chiao

and

Seung Hee Kim

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 99 | Submission Open

Keywords: weather and climate extremes; extreme weather events; climate-driven disasters; compound and cascading extremes; socioecological impacts; vulnerable communities; machine learning in atmospheric sciences

(This special issue belongs to the Section Meteorology)

Advances in Air Pollution Control and Air Quality Improvement in Chinese Megacity Clusters: From Formation Mechanisms to Mitigation Strategies

edited by Guangli Xiu and

Lian Duan

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 97 | Submission Open

Keywords: megacity clusters; multipollutant air quality; emission control policy; advanced source apportionment; long-term trend analysis; health and environmental effects; coupled meteorology-chemistry model

(This special issue belongs to the Section Air Quality)

Statistical and Machine Learning Methods for Climate Sciences: Advances, Applications and Emerging Challenges

edited by

Daniele Tôrres Rodrigues

, Lára de Melo Barbosa Andrade and

Cláudio Moisés Santos e Silva

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 97 | Submission Open

Keywords: statistical modeling; machine learning; climate change; extreme events; bias correction; remote sensing; data science; downscaling; teleconnections; uncertainty analysis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Climatology)

Current Issues in Climate Change and Tourism

edited by

María Belén Gómez Martín

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 73 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; tourism; extreme weather; climate services; big data; impacts; adaptation; mitigation; emissions; risk management; policymaking

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

Multi-Source Observations and Intelligent Data Assimilation for Improving High-Impact Weather Prediction

edited by

Feifei Shen

and Dongmei Xu

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 72 | Submission Open

Keywords: multi-source observations; artificial intelligence in weather forecasting; data assimilation; high-impact weather prediction; extreme weather events; intelligent observation networks; nowcasting and short-term forecasting; machine learning for atmospheric science

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

The Impact of Secondary Organic Aerosol on Atmosphere and Human Health

edited by

Evangelos Bakeas

and

Panagiotis Kanellopoulos

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 72 | Submission Open

Keywords: secondary organic aerosol; formation; air quality; human health

(This special issue belongs to the Section Aerosols)

Recent Advances in Sea Level Monitoring

edited by

Fengwei Wang

, Shijian Zhou and

Tengfei Feng

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 65 | Submission Open

Keywords: sea level rise; satellite altimetry; satellite gravimetry; GRACE/GRACE-FO; mass change; sea level budget; climate change; SWOT; numerical modeling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Meteorology)

Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs): Measurement, Monitoring, and Impacts on Air Quality

edited by

Shan Gu

and

Kai Wu

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 34 | Submission Open

Keywords: volatile organic compounds (VOCs); air quality monitoring; source apportionment; ozone and secondary organic aerosol; atmospheric measurements

(This special issue belongs to the Section Air Quality)

Measurement of Indoor Radon in Dwellings

edited by

Chutima Kranrod

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 33 | Submission Open

Keywords: indoor radon; radon measurement; dwellings; indoor air quality; radiation protection; radon sensors; exposure assessment; risk mitigation

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

Biomonitoring Air Pollution for a Healthier Planet

edited by

Maria Grazia Alaimo

and

Daniela Varrica

submission deadline 10 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 204 | Submission Open

Keywords: biomonitoring; ecosystem health; air pollution; environmental toxicology; atmospheric deposition

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

Source Identification, Monitoring, and Modelling of Ambient and Indoor Air Pollutants with Novel Techniques in Urban and Rural Areas

edited by

Thomas Lei

Francisco Ferreira

Nelson Barros

Murilo D.M. Innocentini

and Mohd Shahrul Mohd Nadzir

submission deadline 10 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 122 | Submission Open

Keywords: air-quality monitoring; air-quality modelling and forecasting; source apportionment; machine learning and deep learning; artificial intelligence; low-cost sensors

(This special issue belongs to the Section Air Quality)

Atmospheric Ozone: From Tropospheric Pollutant to Stratospheric Protector

edited by Peter Krizan and

Yoshizumi Kajii

submission deadline 10 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 106 | Submission Open

Keywords: ozone distribution; ozone pollution; source apportionment; ozone precursors; chemical reactions; ozone formation; meteorological conditions; global and regional transport; stratosphere– troposphere exchange; in situ and remote observations; spatio-temporal variations; monitoring; model predictions

(This special issue belongs to the Section Air Quality)

Air Pollution Control in China: Progress, Challenges, and Perspectives (3rd Edition)

edited by

Tao Zhu

submission deadline 16 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 483 | Submission Open

Keywords: air pollution; control; prevention

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

Electrostatics of Atmospheric Aerosols (3rd Edition)

edited by

Mamadou Sow

and

Noureddine Zouzou

submission deadline 18 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 68 | Submission Open

Keywords: atmospheric aerosol; electrostatics; electric field; bipolar ions; emission; transport; deposition; surface cleaning

(This special issue belongs to the Section Aerosols)

Hydrological Extremes and Drought Management—Challenges, Innovations, and Solutions

edited by Younes Khosravi and

Taha B. M. J. Ouarda

submission deadline 20 Jul 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1158 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydrological extremes; climate change; spatiotemporal modelling; integrated hydro-climate modeling; machine learning applications; water resource resilience

(This special issue belongs to the Section Climatology)

Observational and Model-Based Extreme Precipitation Analysis

edited by

Nirajan Dhakal

submission deadline 26 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 161 | Submission Open

Keywords: extreme precipitation risk; climate change; observational and model-based studies; machine learning; dynamical and synoptic characteristics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Climatology)

Recent Progress on Indoor Air Quality

edited by

Ewa Zender-Świercz

submission deadline 29 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 86 | Submission Open

Keywords: indoor air quality; indoor parameters; HVAC; architecture; control and automation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Air Quality)

Numerical Weather Prediction Models and Ensemble Prediction Systems (2nd Edition)

edited by

Petroula Louka

submission deadline 30 Jul 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5670 | Submission Open

Keywords: model physics; model parameterizations; subgrid-scale processes; perturbation methods; eps spread; data assimilation systems; model evaluation; high-impact weather events; NWP and EPS applications

(This special issue belongs to the Section Meteorology)

Vehicle Emissions Testing, Modeling, and Lifecycle Assessment

edited by

Fei Yu

and Qun Wang

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1748 | Submission Open

Keywords: vehicle emission; real-world driving emission; emission measurement; emission model; emission factor; life-cycle assessment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Air Quality)

Biogenic Volatile Organic Compound: Measurement and Emissions

edited by Ting Wu,

Daocheng Gong

Shuangjiang Li

and Paul V. Doskey

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1286 | Submission Open

Keywords: biogenic volatile organic compounds; field measurement; analytical techniques; numerical modeling; flux measurements; isoprene; monoterpenes; sesquiterpenes

(This special issue belongs to the Section Air Quality)

New Insights into Land–Atmosphere Interactions in Climate Dynamics

edited by

Xinmin Zeng

and

Irfan Ullah

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1156 | Submission Open

Keywords: land– atmosphere interactions; land– air– sea interactions; land– atmosphere coupling; land surface; soil moisture; precipitation; temperature; land use/land cover– vegetation interactions; CMIP6 projection; extreme weather events such as drought; heat waves; and floods; large-scale land– atmosphere teleconnections

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

Non-Exhaust Vehicle Emissions: Measurement, Impacts, and Mitigation Strategies

edited by

Zisimos Toumasatos

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 514 | Submission Open

Keywords: non-exhaust emissions; brake wear; tire wear; real-world emissions; air quality impact; mitigation strategies; electric vehicles (EVs); particulate matter (PM); sustainable transportation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Air Quality)

Typhoon/Hurricane Dynamics and Prediction (3rd Edition)

edited by

Ching-Yuang Huang

Shu-Ya Chen

and

Kao-Shen Chung

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 348 | Submission Open

Keywords: tropical cyclone; data assimilation; remote sensing; satellite radiance data; radar data; GNSS radio occultation; ensemble Kalman filters; hybrid systems

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

Low-Altitude Boundary-Layer Flows and Dispersion: Insights from Experiments, Modeling and AI

edited by

Wai-Chi Cheng

Guangdong Duan

and

Ziwei Mo

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 303 | Submission Open

Keywords: low-altitude boundary layer; urban flow dynamics; pollutant dispersion; heterogeneous surfaces; UAV flight hazards; wind and turbulence

High-Resolution Modeling of Urban Air Quality: From Multi-Source Emissions to Scalable Prediction Systems

edited by Khalid Mehmood

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 175 | Submission Open

Keywords: air quality; urban air pollution; modeling; high-resolution air quality modeling; Lagrangian and Eulerian models; dispersion modeling; machine learning and AI in AQM; pollution source apportionment

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

Sustainable Urban Heat Islands and Role of Urban CO₂-Offsetting Mechanisms

edited by

Mirko Filipponi

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 144 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban heat island; albedo; evapotranspiration; CO2 offset; green roofs; cool materials

(This special issue belongs to the Section Climatology)

Weather Research and Forecasting: Current Status and Future Directions

edited by Benjamin Lantei Lamptey

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 137 | Submission Open

Keywords: unified modelling; seamless prediction; machine learning; artificial intelligence; convection permitting models; automatic weather stations

(This special issue belongs to the Section Meteorology)

Study of Air Pollution Based on Remote Sensing (3rd Edition)

edited by

Haoran Liu

Wei Tan

Wenjing Su

and Yuan Tian

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 45 | Submission Open

Keywords: air pollution; remote sensing; ozone; VOCs; aerosol; atmospheric trace gases; monitoring

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

Measurement, Attribution, and Control of Atmospheric Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs)

edited by Yisheng Zhang, Weiwei Gong,

Lingyu Li

and Jiao Wang

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 38 | Submission Open

Keywords: ozone; emission characteristic; emission inventory; source apportionment; biogenic VOCs; air pollution; heatwaves; extreme weather; pollution event; model simulation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Air Quality)

Urban Overheating, UHI Adaptation, and Nexus with Energy Transition in the Context of the Urban Landscape and Environment

edited by

Tiziana Susca

and

Fabio Zanghirella

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 12 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban overheating; urban heat island; adaptation; mitigation; energy transition; energy; building energy demand; urban biodiversity; ecosystem services

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

Airborne Allergens: Detection, Modeling, and Forecasting

edited by

Yan Lyu

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 11 | Submission Open

Keywords: airborne allergens; pollen monitoring; allergen forecasting; health effects; climate change impact

(This special issue belongs to the Section Air Quality)

Recent Advances in Air-Sea Interactions, Climate Variability, and Predictability (3rd Edition)

edited by

and

submission deadline 6 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 70 | Submission Open

Keywords: air– sea interactions; submesoscale and mesoscale processes; climate dynamics and modeling; climate variability and predictability; extreme weather and climate; large-scale climate and teleconnections; observations and coupled modeling; high-resolution modeling; machine learning methods

(This special issue belongs to the Section Meteorology)

Recent Advances in Agrometeorological Techniques and Their Applications

edited by

Márcio Mesquita

Marcos Vinícius Da Silva

and

Ioannis Charalampopoulos

submission deadline 15 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 365 | Submission Open

Keywords: precision agriculture; sustainable management; agrometeorology; remote sensing; climate change; evapotranspiration

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

Fire Observation and Simulation: Advances, Methods, and Emerging Applications

edited by

Sofiane Meradji

submission deadline 21 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 83 | Submission Open

Keywords: fire– atmosphere interactions; coupled fire– atmosphere modeling; wildland fire dynamics; fire weather and feedbacks; fire plume dynamics and smoke dispersion; remote sensing of fires; UAV and satellite observations; physics-based fire models; data-driven fire modeling; AI-assisted fire prediction

(This special issue belongs to the Section Air Quality)

Long-Term Climate Evolution Research Using Rescued Historical Weather Observations and Modern Records

edited by Pablo Canziani

submission deadline 21 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 35 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate variability; climate variability drivers; extreme events; centennial time-series analysis; linear and non-linear time-series analysis; atmospheric data rescue and use; decadal to interdecadal variability; reanalysis validation; machine learning using centennial time-series

(This special issue belongs to the Section Climatology)

Air Pollution: Health Risks and Mitigation Strategies (2nd Edition)

edited by

Gabriele Donzelli

and

María M. Morales Suárez-Varela

submission deadline 30 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 2 | Submission Open

Keywords: environmental epidemiology; air pollution; environmental health; human health; burden of disease

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

Atmospheric Pollution Dynamics in China

edited by

Kaihui Zhao

, Jie Li and

Jun Hu

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3625 | Submission Open

Keywords: ozone pollution meteorology; ozone physical and chemical processes; ozone-sensitive precursors; observation of greenhouse gases; interaction between aerosols and meteorology; synergistic control of ozone and aerosols; atmospheric aerosol source apportionment and component analysis; particulate pollution modeling; heterogeneous reactions of secondary aerosols

(This special issue belongs to the Section Air Quality)

Machine Learning for Hydrological Prediction and Water Management

edited by

Okan Mert Katipoğlu

Veysi Kartal

and

Mohammed Achite

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 113 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; machine learning; hydrological prediction; drought; flood; remote sensing; reservoir operation; climate change; explainable AI; water resources management

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

Advances in CO₂ Geological Storage and Utilization

edited by

Liang Huang

, Xiaojun Wu,

Wentong Zhang

and

Tao Zhang

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 91 | Submission Open

Keywords: CO2 geological storage; CO2 geological utilization; enhanced oil/gas recovery; CO2 injection technology; CO2– rock interaction; mineralization reaction; adsorption/desorption; transport behavior; phase behavior; CO2 monitoring

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

Atmospheric Environmental Exposures and Human Health Across the Life Course: Mechanisms, Modeling, and Vulnerable Populations

edited by

Jia Sun

Hualiang Lin

and

Lori Hoepner

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 77 | Submission Open

Keywords: atmospheric exposures; environmental factors; human health; mechanisms; vulnerable populations; vulnerable exposure window; exposure assessment; modeling; gene– environment interaction; policy; intervention

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

Atmospheric Pollution in Highly Polluted Areas (2nd Edition)

edited by Shenbo Wang, Shasha Yin, Xiao Li and Xiaohui Ma

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 75 | Submission Open

Keywords: air pollutant monitoring; emissions; chemical mechanisms; model simulations; haze; ozone; sand storm

(This special issue belongs to the Section Air Quality)

Observations, Modeling, and Theory of the Atmospheric Boundary Layer

edited by

Yubin Li

and

Jie Tang

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 6 | Submission Open

Keywords: atmospheric boundary layer; observations; numerical modeling; theoretical analysis; parameterization; multiscale processes

(This special issue belongs to the Section Meteorology)

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 131 | 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)

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 79 | 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)

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 130 | 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 99 | 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)

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 73 | 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 46 | Submission Open

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

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

Holocene Climate and Environmental Change in Arid Central Asia

edited by

Guoqiang Ding

Yu Hu

Wensheng Zhang

and Shuai Ma

submission deadline 1 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 42 | Submission Open

Keywords: Arid Central Asia; Holocene; climate change; vegetation change; climate model; paleoclimate reconstruction; dust storm; fire activity; lake and hydrological evolution; westerlies– monsoon interactions

(This special issue belongs to the Section Climatology)

Global Mercury Emissions and Transport: Effectiveness Evaluation of Minamata Convention

edited by