Observations, Mechanisms and Forecasts of Severe Convective Weather Based on Remote Sensing
A special issue of Remote Sensing (ISSN 2072-4292). This special issue belongs to the section "Atmospheric Remote Sensing".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 28 February 2026 | Viewed by 14
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Interests: mesoscale dynamics; numerical modeling
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Interests: air pollution/boundary layer/urban meteorology; atmospheric chemistry; numerical weather prediction
Interests: storm dynamics; storm-environment interaction processes
Interests: radar meteorology; phased-array weather radar; dual-polarization radar
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Severe convective weather—encompassing isolated convective cells and organized convective systems that produces heavy rainfall, high winds, large hails and tornadoes—constitutes one of the deadliest and most economically disruptive natural hazards worldwide. Although modern geostationary and polar-orbiting sensors, phased-array radars, lightning networks, and high-altitude drones now yield sub-kilometer, minute-level observations, the rapid evolution and fine-scale heterogeneity of convective storms continue to challenge our ability to observe, understand, and predict them.
This Special Issue, “Observations, Mechanisms and Forecasts of Severe Convective Weather Based on Remote Sensing”, invites original research and comprehensive reviews that synergize cutting-edge remote sensing to address the full convective life cycle and severe weather. Contributions may include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Thermal and dynamical structures of convection
- Remote sensing of cloud and precipitation microphysics
- Numerical modeling of severe convective weather
- Mechanisms of severe convective weather
- New observation technologies and field experiments for severe convective weather
- Remote sensing-based retrieval/identification algorithms for severe convective weather
- Convective initiation nowcasting
- AI for severe convective weather forecast
Dr. Xin Xu
Dr. Xiaoming Hu
Dr. Shushi Zhang
Dr. Chong Wu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- atmospheric convection
- severe convective weather
- advanced remote sensing technique
- numerical modeling
- AI and nowcasting
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