Special issue: Climate Change and Variability of Tropical Cyclone Activity

Call for papers

Lead Editor:

Liguang Wu, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China. 

Guest Editors:

Bin Wang, Professor of Atmospheric Sciences, International Pacific Research Center, School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, University of Hawaii, USA

Johnny C. L. Chan, Professor of Atmospheric Science, School of Energy and Environment, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China 

Kyung-Ja Ha, Professor and Director of Research Center for Climate Sciences, Pusan National University, South Korea

Il-Ju Moon, Professor and Head of Typhoon Research Center, Jeju National University, South Korea 

Jun Matsumoto, Professor and Director of Research Center for Climatology, Department of Geography, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan

Zhemin Tan, Professor, School of Atmospheric Sciences, Nanjing University, China 

Ke Fan, Professor, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China 

Scope:

Tropical cyclones are one of the most destructive natural phenomena on Earth and are responsible for huge social and economic losses. It is currently a matter of prodigious public and scientific interest how tropical cyclone activity has changed and will change in a warming climate. This issue has been an important topic in the scientific reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and numerous research papers. Although theory and modeling consistently suggest a climatological change of tropical cyclone activity in a warming climate, confidence in detecting the change of tropical cyclone activity in historical data and numerical simulations remains low, and this can only be addressed by better understanding the associated mechanisms. Investigating the response of tropical cyclone activity to climate change is complicated by the inherent natural variability, which is also not well understood because the historical records of tropical cyclones are generally limited, making it difficult to determine the multidecadal variations. The natural variability is important for the seasonal forecasting and climate projection of tropical cyclone activity.  

This special issue will focus on the climatological change and variability of tropical cyclone activity, including studies on analysis, simulation, subseasonal-to-seasonal prediction, and future projection. The compilation of research papers in this special issue is expected to contribute to a more thorough understanding of the climate change and variability of tropical cyclone activity. Submissions in, but not limited to, the following research areas, are invited:

● Observational evidence of climate variability and change in tropical cyclone activity; 

● Possible causes of climate variability and change using observational analysis and numerical simulation; 

● Past climate variability and change of tropical cyclone activity at global and basin-wide scales;

● Interactions between tropical cyclone activity and the global climate system.

Important dates:

Manuscript submission deadline: March 31, 2021.

Published online upon acceptance

Submission URL: https://mc03.manuscriptcentral.com/aasiap

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