Atmospheric Convection in Monsoon Regions
A special issue of Atmosphere (ISSN 2073-4433). This special issue belongs to the section "Meteorology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (25 April 2024)
Special Issue Editors
Interests: climate change; atmospheric dynamic; numerical modelling
Interests: hydroclimatology; extreme events; climate change
Interests: multi-scale atmospheric dynamics; deterministic chaos; mesoscale numerical weather prediction; extreme weather; weather analysis and forecasting
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Dear Colleagues,
Atmospheric convection in monsoon regions is still challenging to monitor, forecast, and prevent. During the warm season, moist and unstable environments lead to frequent convection and, occasionally, severe weather events. When these phenomena occur in populated areas, residents and infrastructure are at risk. Convection begins as isolated cells that may grow into organized systems reaching elevations above 10 km at maturity, and episodes with extreme weather may occur along with heavy rain, gusty winds, frequent lightning, hail, and sometimes tornadoes. Under a warming climate, more frequent and severe weather events are expected to occur, increasing the probability of societal impacts. Unfortunately, the rapid development of convective systems may catch civil protection authorities off guard since current models still need to effectively forecast their evolution and development.
For this reason, the scientific community interested in monitoring, forecasting, and preventing convective systems in monsoon regions is invited to submit their papers for publication in this Special Issue. The objective of this Issue is to gather the most updated knowledge on atmospheric convection in monsoon regions related, but not limited to, conceptual analysis, monitoring, modeling, and theoretical development. Topics related to changes, trends, and moisture sources of atmospheric convection are also invited.
Dr. Luis F. Pineda-Martínez
Dr. Luis Brito-Castillo
Prof. Dr. Michael Kaplan
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- convective activity
- dynamic forcing
- extreme weather
- trends
- detection
- monitor
- numerical models
- frequency and intensity
- changes
- severe weather
- convective storms
- monsoon regions
