On the possible meteorological factors contributing to lightning-ignited wildfires in west Sichuan: A case study of MuLi wildfire in March 2019
Available online 6 September 2025
Lightning-ignited wildfires (LIWs) are a significant type of natural disaster in forest ecosystems. However, due to their high randomness and complexity, they remain difficult to detect and precisely...
Simulation of convective turbulent dust emissions over Horqin Sandy Land, China
Available online 31 August 2025
Dust emissions play a crucial role in Earth’s climate system. Although convective turbulent dust emissions (CTDE) are less intense than saltation bombardment dust emissions (SADE), their high frequency...
Observation of Typhoon Trami (2024)-induced energy cascade from near-inertial waves to diurnal internal tides
Available online 30 August 2025
Energy transfers among internal waves in the northern South China Sea are not well characterized, particularly during typhoons, owing to the lack of in situ observations. Based on high-resolution mooring...
Remote influence of the subtropical westerlies on the track of tropical cyclones in the Bay of Bengal
Available online 30 August 2025
This study investigates the remote influence of the subtropical westerlies on the tracks of tropical cyclones (TCs) in the Bay of Bengal (BOB) from 1979 to 2019, combining statistical analysis and numerical...
Disentangling the relative contributions of vertical pumping and horizontal transport to water-property anomalies within eddy cores in the southern Indian Ocean
Available online 27 August 2025
The eddies in the southernmost southern Indian Ocean exert major dynamical and biogeochemical influences on the Earth system. Therefore, disentangling the relative contributions of vertical pumping...
Vortex Rossby wave phase-locking as a driver of tropical cyclone track oscillations in negative helicity environments
Available online 26 August 2025
This study uses idealized numerical experiments to investigate the mechanisms underlying trochoidal oscillations in tropical cyclone (TC) tracks under conditions of negative TC-relative environmental...
Sensitivity of MJO simulation to the convective adjustment timescale in CAM6
Available online 22 August 2025
Previous studies have shown that simulating the Madden–Julian Oscillation (MJO) in general circulation models (GCMs) can be greatly improved by adjusting the convective adjustment timescale (tau), a...
An assessment of mesoscale eddies simulated by a global eddy-resolving ocean forecast system in the South China Sea
Available online 22 August 2025
This research evaluates the performance of an eddy-resolving forecast system (LFS) in simulating mesoscale eddies over the South China Sea (SCS) through a comparative analysis with satellite observations...
Limited nonlinearity of joint ENSO–QBO effects from the stratosphere to the troposphere
Available online 18 August 2025
Previous studies have explored the possible impact of joint El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO)–Quasi-Biennial Oscillation (QBO) forcings on the northern winter stratospheric circulation. This study...
Tropical cyclone intensity prediction based on Kolmogorov–Arnold networks with predictor pruning optimization
Available online 13 August 2025
Accurate tropical cyclone (TC) intensity prediction is crucial for disaster mitigation and public safety. However, current TC intensity prediction models are facing significant challenges, including...
Evaluating vector winds over eastern China in 2022 predicted by the CMA-MESO model and ECMWF forecast
July 2025
Vector winds play a crucial role in weather and climate, as well as the effective utilization of wind energy resources. However, limited research has been conducted on treating the wind field as a vector...
Impacts of meteorological conditions on the NASM pollution data assimilation system
July 2025
Since meteorological conditions are the main factor driving the transport and dispersion of air pollutants, an accurate simulation of the meteorological field will directly affect the accuracy of the...
Fluctuations in the relationship between the Silk Road Pattern and the summer North Atlantic Oscillation
July 2025
This study investigated the fluctuations in the relationship between the Silk Road Pattern (SRP) and the boreal summer North Atlantic Oscillation (SNAO). The results indicated that the SRP–SNAO relationship...
Evaluation of the simulation performance of WRF-Solar for a summer month in China using ground observation network data
July 2025
Solar energy is a pivotal clean energy source in the transition to carbon neutrality from fossil fuels. However, the intermittent and stochastic characteristics of solar radiation pose challenges for...
Impact of the Changbai Mountains’ topography on spring fog over the Bohai Sea
July 2025
Fog is a highly complex weather phenomenon influenced by numerous factors. This study investigated the impact of the Changbai Mountains’ topography on the formation and development of spring fog in...
The asymmetry of air temperature: A new potential method to predict precipitation frequency
July 2025
There is a significant bias in the precipitation frequency (PF) obtained from numerical model simulations. In this study, the authors use the temperature asymmetry (TA) as an indirect indicator to predict...
GF-4 high-resolution texture and FY-4A multispectral data fusion: Two case studies for enhancing early convective cloud detection
July 2025
Early detection of convective clouds is vital for minimizing hazardous impacts. Forecasting convective initiation (CI) using current multispectral geostationary meteorological satellites is often challenged...
Employment of an Arctic sea-ice data assimilation scheme in the coupled climate system model FGOALS-f3-L and its preliminary results
July 2025
Arctic sea ice is an important component of the global climate system and has experienced rapid changes during in the past few decades, the prediction of which is a significant application for climate...
Visible and shortwave-infrared spectral characteristics of mixed-phase clouds in typical satellite radiometer channels
July 2025
Mixed-phase clouds (MPCs) involve complex microphysical and dynamical processes of cloud formation and dissipation, which are crucial for numerical weather prediction and cloud-climate feedback. However,...
Prediction of net primary productivity in the middle-to-high latitudes of Eurasia based on snow and soil temperature
July 2025
Net primary productivity (NPP) is the net accumulation of organic matter by vegetation through photosynthesis and serves as a key indicator for exploring vegetation responses to climate change. Considering...
Global warming intensifies once-in-a-decade extreme precipitation in summer in China
July 2025
The intensification of extreme precipitation (EP) under global warming presents a substantial risk to human safety and societal progress. Studying the specific impacts of global warming on rare EP events...
The increase in hot–dry events with a high risk of mortality in China associated with the phase transition of the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation
July 2025
Compound extreme climate events involving multiple meteorological elements usually have a more severe impact on the environment and human health than single-element extreme events. However, the current...
Southwestward propagation mechanism of the 10–30-day oscillation along the eastern coast of East Asia in summer
Available online 31 July 2025
Intraseasonal oscillation (ISO) in mid and high latitudes is primarily characterized by zonal propagation on a global scale. However, in the Eurasian mid- and high-latitude regions, a distinct 10–30-day...
Significantly improved representation of the stratospheric quasi-biennial oscillation in the CMA-RA V1.5 reanalysis dataset
Available online 23 July 2025
CRA-40 and CMA-RA V1.5 are two sets of global atmospheric reanalysis data released successively by the China Meteorological Administration. Previous studies have indicated that CRA-40 is inadequate...
An effective deep-learning prediction of Arctic sea-ice concentration based on the U-Net model
Available online 17 July 2025
Current shipping, tourism, and resource development requirements call for more accurate predictions of the Arctic sea-ice concentration (SIC). However, due to the complex physical processes involved,...