Prolonged seasons of compound heat–humidity extremes amplify vulnerable population exposure in eastern China
May 2026
Compound heat–humidity extremes (CTHEs) pose escalating threats to human health, particularly for vulnerable populations (children and elderly) with limited physiological adaptability. This study reveals...
The enigma of spurious echoes: Enhancing phase transition height detection in shallow convective precipitation with GPM DPR
May 2026
The Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) core satellite’s Dual-frequency Precipitation Radar (DPR) provides new insights into detecting solid-to-liquid phase transition heights of precipitation particles....
CLKA-LPO: A CNN-LSTM-KAN neural network for lightning potential and flash rate prediction based on atmospheric physical parameters
May 2026
Lightning poses significant risks to infrastructure and safety. Existing forecasting models depend on LPI data but often ignore the impact of atmospheric parameters on lightning. These methods are simple...
Interannual variability of thunderstorm days over the Tibetan Plateau: Synergistic effects of the Indian Ocean basin-wide mode modulation and CAPE forcing
May 2026
This study investigates the interannual and decadal variability of dominant summer thunderstorm day anomaly modes over the Tibetan Plateau (TP) using observational data from 39 stations during 1979–2013,...
Nowcasting of cloud-to-ground lightning location and frequency based on a deep learning technique
May 2026
Predicting lightning that can cause power grid trips is significant for disaster prevention. This paper integrates cloud-to-ground lightning detection, water vapor and infrared channel as well as channel...
Research on the correlation between meteorological radar echo characteristics and lightning warning technology
May 2026
Based on radiosonde, lightning locator, and meteorological radar observational data in the central region of Shanxi Province from 2021 to 2024, the correlation between radar reflectivity characteristics...
Investigating the outer spiral tornado mechanism in Typhoon Mujigae
May 2026
To investigate how horizontal vortex tubes influenced the developmental stages of the tornado that formed in the outer rainbands of Typhoon Mujigae in Foshan, China, on 4 October 2015, the authors carried...
Thunderstorms without tropopause penetration in Central Africa produce cloud-top jet events
May 2026
Using multi-satellite observations, the authors examined 20 upward discharge events from thunderstorms (15 blue jets (BJs)/blue starters (BSs) and 5 gigantic jets (GJs)) observed by ISUAL (Imager of...
A dual-weighted loss function for lightning nowcasting
May 2026
Lightning associated with severe convective weather poses a significant threat to public safety and infrastructure. While traditional numerical weather prediction and statistical methods have limitations...
Infrared brightness temperature–based indicators for identifying thunderstorm clouds: Insights from FY-4A satellite observations
May 2026
Accurate monitoring and timely identification of early indicators of thunderstorms are of paramount importance in preventing and mitigating the potential disasters associated with such meteorological...
Near-term projection of precipitation over the southern Tibetan Plateau constrained by the Interdecadal Pacific Oscillation
May 2026
The Tibetan Plateau (TP) precipitation is crucial for the ecosystem, yet its near-term changes, which demand urgent climate adaptation, remain underexplored. The near-term (2026–2055) projection of...
On the possible meteorological factors contributing to lightning-ignited wildfires in West Sichuan: A case study of MuLi wildfire in March 2019
May 2026
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...
Observation of Typhoon Trami (2024)-induced energy cascade from near-inertial waves to diurnal internal tides
March 2026
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...
Exploring typhoon prediction and convective bursts through integration of a numerical model after vortex initialization with AI weather forecasting
March 2026
Typhoon Bebinca in 2024 experienced a nearshore outbreak (a rapid intensification (RI) near the coast), making accurate forecasting of unpredictable tracks and intensities highly challenging. The AI...
Climate change projections in Central Asia based on the CORDEX-CA-II high-resolution simulations
March 2026
This study provides potential climate projections for Central Asia (CA) based on multi-regional climate model (RCM) outputs from the Coordinated Regional Climate Downscaling Experiment for Central Asia...
Classification of marine heatwaves in the South China Sea and their thermodynamic features
March 2026
The frequency of marine heatwaves (MHWs) in the South China Sea (SCS) has increased recently. However, the relative roles of thermal and dynamic processes regulating the changes of SCS MHWs remain an...
Disentangling the relative contributions of vertical pumping and horizontal transport to water-property anomalies within eddy cores in the southern Indian Ocean
March 2026
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...
Analysis of an enhanced mountain-to-plain convective storm based on potential divergence and the advection of potential instability
March 2026
The enhanced mountain-to-plain convective storms in Beijing on 22 May 2021 were simulated using the high-resolution Weather Research and Forecasting model, enabling detailed analyses of convective instability...
Prediction of the summertime Northwest Pacific subtropical high based on ConvLSTM
March 2026
The Northwest Pacific subtropical high (NWPSH) significantly affects East Asian weather and climate, rendering the prediction of its intensity and location critically important. This study aims to evaluate...
Climatological characteristics of the extratropical transition of tropical cyclones along different tracks in the western North Pacific (1979–2022)
March 2026
Based on datasets from the International Best-Track Archive for Climate Stewardship (IBTrACS) and the fifth major global reanalysis produced by ECMWF (ERA5), the authors found that 29% of tropical cyclones...
Parametric sensitivity analysis of East Asian summer-mean precipitation simulations by perturbed parameter ensemble experiments in CAM6
March 2026
This study investigated the impacts of key parameters in CAM6’s deep convection and cloud physics schemes on the simulation of summer-mean precipitation over East Asia through conducting perturbed parameter...
An assessment of mesoscale eddies simulated by a global eddy-resolving ocean forecast system in the South China Sea
March 2026
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...
Impact of refined oceanic model resolution on the simulation of Atlantic meridional overturning circulation in LICOM3
March 2026
The present study compares the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) in the North Atlantic from two simulations by an oceanic general circulation model with 1° × 1° and 0.1° × 0.1° resolution,...
Combined LFS and ConvLSTM to forecast marine heatwaves: a case study
March 2026
Marine heatwaves (MHWs) in the South China Sea (SCS) significantly impact marine ecosystems and socioeconomic development, yet accurately forecasting MHWs remains a challenge. This study developed an...
Breaking the computational barrier in high-resolution weather forecasting with decoupled training
Available online 20 March 2026
Achieving high-resolution global AI weather forecasts remains computationally prohibitive, constrained by extensive GPU memory demands and prolonged training times. Existing approaches impose trade-offs—balancing...