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Congratulations to the release of MAIRS special issue! Monsoon Asia Integrated Regional Study (MAIRS), formally started from 2006, is an international research program focusing on the integrated study of human-monsoon interaction. Monsoon Asia region is characterized by diverse geography that includes the world' s highest mountains and longest rivers. Significant fractions of these habitats are fragile for various reasons, including highly variable rainfall, frequent droughts and floods.     

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Climate prediction is the ultimate of the World Climate Research Program and one major task challenging the disaster reduction and social-economic development.China is one of the countriesin the world who first started to perform seasonal climate prediction via dynamical climate models,and has achieved considerable encouraging results in the past 20 years.However,due tothe inherent uncertainty of the climate prediction and imperfectness of the climate models,anddue to the in adequate understanding on the climate variability,current climate prediction skill     

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正This special issue of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Letters(AOSL)is to commemorate the establishment of the Young Scientists Laboratory(YSL)at the Institute of Atmospheric Physics(IAP)under the Chinese Academy of Sciences(CAS).YSL was set-up in 7 June 2012 on the initiative of Prof.Huijun WANG,the chief of IAP/CAS.20 young scientists under 40 years old from individual laboratory or research center at IAP were selected as the members of the first term.In June 2013,11 new members were co-opted onto the board.As the representatives of active and excellent young scientists in IAP/CAS,YSL members have published impressive numbers of scientific papers in high-qualified international journals,received many national awards and honors,and been funded by many grand projects.     

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正Special Issue to Commemorate the 10th Anniversary of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Letters First published in late 2008 and currently in Volume 11(2018),Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Letters(AOSL)is unique in providing a rapid communication channel between academic communities concerned with the interdisciplinary research areas of atmospheric science and physical oceanography.This approach allows the journal to cover such critical issues as climate change,the cryosphere,water resources,     

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<正>The Flexible Global Ocean-Atmosphere-Land System model (FGOALS) is a coupled climate model that allows researchers to conduct fundamental research into the Earth's past, present, near-term and long-term future climate states. FGOALS couples the ocean, atmosphere, land, and sea ice through a coupler that coordinates the component models and passes the exchange of energy, momentum, and water among them. The