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<正>This special issue of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Letters (AOSL) is to commemorate the 10-year an-niversary of Nansen-Zhu International Research Center (NZC) at the Institute of Atmospheric Physics (IAP) under the Chinese Academv of Sciences (CAS). NZC was set-up in 3 November 2003 on the initiative of Prof.     

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The 9th Scientific Assembly of the International Association of Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences (IAMAS-2005) was held at the Beijing International Convention Center (BICC), Beijing, China from August 2-11, 2005. The Theme of IAMAS-2005 is: The Fascinating Atmosphere: Changeable and Changing. The Assembly covered all areas of meteorology and atmospheric sciences from the surface to the middle     

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Laboratory of Middle Atmosphere and Global Environment Observation （LAGEO） was established in 1995 and became one of the Key Laboratory of Chinese Academy of Sciences （CAS） in 2008. LAGEO emphasizes both fundamental research and high-tech research and development, and sets the major research directions as middle atmosphere and global environmental observation, which include the following four aspects： 1） middle atmosphere process and its weather and climatic effects, 2） atmospheric radiation, atmospheric and environmental remote sensing, 3） global atmospheric electricity, lightning and thunderstorm electricity, and 4） high-tech devel- opment and application for atmospheric observation.     

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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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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