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Atmospheric and Climate Sciences (ACS) is a peer-reviewed, open-access journal published quarterly. The journal is dedicated to publishing original research articles across all the fields of applied atmospheric and/or climate science. The journal welcomes contributions in, but not limited to, the following areas:
Peter Stallinga, 1 1
One of the issues of Thermodynamics is the question of what exactly thermodynamic equilibrium means. It is often interpreted as thermal equilibrium. The question is if this is correct. This is especially relevant for the case of the atmosphere, where gravitat…
Chunji Liu, Xueliang Wang
The use of fossil fuels has led to global warming and air pollution, the transition from fossil fuel to clean energy is necessary for human society to achieve sustainable development. But there are challenges in the transition from fossil fuels to clean energ…
Juma Saidi Mdelele, Guirong Tan
This study investigates the inter-annual variation of the October-December (OND) rainfall onset date in Tanzania, including spatial-temporal patterns, atmospheric anomalies, and climatic drivers such as the Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) and El Niño-Southern Oscil…
Miyanda M. Syabwengo, Progress Nyanga, Moses Chisola
This study evaluates the reliability of North American Multi-Model Ensemble (NMME) models in forecasting monthly rainfall over the Kafue River Basin using a well-selected multi-model ensemble approach. Gridded monthly rainfall forecasts were derived from glob…
Jean Paul Kalisa, Guirong Tan, Jonah Kazora, Conteh Moneh, Gerverse Kamukama Ebaju, 1 1
Rwanda, a landlocked agricultural country, experienced escalating climate risks since 2013 due to rising June to August (JJA) minimum temperatures (Tmin), harming farming zones, lowering yields, risking health, and threatening economy. This study examined dri…
Piou Dobo Guilavogui, Ibrahima Kalil Kante, Magbini Tokpa Mamy
The Republic of Guinea has a humid tropical climate, characterized by a dry season influenced by the harmattan and a rainy season influenced by the West African monsoon, with an average annual rainfall of 1835 mm. In its southern part, rainfall events are int…
Masaharu Nishioka
According to the IPCC, when anthropogenic CO 2 emissions increase, the atmospheric CO 2 concentration increases, and the temperature increases due to the greenhouse effect of CO 2 . In the mechanism derived in our recent papers, the rise in temperature during…
Teddy Mwira, Sonum Stejik, 1 1
Developing reliable weather prediction systems is still a challenging task due to the complexity of the Earth System and the chaotic behavior of its components. Small errors introduced by observations, their assimilation and the forecast model configuration e…
Diane Akimana, Mingyuan Yu, Jonah Kazora, Tizazu Geremew, Nyasulu Matthews, Gerverse Ebaju Kamukama, Genesis Magara, 1 1
Air pollution is among the most serious environmental and public health problems worldwide, especially in low and middle-income countries like Rwanda. This study explores the spatial and temporal variations of criteria air pollutants across Rwanda from 2019 t…
Peter Stallinga, 1 1
The feedback between carbon dioxide, CO 2 , and the temperature of the atmosphere is analyzed. Starting with the assumption that the average temperature is a function of the carbon-dioxide concentration in the atmosphere, [CO 2 ], the so-called greenhouse eff…
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Atmospheric and Climate Sciences (ACS) is a peer-reviewed, open-access journal published quarterly. The journal is dedicated to publishing original research articles across all the fields of applied atmospheric and/or climate science. The journal welcomes contributions in, but not limited to, the following areas: All articles are open access under a CC BY 4.0 licence, with authors retaining copyright.
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