1. A step forward toward effectively using hyperspectral IR sounding information in NWP

   • Jun Li
   • Wei Han

   News & Views 15 September 2017 Pages: 1263 - 1264

2. A new Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer channel selection and assessment of its impact on Met Office NWP forecasts

   • Young-Chan Noh
   • Byung-Ju Sohn
   • Roger Saunders

   Original Paper Open access 15 September 2017 Pages: 1265 - 1281

3. Decadal Indian Ocean dipolar variability and its relationship with the tropical Pacific

   • Yun Yang
   • Jianping Li
   • Juan Feng

   Original Paper 15 September 2017 Pages: 1282 - 1289

4. Why was the strengthening of rainfall in summer over the Yangtze River valley in 2016 less pronounced than that in 1998 under similar preceding El Niño events?—Role of midlatitude circulation in August

   • Chaofan Li
   • Wei Chen
   • Riyu Lu

   Original Paper 15 September 2017 Pages: 1290 - 1300

5. Modification of the SUNFLUX solar radiation scheme with a new aerosol parameterization and its validation using observation network data

   • Yongjian He
   • Zhi’an Sun
   • Jiandong Li

   Original Paper 15 September 2017 Pages: 1301 - 1315

6. Dynamical feedback between synoptic eddy and low-frequency flow as simulated by BCC_CSM1.1(m)

   • Fang Zhou
   • Hong-Li Ren

   Original Paper 15 September 2017 Pages: 1316 - 1332

7. Improvement of a snow albedo parameterization in the Snow–Atmosphere–Soil Transfer model: evaluation of impacts of aerosol on seasonal snow cover

   • Efang Zhong
   • Qian Li
   • Debashis Nath

   Original Paper 15 September 2017 Pages: 1333 - 1345

8. Impact of the time scale of model sensitivity response on coupled model parameter estimation

   • Chang Liu
   • Shaoqing Zhang
   • Zhengyu Liu

   Original Paper 15 September 2017 Pages: 1346 - 1357

9. Influence of the preceding austral summer Southern Hemisphere annular mode on the amplitude of ENSO decay

   • Fei Zheng
   • Jianping Li
   • Ruiqiang Ding

   Original Paper 15 September 2017 Pages: 1358 - 1379