Preface to the special issue on the “Forecast and Evaluation of Meteorological Disasters” (FEMD) Huijun Wang Editorial Notes 07 January 2017 Pages: 127 - 127
Main energy paths and energy cascade processes of the two types of persistent heavy rainfall events over the Yangtze River–Huaihe River Basin Yuanchun ZhangJianhua SunShenming Fu Original Paper 07 January 2017 Pages: 129 - 143
Responses of the East Asian jet stream to the North Pacific subtropical front in spring Leying ZhangHaiming XuJiechun Deng Original Paper 07 January 2017 Pages: 144 - 156
Impact of surface sensible heating over the Tibetan Plateau on the western Pacific subtropical high: A land–air–sea interaction perspective Anmin DuanRuizao SunJinhai He Original Paper 07 January 2017 Pages: 157 - 168
Establishment of the South Asian high over the Indo-China Peninsula during late spring to summer Lijuan WangAiguo DaiJing Ge Original Paper 07 January 2017 Pages: 169 - 180
On the contrasting decadal changes of diurnal surface temperature range between the Tibetan Plateau and southeastern China during the 1980s–2000s Yang YangRongcai Ren Original Paper 07 January 2017 Pages: 181 - 198
Preliminary study on direct assimilation of cloud-affected satellite microwave brightness temperatures Sibo ZhangLi Guan Original Paper 07 January 2017 Pages: 199 - 208
Regional frequency analysis of observed sub-daily rainfall maxima over eastern China Hemin SunGuojie WangTong Jiang Original Paper 07 January 2017 Pages: 209 - 225
Impact of Taihu Lake on city ozone in the Yangtze River Delta Liang ZhangBin ZhuHanqing Kang Original Paper 07 January 2017 Pages: 226 - 234
Relationship between lightning activity and tropospheric nitrogen dioxide and the estimation of lightning-produced nitrogen oxides over China Fengxia GuoXiaoyu JuYijun Mu Original Paper 07 January 2017 Pages: 235 - 245
Multi-scale cyclone activity in the Changjiang River–Huaihe River valleys during spring and its relationship with rainfall anomalies Yujing QinChuhan LuLiping Li Original Paper 07 January 2017 Pages: 246 - 257
Analysis of a mesoscale convective system that produced a single sprite Jing YangGaopeng LuMorris Cohen Original Paper 07 January 2017 Pages: 258 - 271
Derivation of cloud-free-region atmospheric motion vectors from FY-2E thermal infrared imagery Zhenhui WangXinxiu SuiZhiguo Zhang Original Paper 07 January 2017 Pages: 272 - 282