1. Report on IAMAS Activity since 2015 and the IAPSO-IAMAS-IAGA Scientific Assembly—Good Hope For Earth Sciences

   • John Turner
   • Teruyuki Nakajima

   News & Views 16 February 2018 Pages: 371 - 375

2. Projected Changes in Temperature and Precipitation Extremes over China as Measured by 50-yr Return Values and Periods Based on a CMIP5 Ensemble

   • Ying Xu
   • Xuejie Gao
   • Yongxiang Zhang

   Original Paper 16 February 2018 Pages: 376 - 388

3. Asymmetric Relationship between the Meridional Displacement of the Asian Westerly Jet and the Silk Road Pattern

   • Xiaowei Hong
   • Riyu Lu
   • Shuanglin Li

   Original Paper 16 February 2018 Pages: 389 - 396

4. Impact of SST Anomaly Events over the Kuroshio–Oyashio Extension on the “Summer Prediction Barrier”

   • Yujie Wu
   • Wansuo Duan

   Original Paper 16 February 2018 Pages: 397 - 409

5. Idealized Experiments for Optimizing Model Parameters Using a 4D-Variational Method in an Intermediate Coupled Model of ENSO

   • Chuan Gao
   • Rong-Hua Zhang
   • Jichang Sun

   Original Paper 16 February 2018 Pages: 410 - 422

6. Variations in High-frequency Oscillations of Tropical Cyclones over the Western North Pacific

   • Shumin Chen
   • Weibiao Li
   • Rong Fang

   Original Paper 16 February 2018 Pages: 423 - 434

7. Large-scale Circulation Control of the Occurrence of Low-level Turbulence at Hong Kong International Airport

   • Marco Y. T. Leung
   • Wen Zhou
   • Pak-Wai Chan

   Original Paper 16 February 2018 Pages: 435 - 444

8. Evaluating the Capabilities of Soil Enthalpy, Soil Moisture and Soil Temperature in Predicting Seasonal Precipitation

   • Changyu Zhao
   • Haishan Chen
   • Shanlei Sun

   Original Paper 16 February 2018 Pages: 445 - 456

9. Evaluation of TIGGE Ensemble Forecasts of Precipitation in Distinct Climate Regions in Iran

   • Saleh Aminyavari
   • Bahram Saghafian
   • Majid Delavar

   Original Paper 16 February 2018 Pages: 457 - 468

10. Effects of Sea-Surface Waves and Ocean Spray on Air–Sea Momentum Fluxes

    • Ting Zhang
    • Jinbao Song

    Original Paper 16 February 2018 Pages: 469 - 478

11. Validation and Spatiotemporal Distribution of GEOS-5–Based Planetary Boundary Layer Height and Relative Humidity in China

    • Yidan Si
    • Shenshen Li
    • Hongmei Wang

    Original Paper 16 February 2018 Pages: 479 - 492