2020年亚洲许多地区经历了不同寻常的雨季：5月，印度东北和孟加拉发生强降雨；6月开始，中国华南、西南和江淮流域等地区发生暴雨，引发洪涝灾害；7月初，日本熊本地区暴雨导致洪水和泥石流；7月13日，韩国南部地区的日降雨量超过一个月的降水量。
为了总结对极端降水事件的科学认识，以及评估各种尺度天气系统的预报技巧在2020年夏季亚洲暴雨的预报和防灾减灾工作中的作用，并讨论及对未来工作的启示，大气所主办英文期刊Advances in Atmospheric Sciences（AAS）主编邀请AAS的中、日、英、美编委Robin T. Clark, Xiquan Dong, Chang-Hoi Ho, Jianhua Sun, Tetsuya Takemi, Huiling Yuan组织了“2020之夏：亚洲的强降雨—机制、可预报性与影响”专刊，得到学术界热烈响应。专刊共计收到中、英、美、韩等国投稿27篇，经审稿后接收17篇，已于11月10日在Springer正式出版（https://link.springer.com/journal/376/volumes-and-issues/38-12）。目前还有文章在陆续投来，后续如接收，将放入同主题虚拟专刊（https://link.springer.com/journal/376/topicalCollection/AC_3599b5269f1727db9524dd7b042b4854/page/1）中。
专刊封面
专刊文章列表：
Preface to the Special Issue on Summer 2020: Record Rainfall in Asia — Mechanisms, Predictability and Impacts
Robin T. CLARK, Xiquan DONG, Chang-Hoi HO, Jianhua SUN, Huiling YUAN, Tetsuya TAKEMI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00376-021-1010-5
The Record-breaking Mei-yu in 2020 and Associated Atmospheric Circulation and Tropical SST Anomalies
Yihui DING, Yunyun LIU, Zeng-Zhen HU
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00376-021-0361-2
Cause of Extreme Heavy and Persistent Rainfall over Yangtze River in Summer 2020
Xiao PAN, Tim LI, Ying SUN, Zhiwei ZHU
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00376-021-0433-3
The Anomalous Mei-yu Rainfall of Summer 2020 from a Circulation Clustering Perspective: Current and Possible Future Prevalence
Robin T. CLARK, Peili WU, Lixia ZHANG, Chaofan LI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00376-021-1086-y
Toward Understanding the Extreme Floods over Yangtze River Valley in June?July 2020: Role of Tropical Oceans
Shaolei TANG, Jing-Jia LUO, Jiaying HE, Jiye WU, Yu ZHOU, Wushan YING
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00376-021-1036-8
The Extreme Mei-yu Season in 2020: Role of the Madden-Julian Oscillation and the Cooperative Influence of the Pacific and Indian Oceans
Ping LIANG, Zeng-Zhen HU, Yihui DING, Qiwen QIAN
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00376-021-1078-y
The Seasonal Prediction of the Exceptional Yangtze River Rainfall in Summer 2020
Chaofan LI, Riyu LU, Nick DUNSTONE, Adam A. SCAIFE, Philip E. BETT, Fei ZHENG
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00376-021-1092-0
Why Does Extreme Rainfall Occur in Central China during the Summer of 2020 after a Weak El Ni?o?
Congxi FANG, Yu LIU, Qiufang CAI, Huiming SONG
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00376-021-1009-y
Magnitude, Scale, and Dynamics of the 2020 Mei-yu Rains and Floods over China
Ambrogio VOLONTé, Mark MUETZELFELDT, Reinhard SCHIEMANN, Andrew G. TURNER, Nicholas KLINGAMAN
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00376-021-1085-z
The Extraordinary Rainfall over the Eastern Periphery of the Tibetan Plateau in August 2020
Xuelin HU, Weihua YUAN, Rucong YU
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00376-021-1134-7
Subseasonal and Synoptic Variabilities of Precipitation over the Yangtze River Basin in the Summer of 2020
Liudan DING, Tim LI, Ying SUN
https://doi.org/ 10.1007/s00376-021-1133-8
Moisture Origins and Transport Processes for the 2020 Yangtze River Valley Record-Breaking Mei-yu Rainfall
Lixia ZHANG, Dan ZHAO, Tianjun ZHOU, Dongdong PENG, Chan XIAO
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00376-021-1097-8
Atmospheric Rivers and Mei-yu Rainfall in China: A Case Study of Summer 2020
Ting WANG, Ke WEI, Jiao MA
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00376-021-1096-9
On the Second-Year Warming in Late 2019 over the Tropical Pacific and Its Attribution to an Indian Ocean Dipole Event
Licheng FENG, Fei LIU, Rong-Hua ZHANG, Xue HAN, Bo YU, Chuan GAO
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00376-021-1234-4
Typical Circulation Patterns and Associated Mechanisms for Persistent Heavy Rainfall Events over Yangtze–Huaihe River Valley during 1981–2020
Huijie WANG, Jianhua SUN, Shenming FU, Yuanchun ZHANG
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00376-021-1194-8
On the Diurnal Cycle of Heavy Rainfall over the Sichuan Basin during 10–18 August 2020
Rudi XIA, Yali LUO, Da-Lin ZHANG, Mingxin LI, Xinghua BAO, Jisong SUN
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00376-021-1118-7
Two Types of Diurnal Variations in Heavy Rainfall during July over Korea
Chang-Kyun PARK, Minhee CHANG, Chang-Hoi HO, Kyung-Ja HA, Jinwon KIM, Byung-Ju SOHN
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00376-021-1178-8
Seasonal Rainfall Forecasts for the Yangtze River Basin in the Extreme Summer of 2020
Philip E. BETT, Gill M. MARTIN, Nick DUNSTONE, Adam A. SCAIFE, Hazel E. THORNTON, Chaofan LI
