Set Editor-in-Chief: Wing-Huen Ip (National Central University, Taiwan)
Volume 16 Editor-in-Chief: Jai Ho Oh (Pukyong National University, South Korea)
Volume 17 Editor-in-Chief: Namsik Park (Dong-A University, South Korea)
Volume 18 Editor-in-Chief: Jianping Gan (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong)
Volume 19 Editor-in-Chief: Anil Bhardwaj (Space Physics Laboratory, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, India)
Volume 20 Editor-in-Chief: Kenji Satake (University of Tokyo, Japan)
Volume 21 Editor-in-Chief: Marc Duldig (Australian Antarctic Division, Australia)

This invaluable volume set of Advances in Geosciences continues the excellent tradition of the Asia-Oceania scientific community in providing the most up-to-date research results on a wide range of geosciences and environmental science. The information is vital to the understanding of the effects of climate change, extreme weathers on the most populated regions and fastest moving economies in the world. Besides, these volumes also highlight original papers from many prestigious research institutions which are doing cutting edge study in atmospheric physics, hydrological science and water resource, ocean science and coastal study, planetary exploration and solar system science, seismology, tsunamis, upper atmospheric physics and space science.