Editorial: Atmospheric processes and applications in urban, coastal and mountainous terrain

This editorial introduces the contributions to the Special Issue ‘Atmospheric processes and applications in urban, coastal, and mountainous terrain’ of the journal Meteorological Applications. The scientific background and motivation for this Special Issue are described and followed by a brief summary of the 15 articles of this Special Issue. The conclusions of this Editorial summarise the approaches taken and address future developments expected in process-oriented studies and for the development of applications in complex terrain.