The Special Issue of Advances in Atmospheric Sciences (AAS) onFlexible Global Ocean Atmosphere Land System Model (FGOALS) CMIP5 Experiments attracted wide attention since it was published in April 2013. The Special Issue was released during preparation for the 5th Assessment Report of IPCC and the editorial office received many requests for full articles download. Being aware of these requests, Springer started to promote the AAS Special Issue via Twitter and Weibo. Moreover, 5 papers of the Special Issue are entitled to 3-month free downloading at SpringerLink

(http://www.springer.com/earth+sciences+and+geography/atmospheric+sciences/journal/376?detailsPage=societies) until 15 August 2013.

The new AAS website（http://www.iapjournals.ac.cn/aas） was also launched on 20 May 2013. New functions of the website include Email Alert, Most-read Articles list and Citation Management. Welcome to visit our website!

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