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Scope
Monthly Weather Review (MWR) (ISSN: 0027-0644; eISSN: 1520-0493) publishes research relevant to the analysis and prediction of observed atmospheric circulations and physics, including technique development, data assimilation, model validation, and relevant case studies. This research includes numerical and data assimilation techniques that apply to the atmosphere and/or ocean environments. MWR also addresses phenomena having seasonal and subseasonal time scales.
2018 Impact Factor: 3.146 (#27 in Meteorology and Atmospheric Science1)
Submission Types
- Articles: Up to 7500 words (approximately 26 double-spaced pages), including the body text, acknowledgments, and appendixes. The word limit does not include the title page, abstract, references, captions, tables, and figures. If a submission exceeds the word limit, the author must provide a justification for the length of the manuscript and request the Chief Editor’s approval of the overage. This request may be uploaded in a document with the "Cover Letter" item type or entered in the comment field in the submission system.
- Reviews: Synthesis of previously published literature that may address successes, failures, and limitations. Requires Review Proposal. For more information, see Review Articles.
- Comment and Reply Exchange: Comments are written in response to a published article and should be submitted within 2 years of the publication date of the original article (although the editor can waive this limit in extenuating circumstances). The author of the original article has the opportunity to write a Reply. These exchanges are published together.
- Corrigenda: The corrigendum article type is available for authors to address errors discovered in already published articles. For more information, see Corrigenda.
- Picture of the Month: Brief communication emphasizing imagery of weather phenomena of interest to the meteorological community.
- Annual Weather Summary: Extensive overview of, for example, an entire season of hurricane activity. A higher word count may be granted at the chief editor's discretion.
Editors and Staff Contacts
Chief Editor
David M. Schultz, University of Manchester
Editors
Altuğ Aksoy, CIMAS, RSMAS, University of Miami and NOAA/AOML/Hurricane Research Division
Jeffrey Anderson, National Center for Atmospheric Research
Tommaso Benacchio, Politecnico di Milano
Kristen L. Corbosiero, University at Albany, State University of New York
Matthew D. Eastin, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Clark Evans, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
Jidong Gao, NOAA/National Severe Storms Laboratory
Almut Gassmann, Institute for Atmospheric Physics, Kühlungsborn
Joshua P. Hacker, National Center for Atmospheric Research
Daniel Hodyss, Naval Research Laboratory
Matthew R. Kumjian, The Pennsylvania State University
Ron McTaggart-Cowan, Environment and Climate Change Canada
Glen Romine, National Center for Atmospheric Research
Paul Roundy, University at Albany, State University of New York
Angela Rowe, University of Washington
Elizabeth Satterfield, Naval Research Laboratory
Russ S. Schumacher, Colorado State University
Stan Trier, National Center for Atmospheric Research
Christopher Weiss, Texas Tech University
Associate Editors
David Kenton Adams, National Autonomous University of Mexico
Becky Adams-Selin, Atmospheric and Environmental Research
Ángel F. Adames, University of Michigan
Ghassan J. Alaka, Jr.,
NOAA/AOML/Hurricane Research Division
John Albers, CIRES, University of Colorado Boulder and NOAA/Earth System Research Laboratory
Wayne M. Angevine, CIRES, University of Colorado Boulder and NOAA/Earth System Research Laboratory
Bogdan Antonescu, Remote Sensing Department, Romanian National Institute for Research and Development in Optoelectronics INOE 2000
Peter Banacos, NOAA/National Weather Service
Michael Bell, Colorado State University
David Bodine, University of Oklahoma
Kristen Calhoun, NOAA/National Severe Storms Laboratory
Alberto Carrassi, University of Reading and University of Utrecht
Steven Cavallo, University of Oklahoma
Hui Christophersen,
University of Miami and NOAA/AOML/Hurricane Research Division
Adam Clark, NOAA/National Severe Storms Laboratory
Brice E. Coffer, North Carolina State University
Daniel T. Dawson II, Purdue University
Pedro da Silva Peixoto, University of São Paulo
Casey Davenport, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Jennifer DeHart, Colorado State University
Charlotte DeMott, Colorado State University
Andreas Dörnbrack, German Aerospace Center Oberpfaffenhofen
Yu Du, Sun Yat-sen University
Michael Fischer, NOAA/AOML/Hurricane Research Division
David John Gagne, National Center for Atmospheric Research
Thomas Galarneau,
CIMMS/University of Oklahoma
Burkley T. Gallo, CIMMS, University of Oklahoma, and NOAA/NWS/SPC
Guoqing Ge, CIRES, University of Colorado Boulder and NOAA/Earth System Research Laboratory
Eric Gilleland, National Center for Atmospheric Research
Kevin R. Haghi, University of Washington
Andrew Hazelton, CIMAS, University of Miami and NOAA/AOML/Hurricane Research Division
Aaron Hill, Colorado State University
Stacey Hitchcock,
ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes and University of Melbourne
Jana Houser, Ohio University
Haiyan Jiang, Florida International University
Aaron Johnson, University of Oklahoma
Daryl Kleist, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/Environmental Modeling Center
John Knaff, NOAA/National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Center
Andrew Kren,
CIMAS, RSMAS, University of Miami and NOAA/AOML/Physical Oceanography Division
Andrea L. Lang, University at Albany, State University of New York
Sebastian Lerch, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Yu-Chieng Liou, National Central University, Taiwan
Luke Madaus, Jupiter
Björn Maronga, Leibniz University of Hanover
Jim Marquis, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Rachel Mauk, The Ohio State University
Justin McLay, Naval Research Laboratory
Jason Milbrandt, Environment and Climate Change Canada
Justin Minder, University at Albany, State University of New York
Hiroaki Miura, The University of Tokyo
Matthias Morzfeld, University of Arizona
Jason E. Nachamkin, Naval Research laboratory
Lars Nerger, Alfred Wegener Institute
Erik R. Nielsen, Colorado State University
Thomas Nipen, Norwegian Meteorological Institute
Chris Nowotarski, Texas A&M University
Philippe Papin, Naval Research Laboratory
John Peters, Naval Postgraduate School
Riwal Plougonven, École Polytechnique
Inna Polichtchouk, European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasts
Derek Posselt, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
Jonathan Poterjoy, University of Maryland
Corey Potvin, CIMMS and NOAA/National Severe Storms Laboratory
Scott W. Powell,
Naval Postgraduate School
Julian F. Quinting,
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Rosimar Rios-Berrios, National Center for Atmospheric Research
Masaki Satoh, The University of Tokyo
Ben Schenkel,
University of Oklahoma
Andrew Schepen,
CSIRO
Michael Scheuerer, CIRES, University of Colorado Boulder and NOAA/Earth System Research Laboratory
Carl Schreck III, North Carolina State University
Mark Schlutow,
Free University of Berlin
Craig Schwartz, National Center for Atmospheric Research
Stefano Serafin, University of Innsbruck
James Shaw,
The University of Sheffield
Jemma Shipton,
University of Exeter
David Sills, Environment and Climate Change Canada
Patrick Skinner, CIMMS, University of Oklahoma, and NOAA/OAR/National Severe Storms Laboratory
Elizabeth Smith,
CIMMS and NOAA/National Severe Storms Laboratory
Ryan Sobash, National Center for Atmospheric Research
W. James Steenburgh, University of Utah
Stephanie N. Stevenson, CIRA, Colorado State University and NOAA/NWS/National Hurricane Center
Madalina Surcel, Canadian Centre for Meteorological and Environmental Prediction, Environment and Climate Change Canada
Robin Tanamachi, Purdue University
Wesley Terwey,
University of South Alabama
Ryan D. Torn,
University at Albany, State University of New York
Stefan Tulich, CIRES, University of Colorado and NOAA/Earth System Research Laboratory/Physical Sciences Division
Daniel P. Tyndall,
Naval Research Laboratory
Paul Ullrich, University of California, Davis
Marcus van Lier-Walqui, Columbia University and NASA/Goddard Institute for Space Studies
Adam Varble, University of Utah
Joanne Waller, Met Office
Andrew Winters, University at Albany, State University of New York
Peer Review Support Staff
Gwendolyn Whittaker, Assistant to David M. Schultz
Tiffany Bischoff, Assistant to Altuğ Aksoy and Paul Roundy
Hayley Charney, Assistant to Tommaso Benacchio, Ryan D. Torn, and Christopher Weiss
Felicia Gullotta, Assistant to Almut Gassmann, Daniel Kirshbaum, and Hilary Weller
Erin Gumbel, Assistant to Kristen L. Corbosiero, Pamela Heinselman, and Hugh Morrison
Hannah Kleppner, Assistant to Russ S. Schumacher
Ali Russo, Assistant to Jeffrey Anderson, Daniel Hodyss, Matthew R. Kumjian, Glen Romine, Angela Rowe, and Stan Trier
Christine Ziebarth, Assistant to Matthew D. Eastin, Clark Evans, Jidong Gao, Joshua P. Hacker, Ron McTaggart-Cowan, and Elizabeth Satterfield
Production Staff
Mike Friedman, Senior Manager for Publishing Operations
Richard R. Brandt, Lead Technical Editor
Andrea L. Schein, Lead Copy Editor
Danielle Joyce, Author Submission Support