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Scope
Monthly Weather Review (MWR) 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.
2016 Impact Factor: 3.043 (#22 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.
- Expedited Contributions:
Due to the improvement in AMS overall production time, new Expedited Contributions can no longer be submitted after 31 December 2017. You can read more about this decision in the AMS editorial, "AMS Discontinuing Expedited Contribution Article Type."Up to 2500 words (abstract, references, figure captions list, tables, and figures do not count toward the length limit). No more than a combined total of 6 tables and figures. No length waivers can be requested for this submission type. Multipart papers are not allowed. The peer-review and production/editing processes are accelerated. Author revisions are due within 4 weeks. The expected publication time is 4–7 weeks after final acceptance. If the paper grows beyond the maximum length or figure/table criteria during review and revision, the editor will decide if it remains an expedited contribution or becomes a regular article. Also, if the paper requires a second round of reviews, it will be considered a regular article.
- 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.
- 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
Matthew D. Eastin, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Jidong Gao, NOAA/National Severe Storms Laboratory
Almut Gassmann, Leibniz Institute of Atmospheric Physics
Joshua P. Hacker, National Center for Atmospheric Research
Pamela Heinselman, NOAA/National Severe Storms Laboratory
Daniel Hodyss, Naval Research Laboratory
Daniel Kirshbaum, McGill University
Todd Lane, University of Melbourne
Ron McTaggart-Cowan, Environment and Climate Change Canada
Hugh Morrison, National Center for Atmospheric Research
Paul Roundy, University at Albany, State University of New York
Elizabeth Satterfield, Naval Research Laboratory
Russ S. Schumacher, Colorado State University
Ryan D. Torn, University at Albany, State University of New York
Christopher Weiss, Texas Tech University
Hilary Weller, University of Reading
Associate Editors
David Kenton Adams, National Autonomous University of Mexico
Becky Adams-Selin, Atmospheric and Environmental Research
Melanie Ades, European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasts
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, University of Manchester
Heather M. Archambault, NOAA/Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory
Peter Banacos, NOAA/National Weather Service
Christian Barthlott, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Neil Barton, Naval Research Laboratory
Michael Bell, Colorado State University
Tommaso Benacchio, Met Office
David Bodine, University of Oklahoma
Steven Cavallo, University of Oklahoma
Jeffrey M. Chagnon, Florida State University
Adam Clark, NOAA/National Severe Storms Laboratory
Kristen L. Corbosiero, University at Albany, State University of New York
Jay Cordeira, Plymouth State University
Johannes Dahl, Texas Tech University
Daniel T. Dawson II, Purdue University
Pedro da Silva Peixoto, University of São Paulo
Casey Davenport, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Charlotte DeMott, Colorado State University
Andreas Dörnbrack, German Aerospace Center Oberpfaffenhofen
David Dowell, NOAA/Earth System Research Laboratory
Amal El Akkraoui, SSAI/NASA Global Modeling and Assimilation Office
Clark Evans, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
Alison M. Fowler, University of Reading
Sergey Frolov, Naval Research Laboratory
Thomas Galarneau, University of Arizona
Mohamad E. Gharamti, National Center for Atmospheric Research
Jeremy Gibbs, University of Utah
Eric Gilleland, National Center for Atmospheric Research
Christian Grams, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Peter Groenemeijer, European Severe Storms Laboratory
Deanna Hence, University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign
Jana Houser, Ohio University
Adam Houston, University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Haiyan Jiang, Florida International University
Aaron Johnson, University of Oklahoma
Sina Khani, Princeton University
Daryl Kleist, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/Environmental Modeling Center
John Knaff, NOAA/National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Center
Michal Kopera, University of California, Santa Cruz
Matthew Kumjian, The Pennsylvania State University
Matthieu Le Henaff, CIMAS, University of Miami and NOAA/AOML/Physical Oceanography Division
Zach Lebo, University of Wyoming
Lili Lei, Nanjing University
Yu-Chieng Liou, National Central University
Luke Madaus, Jupiter
Edward Mansell, NOAA/National Severe Storms Laboratory
Björn Maronga, Leibniz University of Hanover
Jim Marquis, University of Colorado Boulder and the Center for Severe Weather Research
Jonathan Martin, University of Wisconsin–Madison
Rachel Mauk, The Ohio State University
Justin McLay, Naval Research Laboratory
Zhiyong (Ellie) Meng, Peking University
Jason Milbrandt, Environment and Climate Change Canada
Justin Minder, University at Albany, State University of New York
Hiroaki Miura, University of Tokyo
Takemasa Miyoshi, RIKEN Advanced Institute for Computational Science
Matthias Morzfeld, University of Arizona
Lars Nerger, Alfred Wegener Institute
Thomas Nipen, Norwegian Meteorological Institute
Chris Nowotarski, Texas A&M University
John Peters, Naval Postgraduate School
Riwal Plougonven, École Polytechnique
Derek Posselt, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory and California Institute of Technology
Jonathan Poterjoy, NOAA/Atlantic Oceanographic and Atmospheric Laboratory
Sebastian Reich, University of Potsdam and University of Reading
Michael Riemer, Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Rosimar Rios-Berrios, National Center for Atmospheric Research
Glen Romine, National Center for Atmospheric Research
Angela Rowe, University of Washington
Masaki Satoh, University of Tokyo
Michael Scheuerer, CIRES, University of Colorado Boulder and NOAA/Earth System Research Laboratory
Carl Schreck III, North Carolina State University
Craig Schwartz, National Center for Atmospheric Research
Stefano Serafin, University of Vienna
David Sills, Environment and Climate Change Canada
Patrick Skinner, CIMMS, University of Oklahoma, and NOAA/OAR/National Severe Storms Laboratory
Ryan Sobash, National Center for Atmospheric Research
W. James Steenburgh, University of Utah
Madalina Surcel, McGill University
Robin Tanamachi, Purdue University
Greg Thompson, National Center for Atmospheric Research
Stan Trier, National Center for Atmospheric Research
Paul Ullrich, University of California, Davis
Marcus van Lier-Walqui, Columbia University and NASA/Goddard Institute for Space Studies
Stephane Vannitsem, Royal Meteorological Institute of Belgium
Adam Varble, University of Utah
Joanne Waller, University of Reading
Andrew Winters, University at Albany, State University of New York
Hailing Zhang, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Dusanka Zupanski, Spire Global, Inc.
Peer Review Support Staff
Gwendolyn Whittaker, Assistant to David M. Schultz
Tiffany Bischoff, Assistant to Paul Roundy
Laura Buttner, Assistant to Russ S. Schumacher
Hayley Charney, Assistant to Todd Lane, Ryan D. Torn, and Christopher Weiss
Felicia Gullotta, Assistant to Almut Gassmann, Daniel Kirshbaum, and Hilary Weller
Andrea Herbst, Assistant to Daniel Hodyss and Hugh Morrison
Rebecca Perriello, Assistant to Altuğ Aksoy and Jeffrey Anderson
Megan Valcour, Assistant to Pamela Heinselman
Christine Ziebarth, Assistant to Matthew D. Eastin, Jidong Gao, Joshua P. Hacker, Ron McTaggart-Cowan, and Elizabeth Satterfield
Production Staff
John K. Creilson, Lead Technical Editor
Stephanie L. Nisbet and Andrea L. Schein, Lead Copy Editors
Betsy Byers, Author Submission Support