Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

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Scope

The Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology (JAMC) (ISSN: 1558-8424; eISSN: 1558-8432) publishes applied research on meteorology and climatology. Examples of meteorological research include topics such as weather modification, satellite meteorology, radar meteorology, boundary layer processes, physical meteorology, air pollution meteorology (including dispersion and chemical processes), agricultural and forest meteorology, mountain meteorology, and applied meteorological numerical models. Examples of climatological research include the use of climate information in impact assessments, dynamical and statistical downscaling, seasonal climate forecast applications and verification, climate risk and vulnerability, development of climate monitoring tools, and urban and local climates.

2025 Impact Factor: 2.61

Submission Types

  • Articles: Up to 7500 words, 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.

Editors and Staff Contacts

Chief Editor

Steve (Qi) Hu, University of Nebraska–Lincoln

Editors

William Y.Y. Cheng, NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research

Pavlos Kollias, Stony Brook University and Brookhaven National Laboratory

John Nielsen-Gammon, Texas A&M University

Cameron Lee, Kent State University

Christopher Rozoff, NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research

Matthew Van Den Broeke, The University of Alabama in Huntsville

Lulin Xue, National Center for Atmospheric Research

Tiantian Yang, The School for Environment and Sustainability (SEAS), University of Michigan - Ann Arbor


Associate Editors

Malarvizhi Arulraj, University of Maryland at College Park

Yog Aryal, Indiana University, Bloomington

Sean Bailey, University of Kentucky

Mike Baldwin, CIWRO, University of Oklahoma and NOAA Storm Prediction Center

Bradford Barrett, Certified Consulting Meteorologist, Raleigh NC

David Bodine, University of Oklahoma

Zuohao Cao, Environment and Climate Change Canada

Franco Catalano, Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development (ENEA)

Liang Chen, University of Nebraska–Lincoln

Gert-Jan Duine, University of California Santa Barbara

Trude Eidhammer, National Center for Atmospheric Research

Dinali Nelun Fernando, Texas Water Development Board

Katja Friedrich, University of Colorado

Gail Hartfield, NOAA/National Weather Service

Cenlin He, National Center for Atmospheric Research

Scott Landolt, National Center for Atmospheric Research

Zhi Li, Stanford University

Anthony Lyza, NOAA/OAR/National Severe Storms Laboratory

Shawn Milrad, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

Craig Ramseyer, Virginia Tech

Troy Zaremba, University of Washington

Xiang Zhang, China University of Geosciences (Wuhan)

Shiyuan Zhong, Michigan State University


Peer Review Support Staff

Erin Gumbel, Assistant to Steve (Qi) Hu

Aylin Arruda, Assistant to Christopher Rozoff and Matthew Van Den Broeke

Hayley Charney, Assistant to Pavlos Kollias

Jane Foley, Assistant to John Nielsen-Gammon and Cameron Lee

Tom Justice, Assistant to William Y.Y. Cheng

Andrea Schein, Assistant to Lulin Xue and Tiantian Yang


Production Contacts

Please see the AMS Publications contacts page.

1 2025 Journal Impact Factors by Clarivate Analytics; Meteorology and Atmospheric Science category.