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Scope
Weather and Forecasting (WAF) (ISSN: 0882-8156; eISSN: 1520-0434) publishes research that is relevant to operational forecasting. This includes papers on significant weather events, forecasting techniques, forecast verification, model parameterizations, data assimilation, model ensembles, statistical postprocessing techniques, the transfer of research results to the forecasting community, and the societal use and value of forecasts. The scope of WAF includes research relevant to forecast lead times ranging from short-term “nowcasts” through seasonal time scales out to approximately two years.
2022 Impact Factor: 2.91
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.
- Operational Prediction System Notes: Report on changes to the suite of operational numerical models and postprocessing techniques.
- Forecaster's Forum: Opinions about forecasting problems and experiences that are of general interest to forecasters.
Editors and Staff Contacts
Chief Editor
Matthew Bunkers, NOAA/NWS Weather Forecast Office Rapid City
Editors
John T. Allen, Central Michigan University
Walker S. Ashley, Northern Illinois University
Stephen W. Bieda III, NOAA/NWS Analyze, Forecast and Support Office
Kristin M. Calhoun, University of Oklahoma and NOAA/National Severe Storms Laboratory
Benjamin Kirtman, University of Miami, Rosenstiel School for Marine and Atmospheric Science
Karen A. Kosiba, Center for Severe Weather Research
Kelly Mahoney, NOAA/ESRL Physical Sciences Division
Lynn McMurdie, University of Washington
Corey Potvin, NOAA/OAR/National Severe Storms Laboratory
Zhaoxia Pu, University of Utah
Elizabeth Ritchie, University of New South Wales
Associate Editors
Nachiketa Acharya, CIRES, University of Colorado Boulder and NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory
Alexandra Anderson-Frey, University of Washington
Barbara Mayes Boustead, NOAA/NWS/Warning Decision Training Division
Michael J. Brennan, NOAA/NWS National Hurricane Center
Jacob R. Carley, NOAA/NCEP/Environmental Modeling Center
Joseph J. Charney, U.S. Forest Service, Northern Research Station
Chia-Jeng Chen, National Chung Hsing University
Adam J. Clark, NOAA/OAR/National Severe Storms Laboratory
Michael C. Coniglio, NSSL Forecast Research and Development Division
Robert J.C. Conrick, University of Washington
Robert L. Deal, NOAA/NWS Weather Forecast Office Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Difei Deng, University of New South Wales, Canberra
Somer A. Erickson, DHS/Federal Emergency Management Agency
Jeffrey Frame, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
David John Gagne, National Center for Atmospheric Research
Victor Gensini, Northern Illinois University
Steven J. Greybush, The Pennsylvania State University
Nathan M. Hitchens, Ball State University
Kimberly A. Hoogewind, Cooperative Institute for Severe and High-Impact Weather Research and Operations and NOAA/National Severe Storms Laboratory
Israel L. Jirak, NOAA/NCEP/Storm Prediction Center
Jeffrey D. Kepert, Australian Bureau of Meteorology
Hyemi Kim, SUNY Stony Brook
John Knaff, NOAA/National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Center
Vinay Kumar, University of the Incarnate Word, San Antonio
Ryan Lagerquist, CIMMS, University of Oklahoma
Zhan Li, The Weather Network, Pelmorex Corp.
Liao-Fan Lin, CIRA, Colorado State University and NOAA/OAR/Global Systems Laboratory
Luke Madaus, Jupiter
Maria J. Molina, University of Maryland at College Park
David R. Novak, NOAA/NWS/Weather Prediction Center
Malaquias Peña, University of Connecticut
Craig Schwartz, National Center for Atmospheric Research
Keith D. Sherburn, NOAA/NWS Weather Forecast Office Rapid City
Nathan Snook, Center for Analysis and Prediction of Storms, University of Oklahoma
Jeffrey C. Snyder, NOAA/OAR National Severe Storms Laboratory
Ryan Sobash, National Center for Atmospheric Research
Shan Sun, NOAA/ESRL Global Systems Laboratory
Brian H. Tang, University at Albany, State University of New York
Christopher Wikle, University of Missouri
Raymond A. Wolf, NOAA/NWS Weather Forecast Office Davenport
Kimberly Wood, Mississippi State University
Fanglin Yang, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/Environmental Modeling Center
Feimin Zhang, Lanzhou University
Shixuan Zhang, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Wei Zhang, University of Miami and NOAA GSL
Peer Review Support Staff
Andrea Herbst, Assistant to Gary Lackmann and Matt Bunkers
DJ Arruda, Assistant to Benjamin Kirtman, Karen A. Kosiba, and Corey Potvin
Cristina Barletta, Assistant to Walker S. Ashley, Stephen Bieda and Kelly Mahoney
Hayley Charney, Assistant to John T. Allen and Lynn McMurdie
Robbie Matlock, Assistant to Kristin M. Calhoun, Zhaoxia Pu, and Elizabeth Ritchie
Production Staff
Mike Friedman, Associate Director - Publishing Technology
Hollis E. Baguskas, Lead Technical Editor
Andrea L. Schein, Lead Copy Editor
Danielle Joyce, Author Submission Support