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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.
2018 Impact Factor: 2.364 (#37 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.
Editors and Staff Contacts
Chief Editor
David A. R. Kristovich, Illinois State Water Survey, Prairie Research Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
Editors
Stephan F. J. De Wekker, University of Virginia
Andrew W. Ellis, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Qi (Steve) Hu, University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Katherine Klink, University of Minnesota
Wen-Chau Lee, National Center for Atmospheric Research
Anita Rapp, Texas A&M University
Sandra Yuter, North Carolina State University at Raleigh
Associate Editors
David Bodine, University of Oklahoma
Pao-Liang Chang, Central Weather Bureau
Scott Collis, Argonne National Laboratory
Scott M. Ellis, National Center for Atmospheric Research
Guoqing Ge, CIRES, University of Colorado Boulder and NOAA/Earth System Research Laboratory
April Hiscox, University of South Carolina
Daniel J. Leathers, University of Delaware
Maximilian Maahn, University of Colorado Boulder
John Nielsen-Gammon, Texas A&M University
Dev Niyogi, Purdue University
Steven Quiring, The Ohio State University
Scott Robeson, Indiana University Bloomington
Ivana Stiperski, University of Innsbruck
Tracy Twine, University of Minnesota
Yalei You, University of Maryland
Peyman Zawar-Reza, University of Canterbury
Peer Review Support Staff
Felicia Gullotta, Assistant to David A. R. Kristovich
Laura Buttner, Assistant to Anita Rapp
Hayley Charney, Assistant to Andrew W. Ellis
Erin Gumbel, Assistant to Qi (Steve) Hu
Hannah Kleppner, Assistant to Stephan F. J. De Wekker, Katherine Klink, and Wen-Chau Lee
Christine Ziebarth, Assistant to Sandra Yuter
Production Staff
Mike Friedman, Senior Manager for Publishing Operations
Mark E. Fernau, Lead Technical Editor
Jessica A. LaPointe, Lead Copy Editor
Betsy Byers, Author Submission Support