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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.
2020 Impact Factor: 3.7351
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
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
Daryl Kleist, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/Environmental Modeling Center
Matthew R. Kumjian, The Pennsylvania State University
Ron McTaggart-Cowan, Environment and Climate Change Canada
Derek Posselt, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
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
Michael Scheuerer, Norwegian Computing Center, NR
Russ S. Schumacher, Colorado State University
Stan Trier, National Center for Atmospheric Research
Christopher Weiss, Texas Tech University
Associate Editors
David Kenton Adams, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Becky Adams-Selin, Atmospheric and Environmental Research
Ángel F. Adames, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Altuğ Aksoy, University of Miami and NOAA/AOML
Alexandra Anderson-Frey, University of Washington
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
Alan Brammer, CIRA, Colorado State University
Michael J. Brennan, NOAA/NWS/NCEP National Hurricane Center
Kristen Calhoun, NOAA/National Severe Storms Laboratory
Alberto Carrassi, University of Reading and University of Utrecht
Steven Cavallo, University of Oklahoma
Adam Clark, NOAA/National Severe Storms Laboratory
Michael Coniglio, NOAA/National Severe Storms Laboratory
Daniel T. Dawson II, Purdue University
Casey Davenport, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Jennifer DeHart, Colorado State University
Charlotte DeMott, Colorado State University
Sarah D. Ditchek, CIMAS, University of Miami and NOAA/AOML/Hurricane Research Division
Andreas Dörnbrack, German Aerospace Center Oberpfaffenhofen
Yu Du, Sun Yat-sen University
Michael Fischer, NOAA/AOML/Hurricane Research Division
Michael M. French, Stony Brook University
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
Stéphane Gaudreault, Environment and Climate Change Canada
Eric Gilleland, National Center for Atmospheric ResearchGuoqing Ge, CIRES, University of Colorado Boulder and NOAA/Earth System Research Laboratory
Alex M. Haberlie, Louisiana State University
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
John Knaff, NOAA/National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Center
Ryan Lagerquist, Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA) and NOAA ESRL/GSL
Andrea L. Lang, University at Albany, State University of New York
Lili Lei, Nanjing Univeristy
Sebastian Lerch, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Yu-Chieng Liou, National Central University, Taiwan
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
Marion Mittermaier, Met Office
Matthias Morzfeld, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego
Jason E. Nachamkin, Naval Research laboratory
Lars Nerger, Alfred Wegener Institute
Erik R. Nielsen, Texas A&M University
Thomas Nipen, Norwegian Meteorological Institute
Philippe Papin, NOAA/NWS/National Hurricane Center
Riwal Plougonven, École Polytechnique
Inna Polichtchouk, European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasts
Jonathan Poterjoy, University of Maryland
Corey Potvin, CIMMS and NOAA/National Severe Storms Laboratory
Julian F. Quinting, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Rosimar Rios-Berrios, National Center for Atmospheric Research
Naoko Sakaeda, University of Oklahoma
Pavel Sakov, Bureau of Meteorology
Masaki Satoh, The University of Tokyo
Ben Schenkel, University of Oklahoma
Andrew Schepen, CSIRO
Kathleen Schiro, University of Virginia
Carl Schreck III, North Carolina State University
Mark Schlutow, Free University of Berlin
Craig Schwartz, National Center for Atmospheric Research
James Shaw, The Floow Ltd.
David Sills, University of Western Ontario
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
Maxime Taillardat, Météo-France and National Centre for Meteorological Research
Ryan D. Torn, University at Albany, State University of New YorkRobin Tanamachi, Purdue University
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, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Kevin C. Viner, Naval Research Laboratory
Joanne Waller, Met Office
Kirien Whan, The Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute
Andrew Winters, University of Colorado Boulder
May Wong, National Center for Atmospheric Research
Christoph Zülicke, Leibniz Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Kühlungsborn
Peer Review Support Staff
Erin Gumbel, Assistant to David M. Schultz, and Kristen L. Corbosiero
Tiffany Bischoff, Assistant to Derek Posselt and Paul Roundy
Hayley Charney, Assistant to Tommaso Benacchio, Michael Scheuerer, and Christopher Weiss
Felicia Gullotta, Assistant to Almut Gassmann
Hannah Kleppner, Assistant to Russ S. Schumacher
Al Russo, Assistant to Jeffrey Anderson, Daniel Hodyss, Daryl Kleist, 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