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Scope
Weather and Forecasting (WAF) 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.
2017 Impact Factor: 2.276 (#36 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.
- NCEP 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
Gary Lackmann, North Carolina State University
Editors
Brian C. Ancell, Texas Tech University
Matthew J. Bunkers, NOAA/NWS Weather Forecast Office Rapid City
Karen A. Kosiba, Center for Severe Weather Research
Lynn McMurdie, University of Washington
Zhaoxia Pu, University of Utah
Elizabeth Ritchie, University of New South Wales
Associate Editors
Stephen W. Bieda III, NOAA/NWS Weather Forecast Office Amarillo
Barbara Mayes Boustead, NOAA/NWS/Warning Decision Training Division
Michael J. Brennan, NOAA/NWS National Hurricane Center
Kristin M. Calhoun, University of Oklahoma and NOAA/National Severe Storms Laboratory
Jacob R. Carley, NOAA/NCEP/Environmental Modeling Center
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
Johannes Dahl, Texas Tech University
Casey Davenport, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Julie Demuth, National Center for Atmospheric Research
Alexandre O. Fierro, CIMMS/National Severe Storms Laboratory
Jeffrey Frame, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
Henry Fuelberg, Florida State University
David John Gagne, National Center for Atmospheric Research
Lewis Grasso, Colorado State University
Steven J. Greybush, The Pennsylvania State University
Nathan M. Hitchens, Ball State University
Israel L. Jirak, NOAA/NCEP/Storm Prediction Center
Daryl Kleist, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/Environmental Modeling Center
John Knaff, NOAA/National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Center
Matthew Kumjian, The Pennsylvania State University
John R. Lawson, CIMMS, University of Oklahoma, and NOAA/OAR/National Severe Storms Laboratory
Zhan Li, The Weather Network, Pelmorex Corp.
Dan Lindsey, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR Regional and Mesoscale Meteorology Branch
Kelly Lombardo, University of Connecticut
Luke Madaus, Jupiter
Kelly Mahoney, NOAA/ESRL Physical Sciences Division
David R. Novak, NOAA/NWS/Weather Prediction Center
Corey Potvin, CIMMS and NOAA/OAR/National Severe Storms Laboratory
Chris Robbins, iWeatherNet, LLC
Glen Romine, National Center for Atmospheric Research
Craig Schwartz, National Center for Atmospheric Research
Jeffrey C. Snyder, NOAA/OAR National Severe Storms Laboratory
Ryan Sobash, National Center for Atmospheric Research
Brian H. Tang, University at Albany, State University of New York
Richard L. Thompson, NOAA/NCEP/Storm Prediction Center
Christopher Wikle, University of Missouri
Raymond A. Wolf, NOAA/NWS Weather Forecast Office Davenport
Kimberly Wood, Mississippi State University
Liguang Wu, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology
Peer Review Support Staff
Tiffany Bischoff, Assistant to Gary Lackmann
Hayley Charney, Assistant to Lynn McMurdie
Felicia Gullotta, Assistant to Karen A. Kosiba and Zhaoxia Pu
Erin Gumbel, Assistant to Matthew J. Bunkers
Christine Ziebarth, Assistant to Brian C. Ancell and Elizabeth Ritchie
Production Staff
Hollis E. Baguskas, Lead Technical Editor
Gary Gorski, Lead Copy Editor
Liz Wright, Author Submission Support