journal-of-climate
Journal of Climate (journal-of-climate)
Journal positioning
Journal of Climate is the American Meteorological Society's journal for research on the large-scale climate of the atmosphere, ocean, land, and cryosphere. Its defining expectation is a contribution to climate science: an advance in understanding climate dynamics, variability, change, predictability, or diagnostics at regional-to-global scale, supported by rigorous analysis. A local weather case study, a short-range forecast verification, or an impacts paper that applies climate data without contributing to climate understanding is a poor fit, however careful. This skill is a fit / venue-selection / re-framing tool. It does not replace the journal's current author guidance. Before submitting, re-check the live Journal of Climate / AMS author instructions.