Whenever possible authors should send their contributions by post on a floppy disc (with the paper copy), or by e-mail. This speeds up processing and correspondence, and allows for efficient minor editing and agreed major editing. Contributions should be prepared with 1.5 or double line-spacing and broad margins. Every paper must commence with a short abstract summarising its significant and original content.

Authors must consult recent issues of the journal as a guide to the layout of papers or download this example paper  to see the layout and format required *please see detailed information on our 'in-house' style protocol below. Please also read carefully about how to proofread and send corrections to your page-set paper/article written below.

Line drawings may be prepared with a quality that is good enough for direct reproduction. They should be drawn with a black pen on good-quality white paper with lettering symbols that will be legible after reduction. All figures require numbered captions and the captions are to be collected in sequence at the end of the paper. Each table should be numbered and bear a title. Colour pictures are also welcomed and should be supplied in TIFF format or high resolution JPG files. All images, including Figures, photographs and drawings must be at least 600 dpi (original high resolution colour photographs will be requested if the quality is poor).

Please do not send papers, photographs and other images, Figures and Tables as PDFs. If you send them as PDFs we will have to ask for a resubmission.

References in the main text should be referred to in the text by author's name and year of publication, e.g. Browning (1995). Responsibility for opinions expressed in signed articles rests with their authors who should obtain copyright permission where necessary. Please note that page charges may have to be imposed for some articles containing special artwork, complex equations, or numerous photographs or diagrams.

Kindly note that for citation purposes the recommended abbreviation for the title of this journal is "Int. J. Meteorology, UK". For Journal of Meteorology, kindly use: "J. Meteorology, UK".

More Detailed Information

CONTRIBUTIONS: The Editor is pleased to receive contributions which fall into one of the following groups: main papers, short papers, Letters to the Editor, book (and other) reviews, and conference (and other) announcements, questions for our meteorology experts to answer. Most work whether it be academic or more light-hearted will always be read and considered.

LAYOUT: It is important that contributed papers should conform to a uniform 'house-style'. Therefore, always begin by studying a recent paper in the journal and employ the same format, fonts and layout as regards the (1) title, (2) author's name and address, (3) preparation of abstract, (4) arrangement and headings of sections, (5) tables and figure captions, and (6) references. The font in the Journal is Arial and it is preferred that the text of the paper should also arrive in Arial because scanning by the typesetter/art-worker tends to be more perfect and simplifies proofreading. Remember Latin words and abbreviations should be in italics, for example i.e., etc., circa., ad hoc, et al.

ABSTRACT: A concisely-worded abstract is essential because the journal's abstracts are reproduced by the world's leading abstracting services (such as the U.S. Meteorological and Geophysical Abstracts, and the Institute of Scientific Information in Moscow). The purpose of an abstract is to summarise the main themes of the paper and to indicate its original content. To maximise abstract searching, we request you provide five key words associated with your paper.

CONCLUDING REMARKS: Scientific papers should end with a section entitled 'Conclusions' or 'Concluding Remarks' but this is not necessary for short articles or reports.

REFERENCES: Study carefully how references are set out in other authors' papers and adopt the same system exactly. The recommended system is the Harvard referencing system. Please visit our FAQ section for information on this. Always cite references to any relevant previous research.

ILLUSTRATIONS: Carefully prepare line drawings and sufficiently oversize to permit easy reading of the lettering after reduction. If you do not have lettering stencils, type the lettering by word processor, print on paper and then cut and paste on to diagrams and charts.

FIGURE CAPTIONS: Figures should be numbered and referred to in the text (Figure 1, etc. - note the capital F). It is helpful to make a list of the captions and place them at the end of the paper.

TABLES: Each table should be numbered and referred to in the text (Table 1, etc. - note the capital T). Prepare tables with care by comparing with previously published examples.

NUMERALS: In written text it is normal to spell out numbers from one to ten but to print them as numerals from 11 onwards, e.g. write "three tornadoes" but "11 tornadoes".

USE A WORD PROCESSOR PLEASE: Most authors write articles using a word-processor program. Always enable the spell-checker and set the line spacing at 1.5. We do not publish in American English and therefore request papers be written in UK English for consistency. Please also justify the text.

MISCELLANEOUS

Please note that "et al" must be written "et al." and all authors to these citations in the text must be written in the References section

Personal Communication must be written as "Pers. comm."

Dates must adhere to the following rules: 1) Dates with a year must be written as "30 January 2007"; 2) dates written without a year must be written as "the 30th January" or "the 30th" (if the month is previously mentioned); 3) Dates must be written in the UK English format, i.e. Day Month Year.

Acronyms must be explained and written in full (in brackets) in the first instance and then the acronym used there-in.

Sub-headings must be in lower case and in italics. All other section headings must be capitalised.

Lastly send the text of your paper by e-mail (this allows for easier, quicker editing) and send a printed version, including diagrams and photographs, by post (with a floppy disc when possible). Please indicate in what programme (and version) the text is written. Following this advice will reduce laborious work for the editor and speed up publication. Note that even though publishing works in a line system, well-prepared papers adhering to the above guidelines will receive priority over others.

Proofs and Corrections - IMPORTANT

Once your paper/article has been accepted by the editor/editorial board. The editor will make minor changes where necessary (usually to the spelling and grammar etc). The paper/article will then be page-set into the DTP program software and a proof will be sent to the author to check and proofread. At this stage no major editing can be completed - all mutually agreed major editing must be completed on the Word document prior to page-setting. Authors must provide corrections using the following format:

PAGE NUMBER

PARAGRAPH

LINE

CORRECTION NEEDED

This is essential so that the Editor can make the changes in the correct place to avoid delays.

Please visit our FAQ section if there is anything you wish to know not covered above.