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Executive editors: Camille Li, Stephan Pfahl & Heini Wernli
eISSN: WCD 2698-4016, WCDD 2698-4024
Weather and Climate Dynamics (WCD) is a not-for-profit international scientific journal dedicated to the publication and public discussion of high-quality research on dynamical processes in the atmosphere. It represents a timely effort to establish a seamless perspective on atmospheric flows, on scales from weather to climate (minutes to decades). The scope of the journal includes the following: the dynamics of extreme weather events (case studies and climatological analyses); weather system dynamics in tropical, midlatitude and polar regions; interactions of atmospheric flows with cloud physics and/or radiation; links between the atmospheric water cycle and weather systems; tropical-extratropical and midlatitude-polar interactions; atmospheric teleconnections and stratosphere-troposphere coupling; boundary-layer dynamics and coupling to land, ocean and ice; atmospheric variability and predictability on time scales from minutes to decades; storm track and Hadley cell dynamics; role of atmospheric dynamics in paleoclimate and climate change projections; and other aspects of weather and climate dynamics. Theoretical studies, idealized numerical studies, full-physics numerical studies, and diagnostic studies using (re)analysis and/or observational data are welcome.
JIF
JIF4.4
JIF 5-year
JIF 5-year4.6
CiteScore
CiteScore6.4
Google h5-index
Google h5-index20

Recent papers

12 Nov 2024
Dynamic and thermodynamic contribution to the October 2019 exceptional rainfall in western central Africa
Kevin Kenfack, Francesco Marra, Zéphirin Yepdo Djomou, Lucie Angennes Djiotang Tchotchou, Alain Tchio Tamoffo, and Derbetini Appolinaire Vondou
Weather Clim. Dynam., 5, 1457–1472, https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-5-1457-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-5-1457-2024, 2024
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11 Nov 2024
Detection and global climatology of two types of cyclone clustering
Chris Weijenborg and Thomas Spengler
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-3404,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-3404, 2024
Preprint under review for WCD (discussion: open, 0 comments)
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05 Nov 2024
The impact of preceding convection on the development of Medicane Ianos and the sensitivity to sea surface temperature
Claudio Sánchez, Suzanne Gray, Ambrogio Volonté, Florian Pantillon, Ségolène Berthou, and Silvio Davolio
Weather Clim. Dynam., 5, 1429–1455, https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-5-1429-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-5-1429-2024, 2024
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05 Nov 2024
Atmospheric Mixed Rossby Gravity Waves over Tropical Pacific during the Austral Summer
Hugo Alves Braga and Victor Magaña
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-3317,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-3317, 2024
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04 Nov 2024
Linking Weather Regimes to the Variability of Warm-Season Tornado Activity over the United States
Matthew Graber, Zhuo Wang, and Robert J. Trapp
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-3216,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-3216, 2024
Preprint under review for WCD (discussion: open, 0 comments)
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24 Oct 2024
The importance of diabatic processes for the dynamics of synoptic-scale extratropical weather systems – a review
Heini Wernli and Suzanne L. Gray
Weather Clim. Dynam., 5, 1299–1408, https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-5-1299-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-5-1299-2024, 2024
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24 Oct 2024
Systematic evaluation of the predictability of different Mediterranean cyclone categories
Benjamin Doiteau, Florian Pantillon, Matthieu Plu, Laurent Descamps, and Thomas Rieutord
Weather Clim. Dynam., 5, 1409–1427, https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-5-1409-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-5-1409-2024, 2024
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24 Oct 2024
Attributing the occurrence and intensity of extreme events with the flow analogues method
Robin Noyelle, Davide Faranda, Yoann Robin, Mathieu Vrac, and Pascal Yiou
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-3167,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-3167, 2024
Preprint under review for WCD (discussion: open, 1 comment)
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22 Oct 2024
QBOi El Nino Southern Oscillation experiments Part I: Overview of experiment design and ENSO modulation of the QBO
Yoshio Kawatani, Kevin Hamilton, Shingo Watanabe, James A. Anstey, Jadwiga H. Richter, Neal Butchart, Clara Orbe, Scott M. Osprey, Hiroaki Naoe, Dillon Elsbury, Chih-Chieh Chen, Javier García-Serrano, Anne Glanville, Tobias Kerzenmacher, François Lott, Froila M. Palmerio, Mijeong Park, Federico Serva, Masakazu Taguchi, Stefan Versick, and Kohei Yoshioda
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-3270,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-3270, 2024
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21 Oct 2024
Weather systems associated with synoptic variability in the moist margin
Corey Michael Robinson, Sugata Narsey, Christian Jakob, and Hanh Nguyen
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-3150,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-3150, 2024
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Highlight articles

30 Sep 2024
The crucial representation of deep convection for the cyclogenesis of Medicane Ianos
Florian Pantillon, Silvio Davolio, Elenio Avolio, Carlos Calvo-Sancho, Diego Saul Carrió, Stavros Dafis, Emanuele Silvio Gentile, Juan Jesus Gonzalez-Aleman, Suzanne Gray, Mario Marcello Miglietta, Platon Patlakas, Ioannis Pytharoulis, Didier Ricard, Antonio Ricchi, Claudio Sanchez, and Emmanouil Flaounas
Weather Clim. Dynam., 5, 1187–1205, https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-5-1187-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-5-1187-2024, 2024
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22 May 2024
Elevation-dependent warming: observations, models, and energetic mechanisms
Michael P. Byrne, William R. Boos, and Shineng Hu
Weather Clim. Dynam., 5, 763–777, https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-5-763-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-5-763-2024, 2024
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12 May 2023
What distinguishes 100-year precipitation extremes over central European river catchments from more moderate extreme events?
Florian Ruff and Stephan Pfahl
Weather Clim. Dynam., 4, 427–447, https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-4-427-2023,https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-4-427-2023, 2023
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28 Mar 2023
Investigation of links between dynamical scenarios and particularly high impact of Aeolus on numerical weather prediction (NWP) forecasts
Anne Martin, Martin Weissmann, and Alexander Cress
Weather Clim. Dynam., 4, 249–264, https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-4-249-2023,https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-4-249-2023, 2023
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18 Jan 2023
Reconciling conflicting evidence for the cause of the observed early 21st century Eurasian cooling
Stephen Outten, Camille Li, Martin P. King, Lingling Suo, Peter Y. F. Siew, Hoffman Cheung, Richard Davy, Etienne Dunn-Sigouin, Tore Furevik, Shengping He, Erica Madonna, Stefan Sobolowski, Thomas Spengler, and Tim Woollings
Weather Clim. Dynam., 4, 95–114, https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-4-95-2023,https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-4-95-2023, 2023
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13 Jan 2023
The role of Rossby waves in polar weather and climate
Tim Woollings, Camille Li, Marie Drouard, Etienne Dunn-Sigouin, Karim A. Elmestekawy, Momme Hell, Brian Hoskins, Cheikh Mbengue, Matthew Patterson, and Thomas Spengler
Weather Clim. Dynam., 4, 61–80, https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-4-61-2023,https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-4-61-2023, 2023
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21 Jul 2022
Trends in the tropospheric general circulation from 1979 to 2022
Adrian J. Simmons
Weather Clim. Dynam., 3, 777–809, https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-3-777-2022,https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-3-777-2022, 2022
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13 Sep 2024 EGU webinar: how to write a research paper

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13 Sep 2024 EGU webinar: how to write a research paper

You have worked hard to get your results, analyse the data, and draw conclusions from your research topic. Now it is time to write up! Please find information on EGU's webinar "How to write a research paper" here.

12 Sep 2024 WCD now at ResearchGate

Copernicus is pleased to announce a new collaboration with ResearchGate in the framework of ResearchGate's Journal Home programme. Please read Copernicus' official announcement and have a look at WCD's profile page for more details.

12 Sep 2024 WCD now at ResearchGate

Copernicus is pleased to announce a new collaboration with ResearchGate in the framework of ResearchGate's Journal Home programme. Please read Copernicus' official announcement and have a look at WCD's profile page for more details.

20 Jun 2024 WCD receives its first Journal Impact Factor

WCD has now received its first Journal Impact Factor (JIF). The JIF for 2023 is 4.4, and the 5-year Impact Factor is 4.6. Moreover, Scopus has awarded the journal again a CiteScore of 6.4. Please read more.

20 Jun 2024 WCD receives its first Journal Impact Factor

WCD has now received its first Journal Impact Factor (JIF). The JIF for 2023 is 4.4, and the 5-year Impact Factor is 4.6. Moreover, Scopus has awarded the journal again a CiteScore of 6.4. Please read more.