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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.

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Recent papers

12 May 2026
Influence of synoptic patterns (NAO vs. WeMO) on rainfall isotopic composition in SE Iberia: A machine learning approach
Artur Stachnik, Fernando Gázquez, Antonio Lope Morales-González, Mario Morellón, Antonio González-Ramón, Francisco Moral-Martos, Rosario Jiménez-Espinosa, and Javier Martín-Chivelet
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2026-2058,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2026-2058, 2026
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12 May 2026
A spread-versus-error framework to reliably quantify the potential for subseasonal windows of forecast opportunity
Philip Rupp, Jonas Spaeth, and Thomas Birner
Weather Clim. Dynam., 7, 767–785, https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-7-767-2026,https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-7-767-2026, 2026
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11 May 2026
Impacts of orography and urbanization on extreme precipitation event in Beijing during 2023
Haobo Cui, Hongyong Yu, Xingshuo Zuo, and Guocan Wu
Weather Clim. Dynam., 7, 743–765, https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-7-743-2026,https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-7-743-2026, 2026
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08 May 2026
Atmospheric deserts and extreme weather events: co-occurrence with positive temperature anomalies, thunderstorms, and dust
Fiona Fix-Hewitt, Achim Zeileis, Isabell Stucke, Reto Stauffer, and Georg J. Mayr
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2026-2350,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2026-2350, 2026
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08 May 2026
Transient flow patterns of an annular-like stratospheric polar vortex
Huw C. Davies and Michael A. Sprenger
Weather Clim. Dynam., 7, 717–741, https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-7-717-2026,https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-7-717-2026, 2026
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29 Apr 2026
Sea-effect snowfall in the Baltic Sea area in 1998–2018 derived from convection-permitting climate model data
Meri Virman, Taru Olsson, Petter Lind, and Kirsti Jylhä
Weather Clim. Dynam., 7, 695–715, https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-7-695-2026,https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-7-695-2026, 2026
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28 Apr 2026
Assessing the plausibility of unprecedented events: A process-based approach applied to month-long heatwaves in Western Europe
Florian E. Roemer, Erich M. Fischer, Robin Noyelle, and Reto Knutti
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2026-2005,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2026-2005, 2026
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27 Apr 2026
A composite-based analysis of the dynamical linkage of Atmospheric Rivers, Warm Conveyor Belts, and Extratropical Cyclones
Tiago M. Ferreira, Ricardo M. Trigo, Joaquim G. Pinto, Julian Quinting, Svenja Christ, and Alexandre M. Ramos
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2026-2313,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2026-2313, 2026
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23 Apr 2026
Spread/Error relationship and spatial error structure of precipitation ensemble nowcasting: Comparison of STEPS and generative AI
Martin Bonte, Lesley De Cruz, Fabian Debal, and Stéphane Vannitsem
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2026-1460,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2026-1460, 2026
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23 Apr 2026
Relating extratropical atmospheric heat transport to cyclone life cycle characteristics and numbers in Southern Hemispheric winter
Jan Zibell, Alejandro Hermoso, Aaron Donohoe, and Sebastian Schemm
Weather Clim. Dynam., 7, 659–679, https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-7-659-2026,https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-7-659-2026, 2026
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Highlight articles

08 Apr 2026
Contrasting impact of different Mediterranean cyclones on the hydrological cycle and ocean heat content
Yonatan Givon, Douglas Keller Jr., Philippe Drobinski, and Shira Raveh-Rubin
Weather Clim. Dynam., 7, 567–582, https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-7-567-2026,https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-7-567-2026, 2026
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12 Mar 2026
The impact of Aeolus observations on wind and rainfall predictions
Maurus Borne, Peter Knippertz, Michael Rennie, and Martin Weissmann
Weather Clim. Dynam., 7, 489–505, https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-7-489-2026,https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-7-489-2026, 2026
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27 Nov 2025
Clear-air turbulence derived from in situ aircraft observation – a weather feature-based typology using ERA5 reanalysis
Ming Hon Franco Lee and Michael Sprenger
Weather Clim. Dynam., 6, 1583–1604, https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-6-1583-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-6-1583-2025, 2025
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06 Nov 2025
Drivers and impacts of westerly moisture transport events in East Africa
Robert Peal and Emily Collier
Weather Clim. Dynam., 6, 1365–1378, https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-6-1365-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-6-1365-2025, 2025
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21 Oct 2025
Estimating return periods for extreme events in climate models through Ensemble Boosting
Luna Bloin-Wibe, Robin Noyelle, Vincent Humphrey, Urs Beyerle, Reto Knutti, and Erich Fischer
Weather Clim. Dynam., 6, 1147–1177, https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-6-1147-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-6-1147-2025, 2025
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13 Feb 2026 University of Western Ontario partners with Copernicus Publications to support open-access publishing

Copernicus Publications has signed a new agreement with Western Libraries at the University of Western Ontario, providing a 50% APC reduction for eligible corresponding authors submitting from 1 January 2026. Please read more.

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