AMS Journals

New Short-Form Journal and Search for Editor-in-Chief

New Short-Form Journal and Search for Editor-in-Chief

August 24, 2026

The American Meteorological Society is excited to announce the launch of a new journal for short-form articles. To be launched...

AMS Journals: The Numbers Behind Their High Rankings

AMS Journals: The Numbers Behind Their High Rankings

August 7, 2026

Recently, the climate publication Carbon Brief announced its new Project Cosmos initiative, which is intended to map the past century...

AMS Science Preview: Texas Floods, Deformed Cities, Olympic Weather

AMS Science Preview: Texas Floods, Deformed Cities, Olympic Weather

July 13, 2026

The American Meteorological Society continuously publishes research on climate, weather, and water in its 12 journals. Many of these articles are available via early online access–they have been peer-reviewed, but are not yet in their final published form. Below are some examples of recently accepted research.

AMS Science Preview: 30-Day Forecasts? Little Ice Age, wave-dampening hurricanes

AMS Science Preview: 30-Day Forecasts? Little Ice Age, wave-dampening hurricanes

June 15, 2026

The latest AMS journals research discusses the possibility of 30-day weather forecasts, whether the Little Ice Age was caused by depopulation of the Americas, the cooling effects of multi-year La Nina, and AI translation.

New AMS Special Collection: An Unusual Decade of ENSO

New AMS Special Collection: An Unusual Decade of ENSO

June 2, 2026

The El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is currently a hot topic, with predictions growing for a “Super El Niño” that could...

Serendipity Leads to the SAIL-SPLASH-SOS Special Collection

Serendipity Leads to the SAIL-SPLASH-SOS Special Collection

April 1, 2026

Three field campaigns—the Surface Atmosphere Integrated Field Laboratory (SAIL); the Study of Precipitation, the Lower Atmosphere and Surface for Hydrometeorology...

Special Collection Stresses International Collaboration in Global Precipitation Studies

Special Collection Stresses International Collaboration in Global Precipitation Studies

March 13, 2026

Recently approved by the AMS Publications Commission, the Special Collection from the 10th and 11th International Precipitation Working Group (IPWG)...

AMS Science Preview: Hurricane Slowdown, School Snow Days

AMS Science Preview: Hurricane Slowdown, School Snow Days

February 13, 2026

Recent research published in AMS journals highlights topics including an increase in tropical cyclone near-shore "rapid slowdown" events, decreasing Northern Hemisphere snow cover, school bus cancellations, and one reason tornadoes may be shifting further southeast.

MCSs Leave Behind Vast Heating Footprints in the Synoptic Circulation

MCSs Leave Behind Vast Heating Footprints in the Synoptic Circulation

December 30, 2025

A summary of “A Linear Analysis of the Heating Footprints of the US Mesoscale Convective Systems in the Northern Extratropical...

Extreme Weather, Emotions, and Support for Climate Policy

Extreme Weather, Emotions, and Support for Climate Policy

December 30, 2025

A summary of “Extreme Weather Experiences, Emotional Reactions to Messages, and Support for Proclimate Policies,” by Asheley R. Landrum (Arizona...

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