The ''Meteorologische Zeitschrift'' (English: ''Meteorological Journal'') is a bimonthly international

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open access

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covering research in

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and

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. All papers published since 2000 are in English language. The journal was established in 1866 by the Österreichische Gesellschaft für Meteorologie (Austrian Meteorological Society) and is one of the oldest journals in the field. In 1884 a similar journal was established by the Deutsche Meteorologische Gesellschaft. The two journals merged in 1886 and existed until 1944. After being published separately (under different titles) in East and West Germany after 1945, the journal was reestablished in 1992 as a joint publication of the Austrian,

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, and German Meteorological Societies and is published by Borntraeger Science Publishers.Meteorologische Zeitschrift 09/2008; 17(5):685-693. DOI:10.1127/0941-2948/2008/0330

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in:

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/Physical, Chemical and Earth Sciences, and

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. According to the ''

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'', the journal has a 2020

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of 2.072.

Editors

The following persons have been

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of the journal: *

Julius von Hann Julius Ferdinand von Hann (23 March 1839 in Wartberg ob der Aist near Linz – 1 October 1921 in Vienna) was an Austrian meteorologist. He is seen as a father of modern meteorology. Biography He was educated at the gymnasium of Kremsmünster a ...

(1866-1920) * Gustav Hellmann (1892-1907) * Stefan Emeis (

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology The Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT; german: Karlsruher Institut für Technologie) is a public research university in Karlsruhe, Germany. The institute is a national research center of the Helmholtz Association. KIT was created in 2009 w ...

, current)

References

External links

*{{Official website, http://www.schweizerbart.de/journals/metz Meteorology journals English-language journals Bimonthly journals Publications established in 1866 E. Schweizerbart academic journals 1866 establishments in Germany