Atmosphere - Ocean

Aims & Scope

Atmosphere-Ocean is the principal scientific journal of the Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society (CMOS).

It contains results of original research, survey articles, notes and comments on published papers in all fields of the atmospheric, oceanographic and hydrological sciences.

Arctic, coastal and mid- to high-latitude regions are areas of particular interest.

Applied or fundamental research contributions in English or French on the following topics are welcomed: climate and climatology; observation technology, remote sensing; forecasting, modelling, numerical methods; physics, dynamics, chemistry, biogeochemistry; boundary layers, pollution, aerosols; circulation, cloud physics, hydrology, air-sea interactions; waves, ice, energy exchange and related environmental topics.

View Aims & Scope

---

Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	1.8
2024	1.60

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.679

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	8403

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	127

---

---

Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science

---

Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Earth and Planetary Sciences, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

---

Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Sensitivity of climate simulations to the parameterization of cumulus convection in the Canadian climate centre general circulation model

  Citation: 1531

  Authors: G.J., Norman A.

• Temperature and precipitation trends in Canada during the 20th century

  Citation: 865

  Authors: Xuebin, Lucie A., W.D., Ain

• The UVic earth system climate model: Model description, climatology, and applications to past, present and future climates

  Citation: 606

  Authors: Andrew J., Michael, Edward C., Cecilia M., Phil B., Tracy L., Augustus F., Marika M., Amy, H. Damon, Katrin J., Oleg, Andreas, Huaxiao, Masakazu

• Documentation of a highly ENSO‐related sst region in the equatorial pacific: Research note

  Citation: 361

  Authors: Anthony G., Muthuvel, Stanley B.

• An overview of the past, present and future of gravity‐wave drag parametrization for numerical climate and weather prediction models

  Citation: 325

  Authors: Survey, Young‐Joon, Stephen D., Hye‐Yeong

• The Canadian Fourth Generation Atmospheric Global Climate Model (CanAM4). Part I: Representation of Physical Processes

  Citation: 306

  Authors: Knut, John F., Norman A., Jiangnan, Jason N. S., David, Diana, M. Cathy, Xiaoyan, Michael, Larry

• An Overview of the Second Generation Adjusted Daily Precipitation Dataset for Trend Analysis in Canada

  Citation: 305

  Authors: Éva, Lucie A.

• A stable numerical integration scheme for the primitive meteorological equations

  Citation: 289

  Authors: André

• Changes in Daily and Extreme Temperature and Precipitation Indices for Canada over the Twentieth Century

  Citation: 282

  Authors: Lucie A., Éva

• A coupled atmosphere‐ocean model for transient climate change studies

  Citation: 273

  Authors: Gary L., James R., David

---