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The Scientific Online Letters on the Atmosphere (SOLA) is an international Open Access journal published by the Meteorological Society of Japan. It aims to publish peer-reviewed short scientific papers in the atmospheric and related interdisciplinary sciences.
The pronunciation of "SOLA" sounds similar to a Japanese word "sora" meaning the sky in English.This journal is available online at J-STAGE (Open Access).
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2020 Journal Citation Reports (Clarivate Analytics: Meteorology and Atmospheric Science category)
What's new
- August 10, 2023: Call for Papers.
"Advances in Studies of Torrential-Rain-Producing Quasi-Stationary Band-Shaped Precipitating Systems, or 'Senjo-Kousuitai'" in the Special Edition of and Scientific Online Letters on the Atmosphere (SOLA). Deadline extended until August 31, 2024 - February 17, 2023: Call for Papers.
"Research on extreme weather events that occurred around East Asia in 2017-2021" in the Special Edition/Collection of Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan (JMSJ) and Scientific Online Letters on the Atmosphere (SOLA). Deadline extended until March 31, 2023 - February 3, 2023: Congratulations on the SOLA Award 2022!
We are pleased to announce that The SOLA Award in 2022 is awarded to the following papers:
Maejima, Y., T. Kawabata, H. Seko, and T. Miyoshi, 2022: Observing system simulation experiments of a rich phased array weather radar network covering Kyushu for the July 2020 heavy rainfall event. SOLA, 18, 25?32, doi:10.2151/sola.2022-005.
Nasuno, T., M. Nakano, H. Murakami, K. Kikuchi, and Y. Yamada, 2022: Impacts of midlatitude western North Pacific sea surface temperature anomaly on the subseasonal to seasonal tropical cyclone activity: Case study of the 2018 boreal summer. SOLA, 18, 88?95, doi:10.2151/sola.2022-015.- August 31, 2022: Call for Papers.
"Special Edition on the Frontier of Atmospheric Science with High Performance Computing" in the Special Edition/Collection of Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan (JMSJ) and Scientific Online Letters on the Atmosphere (SOLA). - August 31, 2022: Call for Papers.
- February 4, 2022: Congratulations on the SOLA Award 2021!
We are pleased to announce that The SOLA Award in 2021 is awarded to the following papers:
Shiraishi and Shibata, Seasonal Variation in High Arctic Stratospheric Aerosols Observed by Lidar at Ny ?lesund, Svalbard between March 2014 and February 2018, SOLA, 2021, VOL.17,30-34, doi:10.2151/sola.2021-005 - March 3, 2021: Call for Papers.
"Research on extreme weather events that occurred around East Asia in 2017-2021" in the Special Edition/Collection of Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan (JMSJ) and Scientific Online Letters on the Atmosphere (SOLA). - June 2020: Call for Papers.
gTyphoons in 2018?2019h in the Special Edition/Collection of Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan (JMSJ) and Scientific Online Letters on the Atmosphere (SOLA).This call for papers has ended.
Special Edition in SOLA (plan): Volume 17A, 2021
New Releases
- Matsumoto et al., Regional dependency of the cloud droplet growth process in combined analysis of Aqua MODIS and CloudSat CPR, SOLA, 2023, VOL.19, doi:10.2151/sola.2023-009
- Horinouchi and Mitsuyuki, Gross assessment of the dynamical impact of numerous power-generating sailing ships on the atmosphere and evaluation of the impact on tropical cyclones, SOLA, 2023, VOL.19, doi:10.2151/sola.2023-008
Most Cited Articles
- Yatagai et al.,? A 44-Year Daily Gridded Precipitation Dataset for Asia Based on a Dense Network of Rain Gauges, 2009, VOL.5, 137-140, doi:10.2151/sola.2009-035
Citations: 419 - Ebita et al.,? The Japanese 55-year Reanalysis "JRA-55": An Interim Report, 2011, VOL.7, 149-152, doi:10.2151/sola.2011-038
Citations: 392 - Yokota et al.,? Global Concentrations of CO2 and CH4 Retrieved from GOSAT: First Preliminary Results, 2009, VOL.5, 160-163, doi:10.2151/sola.2009-041
Citations: 357
