Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Overview

Theoretical and Applied Climatology offers the latest and most significant developments from worldwide studies in climate, atmosphere and meteorology.

Theoretical and Applied Climatology was originally founded in 1949.
As one of the successors of Meteorologische Zeitschrift, TAAC perpetuates the traditions of one of the oldest meteorological journals worldwide
98% of authors who answered a survey reported that they would definitely publish or probably publish in the journal again.

Editor-in-Chief

Christian Bernhofer PhD
Solomon Hailu Gebrechorkos PhD

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Journal metrics

Journal Impact Factor: 2.7 (2024)

5-year Journal Impact Factor: 3.0 (2024)

Submission to first decision (median): 11 days

Downloads: 1M (2025)

Calls for papers

Collection

Satellite-Enabled IoT Networks for Remote Environmental Monitoring

This topical collection focuses on the emerging role of satellite-enabled Internet of Things (IoT) networks in advancing remote environmental...

Status: Open for submissions

Submission deadline: 30 September 2026

Collection

Climate Extremes and Urban Resilience: Integrating Physical Process, Adaptation Strategies, and Socio-Economic Impacts

The increasing frequency and intensity of climate extremes, coupled with rapid global urbanization, creates an urgent need for integrated research...

Status: Open for submissions

Submission deadline: 31 December 2026

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Latest articles

Thermal comfort in Nigerian cities: statistical evidence of warming-driven shifts in hourly heat index distributions
Ibidunni Shade Ishola
Kafayat Olafunke Adeyemi
Idris Ibrahim Ozigis
Research 09 June 2026 Article: 407
Escalating hydroclimatic extremes and water-balance shifts under climate change: evidence from a dryland ecotone in Northeastern Brazil
Leonardo dos Santos Segantin
Marcelo Loureiro Garcia
Research Open access 09 June 2026 Article: 406
Spatial and temporal monitoring of drought in Northern Algeria using the SPEI index derived from ERA5 reanalysis data
Brahim Habibi
Mohamed Meddi
Paula Paredes
Research 09 June 2026 Article: 405
Impacts of climate change on Alaska’s coastal villages: bias-corrected NEX-GDDP-CMIP6 downscaling for anticipating local climate impacts
Hashem Zahedipour
William A. Gallus
Research 09 June 2026 Article: 404
Impact of large-scale climatic oscillations on rainfall erosivity in South Asia
Deepak Meena
Manabendra Saharia
Krishna AchutaRao
Research 09 June 2026 Article: 403

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This journal has 606 open access articles

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Supporting the Sustainable Developmental Goals

New Content ItemWe are proud to acknowledge that over 50% of the articles published in this journal in 2025 were related to one or more of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

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Electronic ISSN: 1434-4483
Print ISSN: 0177-798X
Abstracted and indexed in: AGRICOLA

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