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Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans - Expansion of Aims & Scope  

Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans has expanded the aims and scope of the journal to include new topics in atmosphere and ocean dynamics. Examples include climate change and variability, prediction and predictability, scale interactions and atmosphere-ocean-biosphere-cryosphere interactions. Dynamic meteorology, physical oceanography and geophysical fluid dynamics remain topics of primary interest for the DAO audience.

Water Research awards outstanding reviewers

The Editor-in-Chief of Water Research, Mogens Henze, has acknowledged six outstanding reviewers for their great work and their continued contributions to the journal

The selected reviewers are:

• Stephen Duirk, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, Cincinnati, United States 
• John van Leeuwen, CSIRO Land and Water, Indooroopilly, Australia
• Andrew J. Schuler, Duke University, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Durham, United States
• Stuart Krasner, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, Los Angeles
• Joseph DeLaat, Université de Poitiers, France
• Aaron Peacock, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, United States

Milestone for Water Research - 10.000 submissions!

Water Research has received the # 10,000 submitted article. The Elsevier Aquatic Sciences team congratulates the editors and reviewers of Water Research on this achievement!
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New Feature: PERK (Publishing Ethics Resource Kit) Supporting our editors dealing with publishing ethics issues by providing guidelines & policies, recommended courses of action & sample letters

In March this year, Elsevier announced the launch of its Publishing Ethics Resource Kit (PERK). The aim of this kit is to act as a resource and provide advisory support for addressing queries about issues such as plagiarism, authorship disputes, multiple submission and/or publication, and research misconduct: www.elsevier.com/publishingethicskit 

As well as launching PERK, we are also active in other publishing ethics initiatives. We recently enlisted all of our journals into COPE (*www.publicationethics.org.uk ) – ensuring that our editors have an alternative authoritative source to refer to when dealing with complex ethical issues.

Upcoming Conferences

	MGE Final General Assembly May 12-16,  2008, Faro, Portugal
	SETAC August 3rd - 7 , 2008, Sydney, Australia
	16th Congress of Asia and Pacific Division of International Association of Hydraulic Engineering and Research October 20-23, 2008, Nanjing, China
	13th International congress for Harmful Algae November 3-7, 2008, Hong Kong, China

Featured Special Issues

Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans
Current Contributions to Understanding the General Circulation of the Atmosphere Part 2
Edited by Richard Grotjahn
Volume 44, Issues 3-4, Pages 105-250 (March 2008)

Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans
Current Contributions to Understanding the General Circulation of the Atmosphere Part 1
Edited by Richard Grotjahn
Volume 43, Issues 1-2, pp. 1-122) (April 2007)

The two collections provide a range of opinions about aspects of the general circulation. The first part of this Special Issue, Current Contributions to Understanding the General Circulation of the Atmosphere Part 1, published in April 2007, contained seven papers that sampled a variety of general circulation issues from regional to large scale. This second part of the Special Issue, the current issue of Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans is devoted to the subject of the general circulation of the atmosphere.

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology
Sea turtles: physiological, molecular and behavioral ecology and conservation biology
Volume 356, Issues 1-2, pp. 1-144 (3 March 2008)

Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography
Mid-Atlantic Ridge Habitats and Biodiversity
Volume 55, Issues 1-2, Pages 1-268 (January 2008)

Fisheries Research
Horse Mackerel: Identification of Stocks
Volume 89, Issue 2, pp. 101-210 (February)

Special Issue Round Up View a list of all Aquatic Sciences Special Issues published between January – March 2008.
NEW Books Click on the book title for further details! Atmosphere, Ocean and Climate Dynamics An Introductory Text By John Marshall and R. Alan Plumb For advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate students in atmospheric, oceanic, and climate science, Atmosphere, Ocean and Climate Dynamics is an introductory textbook on the circulations of the atmosphere and ocean and their interaction, with an emphasis on global scales. It will give students a good grasp of what the atmosphere and oceans look like on the large-scale and why they look that way. The role of the oceans in climate and paleoclimate is also discussed. Dynamics of El Niño and the Southern Oscillation By Allan J. Clarke Many scientists either working on the El Nio/Southern Oscillation (ENSO) problem or its many applications have not been trained in both the equatorial ocean and atmospheric dynamics necessary to understand it. This book seeks to overcome this difficulty by providing a step by step introduction to ENSO, helping the upper level graduate student or research scientist to learn quickly the ENSO basics and be up to date with the latest ENSO research..

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