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Submission checklist
It is hoped
that this list will be useful during the final checking of an article prior to sending it to the journal's Editor for review. Please
consult this Guide for Authors for further details of any item. Ensure that the following items are present:
One Author designated
as corresponding Author:
• E-mail address • Full postal address • Telephone and fax numbers •
All necessary files have been uploaded • Keywords • Figures with care taken over minimum shading • Figure
captions • All tables (including title, description, footnotes)
Further considerations
• Manuscript has been
"spellchecked" • Manuscript is less than 6500 words unless length extension has been granted by the executive editor. Diagrams
should be kept to a minimum. • References are in the correct format for this journal • All references mentioned in
the Reference list are cited in the text, and vice versa • Permission has been obtained for use of copyrighted material from
other sources (including the Web) • Colour figures are clearly marked as being intended for colour reproduction on the Web
(free of charge) and in print or to be reproduced in colour on the Web (free of charge) and in black and white in print • If
only colour on the Web is required, black and white versions of the figures are also supplied for printing purposes
Articles must be written in English and where possible checked by a native speaker. Submission of an article implies that
the work described has not been published previously (except in the form of an abstract or as part of a published lecture or academic
thesis), that it is not under consideration for publication elsewhere, that its publication is approved by all Authors and tacitly
or explicitly by the responsible authorities where the work was carried out, and that, if accepted, it will not be published elsewhere
in the same form, in English or in any other language, without the written consent of the Publisher.
Upon acceptance of an article,
Authors will be asked to transfer copyright (for more information on copyright see http://www.elsevier.com/copyright).
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receipt of the manuscript. A form facilitating transfer of copyright will be provided. If excerpts from other copyrighted works are included,
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Authors' rights
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- make copies (print or
electronic) of the article for your own personal use, including for your own classroom teaching use
- make copies and distribute
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or systematically, e.g., via an e-mail list or list server)
- post a pre-print version of the article on Internet websites including
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- post a revised personal version
of the final text of the article (to reflect changes made in the peer review and editing process) on your personal or institutional website
or server, with a link to the journal homepage (on elsevier.com)
- present the article at a meeting or conference and to distribute
copies of the article to the delegates attending such a meeting
- for your employer, if the article is a 'work for hire', made within
the scope of your employment, your employer may use all or part of the information in the article for other intra-company use (e.g.,
training)
- retain patent and trademark rights and rights to any processes or procedure described in the article - include the article
in full or in part in a thesis or dissertation (provided that this is not to be published commercially)
- use the article or any
part thereof in a printed compilation of your works, such as collected writings or lecture notes (subsequent to publication of your article
in the journal)
- prepare other derivative works, to extend the article into book-length form, or to otherwise re-use portions or
excerpts in other works, with full acknowledgement of its original publication in the journal.
Should Authors be requested by the
Editor to revise the text, the revised version should be submitted within 45 days.
Online submission to the journal prior to
acceptance
Submission to this journal proceeds totally online. Use the following guidelines to prepare your article. Via the
Elsevier Editorial System (EES) website for this journal at http://ees.elsevier.com/atmenv you will be guided stepwise through
the creation and uploading of the various files. The system automatically converts source files to a single Adobe Acrobat PDF version
of the article, which is used in the peer-review process. Please note that even though manuscript source files are converted to PDF at
submission for the review process, these source files are needed for further processing after acceptance. All correspondence, including
notification of the Editor's decision and requests for revision, takes place by e-mail and via the Author's homepage, removing the need
for a hard-copy paper trail.
The above represents a very brief outline of this form of submission. It can be advantageous to print
this "Guide for Authors" section from the site for reference in the subsequent stages of article preparation.
Electronic format
requirements for accepted articles
General points
We accept most wordprocessing formats, but Word, WordPerfect
or LaTeX is preferred. Always keep a backup copy of the electronic file for reference and safety. Save your files using the default extension
of the program used.
Wordprocessor documents
It is important that the file be saved in the native format of
the wordprocessor used. The text should be in single-column format. Keep the layout of the text as simple as possible. Most formatting
codes will be removed and replaced on processing the article. In particular, do not use the wordprocessor's options to justify text or
to hyphenate words. However, do use bold face, italics, subscripts, superscripts etc. Line spacing should be double-spaced form with
wide margins and numbered lines. Do not embed "graphically designed" equations or tables, but prepare these using the wordprocessor's
facility. When preparing tables, if you are using a table grid, use only one grid for each individual table and not a grid for each row.
If no grid is used, use tabs, not spaces, to align columns. The electronic text should be prepared in a way very similar to that of conventional
manuscripts (see also the Guide to Publishing with Elsevier: http://elsevier.com/locate/guidepublication. Do not import
the figures into the text file but, instead, indicate their approximate locations directly in the electronic text and on the manuscript.
See also the section on Preparation of electronic illustrations.
To avoid unnecessary errors you are strongly advised to use
the "spellchecker" function of your wordprocessor.
LaTeX documents
If the LaTeX file is suitable, proofs will
be produced without rekeying the text. The article should preferably be written using Elsevier's document class "elsart", or alternatively
the standard document class "article".
The Elsevier LaTeX package (including detailed instructions for LaTeX preparation) can be
obtained from http://www.elsevier.com/latex. It consists of the files: elsart.cls, guidelines for users of elsart, a template
file for quick start, and the instruction booklet "Preparing articles with LaTeX".
2. Preparation of text
General
Please write your text in English (American or British usage is accepted, but not a mixture of these). Italics are not to be
used for expressions of Latin origin, for example, in vivo, et al., per se. Use decimal points (not commas); use a space for thousands
(10 000 and above).
Language Editing: International Science Editing and Asia Science Editing can provide English language and copyediting
services to authors who want to publish in scientific, technical and medical journals and need assistance before they submit their article
or, before it is accepted for publication. Authors can contact these services directly: International Science Editing ( http://www.internationalscienceediting.com)
and Asia Science Editing ( http://www.asiascienceediting.com) or, for more information about language editing services,
please contact authorsupport@elsevier.com who will be happy to deal with any questions. The Editor may insist on professional copy editing
of a paper with poor English, before it can be accepted for publication.
Manuscripts submitted to Dr. H. B. Singh (North American
Editorial Office) are required to provide a list of 5 potential referees (full name, e-mail and institutional address). The suggested
referees must not be from your own institution or have any other conflict of interest.
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Types of contributions
The subject matter of papers published in this Journal, broadly speaking, covers all aspects of human interactions with the
atmospheric environment, including the regional, administrative, economic and political aspects of these interactions. Papers should
describe original work or ideas on these subjects. Novel results based on experiments, theory, and modeling of the atmosphere from local
to global scales are included, however local studies which do not make novel contributions to science will not be considered for review.
The text must be less than 6500 words. Short Communications, Technical Notes are typically less than 10 double-spaced pages long. Any
length extensions must be requested from the Executive Editors prior to submission. Related manuscripts must be submitted at the same
time.
The Journal publishes Research Papers, Short Communications, Technical Notes, Discussion of published papers, Book Reviews,
Critical Literature Reviews, a New Directions Column. In addition, special issues on topical themes are published.
Short Communications
and Technical Notes
These papers cover topics which may be simpler in structure or of more limited interest. They also include
instrumental methods. At times they might report negative findings, unusual or unexplained observations or short sets of measurements
made in rather unique situations. The general style of these papers is similar to that of full papers although they may appear in smaller
print. Manuscripts for these papers must not exceed ten sides including all references and diagrams. They should not exceed 3000 words.
New Directions Articles
New Directions is an invited or contributed column reporting on late-breaking, controversial and
speculative issues in all aspects of the atmospheric sciences. The articles are intended to have a broad appeal to the readership of
the Journal, and to provide a focus and forum for further discussion. They are short in length (1000 words) and written in a popular
style, not as scientific papers, but are nevertheless authored by experts in their field. Correspondence on previously published New
Directions articles is welcomed, and will be considered for publication at the Editor's discretion. The columns are prominently featured
in the Journal using grey-edged paper for the article, and a matching display box on the back page. For further details on the New Directions
column please email new.directions@uea.ac.uk Instructions for Authors for New Directions Papers
Articles
are limited to 1,000 words inclusive and should fit within two printed pages in the journal.
Articles and correspondence should
be sent by email to new.directions@uea.ac.uk. The use of the 'active' rather than the 'passive' voice in articles is encouraged. New Directions columns are intended to have a more 'journalistic' flavour than a strict scientific style.
Text-only articles
are welcome. Where figures are used these should be the minimum required (preferably only one) to convey the main thrust of the article,
be clearly presented, and simple. They will be much reduced in size, so legends and titles should be clear and large enough to allow
reduction to a single-column width. They should be accompanied by suitable figure legends along with the main text. Originals should
be drawn with ink, or printed on a high quality printer (preferably laser). They should have the author's name, and the figure number,
on the back and be sent by mail to the New Directions Editor. Alternatively they may be sent electronically as discrete or embedded
Word or Excel charts. Other graphical formats may also be acceptable (bitmaps, GIF and JPEG formats, PDF, etc.).
Tables should also
be kept to the minimum required, and be presented in the simplest style possible (three horizontal lines: one at the top, one at the
bottom, and one under the column headers; no vertical lines; and minimum number of columns).
References should be kept to an absolute
minimum and there is no prohibition on 'grey' literature so long as it is fully attributed.
The Editors reserve the right to reject,
edit, or reword submitted articles. Authors will have the opportunity to inspect galley proofs of their columns before final printing.
The decision of the Editors is final.
Research Announcements
These are formal announcements of important new international
research programmes and opportunities, or summaries of officially reported outcomes of major new studies (in some cases these may be
suitable for consideration as New Directions columns). There is a one printed page limit. Research Announcements are handled in the same
way as New Directions columns (except that they are not subject to scientific review) and should also be submitted to new.directions@uea.ac.uk.
Special Issues
Requests to publish Special Issues or Supplements based on field campaigns, specialty conferences,
and thematic research subjects should be addressed to the Executive Editor in the United States (editor@AEnorthamerica.com)
or in the U. K. (atmos_env@uea.ac.uk). Proposals are evaluated by the Executive Editors and the publisher and a response
is provided within about two weeks.
Haagen-Smit Prize
"Haagen-Smit Award" is given annually to two outstanding papers
previously published in Atmospheric Environment. Authors are encouraged to nominate papers suitable for this award. Final selection is
made by an international committee of 7-10 people familiar with the subject area. More details can be found at http://geo.arc.nasa.gov/sgg/singh/index.html
The Editors reserve the right to adjust style to certain standards of uniformity.
Follow this order when preparing texts: Title;
Authors; Affiliations; Abstract: Keywords; Main Text; Acknowledgements; References; Appendix; Figure Captions and then Tables. Sections
in text should be numbered.
Title. Long enough to be informative. Titles are often used in information-retrieval systems.
Avoid abbreviations and formulae where possible. If the paper is geographically specific, mention this in the title.
Author names
and affiliations. Where the family name may be ambiguous (e.g., a double name), please indicate this clearly. Present the Authors' affiliation
addresses (where the actual work was done) below the names. Indicate all affiliations with a lower-case superscript letter immediately
after the Author's name and in front of the appropriate address. Provide the full postal address of each affiliation, including the country
name, and, if available, the e-mail address of each Author.
Corresponding Author. Clearly indicate who is willing to handle
correspondence at all stages of refereeing and publication, also post-publication. Ensure that telephone and fax numbers (with country
and area code) are provided in addition to the e-mail address and the complete postal address.
Abstract. A concise and factual
abstract is required (maximum length 300 words). The abstract should state briefly the purpose of the research, the principal results
and major conclusions. An abstract is often presented separate from the article, so it must be able to stand-alone.
Keywords.
Immediately after the abstract, provide maximum 5 keywords, and avoiding general and plural terms and multiple concepts (avoid, for example,
"and", "of"). Be sparing with abbreviations: only abbreviations firmly established in the field may be eligible. These keywords will
be used for indexing purposes.
Abbreviations. Define abbreviations that are not standard in this field at their first
occurrence in the article: in the abstract but also in the main text after it. Ensure consistency of abbreviations throughout the article.
N.B. Acknowledgements. Collate acknowledgements in a separate section at the end of the article and do not, therefore, include them
on the title page, as a footnote to the title or otherwise.
Specific remarks Mathematical formulae. Present
simple formulae in the line of normal text where possible. In principle, variables are to be presented in italics. Use the solidus (/)
instead of a horizontal line, e.g., X/Y rather than
X
Y.
Powers of e are often more conveniently denoted by exp.
Number consecutively any equations that have to be displayed separate from the text (if referred to explicitly in the text).
Footnotes.
Footnotes should be used sparingly. Number them consecutively throughout the article, using superscript Arabic numbers. Many wordprocessors
build footnotes into the text, and this feature may be used. Should this not be the case, indicate the position of footnotes in the text
and present the footnotes themselves on a separate sheet at the end of the article. Do not include footnotes in the Reference list. Table
footnotes. Indicate each footnote in a table with a superscript lowercase letter.
Tables. Number tables consecutively in
accordance with their appearance in the text. Place footnotes to tables below the table body and indicate them with superscript lowercase
letters. Avoid vertical rules. Be sparing in the use of tables and ensure that the data presented in tables do not duplicate results
described elsewhere in the article. Omit the definite article ('the') from captions.
Nomenclature and units. Follow internationally
accepted rules and conventions: use the international system of units (SI). If other quantities are mentioned, give their equivalent
in SI. Use negative indices rather than / and leave space between symbols.
Preparation of supplementary data. Elsevier
accepts supplementary material to support and enhance your scientific research. Supplementary files offer the Author additional possibilities
to publish supporting applications, movies, animation sequences, high-resolution images, background datasets, sound clips and more. Supplementary
files supplied will be published online alongside the electronic version of your article in Elsevier Web products, including ScienceDirect:
http://www.sciencedirect.com. In order to ensure that your submitted material is directly usable, please ensure that data
is provided in one of our recommended file formats. Authors should submit the material in electronic format together with the article
and supply a concise and descriptive caption for each file. For more detailed instructions please visit our artwork instruction pages
at http://www.elsevier.com/artworkinstructions.
3. References
Responsibility for the accuracy of bibliographic
citations lies entirely with the Authors. All publications cited in the text should be presented in a list of references following the
text of the manuscript. The list of references should be arranged first alphabetically and then further sorted chronologically if necessary.
In the text refer to the author's name (without initials) and year of publication (e.g. "Since Vingarzan (2004) has shown that..."
or "This is in agreement with results obtained later (Atkinson, 2000)". For three or more authors use the first author followed by "et
al.", in the text. References should be given in the following form:
In the text as: Crutzen (2004) or (Crutzen, 2004) according
to content of sentence, list in alphabetical order of first author's surname at end of text as follows: Author's name(s), initials, year
of publication, title.
Periodicals title should be written out in full, volume number and inclusive page numbers. Beevers S.D., Carslaw
D.C., 2005. The impact of congestion charging on vehicle emissions in London. Atmospheric Environment 39, 1-5.
Books references,
title pages, publisher's name and location: Heintzenberg J., 2002. Aerosols / Physics and Chemistry of Aerosols, in: Holton J.R. et al.
(Eds.), Encyclopedia of Atmospheric Sciences, Elsevier, Amsterdam, pp. 34-40.
Citing and listing of web references. As a minimum,
the full URL should be given. Any further information, if known (author names, dates, reference to a source publication etc.), should
also be given. Web references can be listed separately (e.g., after the reference list) under a different heading if desired, or can
be included in the reference list.
All cited material should be accessible to the public. Internal publications, conference proceedings,
etc.; avoid if possible. If essential, include sufficient information for the reader to locate the reference. In particular references
to conferences should contain the address of the organization responsible.
The digital object identifier (DOI) may be used to cite
and link to electronic documents. The DOI consists of a unique alpha-numeric character string which is assigned to a document by the
publisher upon the initial electronic publication. The assigned DOI never changes. Therefore, it is an ideal medium for citing a document,
particularly 'Articles in press' because they have not yet received their full bibliographic information. The correct format for citing
a DOI is shown as follows:
doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2005.02.044
When you use the DOI to create URL hyperlinks to documents on
the web, they are guaranteed never to change.
Acknowledgements: A brief as possible, in a separate section before the references,
not in the text or as footnotes.
Appendix: All supplementary material as well as items of interest only to specialists in
the field should be placed in the Appendix. Model formulations, descriptions of methods, lists of symbols, acronyms etc may be included
here.
Sub-Divisions: Number sections of the paper (and if necessary sub-sections) if there is any substantial cross-referencing
within the paper.
4. Preparation of illustrations
General points • Make sure you use uniform lettering
and sizing of your original artwork. • Save text in illustrations as "graphics" or enclose the font. • Only use the
following fonts in your illustrations: Arial, Courier, Helvetica, Times, Symbol. • Number the illustrations according to their
sequence in the text. • Use a logical naming convention for your artwork files. • Provide all illustrations as separate
files and as hardcopy printouts on separate sheets. • Provide captions to illustrations separately. • Produce images
near to the desired size of the printed version. • A detailed guide on electronic artwork is available on our website: http://www.elsevier.com/artworkinstructions.
You are urged to visit this site; some excerpts from the detailed information are given here.
Captions
Ensure that each
illustration has a caption. Supply captions separately, not attached to the figure. A caption should comprise a brief title (not on the
figure itself) and a description of the illustration. Keep text in the illustrations themselves to a minimum but explain all symbols
and abbreviations used. Omit the definite article ('the') from captions.
Formats
Regardless of the application used,
when your electronic artwork is finalised, please "save as" or convert the images to one of the following formats (Note the resolution
requirements for line drawings, halftones, and line/halftone combinations given below.):
EPS: Vector drawings. Embed the font or
save the text as "graphics".
TIFF: Colour or greyscale photographs (halftones): always use a minimum of 300 dpi.
TIFF: Bitmapped
line drawings: use a minimum of 1000 dpi.
TIFF: Combinations bitmapped line/half-tone (colour or greyscale): a minimum of 500 dpi
is required.
DOC, XLS or PPT: If your electronic artwork is created in any of these Microsoft Office applications please supply
"as is".
Please do not: • Supply embedded graphics in your wordprocessor (spreadsheet, presentation) document;
• Supply files that are optimised for screen use (like GIF, BMP, PICT, WPG); the resolution is too low; • Supply files
that are too low in resolution; • Submit graphics that are disproportionately large for the content. • Colour illustrations
Please make sure that artwork files are in an acceptable format (TIFF, EPS or MS Office files) and with the correct resolution. If, together
with your accepted article, you submit usable colour figures then Elsevier will ensure, at no additional charge, that these figures will
appear in colour on the Web (e.g., ScienceDirect and other sites) regardless of whether or not these illustrations are reproduced in
colour in the printed version. For colour reproduction in print, you will receive information regarding the costs from Elsevier after
receipt of your accepted article. Please indicate your preference for colour in print or on the Web only. For further information on
the preparation of electronic artwork, please see http://www.elsevier.com/artworkinstructions.
Please note: Because
of technical complications which can arise by converting colour figures to "grey scale" (for the printed version should you not opt for
colour in print) please submit in addition usable black and white versions of all the colour illustrations.
5. Further information
Proofs
When your manuscript is received by the Publisher it is considered to be in its final form. Proofs are not to
be regarded as "drafts". One set of page proofs in PDF format will be sent by e-mail to the corresponding Author, to be checked for typesetting/editing.
No changes in, or additions to, the accepted (and subsequently edited) manuscript will be allowed at this stage. Proofreading is solely
your responsibility.
The Publisher reserves the right to proceed with publication if corrections are not communicated Return corrections
within 2 days of receipt of the proofs. Should there be no corrections, please confirm this.
Elsevier will do everything possible
to get your article corrected and published as quickly and accurately as possible. In order to do this we need your help. When you receive
the (PDF) proof of your article for correction, it is important to ensure that all of your corrections are sent back to us in one communication.
Subsequent corrections will not be possible, so please ensure your first sending is complete. Note that this does not mean you have any
less time to make your corrections, just that only one set of corrections will be accepted.
Atmospheric Environment has
no page charges.
Offprints
Twenty-five offprints will be supplied free of charge. Additional offprints and copies
of the issue can be ordered at a specially reduced rate using the order form sent to the corresponding author after the manuscript has
been accepted. Orders for reprints after initial printing will incur a 50% surcharge.
Conflict of Interest:
Maintaining
the highest quality in a scientific journal requires that authors should declare any conflict of interest, such as funding sources and
other significant financial or corporate relations, recent legal involvement or other matters that might affect the way the article was
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