Open Atmospheric Society

Welcome to The Open Atmospheric Society, known as “The OAS”.

The OAS is an international membership society for the purpose of studying, discussing, and publishing about topics in atmospheric related earth sciences, including but not limited to meteorology, hydrology, oceanography, and climatology. The OAS wss designed to be an alternative to organizations like the AGU, AMS, AIP, and ACS, NAS, and AAAS that have become more political than scientific in the publication of climate position statements, publication gatekeeping, and media editorializing .

• Our motto: verum in luce means“truth in the light”.
• Open science— a transparent online peer review process. Publishing peer reviewer comments (not names), will illuminate the process.
• Open membership— Associate members, anyone who has an interest in atmospheric science, can join at a basic rate, providing interdisciplinary membership. Professional full voting members, will require a degree in atmospheric sciences or related earth disciplines, or three published papers in these subjects. Student members get a reduced rate, similar to associate members with option to full member elevation.
• Open journal— The Journal of the OAS will be free to read by the public.
• Author account—each author and co-author will have accounts for collaboration, submitting papers , making edits, and responding to reviewers.
• No other journal asks this upfront: strict OAS Journal submission requirements—technical submissions to the Journal by members must include all source data, software/code, procedures, and documentation to ensure reproducibility of the paper’s experiment or analysis by external reviewers.
• Emphasis on reasonable publication turnaround, 3 months or less.
• Press releases will be sent with each publication.
• Video production assistance for authors to explain papers and post to the journal page with your paper.
• Organizational activity will be conducted entirely online – This means no costly brick and mortar infrastructure, no costly postal mailings journals, and no need for warehousing paper files and publications.
• Online meetings conducted via Skype for organizational purposes.
• Nomination/Voting for officers and other issues conducted online.
• Monthly email newsletters and special online webcasts.

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