Text
The text should be double-spaced, with margins not less than 30 mm on the left-hand side
and 20 mm on the
right-hand side. Hard-copy submissions should be typed on A4 paper on one side only,
and three copies are required.
All pages must be numbered
consecutively.
For style refer to the publication
" Notes for Authors" (available free of charge on request
from the Editorial Office),
Style Manual for Authors, Editors and Printers of Australian
Government Publications
(4th edn, 1988, Australian Government Publishing Service: Canberra),
and to recent issues
of the magazine.
Each manuscript generally includes the following components,
which should be presented
in the order listed.
1. Title, author's name, affiliation, and dateline. These items should appear
on one
page, separate from the remainder of the manuscript. The affiliation should
be as concise as
possible and in general should not constitute a complete address.
The date of receipt of the
manuscript will be supplied by the Technical Editor.
2. Abstract. An abstract is required at the beginning of each article and, at
the discretion of
the Editor, at the beginning of appropriate shorter contributions.
Authors are reminded to
summarise their conclusions in the abstract, as well as the
methods used, since abstracts are
frequently quoted verbatim in abstracting journals.
3. Text. The text should be divided into sections, each with a separate heading.
The section
heading should be typed flush left in upper and lower case in bold type.
Subsection headings,
when required, should be typed as section headings with
underlining omitted.
4. Acknowledgments.
5. References. References should be arranged alphabetically without numbering.
The text
citation should consist of the name of the author and the year of publication.
Thus, 'according
to Halley (1686)', or 'as shown by an earlier study (Halley 1686)'.
When there are two or more
papers by the same author published in the same year, the
distinguishing letters a, b, etc., should
be added to the year.
In the listing
of references, each reference must be complete and in the following form. For
an article:
author(s)-surname followed by initials, year, title of article, title of journal
(abbreviated and in italics), volume number (italics), pages. For a book:
author(s)-surname followed by initials, year, title of book (italics), publisher,
city of
publication, pages. Abbreviations for journal titles should in general
conform to the World List
of Scientific Periodicals. Abbreviations for the most
commonly referenced journals are given
in Notes for Authors.
6. Appendix. Lengthy mathematical analyses whose details are subordinate to
the main
theme of the paper should normally be put into an appendix.
7. Figure captions. Each figure must be provided with an adequate caption, and all
captions
should be typed together on one or more sheets (double spaced).
8. Illustrations. Each figure should be mentioned specifically in the text.
Figure number and
caption will be set in type and must not be part of the drawing.
Original drawings are preferably
made about one-and-a-half times to twice final
size in black ink on white paper and lettering
should be large enough so that
after reduction the smallest character will be at least 1.5 mm high.
Final size
of drawings is normally single column width (70 mm) except where circumstances
dictate otherwise. Submission of digital images is encouraged.
For hard-copy figures, good photographic reproductions (glossy prints) are preferred
to original
drawings if the latter are oversized and unwieldy for mailing.
One set of originals and two sets
of copies of all figures are required.
Mathematical symbols and formulae
Authors should attempt to visualise mathematical expressions as they will appear
in print.
From
the standpoints of readability and printing cost, formulae should be
composed carefully and with
the utmost economy. Some general rules are:
1. The numbers that identify equations are to be placed at the right-hand margin.
References
in
text to the equations may then usually be made by the number prefixed
by Eqn.
2. Explain ambiguous or uncommon symbols by making marginal notes in pencil.
3. Double-line fractions should not be used in the body of the text. To indicate such
fractions, use the solidus (/) or the negative exponent; thus
a/b, or ab-1, or b-1a. Double-line fractions should
be avoided also in centred equations if they can be
expressed conveniently by any
of the methods just noted and the resulting equation will appear
on only one line.
4. The radical sign should be avoided. To indicate roots, use a fractional positive
or negative
exponent.
5. Avoid double superscripts or subscripts as well as
superscripts attached to the same
symbol.
6. Indicate vectors and matrices by placing a wavy line under the symbol.
Do not underline
any
other symbols or use underlining as part of a symbol.
7. When the number e is modified by a complicated exponent, use the symbol exp.
8. In writing units, the solidus (/) may be used instead of negative exponents
provided
ambiguity is avoided: i.e. either J kg-1 K-1 or J/(kg K)
is acceptable, but not J/kg/K.
Multiple use of the solidus is never justified.
Units
The International System of Units is standard in the Australian Meteorological Magazine
and
SI (m, kg, s, K) units should be used throughout. Words and symbols for units
should not be
mixed; in general, symbols should be used only when preceded by a number
(thus '10 m', but
'several metres'). Unit symbols are not punctuated, i.e. they are
not treated as abbreviations; the
same symbol is used for both singular and plural.
Note that, although the kelvin is the unit of
temperature in the SI, the degree sign
must be used in writing temperatures or temperature
differences in the Celsius scale,
i.e. '272 K', but '22øC'.
Day, month and year are written '29 December 1959'
(do not abbreviate names of months). The recommended time zone is
Coordinated Universal
Time, abbreviated UTC. Time, time zone, day, month and year are written
'2330 UTC 29 December 1959', in some instances the use of other time zones is permissible,
for example, AEST (150øE meridian civil time).
Abbreviations
Unless repetitive, abbreviations should be avoided, especially of organisations
(write 'World
Meteorological Organization' not 'WMO'), and acronyms should be identified
with their first use,
e.g. 'clear-air turbulence (CAT)'.
Proofs and reprints
Authors of papers accepted for publication will receive galley proofs only
(together with
copies
of diagrams that require redrafting). Twenty-five reprints
of articles and shorter contributions
will be made available free of charge.
Additional reprints may require an order to be placed
directly with the printer.
Contact the Technical Editor for details.
Last updated 19 April 2006 by Blair Trewin (b.trewin@bom.gov.au)
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