Meteorological Monographs and Special Collections

The purpose of this editorial is to introduce the new approach the American Meteorological Society (AMS) has taken with Meteorological Monographs and to distinguish them from the special collections of journal articles. [...]whereas Meteorological Monographs were previously published like traditional hardbound books, henceforth they will be entirely open access and online, in addition to being available in print. In any event, all future monographs will be made available online in much the same way that journal articles and special collections are published. [...]individual chapters of monographs will be ready for download in an earlyrelease format as soon as they are approved during the review process to ensure the material is publicly available in a timely manner.