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Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.
  • The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
  • The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, or RTF document file format.
  • Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
  • The text is single-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
  • The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.

Author Guidelines

Guidelines to Authors

General

 Only original work should be submitted. It should not have been published earlier in any formor should not be under consideration elsewhere. Manuscripts should be sent to the Executive Editor, Vayu Mandal by email to [email protected]

 Presentation

 

Articles should be as brief as full documentation allows. They should not usually exceed 5-6 printed pages (approximately 4000 words) including diagrams. Invited articles can be upto 10 pages. Paper must be written clearly and concisely with consistency in style and spelling, and typed double spaced on good paper. The format is 'Abstract', 'Keywords', 'Introduction', ’Data and Method’  ‘Discussion’ 'Summary/Conclusion', 'Acknowledgements' (if any), and 'References',

Title

Title should be specific, brief and informative of the subject discussed.

Keywords

Up to five key words should be provided.

Abstract

The abstract should be typed on a separate page and should not exceed 100 words.

Text

Only standard abbreviations should be used. All measurements should be in SI units. Avoid beginning of a sentence with numbers.

Tables

All tables must be numbered serially and be placed at the end. Tables should carry brief titles. Abbreviations used in the table should be defined at the bottom of the table.

 

Illustrations

A set of original figures must be sent along with the manuscript. All diagrams must be neatly labeled. Maximum size of a diagram can be A4 size.

 

References

References in the text should be cited by authors name and year of publication. The references should contain the author(s) name(s), year, title, name of the journal, (in standard abbreviations), Vol. No., and pages. References to book should contain name of Editor, if any, preceded by, Ed(s), place of publication, publisher, and year of publication and chapter or pages referred to. References to thesis should contain the degree, the year in which submitted, the university and the place. Samples are given below:

 Mooley D.A. and Munot, A.A., 1993, 'Variation in the relationship of the Indian Summer Monsoon with global factors', Proc. Indian Acad. Sci., (Earth Planet Sci.) Vol.102, No.1, pp.89-104.

 Asnani G.C., Tropical Meteorology, Pune, 1993, pp120-134.

 Phillips N.A. The atmosphere in Motion', Ed. B. Bolin, New York Rockfeller Inst. Press., 1959, pp 501-504.

 Singh U.S., 'Some studies on Vertical Motion and diabatic heating over the Indian Monsoon region', Ph.D Thesis 1975, Banaras Hindu University, India.

 Executive Editor

 

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