Editorial Structure

Acceptance of papers for JSHESS is managed by the Editorial Board (Editor and Editor-in-Chief working with an international panel of Associate Editors) supported by a Board of Governance, whose function is to oversee the direction and performance of JSHESS. The Editor-in-Chief is appointed by the Bureau of Meteorology on the recommendation of the Journal’s Governance Board. In consultation with the Editor and the JSHESS Governance Board, the Editor-in-Chief sets editorial policy and reviewing procedures. The Editor-in-Chief makes recommendations to the JSHESS Board regarding Editorial Board membership and manages the appointment and tenure of the Editor, Special Issue Editors and Associate Editors as vacancies or other circumstances arise.

All submissions to JSHESS are assessed initially by the Editor and, if considered to lie within the journal's scope and to be of sufficient quality, they are sent for external peer review by the Editor or one of the Associate Editors. Associate Editors make recommendations about publication of papers in the journal but final decisions are the responsibility of the Editor.

The Bureau of Meteorology and the Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society directly support JSHESS. In order to avoid an conflict of interest, neither the Editor-in-Chief nor the Editor should be employees of the Bureau of Meteorology.

The usual term length for the Editor-in-Chief, Editor and Associate Editors is three years with an option to reappoint for a second term. These positions are open to experts on the Southern Hemisphere from countries other than Australia.

• Professor Steven Siems, Monash University, Australia

• Dr Peter May, Monash University, Australia
• Dr Andréa Taschetto, University of New South Wales, Australia

• Josephine Brown, University of Melbourne, Australia
• Anita Drumond, Federal University of São Paulo, Brazil
• Neil Holbrook, University of Tasmania, Australia
• Eun-Pa Lim, Bureau of Meteorology, Australia
• Chris Lucas, Bureau of Meteorology, Australia
• Brad Murphy, Bureau of Meteorology, Australia
• Marisol Osman, Centro de Investigaciones del Mar y la Atmósfera, Buenos Aires, Argentina
• Anthony Rea, World Meteorological Organization, Switzerland
• Chris Reason, University of Cape Town, South Africa
• Robyn Schofield, University of Melbourne, Australia
• Blair Trewin, Bureau of Meteorology, Australia