
The Scientific Online Letters on the Atmosphere (SOLA) is an international Open Access journal published by the Meteorological Society of Japan. It aims to publish peer-reviewed short scientific papers in the atmospheric and related interdisciplinary sciences.
The pronunciation of "SOLA" sounds similar to a Japanese word "sora" meaning the sky in English.This journal is available online at J-STAGE (Open Access).
(J-STAGE SOLA home)

What’s new
- February 4, 2022: Congratulations on the SOLA Award 2021!
We are pleased to announce that The SOLA Award in 2020 is awarded to the following papers:
Shiraishi and Shibata, Seasonal Variation in High Arctic Stratospheric Aerosols Observed by Lidar at Ny Ålesund, Svalbard between March 2014 and February 2018, SOLA, 2021, VOL.17,30-34, doi:10.2151/sola.2021-005 - March 3, 2021: Call for Papers.
"Research on extreme weather events that occurred around East Asia in 2017-2021" in the Special Edition/Collection of Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan (JMSJ) and Scientific Online Letters on the Atmosphere (SOLA). - June 2020: Call for Papers.
“Typhoons in 2018–2019” in the Special Edition/Collection of Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan (JMSJ) and Scientific Online Letters on the Atmosphere (SOLA).This call for papers has ended.
Special Edition in SOLA (plan): Volume 17A, 2021
New Releases
- Hirokawa et al., Improvements of Procedures for Identifying and Classifying Heavy Rainfall Areas of Linear-Stationary Type, SOLA, 2022, VOL.18,doi:10.2151/sola.2022-027
- Alifdini and Shimada, Diurnal variation of surface wind divergence in the Maritime Continent using ASCAT and SeaWinds observations and ERA5 reanalysis data, SOLA, 2022, VOL.18,doi:10.2151/sola.2022-025
- Kawazoe et al., Predictability of heavy snowfall days in western Hokkaido from JMA Operational 1-Month Ensemble Predictions using self-organizing maps, SOLA, 2022, VOL.18,doi:10.2151/sola.2022-024
- Usui et al., Numerical Simulations and Trajectory Analyses of Local “Karakkaze” Wind: a Case that could have Contributed to an Aircraft Accident at Narita Airport on 23 March 2009, SOLA, 2022, VOL.18,doi:10.2151/sola.2022-023
- Sun et al., Weather reduced the annual heavy pollution days after 2016 in Beijing, SOLA, 2022, VOL.18,doi:10.2151/sola.2022-022
Most Cited Articles
- Yatagai et al., A 44-Year Daily Gridded Precipitation Dataset for Asia Based on a Dense Network of Rain Gauges, 2009, VOL.5, 137-140, doi:10.2151/sola.2009-035
Citations: 419 - Ebita et al., The Japanese 55-year Reanalysis "JRA-55": An Interim Report, 2011, VOL.7, 149-152, doi:10.2151/sola.2011-038
Citations: 392 - Yokota et al., Global Concentrations of CO2 and CH4 Retrieved from GOSAT: First Preliminary Results, 2009, VOL.5, 160-163, doi:10.2151/sola.2009-041
Citations: 357