Open Access

1. Open Access Declaration
Plateau Meteorology has officially adopted a fully open-access publishing model since 2022 under CC BY-NC-ND license. Starting from the first issue of 2022, all articles are immediately and permanently available for readers to read and download free of charge on the journal's official website. Readers can copy, distribute, and use the content under the CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license.
Articles published before 2022 are not open access. The copyright of these articles is held by the editorial department. Readers can access these articles on the journal's official website to read and download free of charge.

2. Licensing Policy
For open-access articles, permissible third-party reuse is defined by the following license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). This license allows users to copy and distribute these articles in any medium or format as long as the license terms below are followed:
Users must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes to the articles were made. Users may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the journal endorses the use. Users may not use the articles for commercial purposes. If users remix, transform, or build upon the articles, they may not distribute the modified articles. The full details of the license are available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

3. Copyright Policy
Authors submitting manuscripts to Plateau Meteorology are required to sign a "Copyright Transfer Agreement," transferring the copyright to the Editorial Department of Plateau Meteorology. After publication, authors have the following rights:
1) Authors may use and share their articles in accordance with the journal's licensing agreement (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0), such as for non-commercial academic discussions, exchanges, presentations, lectures, etc.
2) Author may use their articles for other activities authorized by the editorial department.
If the article is not ultimately accepted by this journal, the signed Copyright Transfer Agreement will be automatically invalidated, and the copyright of the article will still belong to the author.

4. Article Archiving Policy
All articles are digitally archived and backed up in the editorial department. In the event of a publication suspension, readers can access historical articles from China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), Wanfang Data, Weipu, etc. To ensure data security, all information has also been backed up at the editorial department.

5. Authors' Self-Archiving
The journal allows authors to store all versions of their articles in an institutional or other knowledge repository of their choice, provided that the stored repository's article metadata includes the journal's publication information, serving as a recommended citation.

6. Data Sharing
Authors are encouraged to share research data under appropriate circumstances, including raw data, observation records, experimental results, etc. The journal emphasizes the importance of authors sharing related research software, code, models, algorithms, protocols, methods, and other valuable materials. Authors are encouraged to upload such materials to accessible third-party storage platforms and provide corresponding links at the end of their articles.

7. Post-publication Discussions
The journal welcomes authors and readers to participate in discussions on published articles. Comments can be sent to the journal's email, and the editorial department will handle them promptly, providing necessary feedback. The journal actively encourages mutual supervision and feedback on relevant information, aiming to cultivate a vibrant and positive academic environment.