The major publication of the Chinese Geoscience Union (located in Taipei) since 1990, the journal of Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (TAO) publishes bi-monthly scientific research articles, notes, correspondences and reviews in all disciplines of the Earth sciences. It is the amalgamation of the following journals:Papers in Meteorological Research (published by the Meteorological Society of the ROC) since Vol. 12, No. 2Bulletin of Geophysics (published by the Institute of Geophysics, National Central University) since No. 27Acta Oceanographica Taiwanica (published by the Institute of Oceanography, National Taiwan University) since Vol. 42.