Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2004 12:49:56 +0100 (CET)

From: egu@copernicus.org



Dear Colleague,



We are pleased to announce the new Open Access (or free-to web) version 
of the EGU journal "Hydrology and Earth System Sciences (HESS)". 
Please study the new web-site for all details concerning the renewed journal: 
www.copernicus.org/EGU/hess/hess.html


In its eight years of existence, HESS has gained a strong position 
among other hydrological journals. The journal is now ready for an 
exciting new step, which will raise it profile and accessibility even 
further. The new journal will be:

- fast: manuscript online within one week of submission;

- transparent: all reviews, comments, discussions online;

- community-based: EGU journal, financed by modest page charge;

- interactive: web-based portal for all contributions;

- accessible: full access free of charge.



The new journal is still published by the European Geosciences Union (EGU).  It is 

fully peer-review and aims to publish papers of the highest quality covering 

all aspects of hydrological sciences.  



Papers under review are published in the sister journal "HESS-Discussions".  
This journal is not fully peer-reviewed but it is designed to allow an 
interactive public discussion of the latest developments in the field.



A free alert service will inform you of the papers published in your 

areas of interest. 



All papers are available free on-line from the moment of publication. 

Publication is paid for by a small service charge with no extra cost for 

colour or additional material such as movies. Paper bound volumes and CD 

copies are available at low cost.  During the initial period there is no 

service charge. 



Papers are published with a Creative Commons license which allows any number 

of electronic and paper copies to me made for non-commercial purposes.  The 

authors and their employers retain copyright. 



We invite you to discuss this new journal with your colleagues and students 

and look forward to receiving your manuscripts from the start of 15 November 

2004. 



Yours sincerely,



Hubert Savenije, Murugesu Sivapalan and Kurt Roth

Executive Editors of HESS



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