Atmospheric Environment is the international journal for scientists in different disciplines related to atmospheric composition and its impacts. The journal publishes scientific articles with atmospheric relevance of emissions and depositions of gaseous and particulate compounds, chemical processes and physical effects in the atmosphere, as well as impacts of the changing atmospheric composition on human health, air quality, climate change, and ecosystems.

Atmospheric Environment publishes original research and review articles, special issues, supplements, and New Directions columns. The articles should be of general relevance and novelty in terms of atmospheric observations, process studies, modeling, and data analysis.