Contributions of PA Taylor, L Mahrt, JJ Finnigan, MR Raupach to Boundary-Layer Meteorology: 1970-2020

Introduction to the article: The following invited summaries give the reader a good overview of each author’s sustained effort over the past 50 years. The reader should also ponder the fact that the authors above have published in a range of journals and, with a few exceptions, their contributions referred to below are specific to Boundary-Layer Meteorology alone. We identified four authors: Peter Taylor who first published in Boundary-Layer Meteorology in 1970 (total of 55 publications) and joined the Editorial Board in 1971; Larry Mahrt who first published in the inaugural issue in 1970 (total of 47 publications); and the pair John Finnigan and Mike Raupach, who first published in Boundary-Layer Meteorology in 1976 and 1979 respectively with a combined total of 51 publications, several of which are joint. One other point should give the young scientist pause for reflection: Larry Mahrt and Peter Taylor in particular, being Board members for much of the 50 years, have each reviewed some hundreds of articles submitted to Boundary-Layer Meteorology, an impressive effort in the underpinning of the peer review process.