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. 2
• Bulletin of Geophysics (published by the Institute of Geophysics, National Central University) since No. 27
• Acta Oceanographica Taiwanica (published by the Institute of Oceanography, National Taiwan University) since Vol. 42

TAO is co-sponsored by the Geological Society, the Geophysical Society, and the Meteorological Society of the Republic of China (ROC) and has its publication partially subsidized by the National Science Council in Taiwan. TAO has been selected for coverage by the Science Citation IndexR (SCI) since March 2003 (Vol. 14). Contents of TAO are also covered by GEOREF Serials List, Research Alert R, EBSCOhost, and Current Contents R/Physical Chemical and Earth Sciences.