Concepts of short-term atmospheric and storm measurement: Beaufort Scale, Fujita Scale and Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale. Belongs here: a concept measuring wind, storm or weather intensity on a human timescale. Does not belong here: a concept about long-run climate pattern, held under Climatology, or a scale measuring a geologic rather than atmospheric hazard, held under Seismology or Volcanology.
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Field of StudyMeteorology is the scientific study of the Earth's atmosphere and short-term atmospheric phenomena, with a focus on weather forecasting. 1 Browse By
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Meteorology is the scientific study of the Earth's atmosphere and short-term atmospheric phenomena (i.e., weather), with a focus on weather forecasting.
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