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Climatology
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The study of climate: weather averaged over decades rather than days, and the slower cycles, orbital, oceanic, atmospheric, that push it warmer or colder over centuries and ice ages.
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Central QuestionClimatology is the scientific study of Earth's climate, typically defined as weather conditions averaged over a period of at least 30 years. 1 ScopeClimatology studies the long-term statistical behavior of the atmosphere-ocean system, from regional climate patterns to the causes of ice ages and modern global warming. 1 SignificanceClimatology's reconstructions of past climate and projections of future climate inform the policy response to anthropogenic climate change. 1 Cross-Tradition Connections
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The 1816 Year Without a Summer that followed is a foundational case study in how volcanic aerosols force climate.
Its stratospheric sulfur dioxide cooled global temperatures by about 0.5 degrees Celsius over the following two years.
The most widely used climate classification scheme.
The sulfurous haze that spread over Europe and the resulting famine are studied as a climate event.
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