Discipline

Meteorology

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Atmospheric Science

The study of the atmosphere over hours and days: the fronts, pressure systems and moisture that add up to today's weather and tomorrow's forecast. The discipline's founding text is Aristotle's own Meteorology, written around 350 BC, whose description of the water cycle, evaporation rising to form clouds that return as rain, remained the standard account for roughly two thousand years before instruments and mathematics replaced philosophy as the field's working method. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts

Central Question

Meteorology is the scientific study of the Earth's atmosphere and short-term atmospheric phenomena, with a focus on weather forecasting. 1

Scope

Meteorology studies the physics and chemistry of the atmosphere on timescales from minutes to weeks: weather systems, precipitation, wind and short-term atmospheric hazards. 1

Significance

Meteorological forecasting protects lives and property from severe weather and underpins aviation, agriculture and daily public planning worldwide. 1

Meteorology

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Phenomenon Family

Type/Classification

Sun glitter

Meteorology

Sunglint

Meteorology

FAQs

What is the difference between meteorology and climatology?

Meteorology studies the atmosphere over minutes to weeks and drives weather forecasting; climatology studies its long term patterns over years and longer.

Meteorology studies the atmosphere over short timescales, from minutes to a couple of weeks, and is the science behind day to day weather forecasting. Climatology studies the atmosphere's long term behavior instead, the patterns and averages built up over years, decades and longer. Weather is what the atmosphere is doing right now; climate is what it tends to do over time, and the two disciplines split along that same line.

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Environmental Health

Air quality and climate effects on health draw on meteorology and climate science.

Source Environmental Health (Wikipedia)

Has Scientist

Directed the Institute for Forest Meteorology at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat Munchen from 1948.

Source Rudolf Geiger (Wikipedia)

Source Vilhelm Bjerknes (Wikipedia)

William Ferrel

Wladimir Koppen

Source Wladimir Koppen (Wikipedia)

Includes

1561 Celestial Phenomenon over Nuremberg

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Source 1561 Celestial Phenomenon over Nuremberg (Wikipedia)

1566 Celestial Phenomenon over Basel

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Source 1566 Celestial Phenomenon over Basel (Wikipedia)

22-Degree Halo

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Source 22-Degree Halo (Wikipedia)

Afterglow

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Source Afterglow (Wikipedia)

Air mass

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Source Air mass (Wikipedia)

Alexander's band

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Source Alexander's band (Wikipedia)

Alpenglow

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Source Alpenglow (Wikipedia)

Anthelion

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Source Anthelion (Wikipedia)

Anticrepuscular rays

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Source Anticrepuscular rays (Wikipedia)

Anticyclogenesis

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Source Anticyclogenesis (Wikipedia)

Atmospheric Circulation

Earth's weather is a consequence of its illumination by the Sun and the laws of thermodynamics.

Source Atmospheric Circulation (Wikipedia)

Atmospheric optics

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Source Atmospheric optics (Wikipedia)

Atmospheric Refraction

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Source Atmospheric Refraction (Wikipedia)

Atmospheric River

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Source Atmospheric River (Wikipedia)

Beaufort Scale

An empirical measure relating wind speed to observed conditions at sea or on land.

Source Beaufort Scale (Wikipedia)

Bishop's Ring

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Source Bishop's Ring (Wikipedia)

Blizzard

Circumhorizontal Arc

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Source Circumhorizontal Arc (Wikipedia)

Circumzenithal arc

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Source Circumzenithal arc (Wikipedia)

Clear-Air Turbulence

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Source Clear-Air Turbulence (Wikipedia)

Cloud Iridescence

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Source Cloud Iridescence (Wikipedia)

Cold drop

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Source Cold drop (Wikipedia)

Cold Pool

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Source Cold Pool (Wikipedia)

Cold Wave

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Source Cold Wave (Wikipedia)

Cold-Core Low

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Source Cold-Core Low (Wikipedia)

Corona (Optical Phenomenon)

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Source Corona (Optical Phenomenon) (Wikipedia)

Crown flash

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Source Crown flash (Wikipedia)

Cut-Off Low

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Source Cut-Off Low (Wikipedia)

Cyclone

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Source Cyclone (Wikipedia)

Diffuse sky radiation

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Source Diffuse sky radiation (Wikipedia)

Diurnal Temperature Variation

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Source Diurnal Temperature Variation (Wikipedia)

Dust Storm

Earthlight

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Source Earthlight (Wikipedia)

False sunrise

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Source False sunrise (Wikipedia)

False sunset

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Source False sunset (Wikipedia)

Fog

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Source Fog (Wikipedia)

Fog bow

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Source Fog bow (Wikipedia)

Fog desert

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Source Fog desert (Wikipedia)

Fujita Scale

Source Fujita Scale (Wikipedia)

Ground-level ozone

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Source Ground-level ozone (Wikipedia)

Haar (Fog)

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Source Haar (Fog) (Wikipedia)

Hail

Halo (Optical Phenomenon)

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Source Halo (Optical Phenomenon) (Wikipedia)

Haze

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Source Haze (Wikipedia)

Heat Dome

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Source Heat Dome (Wikipedia)

Heiligenschein

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Source Heiligenschein (Wikipedia)

High-Pressure Area

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Source High-Pressure Area (Wikipedia)

Hurricane Katrina

Source Hurricane Katrina (Wikipedia)

Ice crystal

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Source Ice crystal (Wikipedia)

June Gloom

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Source June Gloom (Wikipedia)

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Sources

1. Meteorology (Wikipedia)

Wikimedia Foundation

Lead section
Meteorology is the scientific study of the Earth's atmosphere and short-term atmospheric phenomena (i.e., weather), with a focus on weather forecasting.
History, Aristotelian meteorology section
Aristotle is considered the founder of meteorology. One of the most impressive achievements described in the Meteorology is the description of what is now known as the hydrologic cycle.

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Rudolf Geiger (Wikipedia)

Wikimedia FoundationHas Scientist: Rudolf GeigerView the Source

Fujita Scale (Wikipedia)

Wikimedia FoundationIncludes: Fujita ScaleView the Source

Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale (Wikipedia)

Wikimedia FoundationIncludes: Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind ScaleView the Source

Palmer Drought Severity Index (Wikipedia)

Wikimedia FoundationIncludes: Palmer Drought Severity Index, Lead paragraph

Quote, Includes: Palmer Drought Severity Index, Lead paragraph

The Palmer drought index, sometimes called the Palmer drought severity index (PDSI), or the Palmer Z index or simply the Palmer index, is a regional drought index commonly used for monitoring drought events and studying areal extent and severity of drought episodes.

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What is the difference between meteorology and climatology?

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