Meteorology

• Atmospheric Science It is the study of the atmosphere, its processes, the effects other systems such as ocean have on the atmosphere, and the effects of the atmosphere from the ground level up to the outer space
• Meteorology the study of the atmosphere, atmospheric phenomena, & atmospheric effects on our weather.
• Weather is the state of the atmosphere or the conditions in the air around us. It includes things like temperature, precipitation, wind, and cloud cover. Weather changes from day to day and can be different in various parts of the world.
• Meteorologists are scientists who study the weather and make predictions about what the weather will be like. They use tools and instruments to collect data on temperature, humidity, wind speed, and other factors that affect the weather. They analyze this information to understand and forecast weather patterns.
• Research Meteorologists cover several subdisciplines of meteorology to include climate modeling, remote sensing, air quality, atmospheric physics, and climate change. They also research the relationship between the atmosphere and Earth’ s climates, oceans, and biological life.
• Weather is the condition of the atmosphere at a particular place over a short period of time. It can be described in terms of temperature, precipitation (snow, rain & hail), wind speed and direction, visibility and cloud amounts
• Climate refers to the weather pattern of a place over long period, maybe 30 years or more, long enough to yield meaningful averages
• Thales, the first Greek meteorologist who described the water cycle.
• Democritus predicted changes in the weather.
• Aristotle writes Meteorologica
• Hippocrates discussed weather in his treatise Airs, Water and Places (locations, seasons, winds and air)
• Theophrastus, a pupil of Aristotle, compiled a book on weather forecasting, called the “Book of Signs”
• Physical Meteorology deals with the physical aspects of the atmosphere, such as the formation of the clouds, rains, thunderstorms, and lightning, visual events such as mirages, rainbows, and halos
• Dynamic Meteorology the study of the winds and laws that govern atmospheric motions. Equations that decribe atmospheric motions
• Synoptic Meteorology the study and analysis of large weather systems that exist for more than one day. Weather forecasting is part of synoptic meteorology. Day-today weather and forecasting.
• Agricultural Meteorology deals with weather and its relationship to crops and vegetation.
• Climatology the study of a region’s average daily and seasonal weatehr events over a long period. Climate describes the average weather of a region.
• Aeronomy the study of the upper atmosphere with emphasis on compistion and interaction with solar radiation
• Microscale Meteorology the study of atmospheric phenomena about 1km or less, smaller than mesoscale, including small and generally, thunderstorms, fleeting cloud “ puffs ’ and other small cloud features.
• Mesoscale Meteorology the study of weather systems about 5km to several hundred kilometers, smaller than the synoptic scale systems but larger than microscale storm-scale cumulus systems, such as sea breezes, squall lines, and mesoscale convective complexes.
• Synoptic Scale Meteorology is the horizontal length scale of 1000km (about 620miles) or more. The phenomena typically describes by the sypnoptic meteorology include events like extratropical cyclones, baroclinic troughs and ridges, frontal zones, and to some extent jet streams
• Climatology how climate (long-term weather patterns) has varied in the past and how climate change will affect the future
• Meteorology how atmosphere chemistry and physics relate to weather and climate patterns
• Topoclimatology how topographic relief influences local climate in the lower air layer.
• Barometry how atmospheric pressure is measured and relates to weather and climate
• Paleoclimatology How prehistoric climates have changed in a geologic time scale
• Paleotempestology how tropical cyclones have changed in a geologic time scale
• Aeronomy how chemical and physical properties are composed in the upper region of Earth and planets.
• Radiometry How electromagnetic radiation in the atmosphere is observed and measured
• Aerodynamics How air circulates in the atmosphere.
• Hydrometeorology How water and energy are transferred between the land surface and atmosphere (hydrologic cycle).
• Geomagnetism How Earth’s magnetic field changes at different time scales including pole reversals
• Geophysics How physical processes and properties relate to Earth and its surrounding space
• Bioclimatology How climate interacts and affects living thing
• Geobiology How the biosphere relates to the lithosphere and atmosphere.
• Biometeorology How atmospheric conditions and weather patterns impact living things