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meteorology

Also known as meteorological observations, weather science, weatherology (?)

Meteorology is the scientific study of the Earth's atmosphere and short-term atmospheric phenomena (i.e., weather), with a focus on weather forecasting. It has applications in the military, aviation, energy production, transport, agriculture, construction, weather warnings, and disaster management.

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Meteorology is the scientific study of Earth's atmosphere and weather patterns, with a primary goal of predicting what the weather will be. Understanding meteorology matters because accurate weather forecasts help protect people and support critical activities like flying airplanes, farming, generating energy, and managing natural disasters.

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Research

11,033 papers

Key Points in Air Pollution Meteorology.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020
Medicine and Meteorology.JAMA · 2024
High-altitude meteorology of Indian Himalayan Region: complexities, effects, and resolutions.Environmental monitoring and assessment · 2021
A forecast for large-scale, predictive biology: Lessons from meteorology.Cell systems · 2021
Integrating meteorology into research on migration.Integrative and comparative biology · 2010

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Contents

Etymology
History
Ancient meteorology up to the time of Aristotle
Aristotelian meteorology
Meteorology after Aristotle
Instruments and classification scales
Atmospheric composition research
Research into cyclones and air flow
Observation networks and weather forecasting
Numerical weather prediction
Meteorologists
Equipment
Spatial scales
Microscale
Mesoscale
Synoptic scale
Global scale
Branches of meteorology
Based on methodological approach
Physical meteorology
Dynamic meteorology
Synoptic meteorology
Based on scale
Boundary layer meteorology
Applications
Weather forecasting
Aviation meteorology
Agricultural meteorology
Hydrometeorology
Nuclear meteorology
Maritime meteorology
Military meteorology
Environmental meteorology
Renewable energy
See also
References
Further reading
Dictionaries and encyclopedias
History
External links

Along with climatology, atmospheric physics, atmospheric chemistry, and aeronomy, meteorology forms the broader field of the atmospheric sciences. The interactions between Earth's atmosphere and its oceans (notably El Niño and La Niña) are studied in the interdisciplinary field of hydrometeorology. Other interdisciplinary areas include biometeorology, space weather, and planetary meteorology. Marine weather forecasting relates meteorology to maritime and coastal safety, based on atmospheric interactions with large bodies of water.