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Introduction To Meteorology: Science Education 48

Meteorology is the study of phenomena of the atmosphere including its dynamics, physics, chemistry, composition, stratification, elements and processes. It has several branches including general meteorology, theoretical meteorology, experimental meteorology, applied meteorology, aerology, aeronomy, boundary layer meteorology, and climatology. Applied meteorology includes synoptic meteorology which is weather analysis and forecasting. Meteorology studies weather, the short term atmospheric conditions, and climate, the long term statistical description of atmospheric conditions averaged over decades. It aims to provide warnings of severe weather and information on temperature, wind, humidity, precipitation, clouds, brightness, and visibility to support various industries and commerce.

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Introduction To Meteorology: Science Education 48

Meteorology is the study of phenomena of the atmosphere including its dynamics, physics, chemistry, composition, stratification, elements and processes. It has several branches including general meteorology, theoretical meteorology, experimental meteorology, applied meteorology, aerology, aeronomy, boundary layer meteorology, and climatology. Applied meteorology includes synoptic meteorology which is weather analysis and forecasting. Meteorology studies weather, the short term atmospheric conditions, and climate, the long term statistical description of atmospheric conditions averaged over decades. It aims to provide warnings of severe weather and information on temperature, wind, humidity, precipitation, clouds, brightness, and visibility to support various industries and commerce.

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Introduction to Meteorology

Science Education 48
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ENVI1400 : Meteorology and Forecasting : lecture 1 3
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Meteorology, Weather, & Climate
• Meteorology is the study of phenomena
of the atmosphere – includes the
dynamics, physics, and chemistry of the
atmosphere. (from the Greek meteōros – ‘lofty’)
• It also includes its composition,
stratification, elements, processes and
pressure systems.

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Branches of Meteorology
GENERAL METEOROLOGY

• Basic laws, description of phenomena,


survey of relevant topics.

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Branches of Meteorology
THEORETICAL METEOROLOGY

• Theoretical physics and chemistry applied


to the atmosphere
• Thermodynamics
• Hydrodynamics
• Radiative transfer

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Branches of Meteorology
EXPERIMENTAL METEOROLOGY

• Measurement Techniques
• Instrumentation
• Atmospheric measurements

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Branches of Meteorology
APPLIED METEOROLOGY
1. Synoptic Meteorology- Weather analysis
and forecast.
2. Flight Meteorology- flight security
( turbulence, visibility, lightning warning)
3. Technical Meteorology- traffic, air traffic,
gas emission.
4. Bio-meteorology- influence of weather on
health, local climate for plants and plant ecology
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Branches of Meteorology
Aerology- meteorology of higher
atmosphere ( below 30 km altitude)
Aeronomy- meteorology of higher
atmosphere (above 50 km altitude)
Boundary layer meteorology- surface to
2000 m altitude
Regional Meteorology- glacial, alpine,
maritime, polar and tropical meteorology.

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Branches of Meteorology
CLIMATOLOGY- covering large periods,
interaction between hydrosphere,
biosphere, and cryosphere.

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WEATHER ELEMENTS
• Temperature
• Wind
• humidity
• precipitation
• cloudiness
• brightness
• visibility
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• Weather
– The state of the atmosphere; mainly with respect to
its effects upon human activities. Short term variability
of the atmosphere (time scales of minutes to months).
– A category of individual/combined atmospheric
phenomena which describe the conditions at the time
of an observation.
• Climate
– Long term statistical description of the atmospheric
conditions, averaged over a specified period of time -
usually decades.

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ENVI1400 : Meteorology and Forecasting : lecture 1 14
Why study meteorology?
• Warning of severe weather

• Agriculture
– Timing of planting, harvesting, etc to avoid bad weather, hazards
to livestock
• Transport & services
– Shipping, aviation, road gritting, flood warnings,…
• Commerce
– Should a supermarket order BBQs and icecream, or umbrellas?

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What do we want to know?
• Trends in all of these
Temperature
• Wind speed
Timing of significant changes
• Wind direction
Occurrence of extreme events
• Clouds
– Type, extent, altitude
• Precipitation?
– Type, amount, location
• Visibility
– Fog, haze
• Humidity
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