Topic:Meteorology

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Welcome to the Department of Meteorology!

Meteorology (from Greek: μετέωρον, metéōron, "high in the sky"; and λόγος, lógos, "knowledge") is the interdisciplinary scientific study of the Earth's atmosphere that focuses on weather processes and forecasting. Meteorological phenomena are observable weather events which illuminate and are explained by the science of meteorology. Those events are bound by the variables that exist in Earth's atmosphere. They are temperature, pressure, water vapor, and the gradients and interactions of each variable, and how they change in time. The majority of Earth's observed weather is located in the troposphere.how bout them apples?

Meteorology, climatology, atmospheric physics and atmospheric chemistry are sub-disciplines of the atmospheric sciences. Meteorology and hydrology compose the interdisciplinary field of hydrometeorology.

Interactions between Earth's atmosphere and the oceans are part of coupled ocean-atmosphere studies. Meteorology has application in many diverse fields such as the military, energy production, transport, agriculture and construction.

Contents 1 Related departments 2 Learning materials 2.1 Courses 2.2 References 3 Active participants

[edit] Related departments

The Department of Meteorology is part of the School of Meteorology, comprising these other departments as well:

• Atmospheric chemistry

• Atmospheric physics

• Climatology

[edit] Learning materials

[edit] Courses

• Introductory Meteorology
• Advanced Meteorology
• Operational Meteorology
• Aviation Weather
• Weather Satellites
• Weather station
• Research Meteorology
• Broadcast Meteorology
• Commercial Meteorology

[edit] References

• Byers, Horace. "General Meteorology". New York: McGraw-Hill, 1994.
• Salby, Murray S. "Fundamentals of Atmospheric Physics". San Diego: Academic Press, 1996.
• Marshall, John, and R. Alan Plumb. "Atmosphere, Ocean, and Climate Dynamics: An Introductory Text." Boston, MA: Elsevier Academic Press, 2007.

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