Concept information
Preferred term
climatology
Definition
- Climatology is a branch of the atmospheric sciences that focuses on long-term (monthly and longer) patterns of weather and atmospheric circulation, in contrast with meteorology, which focuses on understanding and predicting short-term weather phenomena. While climate is often described as the “average weather” of a place, it is better considered as the aggregation of all the statistical properties of the atmosphere, including averages as well as measures of the expected variability and persistence over time of atmospheric elements such as temperature, rainfall, or humidity. [Source: Encyclopedia of Environment and Society; Climatology]
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
- adiabatic temperature changes
- air masses
- albedo
- anthropogenic climate change
- atmospheric circulation
- atmospheric composition and structure
- atmospheric energy transfer
- atmospheric moisture
- atmospheric particulates across scales
- atmospheric pressure
- atmospheric variations in energy
- carbonation
- carbon cycle
- carbon offsets
- carbon trading
- Chinooks/Foehns
- chlorinated hydrocarbons
- chlorofluorocarbons
- climate change
- climate policy
- climate types
- climatic relict
- clouds (meteorology)
- Coriolis force
- cyclones: extratropical
- cyclones: occluded
- derechos
- differential heating
- dry climates
- el Niño
- equinox
- filtration
- fronts
- global precipitation
- global sea-level rise
- hadley cell
- humidity
- Köppen-Geiger climate classification
- krummholtz
- land-water breeze
- la Niña
- lapse rate
- latent heat
- lightning
- midlatitude mild climate
- midlatitude severe climate
- monsoons
- mountain climates
- physical geography of hurricanes
- polar climates
- precipitation formation
- radiation: solar and terrestrial
- solar energy
- solstices
- stratospheric ozone depletion
- symptoms and effects of climate change
- teleconnections
- temperature patterns
- thunderstorms
- tornadoes
- tropical humid climates
- urban heat island
- weather and climate controls
- wind
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