Disciplines and Occupations

Meteorology

The science of studying the characteristics of the atmosphere such as its temperature, density, winds, clouds, precipitation, and other atmospheric phenomena and aiming to account for the weather in terms of external influences and the basic laws of physics. (From McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 6th ed)

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Abstract

The science of studying the characteristics of the atmosphere such as its temperature, density, winds, clouds, precipitation, and other atmospheric phenomena and aiming to account for the weather in terms of external influences and the basic laws of physics. (From McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 6th ed)

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Synonyms

2 entry terms
  • Biometeorology
  • Climatology

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Aspects Covered

12 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, education, ethics, history, instrumentation, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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Indexing Annotation

the discipline (education, history, etc) only; use METEOROLOGICAL CONCEPTS or specifics treed under it for atmospheric and climatic characteristics and phenomena

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History Note

2009; use METEROLOGY CONCEPTS 1977-2008 & WEATHER 1963-1976

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  1. H01w.277w.687w
  2. H01w.671w.547w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Meteorology. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D055904. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D055904
  2. Meteorology. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meteorology
  3. Meteorology. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25261