Sciences of the air, climate, seas, rivers and ice, including meteorology, climatology, oceanography, hydrology and glaciology. A discipline belongs here when its cited article calls it a study of the atmosphere, the oceans, water or ice. It excludes the solid Earth sciences, which sit in their own group. Browse By lists these entries together so that a reader can move from one to the next and compare how each is described in the sources of the atlas.
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Meteorology (Wikipedia)
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is the scientific study of the Earth's atmosphere and short-term atmospheric phenomena (i
Climatology (Wikipedia)
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is the scientific study of Earth's climate, typically defined as weather conditions averaged over a period of at least 30 years
Hydrology (Wikipedia)
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is the scientific study of the movement, distribution, and management of water on Earth and other planets, including the water cycle, water resources, and drainage basin sustain
Wikipedia: Oceanography
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Oceanography (from Ancient Greek ὠκεανός (ōkeanós) 'ocean' and γραφή (graphḗ) 'writing'), also known as oceanology, sea science, ocean science, and marine science, is the scientific study of the ocean, including its physics, chemistry, biology, and geology.
Glaciology (Wikipedia)
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Glaciology (from Latin glacies 'frost, ice' and Ancient Greek λόγος (logos) 'subject matter'; lit. 'study of ice') is the scientific study of glaciers, or, more generally, ice and natural phenomena that involve ice.
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