Meteorology is the scientific study of the atmosphere and the processes that produce weather, using physics and chemistry to explain and forecast it. Reliable thermometers and barometers in the seventeen hundreds made systematic measurement possible, and the electrical telegraph after 1837 let widely separated observations be gathered and mapped quickly enough to matter; the United Kingdom founded the world's first national weather service, its Meteorological Office, in 1854. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Founded YearSourced to the subject's own accountDated to the founding of the UK Meteorological Office, the first national meteorological service; instrumental and telegraphic precursors reach back further, so this year marks institutionalisation, not the earliest measurement. Central QuestionSourced to the subject's own accountGiven that the atmosphere is a chaotic system in which tiny differences in starting conditions grow into large differences in outcome, how far into the future can weather ever be reliably predicted? 1 ScopeSourced to the subject's own accountMeteorology is the interdisciplinary scientific study of the atmosphere, focused on weather processes and short-range forecasting, distinct from the longer-run study of climate. 1 SignificanceSourced to the subject's own accountAristotle's treatise Meteorology, written around 340 BC, gave the field its name and its first systematic attempt to explain weather phenomena through natural causes rather than divine will, remaining the standard reference on the subject for nearly two thousand years. 1 Connections
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Credited with naming the field and its first systematic treatment; quantitative modern meteorology developed much later.
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Source Carl-Gustaf Rossby (Wikipedia)
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Source Tor Bergeron (Wikipedia)
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Source Jet Stream (Wikipedia)
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Anemometer, Instruments The anemometer measures wind speed, a core surface-observation instrument of meteorology.
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Hygrometer, Instruments The hygrometer measures atmospheric humidity, a standard surface-observation instrument of meteorology.
Radiosonde, Instruments The radiosonde is a balloon-borne instrument package that radios back atmospheric pressure, temperature and humidity profiles, the backbone of upper-air meteorology since Pavel Molchanov's 1930 design.
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Meteorology is the scientific study of the Earth's atmosphere and short-term atmospheric phenomena, with a focus on weather forecasting. It has applications in the military, aviation, energy production, transport, agriculture, construction, weather warnings, and disaster management.
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- Founded By: Aristotle
In Group: Atmosphere, Oceans and Water, Lead
is the scientific study of the Earth's atmosphere and short-term atmospheric phenomena (i
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Wikipedia: William Morris Davis
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Infobox fields: Geography, Geomorphology, Geology, Meteorology
Tor Bergeron (Wikipedia)
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Tor Bergeron (; 15 August 1891-13 June 1977) was a Swedish meteorologist who proposed a mechanism for the formation of precipitation in clouds.
Carl-Gustaf Rossby (Wikipedia)
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Carl-Gustaf Arvid Rossby ( 28 December 1898 - 19 August 1957) was a Swedish-born American meteorologist who first explained the large-scale motions of the atmosphere in terms of fluid mechanics.
Jule Charney (Wikipedia)
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Jule Gregory Charney (January 1, 1917 June 16, 1981) was an American meteorologist who played an important role in developing numerical weather prediction and increasing understanding of the general circulation of the atmosphere by devising a series of increasingly sophisticated mathematical models
Paul J. Crutzen (Wikipedia)
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Paul Jozef Crutzen (; 3 December 1933-28 January 2021) was a Dutch meteorologist and atmospheric chemist.
Wladimir Koppen (Wikipedia)
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was a Russian-German geographer, meteorologist
Shen Kuo (Wikipedia)
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Agronomy, Astronomy, Archaeology, Anatomy, Antiquarianism, Mathematics, Pharmacology, Medical science, Entomology, Mineralogy, Music, Geomorphology, Sedimentology, Optical engineering, Soil science, Encyclopedism, Geomagnetics, Optics, Hydraulics, Hydraulic engineering, Mechanical engineering, Metallurgy, Metaphysics, Meteorology, Climatology, Cartography, Botany, Zoology, Economics, Finance, Military strategy, Ethnography, Divination, Art criticism, Philosophy, Poetry, Politics, Public Administration
Jet Stream (Wikipedia)
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Jet streams are fast flowing, narrow air currents in the atmosphere.
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