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climatologyBranch of atmospheric science concerned with describing climate and analyzing the causes and practical consequences of climatic differences and changes. Climatology treats the same atmospheric processes as meteorology, but it also seeks to identify slower-acting influences and longer-term changes, including the circulation of the oceans, the concentrations of atmospheric gases, and the small but measurable variations in the intensity of solar radiation. climatology [‚klī·mə′täl·ə·jē] (meteorology) That branch of meteorology concerned with the mean physical state of the atmosphere together with its statistical variations in both space and time as reflected in the weather behavior over a period of many years. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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``We are going to suffer,'' predicted Bill Patzert, a climatologist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena. It makes much more economic sense to find ways to address the climate problem directly by reducing the pollution that causes it," says climatologist James Hansen, director of NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies in New York City. physicist at the Solar and Stellar Physics Division of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, an astronomer at the Mount Wilson Observatory, chief science researcher at the Center for Science and Public Policy and author of The Maunder Minimum; George Taylor, state climatologist for Oregon and past president of the American Association of State Climatologists; and a cameo appearance on the subject by one of the world's most respected authorities--Dr. |
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