| GEO 125
Physical Geography
Introduction to the Atmosphere
Weather versus climate
- Weather relates to short term atmospheric conditions lasting
no more than a few days
- Climate considers the long term atmospheric conditions at a
given location
Atmospheric sciences
- Meteorology (dynamic meteorology is the study of the
processes occurring in the atmosphere while synoptic meteorology pertains to the making of
weather forecasts)
- Climatology ( statistitical climatology is concerned with the
keeping of climaticrecords and modeling of the atmosphere and taxinomical climatology is
concerned with the classification and mapping of different climatic phenomena)
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