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Meteorology

Meteorology. The difference between meteorology and climatology....Time.....Weather (Meteorology) is the study of the state of the atmosphere ant a given time and place.Climate (Climatology) is based on accumulated observations over time.. Meteorology. Aristotle 340B.C. MeteorologicaMeteoro

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Meteorology

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    1. Meteorology Introduction…

    2. Meteorology The difference between meteorology and climatology.... Time..... Weather (Meteorology) is the study of the state of the atmosphere ant a given time and place. Climate (Climatology) is based on accumulated observations over time.

    3. Meteorology Aristotle 340B.C. Meteorologica Meteoros “things high in the air” This document was an attempt to summarize everything known about atmospheric phenomena Philosophical and speculative… ‘reasoned discussion’ In the world according to Aristotle meteorology is NOT an observational science!

    4. Milestones in meteorology… Aristotle…. And rationalism SCIENCE in the 16th century Global exploration / communications Isobar maps 1869 1920 theory of air masses / fronts WWII… global data,global need, unlimited resources Computers / Modeling RADAR MetSats (Meteorological Satellites)

    5. Qualifications to Teach Meteorology Agricultural meteorology Aviation Meteorology / Family Tradition Daddy, Uncles all aviators…(I was never allowed to call thunderstorms ‘thunderheads’… they were Cumulo-Nimbus) 9 official hours flight instruction (2X additional UN-official hours) MANY hours right seat on aerial photography missions Uncle a REAL Meteorologist… Labrador, Bermuda, NORAD…. “glorified sequence readers” Teaching Assistant: Undergraduate Climatology at OSU Graduate Class in Climatology

    6. Qualifications contd…. Major Professor, Climatologist… ‘Field Problem’ climate forcing of landslide event 5 Years Global Climate Change Research Doctoral research C budget estimations for FSU Post-Doc with member of IPCC (Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change) Tropical forest biomass modeling Familiarity with construction, parameterization and evaluation of GCM’s (General Circulation Models) Weather Geek

    10. The Science of Geography ... How does ‘meteorology’ fit into the discipline? First we have to define ‘geography’…

    11. How big is the Universe? Hubble Deep Field View http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/newsdesk/archive/releases/2004/07/image/a The Hubble Telescope was pointed at a ‘dark’ part of the sky Located in the constellation Fornax, the region is so empty that only a handful of stars within the Milky Way galaxy can be seen in the image. http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/java/scienceopticsu/powersof10/

    32. Geography From the Greek Language “geo” = Earth “graphia” = description or depiction Eratosthenes, a 3rd century B.C. Greek Scholar and chief librarian at the famous Library of Alexandria was perhaps the first person to use the term “Geography.”

    33. What is Geography? “A science that deals with the natural features of the earth and the climate, products and inhabitants.” The Merriam-Webster Dictionary. Springfield: Merriam-Webster, 1997. 318

    37. Why What is Where? and Who Cares?

    42. Meteorology We will investigate: the causes of weather The driving forces behind weather events The impacts of weather on human society How weather patterns occur The tools used to measure and predict weather How to forecast the weather

    43. ‘Extreme’ weather events.... Normal, but worthy of special study....tornadoes, blizzards, heat waves, cyclones etc....

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