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Descriptor
English
:
Meteorology
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Meteorología
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Meteorologia
Synonyms
English
:
Biometeorology
Climatology
Tree Number:
H01.277.687
H01.671.547
SP4.011.117.378
SP8.473.654.587
SP8.946.702.667.663
Definition
English
:
The
science
of studying the characteristics of the
atmosphere
such as its
temperature
, density, winds,
clouds
, precipitation, and other atmospheric phenomena and aiming to account for the
weather
in terms of external influences and the basic laws of
physics
. (From McGraw-Hill
Dictionary
of Scientific and Technical Terms, 6th ed)
Indexing Annotation
English
:
the discipline (
education
,
history
, etc) only; use
METEOROLOGICAL CONCEPTS
or specifics treed under it for atmospheric and climatic characteristics and phenomena
See Related
English
:
Atmospheric Pressure
Climatology
Hydrometeorology
Meteorological Concepts
Meteorological Disaster
Meteorological Stations
History Note
English
:
2009; use METEROLOGY CONCEPTS 1977-2008 & WEATHER 1963-1976
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
CL
classification
EC
economics
ED
education
ES
ethics
HI
history
IS
instrumentation
LJ
legislation & jurisprudence
MA
manpower
MT
methods
OG
organization & administration
ST
standards
SN
statistics & numerical data
TD
trends
Record Number:
53363
Unique Identifier:
D055904
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