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CLIMATOLOGY
Weather
• - Generally refers to the day–to–day temperature
and precipitation activity in the atmosphere. It
describes the interactions of air, water, and solar
energy in a specific period of time.
Common weather phenomena
- Blizzards - Cold
- Cloud - Warm fronts
- Fog - Dust storms
- Rain
- Hail
- Snow
Natural Disasters
Tornadoes
Hurricanes
Typhoons
Ice storms
4 Meteorological Scales
Microscale meteorology
Mesoscale meteorology
Synoptic scale meteorology
Global scale meteorology
Microscale Meteorology
• Microscale meteorology focuses on events that
range in size from few centimeters to a few
kilometers and with a life span of less than a day.
Experts on this scale study the process that takes
place between soil, vegetation, and surface water
near ground level.
Mesoscale Meteorology
• Mesoscale meteorology studies phenomena
such as thunderstorms, gap winds, downslope
windstorms, squall line, and land-sea breezes
that range in size from a few kilometer to
roughly 1,000 kilometers.
two important phenomena are
mesoscale convective complexes
(MCC) and mesoscale convective
systems (MCS) which are caused by
the process of fluid circulation called
convection.
Mesoscale Convective System (MCS)