Meteorology

What is it?How does it work?

Meteorology in action!!

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Meteorology: What is it?Science of weather and weather forecasting

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Meteorologists: What do they do?There are two kinds of Meteorologists:

1) Research Scientist: Studies how and why weather happens

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Meteorologists: What do they do?There are two kinds of Meteorologists:

2) Weather Forecaster: Predicts what the future weather will be

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Meteorology: How is it done?Meteorology uses all of the following things:

Science “Small” Computers Speaking

Math

Big Computers!! Thinking

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Meteorology: What do we measure?We measure many things about the atmosphere:

Temperature Clouds Air pressure Wind

Water

Vapor Wind

Pressure Rain

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1) We can measure the atmosphere directly:

Old Way New Way Weather Balloons

Air- Buoy

plane

Weather Ship

Meteorology: How do we measure?

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Meteorology: How do we measure?2) We can measure the atmosphere from a distance:

Doppler Radar (Rain) Weather Satellite (Clouds)

Doppler-on-

Wheels

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Meteorology: What do we do next?1) Analyze and study the current

weather (weather maps)

2) Use computers to predict the future of

the whole atmosphere

3) Use the computer results to predict

weather for your hometown

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Weather for You!!

Your weather web page:

http://rxb.eas.gatech.edu/weather4montgomery.html

My research web page:

http://rxb.eas.gatech.edu/black.html

My e-mail (for your questions on weather!):

rob.black@eas.gatech.edu