meteorology

Noun
  1. Predicting what the weather will be (synset 106762443)
    referred to in: meteorology - the earth science dealing with phenomena of the atmosphere (especially weather)
    is a type of: forecasting, foretelling, prediction, prognostication - a statement made about the future
    same as: weather forecasting
  2. The earth science dealing with phenomena of the atmosphere (especially weather) (synset 106128170)
    associated with:
    • weather chart, weather map - (meteorology) a map showing the principal meteorological elements at a given time and over an extended region
    • visual range - distance at which a given standard object can be seen with the unaided eye
    • ceiling - (meteorology) altitude of the lowest layer of clouds
    • meteorology, weather forecasting - predicting what the weather will be
    • isobar - (meteorology)an isogram connecting points having equal barometric pressure at a given time
    • isotherm - (meteorology) an isogram connecting points having the same temperature at a given time
    • front - (meteorology) the atmospheric phenomenon created at the boundary between two different air masses
    • occluded front, occlusion - (meteorology) a composite front when colder air surrounds a mass of warm air and forces it aloft
    • atmospheric condition, conditions, weather, weather condition - the atmospheric conditions that comprise the state of the atmosphere in terms of temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation
    • advection - (meteorology) the horizontal transfer of heat or other atmospheric properties
    • convection - (meteorology) the vertical movement of heat or other properties by massive motion within the atmosphere
    • bar - (meteorology) a unit of pressure equal to a million dynes per square centimeter
    • anticyclone - (meteorology) winds spiraling outward from a high pressure center; circling clockwise in the northern hemisphere and counterclockwise in the southern
    • cyclone - (meteorology) rapid inward circulation of air masses about a low pressure center; circling counterclockwise in the northern hemisphere and clockwise in the southern
    • anabatic - of an air current or wind; rising especially up a slope
    • catabatic, katabatic - of an air current or wind; moving downward or down a slope because of cooling especially at night
    • clear - free from clouds or mist or haze
    • cloudy - full of or covered with clouds
    • broken - discontinuous
    • anticyclonic - of or relating to or characteristic of the atmosphere around a high pressure center
    • frontal - of or relating to the front of an advancing mass of air
    • cyclonal, cyclonic, cyclonical - of or relating to or characteristic of the atmosphere around a low pressure center
    is a type of: earth science - any of the sciences that deal with the earth or its parts
    subtypes:
    • aerology - meteorology of the total extent of the atmosphere; especially the upper layers
    • climatology - meteorology of climates and their phenomena
    • nephology - the branch of meteorology that studies clouds and cloud formation

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