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fbq8i

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Explain the difference between weather and climate.
 
  What will be an ideal response?

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Compare the concerns of the sciences of meteorology and climatology, giving one example of different phenomena they might investigate.
 
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Reply #1 on: Jul 14, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Answer: Weather deals with the short-term phenomena and state of the atmosphere. Climate is concerned with long-term phenomena and characteristics.

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Answer: Climatology and meteorology are concerned with the same elements of the atmosphere, but the time scale involved is different. Meteorology focuses on the short-term and climatology relies on the averages and variations of atmospheric conditions over years. As an example, climatology would document the distribution of tornadoes in space and time over many years for a certain geographical region. On the other hand, meteorology would investigate the conditions present in the atmosphere a few hours prior to tornado occurrence.


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Great answer, keep it coming :)

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Gracias!

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