Concept information
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campaigns, elections, and the law
natural environment
environmental deterioration
climate change
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politics and international relations
global studies
global environmental and energy issues
climate change
Preferred term
atmospheric science
Definition
- Atmospheric science is the study of the atmosphere and the processes that take place within it. It has traditionally been divided into three related but separate disciplines: climatology, meteorology, and aeronomy. [Source: Encyclopedia of Environment and Society; Atmospheric Science]
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
- absorption radiation
- aerosols
- anticyclones
- atmospheric absorption of solar radiation
- atmospheric boundary layer
- atmospheric composition
- atmospheric emission of infrared radiation
- atmospheric vertical structure
- blizzards
- cirrus clouds
- condensation
- convection
- Coriolis force
- cumulus clouds
- cyclones
- doldrums
- easterly winds
- eccentricity (orbital parameter)
- evaporation and transpiration
- evolution of the atmosphere
- gravity waves
- hadley circulation
- hot air
- hurricanes and typhoons
- infrared radiation
- internal waves
- intertropical convergence zone
- jet streams
- kelvin waves
- latent heat
- long wave radiation
- mesosphere
- microwave radiation
- monsoons
- obliquity
- outer space
- planetary waves
- precession
- precipitation
- rain
- Rossby waves
- sensible heat
- short wave radiation
- solar wind
- stratosphere
- stratus clouds
- sunlight
- sunspots
- thermosphere
- thunderstorms
- trade winds
- tropopause
- troposphere
- ultraviolet radiation
- Walker circulation
- weather
- westerly winds
Belongs to group
URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/atmospheric_science
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