Meteorology

= Meteorology = = = ===Picture on top: [] === **Picture on bottom: ** []  Main focus of Meteorology  Meteorology is a branch of science relating to the study of the atmosphere and how it effects the weather and climate. The word meteorology comes from the Greek words "meteoros", meaning "in the air", and "logia", meaning "the study of".

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Sub-categories of Meteorology  There are many sub-categories of Meteorology. Below is a partial listing:  How to Become a Meteorologist To become a Meteorologist, high school and college education are very important. If you want to become a Meteorologist, the most essential courses in science include Physics and Chemistry. Highest tracks in math and science are also important. Below is a listing of courses associated with Meteorology:
 * <span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Broadcast Meteorology: These meteorologists deal with the weather and forecasts on television programs.
 * <span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Research Meteorology: Most of these meteorologists work for the National Weather Service; they usually deal with a specific subject.
 * <span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Professors: Many meteorologists decide to share their knowledge of Meteorology with students in universities.
 * <span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Climate Meteorologists: These meteorologists examine long-term weather patterns; they help to prevent future climate trends as well.
 * <span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Archive Meteorologists: These meteorologists are in charge of researching, verifying, and reporting storms of the past.
 * <span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Atmospheric Science
 * <span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Chemistry
 * <span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Micrometeorology
 * <span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Introduction to Meteorological Observation and Analysis
 * <span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Geospatial Data Systems
 * <span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Weather Data, Analysis, and Quantitative Methods
 * <span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Synoptic Meteorology
 * <span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Physical Geography
 * <span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Marine and Tropical Meteorology
 * <span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Climatology
 * <span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Differential Calculus
 * <span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Thermodynamics
 * <span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Cloud Physics
 * <span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Weather Analysis/ Forecasting

<span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">A Bachelor of Science degree is required in the field of Meteorology. Typically, four years of college and a bachelor's degree are required to become a Meteorologist. Unfortunately, only around 20 schools in the United States offer a Bachelor of Science degree. Below is a partial listing of schools in the United States that offer degree programs in Meteorology: <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">
 * <span style="font-size: 110%; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; background-color: #ffffff;"><span style="font-size: 120%; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Air Force Institute of Technology <span style="font-size: 70%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">[]
 * <span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 140%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Colorado State University <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">http://www.colostate.edu/
 * <span style="font-size: 140%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Cornell University <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">[]
 * <span style="font-size: 130%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Iowa State University <span style="font-size: 70%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">[]
 * <span style="font-size: 140%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Penn State <span style="font-size: 80%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">[] <span style="font-size: 80%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">
 * <span style="font-size: 140%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Princeton University []
 * <span style="font-size: 130%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Rice University []
 * <span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"><span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Rutgers University []
 * <span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"><span style="font-size: 130%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Texas A&M University <span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">[]
 * <span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"> Texas Tech University []
 * <span style="font-size: 130%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">University of California - LA <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">[]
 * <span style="font-size: 130%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">University of Florida <span style="font-size: 80%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">[]
 * <span style="font-size: 130%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Vanderbilt University <span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">[]
 * <span style="font-size: 130%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Yale University []<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">

<span style="font-size: 130%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; background-color: #6300ff;">A Meteorolgist's Salary
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<span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; background-color: #ffffff;">There is a wide range of salaries depending on the area of study within Meteorology. The average salary for a Meteorologist can range anywhere from $13,000 to $250,000 a year. The typical starting salary for a Meteorologist is around $20,000 per year. If you have earned a bachelor's degree, the salary is typically around $22,000 per year. Recipients of a master's degree will earn around $27,000 per year. In broadcasting, Meteorologists will earn an average of $46,000 per year.

<span style="font-size: 130%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; background-color: #6300ff;">A Brief History of Meteorology
<span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; background-color: #6300ff;"> <span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; background-color: #ffffff;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Aristotle is the founder of Meteorology and is known as the "Father of Meteorology". He was the first to be able to explain meteorology. Aristotle stated that meteorology is "all the affections we may call common to air and water, and the kinds and parts of the earth and the affections of its parts". In 350 BC, Aristotle wrote a book called __Meteorologica__, in which he included the four elements: water, earth, air, and fire. __Meteorologica__ was the first major study of the atmosphere. Aristotle also believed that heat could cause water to evaporate. Aristotle's ideas about meteorology were widely accepted for 2000 years. Up until aroung the 17th century, weather forecasting was based on observations of the sky. There were many advances in the physical sciences that contributed greatly to the study of meteorology; such as, the invention of instruments that measured conditions of the atmosphere. Around 1500 AD, Leonardo da Vinci developed the wind vane. Galileo created the thermometer in 1593. In 1643, Evangelista Torricelli invented the barometer, a device that measures air pressure. Torricelli noticed that as the air pressure changed, the weather changed as well. Torricelli noted that a drop in pressure meant that a storm was coming. In the early 20th century, meteorologists began making weather forecasts based on mathematical predictions. By the late 1940's, computer forecasts were being put into operation with the development of high speed electronic computers. Computer models have been perfected and are still in use today. Since 1959, the use of satellites have provided an overview of the atmosphere's cloud patterns. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">These weather satellites have provided meteorologists with an early warning and detection system for hurricanes, typhoons <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msoansilanguage: EN-US; msofareastlanguage: EN-US; msobidilanguage: AR-SA; msobidifontfamily: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">, <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">and tropical cyclones. Information is also collected by weather balloons to help predict meteorological events; such as, changes in the ozone levels and the daily movement of storms. <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"> <span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; background-color: #ffffff;"> <span style="font-size: 130%; color: #0056ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; background-color: #ffffff;"> News in Meteorology <span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; background-color: #ffffff;"> __<span style="color: #0066cc; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Meteorologists Gather Important Information With 5-satellite 'A-Train' Group __ <span style="font-size: 110%; color: #0056ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; background-color: #ffffff;"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">//April 1, 2008-// Meteorologists analyzing data from a closely-packed group of five satellites have identified a decrease in cloud cover over the Arctic. They find this alarming because cloud cover absorbs some of the heat in sunlight, stopping it from warming the surface of the earth. It is possible that this loss of cloud cover is contributing to global warming. Article Source: <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">[] __<span style="font-size: 120%; color: #0056ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">California Drought May Induce Water Rationing __ <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"> <span style="font-size: 110%; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">//<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">March 4, 2009 -//The worsening drought in California may necessitate water rationing measures in the near future if significant precipitation does not develop in the coming months. Article Source: [] <span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"><span style="font-size: 130%; color: #0056ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">__Kansas Tops in the Nation in Tornadoes in 2008__ <span style="font-size: 80%; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"><span style="font-size: 130%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"> //<span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">January 18, 2009- //<span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">For the second year in a row, Kansas tops the list for the state with the most tornadoes in 2008. Kansas recorded a total of 187 tornadoes throughout 2008, far above second-place Texas which recorded 116 over the 12-month period. Article Source : <span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">[] <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"><span style="color: #0056ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">__ Air Traffic Control towers may lose on-site Weather Forecasters __ <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"> //<span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">December 26, 2008- //<span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"> In a cost-cutting move that could save the FAA over one million dollars, officials are considering removing on-site weather forecasters from major airport traffic control towers and instead relying on National Weather Service forecasters tailoring products specifically for the airports.The move would eliminate at least 30 and as many as 80 forecasting positions currently occupied at the nations busiest airports. Instead, the forecasting duties would be consolidated at already-existing multi-purpose National Weather Service facilities in Kansas City, MO and College Park, MD. Article Source: <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">[]
 * <span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; background-color: #ffffff;">Important People in Meteorology
 * <span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; background-color: #ffffff;">Al- Kindi
 * <span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; background-color: #ffffff;">Aristotle
 * <span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; background-color: #ffffff;">Anders Celsius
 * <span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; background-color: #ffffff;">Wang Chong
 * <span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; background-color: #ffffff;">Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit
 * <span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; background-color: #ffffff;">Benjamin Franklin
 * <span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; background-color: #ffffff;">Galileo Galilei
 * <span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; background-color: #ffffff;">Johannes Keppler
 * <span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; background-color: #ffffff;">Ferdinando II de Medici
 * <span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Pomponius Mela
 * <span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; background-color: #ffffff;">Theophastus
 * <span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; background-color: #ffffff;">Evangelista Torricelli
 * <span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; background-color: #ffffff;">Leonardo da Vinci

<span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"> <span style="font-size: 130%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; background-color: #6300ff;">What makes this career so great? <span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; background-color: #ffffff;">New things are happening in meteorology every day, thus making this career very exciting. Although a lot of studying and researching goes into this career, it is rewarding to know that you are helping people across the world. Many people plan their daily activities according to the weather forecasts. But most importantly, predicting dangerous storms can help to protect thousands of people.

<span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; background-color: #6300ff;"><span style="font-size: 130%; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; background-color: #6300ff;">QUIZ Here are some pictures of different cloud formations, can you tell what they are? (use the chart above for help) 1. [] answer: Cirrus 2. [] answer: Stratus

3. [] answer: Cumulus 4. [] answer: Cumulonimbus 5. [] answer: Stratocumulus 6. [] answer: Altoculmulus 7.

[] answer: Altostratus 8. answer: Cirrocumulus

THIS IS HOW THE RATING SYSTEM WORKS BASED OFF THE NUMBER YOU GOT RIGHT OVER THE NUMBER OF QUESTIONS... 8/8 = Aristotle 7/8 = Bill Nye 6/8 = Will Wood 5/8 = Rosie O'Donnell 4/8 = William Hung 3/8 = Travis Barker 2/8 = Hobo 1/8 = Short Term Memory Loss 0/8 = Garden Hose

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