Weather is a very influential and important aspect of every human’s life. It significantly impacts our daily lives and it is also a potential way to make a living. The people who predict and forecast the weather, people called meteorologists, are very important as they inform the public about the latest weather advancements and news. Meteorologists are very unique as they study different things compared to others in the weather/climate field. They also use different tools and, to become a meteorologist, require different coursework. Meteorologists are, overall, a very significant part of people’s everyday lives and science, as they are a great tool in helping to better understand weather and climate here on Earth. Meteorologists research and forecast the weather before informing the public about it, via the media (television, radio, the internet, etc.). They notify the public by giving up-to-date weather developments and predicting what will happen next (in regards to the weather). A lot of work goes into this process, and it involves many scientific instruments such as thermometers, anemometers, barometers, and much more. A thermometer is a scientific tool that is used to measure temperature, usually consisting of a graduated glass tube that contains a liquid (which, depending upon the temperature, determines where it goes). An anemometer is a device that is used to measure wind speed (the word anemometer comes from the Greek word anemos, which means wind). A barometer is a tool that significantly helps meteorologists forecast the weather, due it being a scientific instrument that is used to measure atmospheric pressure. A hygrometer is a tool which meteorologists frequently use in order to measure the amount of...
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...ce in their profession. Most meteorologists begin their careers with small, local markets. There is opportunity for a larger income by going to a more prestigious market with the more experience that they compile even while they are still performing in relatively small markets. For example, a meteorologist might begin his or her career with the local ABC news channel, gaining promotions and eventually becoming the chief meteorologist at that station. After doing this for a few years, the meteorologist may be presented with the opportunity to move up to a larger weather company, such as Accuweather or the Weather Channel. A promotion to a larger company means the meteorologist would be offered a significant pay increase, as well as a more prestigious position. With a lot of experience and promotion, top meteorologists can earn a salary of over $150,000 per year.
Throughout the entire hurricane season, meteorologists keep a close watch on the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans. They examine pictures of the area taken by satellites, and also take information on air pressure, wind speed, and temperatures. One of their most important jobs is to gather information on where the storm will hit, and how powerful it will be.
Scientists have determined that weather systems are changeable. Over a large amount of time, the earths tilt changes, causing the axis’s to tilt more one way then it used to, and thus changing the weather. Greenhouse gasses may also change the weather, making our climate either much hotter or much cooler. Ice caps and deserts have one thing in common, one small change in the weather can change them- and they will change the world.
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Measurement approach- taking a range of temperatures over time, reading and observing the situation, also to assess the situation by getting expect advice and suggestions. Taking the maximum and minimum weather conditions implementing a plan based on this information. Triggering an evacuation alarm.
After falling behind in classes with grades in previous semesters, I plan to start early and not slack off and think I have time. Before I tell you how this will be accomplished I will tell you why I am taking Meteorology 206. I am taking this class first and foremost because it fulfills my science requirement. However, I chose Meteorology 206 because I have always been interested in the weather and how it works. The first step for my success will be to take my own notes in class because it helps me to remember the information more. I will then take these notes outside of class to use to study for exams and for assignments. Also outside of class to prepare for class I will read the upcoming chapter. This will not only help for class but will
statemeant ”you cant control the weather”. I will attempt to answer these questions along with a
"Beyond Bias and Barriers, and Implications for the Society." Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 91.7 (2010): 954-. ProQuest. Web. 27 Oct. 2011.
The barometer is a device for measuring the total pressure of the atmosphere. A primitive barometer can easily be constructed by taking a glass tube about a meter long, sealing one end, filling the tube completely with mercury, placing your thumb firmly over the open end, and carefully inverting the tube into an open dish filled with mercury. The mercury will fall to a height independent of the diameter of the tube and a vacuum will be created above it.
The weather forecasters use probability and statistics just as much if not more than any other field on earth. As weather patterns are not fully understood and are dynamic, analysts have to rely heavily on past weather systems and patterns to “guess'; or estimate the possibility of present weather systems to behave in similar manners. If the probability of its behavior, subject to certain factors, in one manner over another is high forecasters make decisions as to how to advise the public.
Four NOMAD buoys across the North Atlantic registered a 13-degree drop in SST. And soon a series of extreme weather happened in front of my eyes: hurricanes, snow storms, and even cyclones that rapidly pulled cool air from the upper troposphere which made people freeze instantly. Those were the scenes I saw from The Day after Tomorrow, the film that inspired my curiosity in atmospheric sciences in my seventh grade. Although shocked by the catastrophe caused by global warming in the film, I couldn't help take an eager interest in how freshwater from melted polar ice caps brought a shift in the North Atlantic Current, and how the shifted current brought a change in the earth’s climate. Later, as I gathered more information about the climate, I became fascinated by the physical and dynamical mechanisms explaining atmospheric phenomenon. And after three years of undergraduate study of atmospheric sciences, beyond the starting point of fascination, I have taken concrete steps forward with my hard work, independence, and creativity.
Climatologists are scientist who study climate. The global warming debate has created tension between climate scientist and meteorologists especially weather forecasters on television. Climatolo...
In the statistical distribution of weather condition and its perfect pattern in an amount of time ranging from decades to centuries to millions of years, a substantial, long-lasting and drastic change is largely known as Climate change. It may be a change in more or fewer extreme weather events or in the distribution of weather more or less the average conditions or in average weather conditions. With the usage of theoretical models and observations methods, scientists, experts and specialists in this particular field actively works in order to perfectly understand past and future climate under certain situation and circumstances.
According to the Canada’s Action on Climate Change, Climate change is a long-term shift in weather conditions identified by changes in temperature, precipitation, winds, and other indicators. Climate change can involve both changes in average conditions and changes in variability, including, for example, extreme events. Climate change is one of the biggest crisis in the earth. It will cause a huge damage to the eco-system and human. We are the victims of the climate change. However, we are the one who cause the climate change.
...ms using all the information they can obtain from weather maps, modern weather radar’s, storm spotters, monitoring power line breaks, and so on.