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Climantology Exam 1.
Slide 1 (Basic Climate)
Question | Answer |
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(subfield of climatology) Boundary-layer climatology | Near-surface matter/energy exchanges |
(subfield of climatology) Physical climatology | Matter and energy at climatic time scales |
(subfield of climatology) Hydroclimatology | Atmosphere and near-surface water interactions |
(subfield of climatology) Dynamic climatology | Processes that induce atmospheric motion |
(subfield of climatology) Synoptic climatology | Regional relationships among atmospheric processes |
(subfield of climatology) Regional climatology | Local climatic descriptions |
(subfield of climatology) Paleoclimatology | Extraction of climate data from proxy sources |
(subfield of climatology) Bioclimatology | Interactions between life and atmosphere |
(subfield of climatology) Applied climatology | Effects of climate on natural and social phenomena |
COMPLICATIONS with collecting DAILY weather reports | Data biases, Methodological differences, Few long-term records for oceans, Urban Heat Island, Station relocations, Time observation bias |