what is the term for the study of weather and climate?
Climatology or climate science is the scientific study of climate, scientifically defined as weather conditions averaged over a period of time. This modern field of study is regarded as a branch of the atmospheric sciences and a subfield of physical geography, which is one of the Earth sciences. Climatology now includes aspects of oceanography and biogeochemistry. Basic knowledge of climate can be used within shorter term weather forecasting using analog techniques such as the El Niño ...
Climate Research redirects here. For the journal of that name, see Climate Research (journal) . Climatology (from Greek κλίμα, klima, place, zone; and -λογία, -logia) or climate science is the study of climate, scientifically defined as weather conditions averaged over a period of time.