Meteorology

Meteorology, is the study of the atmosphere that focuses on weather processes and forecasting. Meteorological phenomena are observable weather events which illuminate and are explained by the science of meteorology. Those events are bound by the variables that exist in Earth's atmosphere. They are temperature, pressure, water vapor, and the gradients and interactions of each variable, and how they change in time.

Meteorology, climatology, and atmospheric physics are subsets of the atmospheric sciences.

Meteorological topics and phenomena

Weather forecasting

• precipitation, atmospheric pressure, dew point, weather front, jet stream, windchill, heat index, front

Cyclone, anticyclone

• hurricane or typhoon

Storm

• Thunderstorm, lightning, thunder, hail, tornado, convection, hailstorm, blizzard

Climate

• El Niño, monsoon, flood, drought

Other Events

• dust devil, fog, tides, wind, clouds, cloud, air mass, evaporation, sublimation, ice

Meteorological Instrumentation and Equipment

• anemometer, barometer, hygrometer, thermometer, radar, satellite, Doppler radar, rain gauge, weather vane, disdrometer, weather balloon

Institutions of Meteorology/Atmospheric Science (United States)

American Meteorological Society
National Center for Atmospheric Research
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

• Severe Storms Laboratory
  
• National Weather Service
  
• Storm Prediction Center
  

National Weather Association

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See also: Timeline of meteorology, extreme value theory, Alfred Wegener.