Meteorology

Term (ancient Greek: study of supernatural things or celestial bodies) for the study of physical and chemical processes in the Earth's atmosphere. The best-known areas of application are climatology (laws of climate) and weather forecasting. In addition to atmospheric physics, climate research and the improvement of weather forecasting methods, chemical processes (e.g. ozone formation, greenhouse gases) in the atmosphere are also investigated and atmospheric celestial phenomena are observed. It is part of the earth sciences and is often affiliated to the institutes of geophysics or the respective faculty of physics at universities. Meteorology not only deals with the troposphere up to an altitude of 15 kilometres (the lowest layer of the atmosphere), but also with the stratosphere up to an altitude of 50 kilometres. Weather events take place in the lower 10 kilometres or so.

To read the full text, you must be a Premium Member of wein.plus. You are currently not logged in to wein.plus. Become a Premium Member or log in with your credentials .

Become a Premium Member of wein.plus

Voices of our members

wein.plus is a handy, efficient guide to a quick overview of the colourful world of wines, winegrowers and grape varieties. In Wine lexicon, the most comprehensive of its kind in the world, you will find around 26,000 keywords on the subject of grape varieties, wineries, wine-growing regions and much more.
Roman Horvath MW
Domäne Wachau (Wachau)

Welcome back!

Meteorology

To read the full text, you must be a Premium Member of wein.plus. You are currently not logged in to wein.plus. Become a Premium Member or log in with your credentials .

Voices of our members

The world's largest Lexicon of wine terms.

EVENTS NEAR YOU