macrometeorology

English

Etymology

macro- +‎ meteorology

Noun

macrometeorology (uncountable)

(meteorology) The study of the large-scale behaviour of the atmosphere
- 2013, William R. Cotton, Storm and Cloud Dynamics, volume 44, page ix:
  Generally, macrometeorology is concerned with weather systems having spatial scales greater than 1000 km and temporal scales on the order of several days or longer.

Antonyms

micrometeorology

Derived terms

macrometeorological

Translations

study of the large-scale behaviour of the atmosphere

Finnish: makrometeorologia
French: macrométéorologie f
Italian: macrometeorologia (it) f
Khmer: មហូតុវិទ្យា (mo ho to vityie)
Romanian: macrometeorologie f

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