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METEOROLOGY
the science that studies atmospheric
phenomena, especially those that relate to
weather. Meteorologists who forecast the
weather rely on thousands of weather stations
located around the world, both on land and at
sea.

HISTORICAL LOOK
Meteorology is one of the oldest observational
sciences in human history and perhaps the most
relevant to a broad segment of society.

Some of our first observational meteorologists and

weather forecasters were shepherds, farmers and
sailors whose livelihoods and safety depended
upon understanding and predicting the weather.

HISTORICAL LOOK
Shepherds guarding their flocks on the ancient hillsides
looked skyward for signs of changes in the weather.

Farmers noticed that rain or drought could destroy crops

if they were planted or harvested at the wrong time.

Sailors experienced severe storms at sea or long delays

if they were trapped in areas of calm. These groups
gathered data through keen observations, which proved
important as a foundational database of weather
information.

HISTORICAL LOOK
In Bible times - "You are able to interpret the appearance of the sky but the sign
of the times you cannot interpret. Book of Matthe
1441 -KingSejongs son, Prince Munjong, invented the first standardizedrain
gauge
1450 - Leone Battista Albertideveloped a swinging-plateanemometer, and is
known as the firstanemometer.
1607 - Galileo Galileiconstructs athermoscope
1643 -Evangelista Torricelli invented the barometer,Torricelli noticed that air
pressure changes in accordance with changes in the weather. In fact a drop in
pressure would often signal that a storm was coming.
1644 - hygrometer was invented
1662 -

SirChristopher Wreninvented the mechanical, self-emptying, tipping

HISTORICAL LOOK
1765 - daily measurements of air pressure, moisture
content, wind
speed and direction began to be made. This was first done by French
scientist Laurent Lavoisier who stated,"With all of this information it
is almost always possible to predict the weather one or two days
ahead with reasonable accuracy.
1783 - the first hairhygrometeris demonstrated byHorace-Bndict de
Saussure.
1806 - Francis Beaufortintroduced hissystem for classifying wind
speeds
1854 - French warship and 38 merchant vessels sank in a fierce storm
off the Crimean port of Balaklava
April 1960 - launch of the first successfulweather satellite,TIROS-1,
marked the beginning of the age where weather information

APPLICATION
Weather Forecasting

Aviation Meteorology

Agricultural Meteorology
Hydrometeorology
Nuclear Meteorology
Maritime Meteorology

1st Step: Observation

2nd Step: Collection And

Transmission Of Weather
Data

3rd Step: Plotting Of

Weather Data

4th Step: Analysis Of

Weather Maps, Satellite
And Radar Imageries And
Other Data

4th Step: Analysis Of Weather Maps,

Satellite And Radar Imageries And
Other Data

Aviation
meteorology
Aviation meteorology
deals with the impact of
weather onair traffic
management.
It is important for air
crews to understand the
implications of weather
on their flight plan as
well as their aircraft

Agricultural meteorology
involves the integration of
climatological and
meteorological data and
techniques into agricultural
problems, such as crop
production, soil moisture,
moisture stress, and
migration of pests.
A good background in basic
math and sciences is

Hydrometeorology
Is a branch ofmeteorologyand
hydrologythat studies the transfer
ofwaterandenergy
between the land surface and the loweratmosphere.

Nuclear Meteorology

Nuclear meteorology
investigates the
distribution
ofradioactiveaerosolsan
dgasesin the
atmosphere

Maritime Meteorology
deals with air and wave
forecasts for ships
operating at sea.