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The science that studies weather, climate, and the earth's atmosphere.

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  • meteorology is a very inexact science because of the possibility of fast changes in the atmosphere.
  • Ms Simpson was the first woman to receive a PhD in meteorology and has authored more than 190 studies.
  • It don†™ t take a degree in meteorology to figure out which way the wind is blowing in those races.
  • The usefulness of radar waves as applied to the solution of problems in meteorology has already been shown.
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  • Peter's studies in "meteorology" (the science of weather) and "metrology" (the science of weights and measures) came in handy when he sailed the Pacific.
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