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title: Climatology & Meteorology
description: This field examines atmospheric processes, weather patterns, and long-term climate systems. Learners will understand the physical forces driving weather events, climate change, and the methods used to forecast and model atmospheric data.
category: humanities
subcategory: geography
difficulty: beginner, intermediate, advanced
url: /subject/climatology-and-meteorology
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# Climatology & Meteorology

This field examines atmospheric processes, weather patterns, and long-term climate systems. Learners will understand the physical forces driving weather events, climate change, and the methods used to forecast and model atmospheric data.

## Available Resources

1 Books • 1 Courses • 4 Websites

## Courses

### 1. Global Warming I: The Science and Modeling of Climate Change

This class describes the science of global warming and the forecast for humans’ impact on Earth’s climate. Intended for an audience without much scientific background but a healthy sense of curiosity, the class brings together insights and perspectives from physics, chemistry, biology, earth and atmospheric sciences, and even some economics—all based on a foundation of simple mathematics (algebra).

**Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Price:** Free

**Link:** https://www.coursera.org/learn/global-warming

**Tags:** climate-change, climate-modeling, greenhouse-effect, carbon-cycle, atmospheric-science

## Websites

### 1. UCAR MetEd

The COMET Program's free training library for operational forecasters, offering hundreds of self-paced modules with quizzes on satellite interpretation, numerical models, hydrology, and mesoscale processes. Completing modules earns certificates recognized by weather services.

**Difficulty:** Beginner | **Price:** Free

**Link:** https://www.meted.ucar.edu/

**Tags:** meteorology, forecasting, training-modules, atmospheric-science

### 2. NASA Earth Observatory

NASA site publishing satellite imagery with explanatory articles on weather, wildfires, ice, oceans, land cover, and atmospheric change. Readers learn to interpret remote-sensing images and connect visible events to underlying Earth system processes.

**Difficulty:** Beginner | **Price:** Free

**Link:** https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/

**Tags:** remote-sensing, satellite-imagery, earth-systems, climate

### 3. noaa.gov/climate

NOAA's climate portal offers authoritative climate data, indicators, and analyses from the U.S. government. Visitors can explore datasets, interactive maps, reports, and educational resources on climate trends, variability, and impacts.

**Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Free

**Link:** https://noaa.gov/climate

**Tags:** websites, humanities-social-sciences, geography

### 4. metoffice.gov.uk

The Met Office is the United Kingdom’s national weather service, offering authoritative weather forecasts, warnings, and climate science resources. The site provides forecast data, weather maps and radar, climate data and trends, research insights, and educational materials for learners.

**Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Free

**Link:** https://metoffice.gov.uk

**Tags:** websites, humanities-social-sciences, geography

## Books

### 1. Weather

Weather - A book resource

**Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Paid

**Link:** https://www.amazon.com/dp/0715336401?tag=edmonddante07-20

**Tags:** books, humanities-social-sciences, geography

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