9^th World Climate Change Congress

Climate change and Climatology

Climatology is the scientific study of climate, defined as weather patterns that have been averaged over a given period of time to obtain a consistent pattern of the expected atmospheric conditions. Climatology includes the regional and systemic studies of atmospheric conditions i.e. weather and climate. Dynamic climatology is the study of large-scale patterns and how they can be used to understand global weather. Climate indices are large-scale weather patterns that are consistent and measureable. The goal of an index is to combine a number of factors into a large, generalized description of either air or ocean phenomena that can be used to track the global climate system.