Atmospheric physics
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It has close links to meteorology and climatology and also covers the design and construction of instruments for studying the atmosphere and the interpretation of the data they provide, including remote sensing instruments.
In the UK, atmospheric studies are underpinned by the Meteorological Office. Divisions of the U.S National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) oversee research projects and weather modeling involving atmospheric physics.
See also
- Adiabatic lapse rate
- Atmospheric electricity
- Baroclinic instability
- Barotropic instability
- Barotropic vorticity equation
- David Bates (physicist)
- Convective instability
- Effect of sun angle on climate
- Euler equations
- Geostrophic wind
- Hydrostatic balance
- Kelvin-Helmholtz instability
- Madden-Julian oscillation
- Navier Stokes equations
- New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
- Potential vorticity
- Pressure gradient force
- Primitive equations
- Rossby number
- Rossby radius of deformation
- Space weather
- Thermal wind
- Vorticity equation
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