Meanings
nounmacrometeorology (uncountable)
- uncountableclimatologyThe study of the large-scale behaviour of the atmosphere
Generally, macrometeorology is concerned with weather systems having spatial scales greater than 1000 km and temporal scales on the order of several days or longer.
2013, William R. Cotton, Storm and Cloud Dynamics, volume 44, page ix
Synonyms & antonyms
Opposite
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*meh₂ḱ-
- Proto-Indo-European*mh₂ḱrós
- Proto-Hellenic*makrós
- Ancient Greekμᾰκρός (măkrós)
- Frenchmacro-
- Englishmacro-
- Englishmeteorology
- Englishmacrometeorology
From macro- + meteorology.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Finnish makrometeorologia
- makrometeorologiastudy of the large-scale behaviour of the atmosphere
French macrométéorologie
- macrométéorologiestudy of the large-scale behaviour of the atmosphere
Italian macrometeorologia
- macrometeorologiastudy of the large-scale behaviour of the atmosphere
Romanian macrometeorologie
- macrometeorologiestudy of the large-scale behaviour of the atmosphere
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