Is Meteorology a Science?

Building a Community for Integrating Meteorology and Social Science

1729 NOVEMBER 2007 AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY | E very year, weather affects society in innumerable ways. Extreme weather—such as hurricanes, tornadoes, and floods—garners the most attention because of the damage extent, extreme conditions, economic loss, injuries, and deaths often associated with these events. But, nonextreme weather, including nonsevere thunderstorms, aboveor below-avera...

What is Ethics of Science and Technology?

Background: The existence of crises and problems such as non-compliance with standards and professional ethics in the field of engineering and technology, and existence of fraud and misuse in the field of science has resulted in importance of ethics in the science and technology. But the fact is that there is no accurate understanding of the ethics of science and technology, and this field is o...

Meteorology and Agroforestry Meteorology and Agroforestry

The physical environment affects and interacts with agroforestry systems through tree and crop growth, animal performance, management operations and interactions between the tree/shrub and non-tree components (abbreviated to tree/crop interactions). Interactions take place mainly through the media of microclimate, soil moisture and soil. They may have beneficial or adverse effects, for tree and...

Physical Meteorology

Tropical Meteorology