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Weather is the condition of the atmosphere over a brief period of
time. Climate represents the composite of day-to-day weather over a
longer period of time. Climate is the statistics of weather,
usually over a 30-year interval. It is measured by assessing the
patterns of variation in temperature, humidity, atmospheric
pressure, wind, precipitation, atmospheric particle count and other
meteorological variables in a given region over long periods of
time. Climate differs from weather, in that weather only describes
the short-term conditions of these variables in a given region. A
region's climate is generated by the climate system, which has five
components: atmosphere, hydrosphere, cryosphere, lithosphere, and
biosphere. The earth-ocean-atmosphere system may be divided into a
number of zones with each traditionally studied by a separate
scientific discipline. The atmosphere is the component of the
system studied by climatologists and meteorologists. Climatology is
the scientific study of climates, which is defined as the mean
weather conditions over a period of time. A branch of study within
atmospheric sciences, it also takes into account the variables and
averages of short-term and long-term weather conditions.
Climatology is different than meteorology and can be divided into
different areas of study. Various approaches to this field can be
taken, including paleoclimatology, which focuses on studying the
climate over the course of the Earth's existence by examining
records of tree rings, rocks and sediment, and ice cores.
Historical climatology focuses primarily on climate changes
throughout history and the effects of the climate on people and
events over time. Though both climatology and meteorology are areas
of study that are considered branches of similar areas of study,
climatology differs from meteorology because its focus is on
averages of weather and climatic conditions over a long period of
time. Meteorology focuses more on current weather conditions such
as humidity, air pressure, and temperatures and forecasting the
short-term weather conditions to come.
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