That means meteorologists need to know about the composition, structure, and air motions within the atmosphere. In short, meteorologists want to completely understand how Earth's atmosphere works (and often use that knowledge for future predictions). More broadly, meteorology is the study of the physics and chemistry of Earth's atmosphere, including its interactions with Earth's surface (both land and water). But, meteorology isn't just about the weather forecast. Indeed, understanding various aspects of the weather will be our focus for much of this course. So, what is meteorology? You're probably most familiar with meteorology as the study of the science of weather and weather forecasting. Meteorology is not the study of meteors, so if you had that misconception coming into the course, erase it from your mind! Perhaps you already knew that, but believe it or not, I've encountered a number of people who have that notion. It is not the study of meteors (small rocks and metallic objects) flying through outer space.
We can't really begin studying meteorology if we don't know what it is first! For starters, let me tell you what meteorology is not. Credit: Leonid Meteor / Navicore / CC-BY- 3.0
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