macrometeorology en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós Proto-Hellenic *makrós Ancient Greek μᾰκρός (măkrós)der. French macro-der. English macro- English meteorology English macrometeorology From macro- + meteorology.
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(uncountable) The 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:
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km មហូតុវិទ្យា (study of the large-scale behaviour of the atmosphere) · fr macrométéorologie (study of the large-scale behaviour of the atmosphere) · fi makrometeorologia (study of the large-scale behaviour of the atmosphere) · it macrometeorologia (study of the large-scale behaviour of the atmosphere) · ro macrometeorologie (study of the large-scale behaviour of the atmosphere)