physical meteorology

noun

the branch of meteorology dealing with the study of optical, electrical, acoustical, and thermodynamic phenomena in the atmosphere, including the physics of clouds and precipitation.

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I am not a fan of 1-event attribution: Believe it or not, there is no way I could have gotten a BS, MS, and PhD in physical meteorology from one of the top programs in the nation without knowing that climate changes naturally.