Atmospheric Science: Understanding the Earth's Atmosphere

The study of the Earth's atmosphere and the related physical processes falls under the domain of atmospheric science. It can be divided into meteorology, aeronomy and climatology. The discipline of meteorology includes atmospheric chemistry and atmospheric physics, and primarily focuses on weather forecasting. Climatology studies the changes and variations occurring in the atmosphere. Aeronomy studies the upper layers of the atmosphere with a major focus upon dissociation and ionization. At...