What is the difference between meteorological and climatologic measurements?
A. Meteorology is the science of weather. A good weather report or forecast would typically be given to a resolution of one degree of temperature. Climatology is the science of long term weather patterns. To see climactic trends one has to take readings to a much higher resolution, with great precision (repeatability), for longer periods of time. For example, our measurements of air temperature are done in tenths of a degree Celsius. Our seawater temperatures are done to thousandths of a degree. Thus we boast that we are not just getting weather data; it is valid for trend studies of climate change due to the extremely high degree of resolution.
