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tempestology

tempestology noun: the study of cyclones, hurricanes and similar extreme events.

Noun

tempestology (uncountable)

  1. (rare) The study of cyclones, hurricanes and similar extreme events
    • Reanalyses combine observations with a short forecast from a general circulation model (GCM) to produce gridded datasets, constrained by observations, with regular output intervals, and can act as a bridge between the observations of TCs and simulated tempestology.2017, K Hodges, “How well are tropical cyclones represented in reanalysis datasets?”, in Journal of Climate

Questions about tempestology

What does tempestology mean?
Tempestology means the study of cyclones, hurricanes and similar extreme events.
What part of speech is tempestology?
Tempestology is a noun.

Words near tempestology in the dictionary

  1. tempestively
  2. tempestivities
  3. tempestivity
  4. tempestless
  5. tempestological
  6. tempestology
  7. tempestous
  8. tempests
  9. tempests in tea-kettles
  10. tempests in teacups
  11. tempests in teapots

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