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NALT Concept Space
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  1. Fields of Study
  2. atmospheric sciences
  3. meteorology and climatology
  4. meteorology
  5. climatology
  1. Natural Resources, Conservation, Environment
  2. atmospheric sciences
  3. meteorology and climatology
  4. meteorology
  5. climatology

Preferred term

climatology

Type

  • Topic

Definition

  • Information Branch of meteorology that studies the average weather conditions and statistical variations for a specified region over an extended period of time.

    Source: NASA Thesaurus

    Type: Concept definition

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Synonyms

  • Milankovitch theory

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URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/76126

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