Draft:Outline of climatology

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to climatology:

What type of thing is climatology?
Climatology can be described as all of the following:


 * Academic discipline
 * Branch of science
 * Branch of Earth science – field of science related to the planet Earth. Earth science is the branch of science dealing with the physical constitution of the earth and its atmosphere.
 * Atmospheric science
 * Subfield of physical geography

Branches of climatology

 * Applied climatology – uses climatic principles and analysis to solve human problems related to water resources, agriculture, health, and forestry.
 * Dynamic climatology – studies the atmospheric motion of the atmosphere such as disturbance and wind circulation. It was introduced by Bergeron 1930.
 * Earth rainfall climatology –
 * United States rainfall climatology –
 * Historical climatology –
 * Paleoclimatology –
 * Paleotempestology –
 * Physical climatology – studies the atmospheric energy in the climate. It was introduced by Milenkovitch in 1820 and Simpson in 1824.
 * Synoptic climatology – studies the regional and local climate of an area with the aid of climatic weather. It was initiated by Koppen in 1870.
 * Tornado climatology –
 * Tropical cyclone climatology
 * Pacific typhoon climatology –
 * Tropical cyclone rainfall climatology –
 * China tropical cyclone rainfall climatology –
 * Mexico tropical cyclone rainfall climatology –
 * Tropical cyclone windspeed climatology –
 * Urban climatology –

History of climatology
History of climatology
 * Historical climatology
 * Climate history
 * Historical impacts of climate change
 * History of climate change science
 * History of the Gulf Stream
 * History of the trade winds
 * History of paleoclimatology

Climates
Climate

Climate classification

 * Köppen climate classification

Climate phenomena

 * Climate oscillation – Examples of climate oscillations and their frequency include:
 * glacial periods of the last ice age – period around 100 000 years (see Quaternary glaciation and 100,000-year problem)
 * North African climate cycles – tens of thousands of years
 * Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation – around 50 to 70 years, but unpredictable
 * El Niño Southern Oscillation – 2 to 7 years
 * Pacific decadal oscillation – 8 to 12 years? (not clear)
 * Interdecadal Pacific Oscillation – 15 to 30 years? (not clear)
 * Arctic oscillation – no particular periodicity
 * North Atlantic Oscillation – no particular periodicity
 * North Pacific Oscillation – ?
 * Hale cycle or sunspot cycle – about 11 years (may be discernible in climate records; see solar variation)
 * Quasi-biennial oscillation – about 30 months
 * Climate change

Climate modeling
Climate model

Persons influential in climatology
List of climate scientists
 * Shen Kuo
 * Edmund Halley
 * Benjamin Franklin
 * Francis Galton
 * Helmut Landsberg