Description
Climatologists study the average change in weather and climate from a long-term perspective. They research and analyse historic weather conditions in order to forecast climatic conditions trends such as changes in temperature, global warming, or regional evolutive weather conditions. They use these findings for advising on environmental policy, construction, agricultural projects, and societal matters.
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Theoretical Knowledge
Practical Skills
advise on weather-related issuescollect weather-related dataanalyse weather forecastcarry out meteorological researchconduct research on climate processesperform scientific researchconduct research across disciplinesmanage air qualityuse specialised computer models for weather forecastingconduct ecological researchdevelop environmental policyoperate meteorological instrumentsassess environmental impactmanage meteorological databaseuse meteorological tools to forecast meteorological conditionsdevelop models for weather forecastuse geographic information systemsdetermine historic climate changesanalyse environmental data