Synoptic meteorology

...For example, the field that studies very small-scale weather such as cloud droplets, raindrops, and snow crystals is called cloud physics, or colloid meteorology. Also, meteorology that focuses on large-scale phenomena related to weather forecasting and looks at various weather elements comprehensively is called synoptic meteorology. Also, depending on the scale of the weather phenomenon, phenomena on the order of meters are called micrometeorology, and phenomena on the order of tens of kilometers are called mesometeorology, and they are sometimes called micrometeorology and mesometeorology, respectively.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "synoptic meteorology" is listed below.

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…たとえば，雲粒や雨粒，雪の結晶など非常にスケールの小さい気象を研究する分野を雲物理学，またはコロイド気象学とよぶ。また，天気予報に関連した，スケールの大きい現象を対象とし，いろいろな気象要素を総合的に見る気象学を総観気象学synoptic meteorologyとよぶ。また，気象現象のスケールにより，mの桁程度の現象を微気象，数十kmの桁の現象をメソ気象とし，それぞれ微気象学，メソ気象学とすることもある。…

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