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A brief history of the terms climate and climatology
Author(s) -
Barry Roger G.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
international journal of climatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.58
H-Index - 166
eISSN - 1097-0088
pISSN - 0899-8418
DOI - 10.1002/joc.3504
Subject(s) - climatology , climate model , climate change , environmental science , history , meteorology , geography , geology , oceanography
The paper traces the origins of the terms climate and climatology in the English language. The term climate has a 600‐year history, but only came into widespread scientific use about 150 years ago. Climatology began to find wide usage in the mid‐late 19th century. Copyright © 2012 Royal Meteorological Society