Weather, climate and the atmospheric phenomena: From whirlwinds to climate change
Keywords:
weather, climate, climate variability, climate change, radiative forcingAbstract
Weather and climate are meteorological terms that in the Spanish language are used indistinctly to provide information about the present state of the atmosphere within the range of hours to days. Weather refers to the current state of the atmosphere, while climate refers to long-term variations in the state of the atmosphere on timescales of at least 30 years. However, the arbitrary use of both terms is misleading, assuming that weather events are climatic in nature. The main objective of this work is to clarify the difference between weather and climate, as well as to show a broad overview of the atmospheric variations that occur on different time scales. To achieve this goal, examples for each time scale as well as their influences and their origin are presented. Finally, specific examples for Mexico are shown.
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