physical meteorology

noun

1. the branch of meteorology dealing with the study of optical, electrical, acoustical, and thermodynamic phenomena in the atmosphere, including the physics of clouds and precipitation.

Example Sentences

I am not a fan of 1-event attribution:  Believe it or not, there is no way I could have gotten a BS, MS, and PhD in physical meteorology from one of the top programs in the nation without knowing that climate changes naturally.

From Forbes