Meteorology has changed over time and affected our society. It started in 650 B.C. and now in 2016 we use meteorology to detect weather patterns.
In 650 B.C. babylonians tried to predict short-term weather changes based on the appearance of clouds and occurrence such as “haloes”. Chinese astronomers developed a calendar that divides the year into twenty-four festivals, with each festival having it’s own kind weather. According to NASA,”The greek philosopher, Aristotle wrote Meteorologica, a treatise that included the theories about the formation of rain, clouds, hail, wind, thunder, lightning, and hurricanes”. The way they used to predict the weather is very different from what we do today.
Through the centuries, attempts have been made to produce forecasts by observations. According to NASA, “ by the end of the Renaissance, it had become increasingly evident that the speculations of …show more content…
According to EUMSTAT, “The first weather satellite, Vanguard 2, was launched on February 17, 1959. On October 13, 1959, Explorer 7 was launched and made the first meteorologicalmeasurements from the satellite Suomi's net flux radiometer.” The first real weather satellite to be considered a success was TIROS-1,launched by NASA on 1 April 1960”. The TIROS-1 lasted 79 days. Nine additional TIRO satellites were launched in 1965. We currently use satellites today to predict the weather.
Meteorology is called this because everything that fell from the sky, they called meteors. Since meteorology has to deal with precipitation; which is things falling from the sky, such as rain, snow, hail, or sleet. Meteorology has changed throughout time and affected our society. It all started in 650 B.C. and now in 2016, we use meteorology to detect weather patterns. We have changed the way to predict the weather over a few