{"679918":{"#nid":"679918","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Learn how climatologists help our understanding of weather over time","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003EIn this piece,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/people\/handlos-dr-zachary\u0022\u003EZachary Handlos\u003C\/a\u003E, senior academic professional in the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E, explains the work of climatologists, stating that \u201cclimatologists can take on a lot of roles. It\u2019s important to understand the difference between weather and climate. So weather is the study of what\u0027s going on in the atmosphere right now. Climatology looks at data for a certain day and compares it to what\u2019s called a climate normal. What this means is, they take a 30-year period of data for that day, and from that baseline, say, \u2018Oh, the temperature today is above average or below average.\u0027\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003EIn this piece,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/people\/handlos-dr-zachary\u0022\u003EZachary Handlos\u003C\/a\u003E, senior academic professional in the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E, explains the work of climatologists, stating that \u201cclimatologists can take on a lot of roles. It\u2019s important to understand the difference between weather and climate. So weather is the study of what\u0027s going on in the atmosphere right now. Climatology looks at data for a certain day and compares it to what\u2019s called a climate normal. What this means is, they take a 30-year period of data for that day, and from that baseline, say, \u2018Oh, the temperature today is above average or below average.\u0027\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"36583","created_gmt":"2025-01-24 15:14:30","changed_gmt":"2025-01-27 13:39:10","author":"lvidal7","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"Augusta Chronicle","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.augustachronicle.com\/story\/news\/environment\/2025\/01\/16\/things-you-may-not-know-about-climatologists-and-climate-science\/77723489007\/","dateline":{"date":"2025-01-16T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2025-01-16T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"364801","name":"School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences (EAS)"}],"categories":[{"id":"154","name":"Environment"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"166926","name":"School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences"},{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"174755","name":"climatologist"},{"id":"173050","name":"climate science"},{"id":"192254","name":"cos-climate"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}