[Geology2] Re: your opinions

I found this description of how the profession of climatology
developed:

http://www.aip.org/history/climate/climogy.htm

It is a VERY long paper, but as you get into it, it becomes evident that the field was not mostly geologists, They were in the mix but it was cobbled together with people from many subjects, including meteorologists, geophysicists, geographers and statisticians.

Worth a look.

--- In geology2@yahoogroups.com, ChuckB <gumboyaya@...> wrote:
>
> Kim,
>
> You wrote:
> > Oh do enlighten us on how that works! Words have meaning do they not?
> > A paleoclimatologist who is an expert on geology is then more than
> > merely a climatologist, no?
>
> As someone else already pointed out, most paleoclimatologists are
> geologists who specialize in the more ancient records of climate in
> rocks. The few climatologists I've met had backgrounds in atmospheric
> science and only worked with more recent proxies, such as tree rings and
> oxygen isotope ratios. The intervals of interest for these two
> specialties now overlap due to changes in technology, but there are
> still experts on both sides that know more about the other side than the
> average practitioner.
>
> Chuck
>




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