An
"amateur meteorologist" refers to a person who studies and predicts the weather as a hobby or interest, without being a professional in the field.
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The Climatological Observers Link was founded in 1970 by a small group
of amateur meteorologists and is the enthusiasts» weather observer network for the United Kingdom.
The Invention of Clouds: How
an Amateur Meteorologist Forged the Language of the Skies, Richard Hamblyn (Farrar, Straus & Giroux) The words roll off the tongue: cirrus, cumulus, stratus, nimbus.
Starting in the late 1930s, Guy Stewart Callendar, a British engineer and
amateur meteorologist, stirred the field by calculating that rising carbon dioxide levels were already warming the climate.
The idea fascinated many professional and
amateur meteorologists.
I'm but
an amateur meteorologist, and I don't really «believe» the ENSO correlation.
Are
you an amateur meteorologist?