noun
atmospheric sciences
Academic field covering meteorology, climatology, and related disciplines.
彼は大学で大気科学を専攻している。
He is majoring in atmospheric sciences at university.
大気科学の研究は気候変動の理解に不可欠だ。
Research in atmospheric sciences is essential for understanding climate change.
気象学 is meteorology, a subfield of 大気科学, which also includes climatology and atmospheric physics.
Compound of 大気 (atmosphere) and 科学 (science).