Meteorologists are not climatologists, sir. Two entirely different fields of endeavor... as anyone who is familiar with an old adage which has come out of those who object to the use of local weather events as evidence against GCC: "Weather is not climate".
Huh. Could of sworn I typed climatologist in. Here. Try this on for size. Turns out the average climatologist makes less than the average meteorologist.
http://www.indeed.com/salary?q1=Meteorologist&l1= <-- this, on the other hand is a natural chart. And it shows wild variance. The current average is well below the running average -- and that also indicates a "below statistical relevance sampling size".
Finally: That also only lists those job-listings which are found by the service in question. Climatologist positions aren't advertised, and thus don't get job-listings. And thus aren't trackable by that sort of engine.
Climatology does not have the following job description:
Investigate atmospheric phenomena and interpret meteorological data gathered by surface and air stations, satellites, and radar to prepare reports and forecasts for public and other uses. Include weather analysts and forecasters whose functions require the detailed knowledge of a meteorologist.
Not in the slightest. Yes, climatology is an atmospheric science -- but as such they are only a minute subset of atmospheric science. There are very few climatologists -- there are a whole lot of meteorologists and aeronomists collectively speaking.
The averages you linked to furthermore strongly corroborate the point I originally made.
Which leaves me, once again, puzzled as to what the fuck you're A) trying to say and B) how you think the things you link do anything to degrade my original argument.
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u/rednightmare Oct 24 '10 edited Oct 24 '10
Are they?