M. Müller (*), B. Kocánová, and P. Zacharov (*) Institute of Atmospheric Physics CAS [email protected] Meteorological terminology: international context and Czech experience EMS Annual Meeting Copenhagen, Denmark, 13 September 2019 Motivation communication common community con-munia Muller et al.: Meteorological terminology: international context and Czech experience, EMS Annual Meeting 2019. 2/13 Scientific languages 1. Greek 2. Latin 3. National languages 4. English Muller et al.: Meteorological terminology: international context and Czech experience, EMS Annual Meeting 2019. 2/13 Outline 1. International glossaries (in English) 2. Czech online glossary Muller et al.: Meteorological terminology: international context and Czech experience, EMS Annual Meeting 2019. 2/13 International Meteorological Vocabulary (WMO) ▪ WMO, 1992: International Meteorological Vocabulary. 2nd edition. Geneva: World Meteorological Organization, 784 pp. ▪ 1st edition 1966 ▪ More than 3500 terms with definitions in four languages: English, French, Russian, Spanish ▪ Download from https://library.wmo.int Muller et al.: Meteorological terminology: international context and Czech experience, EMS Annual Meeting 2019. 2/13 International Meteorological Vocabulary (WMO) ▪ WMO, 1992: International Meteorological Vocabulary. 2nd edition. Geneva: World Meteorological Organization, 784 pp. ▪ 1st edition 1966 ▪ More than 3500 terms with definitions in four languages: English, French, Russian, Spanish ▪ Download from https://library.wmo.int La Niña Muller et al.: Meteorological terminology: international context and Czech experience, EMS Annual Meeting 2019. 2/13 Meteoterm (WMO) ▪ Available online since 2010 ▪ About 42,500 terms in 6 languages: English, Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, Spanish ▪ Online: https://public.wmo.int/en/resources/meteoterm Muller et al.: Meteorological terminology: international context and Czech experience, EMS Annual Meeting 2019. 2/13 Meteoterm (WMO) ▪ Available online since 2010 ▪ About 42,500 terms in 6 languages: English, Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, Spanish ▪ Online: https://public.wmo.int/en/resources/meteoterm Muller et al.: Meteorological terminology: international context and Czech experience, EMS Annual Meeting 2019. 2/13 Meteoterm (WMO) ▪ Available online since 2010 ▪ About 42,500 terms in 6 languages: English, Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, Spanish ▪ Online: https://public.wmo.int/en/resources/meteoterm Muller et al.: Meteorological terminology: international context and Czech experience, EMS Annual Meeting 2019. 2/13 Glossary of Meteorology (AMS) ▪ AMS, 2000: Glossary of Meteorology. 2nd edition. Boston: American Meteorological Society, 855 pp. ▪ 1st edition 1959 ▪ Online: http://glossary.ametsoc.org ▪ More than 12000 terms, continously updated Muller et al.: Meteorological terminology: international context and Czech experience, EMS Annual Meeting 2019. 2/13 Glossary of Meteorology (AMS) ▪ AMS, 2000: Glossary of Meteorology. 2nd edition. Boston: American Meteorological Society, 855 pp. ▪ 1st edition 1959 ▪ Online: http://glossary.ametsoc.org ▪ More than 12000 terms, continously updated Muller et al.: Meteorological terminology: international context and Czech experience, EMS Annual Meeting 2019. 2/13 Glossary of Meteorology (AMS) ▪ AMS, 2000: Glossary of Meteorology. 2nd edition. Boston: American Meteorological Society, 855 pp. ▪ 1st edition 1959 ▪ Online: http://glossary.ametsoc.org ▪ More than 12000 terms, continously updated Muller et al.: Meteorological terminology: international context and Czech experience, EMS Annual Meeting 2019. 2/13 National Weather Service Glossary (NOAA) ▪ More than 2000 terms ▪ Online: https://w1.weather.gov/glossary/ Muller et al.: Meteorological terminology: international context and Czech experience, EMS Annual Meeting 2019. 2/13 Meteorological glossary (MetOffice) ▪ MetOffice, 1991. Meteorological glossary. 6th edition. London: HMSO Publications Centre, 335 pp. ▪ Previous editions: 1916, 1930, 1939, 1963, 1972 ▪ 2000+ terms ▪ Download from https://digital.nmla.metoffice.gov.uk (Met_Glossary_1991.pdf) Muller et al.: Meteorological terminology: international context and Czech experience, EMS Annual Meeting 2019. 2/13 Dictionary of Weather (Oxford) ▪ Dunlop, S., 2008. A Dictionary of Weather. 2nd edition. Oxford University Press, 330 pp. ▪ 1st edition 2001 ▪ Almost 2000 terms with definitions ▪ https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780199541447.001.0001/ acref-9780199541447 Muller et al.: Meteorological terminology: international context and Czech experience, EMS Annual Meeting 2019. 2/13 Wikipedia ▪ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_meteorology Muller et al.: Meteorological terminology: international context and Czech experience, EMS Annual Meeting 2019. 2/13 Czech meteorological glossary ▪ Sobíšek, B. et al., 1993: Meteorologický slovník výkladový a terminologický. Praha: Academia, 594 pp. ▪ 4113 terms (3222 with explanations) ▪ Six indexes: Czech, Slovak, English, French, German, Russian Muller et al.: Meteorological terminology: international context and Czech experience, EMS Annual Meeting 2019. 2/13 Czech online meteorological glossary ▪ http://slovnik.cmes.cz/ Muller et al.: Meteorological terminology: international context and Czech experience, EMS Annual Meeting 2019. 2/13 Czech online meteorological glossary ▪ http://slovnik.cmes.cz/ ▪ Ca. 4450 terms Timeline ▪ 2010 – 2015 preparation ▪ 2015 – 2019 “scrolling book“ ▪ Since 2019: database, fulltext search, links, popup windows,… ▪ http://slovnik.cmes.cz/vyklad/en/e Muller et al.: Meteorological terminology: international context and Czech experience, EMS Annual Meeting 2019. 2/13 From printed to online version Muller et al.: Meteorological terminology: international context and Czech experience, EMS Annual Meeting 2019. 2/13 Statistics of approaches Muller et al.: Meteorological terminology: international context and Czech experience, EMS Annual Meeting 2019. 2/13 Statistics of approaches Muller et al.: Meteorological terminology: international context and Czech experience, EMS Annual Meeting 2019. 2/13 Future activities (1) Classification of terms ▪ Improvement of the content ▪ Applications: filtering - climatology - dynamics of climate - climate oscilations - ENSO Muller et al.: Meteorological terminology: international context and Czech experience, EMS Annual Meeting 2019. 2/13 Future activities (2) Origin and etymology of the terms (Czech Science Foundation 19-03834S) ▪ Better understanding troposphere, tropics - τροπειν Muller et al.: Meteorological terminology: international context and Czech experience, EMS Annual Meeting 2019. 2/13 Conclusions General trend from printed books to online dictionaries ▪ Search of terms and within them (fulltext) ▪ linternal + external inks ▪ Filtering of terms ▪ Permanent improvements of the content ▪ Multimedia ▪ Easy access ▪ No costs ▪ … Muller et al.: Meteorological terminology: international context and Czech experience, EMS Annual Meeting 2019. 2/13 Thank you for your attention… and a kind request to you: If your national scientific community operates a meteorological glossary, please, email the title / link to [email protected] Thank you in advance!!! http://slovnik.cmes.cz Acknowledgements Czech Science Foundation 19-03834S.