Editing Meteorology (section)

===Global scale===
[[File:Annual mean sea surface temperature (World Ocean Atlas 2009).png|thumb|upright=1.35|Annual mean sea surface temperatures]]

Global scale meteorology is the study of weather patterns related to the transport of heat from the [[tropics]] to the [[Geographical pole|poles]]. Very large scale oscillations are of importance at this scale. These oscillations have time periods typically on the order of months, such as the [[Madden–Julian oscillation]], or years, such as the [[El Niño–Southern Oscillation]] and the [[Pacific decadal oscillation]]. Global scale meteorology pushes into the range of climatology. The traditional definition of climate is pushed into larger timescales and with the understanding of the longer time scale global oscillations, their effect on climate and weather disturbances can be included in the synoptic and mesoscale timescales predictions.

Numerical Weather Prediction is a main focus in understanding air–sea interaction, tropical meteorology, atmospheric predictability, and tropospheric/stratospheric processes.<ref>[http://www.nrlmry.navy.mil/sec7532.htm Global Modelling] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070821003218/https://www1.nrlmry.navy.mil/sec7532.htm |date=21 August 2007 }}, US Naval Research Laboratory, Monterey, Ca.</ref> The [[Naval Research Laboratory]] in Monterey, California, developed a global atmospheric model called [[Navy Operational Global Atmospheric Prediction System]] (NOGAPS). NOGAPS is run operationally at [[Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center]] for the United States Military. Many other global atmospheric models are run by national meteorological agencies.