Comes from the Greek meaning roughly "high in the sky", but today refers to atmospheric sciences. Including weather forecasting, atmospheric physics and atmospheric chemistry.

John M. Wallace has written:

'Atmospheric science' -- subject(s): Atmosphere, Atmospheric chemistry, Atmospheric physics, Meteorology, Textbooks

Thomas G. Kyle has written:

'Atmospheric transmission, emission, and scattering' -- subject(s): Atmospheric physics, Atmospheric radiation, Meteorological optics

Craig F. Bohren has written:

'What light through yonder window breaks?' -- subject(s): Experiments, Atmospheric physics

'Clouds in a glass of beer' -- subject(s): Atmospheric physics, Experiments

The biggest contribution of Blaise Pascal in physics is his contribution towards atmospheric pressure. He discovered that vacuums are real and exist in the real world.