Abstract:
This essay analyzes the interaction and relationship between meteorology and some other disciplines of both natural science and technology in science history and the progress of science classification. The science and technology disciplines were grouped by the way of interaction when it happened in the history. There comes six kinds of multi-disciplinary Integration in the history of meteorology: in ancient times meteorology was born together with astronomy geography; from 16th to 18th century, new observation data concerning atmosphere phenomena were recorded and discovered in maritime navigation and mountain studies; in 19th and 20th centuries meteorology gradually absorbed the theoretical achievements from mathematics and physics, especially calculus and hydromechanics, and built up its own basic theory; after 20th century, with the appearance of computers and remote-sensing technology, numerical weather forecast and modern meteorological observation came to reality; also from the 20th century on, more applications of meteorology in agriculture and medicine brought us new knowledge of agricultural meteorology, and medical meteorology; In 21st century, atmospheric science interacts frequently with social sciences such as politics, economics, sociology, communication, which indicates that a new stage of atmospheric science is coming.