Thursday, May 6, 2010

instruments used to measure the weather

A Thermometer measures warmness, or the temperature.

A barometer is an instrument that accurately measures atmospheric pressure.


A psychrometer is an instrument used to measure relative humidity. It is also referred to as a wet/dry bulb thermometer. The unit used is %. The instrument consists of 2 thermometers mounted on a handle with a chain. One bulb is 'dry', meaning it has nothing in it, and one is 'wet' meaning that it has a wet cloth wrapped around the bulb. Click here to read more

An anemometer is an instrument used to measure wind speed. Wind speed can be measured in any unit of speed.

a rain gauge is a device or instrument for measuring rain. (click here to read more)

a hygrometer is any instrument that's used to measure humidity

Relative humidity is a term used to describe the amount of water vapor that exists in a gaseous mixture of air and water vapor."

The heat index (HI) is how hot it feels, termed the felt air temperature

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