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Weather Instruments

The document outlines various weather instruments used by meteorologists, including thermometers, barometers, anemometers, wind vanes, radar, rain gauges, weather balloons, and satellites. Each instrument serves a specific purpose, such as measuring temperature, air pressure, wind speed, and precipitation. These tools are essential for reporting current weather conditions and predicting future weather patterns.

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Weather Instruments

The document outlines various weather instruments used by meteorologists, including thermometers, barometers, anemometers, wind vanes, radar, rain gauges, weather balloons, and satellites. Each instrument serves a specific purpose, such as measuring temperature, air pressure, wind speed, and precipitation. These tools are essential for reporting current weather conditions and predicting future weather patterns.

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Weather Instruments

Weather Prediction
All these instruments are used by
meteorologists to report the current
and predict the future weather (next
three to five days)

The End.
A Thermometer
measures air temperature.
A Thermometer works
because matter expands
when heated. Most
thermometers are closed
glass tubes containing
liquids such as alcohol.
When air around the tube
heats the liquid, the liquid
expands and moves up
the tube. A scale then
shows the actual
temperature of the air.
Thermometers

This also has a Hygrometer,


which measures humidity.
A Barometer
measures air pressure.
An Italian scientist
named Torricelli
built the first
barometer in
1643. People still
use barometers
based on
Torricelli's design
to measure air
pressure.
Barometers

Torricelli’s Barometer
An Anemometer
measures wind speed.
The cups catch
the wind, turning
a dial attached
to the
instrument. The
dial shows the
wind speed. Wind
speed can be
estimated
without special
tools by
observation.
Anemometers
A Wind Vane is used to
measure wind direction.
It spins on a
rod and
points in the
direction
from which
the wind
comes.
Wind Vanes

Most airport Wind Vanes have Anemometers also.


Radar
A program used to
find the location,
movement, and
intensity of
precipitation.
Station model

A small circle which


shows the location of a
weather station with a set
of symbols and numbers
surrounding its which
represent the weather
data.
Isobars

Lines on a weather map


that connect points of
equal air pressure, they
form closed circles of high
and low pressure.
A Rain Gauge is used to
measure amount of rainfall.
An official Rain
Gauge consists of a
large cylinder with
a funnel and a
smaller measuring
tube inside.
Rain Gauges
A Weather Balloon
measures weather conditions
higher in the atmosphere.
Measures
temperature, air
pressure, wind
speed and
direction
Weather Balloons

Sometimes weather balloons


land in the oddest places!
A Weather Satellite
is able to photograph, track,
and measure the conditions
of large-scale air movements.

A meteorologist
then compiles and
analyzes the data
with the help of
computers.

NOAA weather satellite launched in 2005.


Weather Satellites

NOOA-M measures information about Earth


radiation, sea and land surface temperature,
atmospheric vertical temperature, water vapor,
and ozone in the troposphere and stratosphere.
Tiros 1 - 1965

Weather Satellite
Image

First usuable Tiros 1 image


Weather Prediction
All these instruments are used by
meteorologists to report the current
and predict the future weather.

The End.

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