conclusion of meteorological instruments and their uses

Nephoscope – an instrument for measuring the altitude, direction, and velocity of clouds.

Gas-phase nephelometers are used to provide information on atmospheric visibility and albedo

Nephelometer – an instrument used to measure suspended particulates in a liquid or gas colloid.

Lightning detector – a device, either ground-based, mobile, or space-based, that detects lightning produced by thunderstorms.

Lidar (LIght raDAR) – an optical remote sensing technology used in atmospheric physics (among other fields) that measures the properties of scattered light to find information about a distant target.

Ice Accretion Indicator – an L-shaped piece of aluminum 15 inches (38 cm) long by 2 inches (5 cm) wide used to indicate the formation of ice, frost, or the presence of freezing rain or freezing drizzle.

Hygrometer – an instrument used to measure humidity.

Field mill – an instrument used to measure the strength of electric fields in the atmosphere near thunderstorm clouds.

Disdrometer – an instrument used to measure the drop size, distribution, and velocity of falling hydrometeors.

Dark adaptor goggles – clear, red-tinted plastic goggles used either for adapting the eyes to dark prior to night observation or to help identify clouds during bright sunshine or glare from snow.

Ceilometer – a device that uses a laser or other light source to measure the height of the base of clouds.

Ceiling projector – a device that is used, in conjunction with an alidade, to measure the height of the base of clouds.

Ceiling balloon – a balloon, with a known ascent rate, used to measure the height of the base of clouds during daylight.

NOAA continental US weather forecast map for November 7, 2006

Barometer – an instrument used to measure atmospheric pressure using either water, air, or mercury useful for forecasting short term changes in the weather.

Barograph – an aneroid barometer that records the barometric pressure over time and produces a paper or foil chart called a barogram.

Anemometer – a device for measuring wind speed used in weather stations.

Instruments and equipment of meteorology Weather forecasting – the application of science and technology to predict the state of the atmosphere for a future time and a given location

Surface weather analysis – a special type of weather map that provides a view of weather elements over a geographical area at a specified time based on information from ground-based weather stations.

Synoptic scale meteorology – is a horizontal length scale of the order of 1000 kilometres (about 620 miles) or more.

Mesoscale meteorology – the study of weather systems about 5 kilometers to several hundred kilometers, smaller than synoptic scale systems but larger than microscale and storm-scale cumulus systems, skjjoch as sea breezes, squall lines, and mesoscale convective complexes.

Microscale meteorology – the study of atmospheric phenomena about 1 km or less, smaller than mesoscale, including small and generally fleeting cloud 'puffs' and other small cloud features.Weather – the set of all the phenomena in a given atmosphere at a given time.Meteorology – the interdisciplinary scientific study of the atmosphere that focuses on weather processes and forecasting (in contrast with climatology).Climate – the average and variations of weather in a region over long periods of time.4 Instruments and equipment of meteorology.

Conclusion of meteorological instruments and their uses