Engineering:List of weather instruments

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This is a list of devices used for recording various aspects of the weather.

Typical instruments

Weather stations typically have these following instruments:

• Thermometer for measuring air and sea surface temperature
• Barometer for measuring atmospheric pressure
• Hygrometer for measuring humidity
• Anemometer for measuring wind speed
• Pyranometer for measuring solar radiation
• Rain gauge for measuring liquid precipitation over a set period of time
• Wind sock for measuring general wind speed and wind direction
• Wind vane (also called a weather vane or a weathercock) for showing the wind direction
• Present Weather/Precipitation Identification Sensor for identifying falling precipitation
• Disdrometer for measuring drop size distribution
• Transmissometer for measuring visibility
• Ceilometer for measuring cloud ceiling

Observation systems

• Argo
• Global Atmosphere Watch
• Automatic weather station
• Remote Automated Weather Stations (RAWS)
• Automated Surface Observing System (ASOS)
• NEXRAD radar
• Global Sea Level Observing System
• SST buoys
• Hurricane Hunters
• Dropsonde
• SNOTEL
• Weather balloon
• Weather vane
• Windsock
• Thermometer
• Anemometer
• Hygrometer
• Automated Meteorological Data Acquisition System

Obsolete observation systems

• WSR-57
• WSR-74

Orbital instrumentation

• AIRS
• AMSU-A
• ASTER
• Aqua
• Aura
• AVHRR
• CALIPSO
• CloudSat
• CERES
• DMC
• Envisat
• EROS
• GOES
• GOMOS
• GRACE
• Hydros
• ICESat
• IKONOS
• Jason-1
• Landsat
• MERIS
• MetOp
• Meteor
• Meteosat
• MLS
• MIPAS
• MISR
• MODIS
• MOPITT
• MTSAT
• NMP
• NOAA-N'
• NPOESS
• OMI
• OCO
• PARASOL
• QuickBird
• QuikSCAT
• RADARSAT-1
• SCIAMACHY
• SeaWiFS
• SORCE
• SPOT
• TES
• Terra
• TRMM

Obsolete orbital instrumentation

• ERS
• Nimbus program
• Project Vanguard
• Seasat
• TOPEX/Poseidon
• TIROS

See also

• Automated Quality control of meteorological observations
• Convective storm detection
• Earth Observing System
• Environmental monitoring
• Geographic information system (GIS)
• Glossary of meteorology
• Mesonet
• Meteorology
• Radiosonde
• Rocketsonde
• Surface weather observation
• Timex Expedition WS4
• Tropical cyclone observation
• Weather reconnaissance
• Weather radar
• Weather satellite