|
Meteorological
Instruments |
|
Instrument |
What is Measured or (Function) |
Since |
| 1.
Rain gauge |
Precipitation
amount |
Antiquity
(£ 500 B.C.) |
| 2.
Weathervane |
Wind
Direction |
Antiquity
(£ 48 B.C.) |
| 3. Thermometer |
Temperature
(Scales invented in 1724[Fahrenheit], 1742[Celsius], Kelvin[1848]) |
1593
(Galileo) |
| 4. Barometer |
Pressure |
1643 (Torricelli) |
| 5.
Hygrometer |
Humidity |
Late
1700s |
| 6.
Telegraph |
(Instant
transmission of weather data) |
1843
(Morse) |
|
7. Anemometer |
Wind Speed |
1846 (Robinson) |
|
8. Weather balloon |
(Several variables measured at different altitudes) |
1940s |
| 9.
Computer |
(mathematical
modeling of atmosphere, computed forecasts) |
1950s |
| 10.
Weather satellite |
(continuous
observation [in space and time] of distribution of clouds, water
vapor) |
1960
(1st = Tiros I) |
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