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WEATHER INSTRUMENTS SHS SCIENCE 10

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  • WEATHER INSTRUMENTSSHS SCIENCE 10

  • THERMOMETERSA thermometer is a devise used to measure temperature.

  • The olda Galileo thermometer.

  • A newer one.

  • What units do we read a thermometer in?The digital look

  • BAROMETERSA barometer is a devise used to measure air pressure.

  • Barometers have different looks..

  • It is read in units of millibars (mb) or thousandths of a bar.One bar is 10 0000 Pa (Pascals).The original.

  • PsychrometersMeasures relative humidity based on the effects of evaporation.It is measured as a percentage (%).

  • PsychrometersTo use, you must hold the handle and swing rapidly in a circle.

    This measures a dry-bulb temperature.

    There are two thermometers:Dry bulb Wet bulb.

  • ANEMOMETERSAn anemometer is a devise used to measure wind speed (km/h).

  • HYGROMETERA hygrometer is a weather instrument used to measure relative humidity (how much water vapor is present in the air).It is measured as a percentage (%).

  • A RAIN GAUGEA rain gauge is a weather instrument which measures the amount of rain which falls.Usually reported as inches or centimeters.