Instrument shelter (instrument or thermometer screen or box) Structure to protect certain instruments from insolation and weather while at the same time ensuring sufficient ventilation.
instrument shelter"(Or thermometer shelter; also called thermoscreen, thermometer screen) A boxlike structure designed to protect certain meteorological instruments from exposure to direct sunshine, precipitation, and condensation, ...
Instrument Shelter...To get the best results from your thermometers, (man-min), or any other instruments your acquire, should be kept outdoors in a shelter. A simple shelter can be built from a couple of window shutters and some wood.
Thermometer screen Same as instrument shelter. Thermometer shelter Same as instrument shelter.
Stevenson screens may also be known as a cotton region shelter, an instrument shelter, a thermometer shelter, a thermoscreen or a thermometer screen.
In meteorology, the temperature of the air near the surface of the earth; almost invariably determined by a thermometer in an instrument shelter. 2. In oceanography, the temperature of the layer of seawater nearest the atmosphere.
surface air temperature The temperature of the air near the surface of the Earth, usually determined by a thermometer in an instrument shelter about 2 m above the ground.
 See also: Weather, Temperature, High, Radiation, Surface
  
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