radiometer
Any instrument or device that senses and measures the radiant energy in electromagnetic radiation.
radiosonde ...
Radiometer: An instrument that measures radiation power.
Radiosonde (Rawinsonde): An instrument package carried upward by weather balloons to measure the vertical profile of atmospheric temperature, ...
Radiometer An instrument designed to measure the intensity of radiation (usually infrared) emitted by an object.
Radiometer An instrument that quantitatively measures electromagnetic radiation. Weather satellites carry radiometers to measure radiation from snow, ice, clouds, bodies of water, the Earth's surface, and the sun.
cavity radiometer"A modern, self-calibrating pyrheliometer or device for measuring direct solar radiation. The receiver (cavity) is typically conical in shape with precision temperature sensors and heaters.
Net radiometer An instrument for the measurement of the net flux of downward and upward total (solar and terrestrial) radiation through a horizontal surface.
THIR - Abbreviation for Temperature-Humidity Infrared Radiometer.
thunder - The sound emitted by rapidly expanding gases along the channel of a lightning discharge.
A retrieved quantity from the microwave radiometer.weatherThe state of the atmosphere with respect to wind, temperature, cloudiness, moisture, pressure, etc.westerliesThe prevailing winds that blow from the west in the mid-latitudes.
Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR)(1)
A five-channel scanning instrument that quantitatively measures electromagnetic radiation, flown on NOAA environmental satellites. AVHRR remotely determines cloud cover and surface temperature.
Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer. Main sensor on U.S. polar orbiting satellites.
AVN
The Aviation model (120-hour numerical model of the atmosphere). The output from this model is now part of what is known as the GFS model.
Sounder- A special kind of radiometer that measures changes in atmospheric temperature with height, as well as the content of various chemical species in the atmosphere at various levels.
Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit
Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer
Airborne Real-time Cueing Hyperspectral Enhanced Reconnaissance
Atmospheric Chemistry Observational Databases
Atmospheric window ...
Acronym for Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer. It is the main sensor on the U.S. polar orbiting satellites.
AVIATION WEATHER CENTER ...
 See also: Temperature, Surface, Meteor, Weather, Meteorology
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