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Meteorological Measurements and Instrumentation

By Giles Harrison

Book information

Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
Year
2015
ISBN
1118745809, 9781118745809
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
9 MB (9576314 bytes)
Series
Advancing Weather and Climate Science
Edition
1
Pages
280\278
Scanned
yes
Time added
2014-10-16 14:39:09
Науки о Земле;Метеорология и климатология;Физико-х

Description

This book describes the fundamental scientific principles underlying high quality instrumentation used for environmental measurements. It discusses a wide range of in situ sensors employed in practical environmental monitoring and, in particular, those used in surface based measurement systems. It also considers the use of weather balloons to provide a wealth of upper atmosphere data. To illustrate the technologies in use it includes many examples of real atmospheric measurements in typical and unusual circumstances, with a discussion of the electronic signal conditioning,  data acquisition considerations and data processing principles necessary for reliable measurements. This also allows the long history of atmospheric measurements to be placed in the context of the requirements of modern climate science, by building the physical science appreciation of the instrumental record and looking forward to new and emerging sensor and recording technologies.

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