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  2. Meteorological instrumentation - Wikipedia

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    Remote sensing instruments collect data from weather events some distance from the instrument and typically stores the data where the instrument is located and often transmits the data at defined intervals to central data centers. In 1441, King Sejong's son, Prince Munjong, invented the first standardized rain gauge.

  3. List of weather instruments - Wikipedia

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    Weather stations typically have these following instruments: Thermometer for measuring air and sea surface temperature; Barometer for measuring atmospheric pressure; Hygrometer for measuring humidity; Anemometer for measuring wind speed; Pyranometer for measuring solar radiation; Rain gauge for measuring liquid precipitation over a set period ...

  4. Sunshine recorder - Wikipedia

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    The other instrument is a Marvin sunshine recorder. Older recorders required a human observer to interpret the results; recorded results might differ among observers. Modern sunshine recorders use electronics and computers for precise data that do not depend on a human interpreter. Newer recorders can also measure the global and diffuse radiation.

  5. Glossary of geography terms (A–M) - Wikipedia

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    Also amphidrome and tidal node. A geographical location where there is little or no tide, i.e. where the tidal amplitude is zero or nearly zero because the height of sea level does not change appreciably over time (meaning there is no high tide or low tide), and around which a tidal crest circulates once per tidal period (approximately every 12 hours). Tidal amplitude increases, though not ...

  6. Sunset - Wikipedia

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    The third phase is astronomical twilight, which is the period when the Sun is between 12 and 18 degrees below the horizon. [2] Dusk is at the very end of astronomical twilight, and is the darkest moment of twilight just before night. [3] Finally, night occurs when the Sun reaches 18 degrees below the horizon and no longer illuminates the sky. [4]

  7. Quizlet - Wikipedia

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    Quizlet was founded in October 2005 by Andrew Sutherland, who at the time was a 15-year old student, [2] and released to the public in January 2007. [3] Quizlet's primary products include digital flash cards , matching games , practice electronic assessments , and live quizzes.

  8. Weather satellite - Wikipedia

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    Each carry thirteen different passive and active instruments ranging in design from imagers and sounders to a scatterometer and a radio-occultation instrument. The satellite service module is based on the SPOT-5 bus, while the payload suite is a combination of new and heritage instruments from both Europe and the US under the Initial Joint ...

  9. Weather station - Wikipedia

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    Weather buoys are instruments which collect weather and oceanography data within the world's oceans and lakes. [6] [7] [8] Moored buoys have been in use since 1951, [9] while drifting buoys have been used since the late 1970s. [10] Moored buoys are connected with the seabed using either chains, nylon, or buoyant polypropylene. [11]