Weather Instrument

Cards (8)

  • measures temperature
    Thermometer
  • measures air pressure
    Barometer
  • measures wind speed
    Anemometer
  • Measures humidity
    Psychrometer / Hygrometer
  • Measures amount of rainfall
    Rain gauge
  • the tendency of wind and water currents to be deflected to the right (counterclockwise) in the northern hemisphere and to the left (clockwise) the southern hemisphere due to earth's rotation
    Coriolis effect
  • (Global warming) phenomenon wherein the atmosphere is heated when water vapor and carbon dioxide absorb infrared waves re-radiated by the earth.
    Greenhouse Effect
  • This characterized by dramatic changes in the weather patterns over an extended period of time
    Climate change