Graduated fixed stake used in regions of abundant snowfall to facilitate the measurement of snow depth.

The most common of the principal rainbow phenomena, which appears as an arc of about 42

The rate of decrease of pressure per unit distance at a fixed time.

Same as recording rain gauge.

Same as water year.

A unit of mass numerically equal to the molecular weight of the substance. The gram-mote or gram-molecule is the mass in grams numerically equal to the molecular weight, i.e. a gram-mole of oxygen is 32 grams.

A unit of illuminance or illumination equal to one lumen per foot'. This is the illuminance provided by a light source of one candle at a distance of one foot.

The line-of-sight distance between two objects.

Solar radiation of selected wavelengths.

Apparatus from which the nature and time of precipitation may be determined.

A device which converts energy from one form into another, i.e. an ac generator transducer which converts the mechanical motion of anemometer cups into an electrical signal.

The length of fluid flow (gas or liquid) past a sensor required for the sensor to respond to 63.2% of a step change in speed. Expressed in feet or meters. For anemometers, this value is calculated from time constant times wind tunnel speed.

modulated radiosonde-A radiosonde which transmits the indications of the meteorological sensing elements in the form of pulses spaced in time. The meteorological data are evaluated from the intervals between the pulses. Also called timeinterval radiosonde ...

An instrument for taking photographs of an image of the sun in monochromatic light.

A current meter consisting of six conical cups, mounted around a vertical axis, which rotate and generate a signal with each rotation. Tail vanes and a heavy weight stabilize the instrument.

A reversing thermometer which is encased in a strong glass outer shell that protects it against hydrostatic pressure. Compare to unprotected thermometer.

A line drawn through geographical points where a given seasonal biological event occurs on the same date.

A line drawn through points of equal humidity on given surface.

A small balloon whose ascent is followed by a theodolite in order to obtain data for the computation of winds aloft.

An instrument for studying, or examining substances in, polarized light. See Savant polariscope.