Burt S. The Weather Observer's Handbook. - Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press, 2012. - xii, 444 p.: ill. - Incl. bibl. ref. - Ind.: p.435-444. - ISBN 978-1-107-66228-5  Место хранения:   071 | Институт вычислительной математики и математической геофизики CO РАН | Новосибирск | Библиотека

Оглавление / Contents

Acknowledgements ............................................... ix Abbreviations, footnotes and references ........................ xi PART ONE THE BASICS 1 Why measure the weather? ..................................... 3 2 Choosing a weather station .................................. 32 3 Buying a weather station .................................... 55 4 Site and exposure - the basics .............................. 76 PART TWO MEASURING THE WEATHER ................................. 87 5 Measuring the temperature of the air ........................ 89 6 Measuring precipitation .................................... 124 7 Measuring atmospheric pressure ............................. 167 8 Measuring humidity ......................................... 183 9 Measuring wind speed and direction ......................... 192 10 Measuring grass and earth temperatures ..................... 222 11 Measuring sunshine and solar radiation ..................... 232 12 Observing hours and time standards ......................... 271 13 Dataloggers and AWS software ............................... 282 14 Non-instrumental weather observing ......................... 294 15 Calibration ................................................ 304 16 Metadata - what is it, and why is it important? ............ 322 PART THREE MAKING THE MOST OF YOUR OBSERVATIONS ............... 333 17 Collecting and storing data ................................ 335 18 Making sense of the data avalanche ......................... 348 19 Sharing your observations .................................. 378 20 Summary and getting started ................................ 393 Appendix 1 Metrology and meteorology: The basics of instrument theory .................................. 409 Appendix 2 Useful functions ................................... 416 Appendix 3 Unit conversions ................................... 420 Appendix 4 Useful sources ..................................... 423 Index ......................................................... 435