Meteorological instruments and measurements

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Full title :Meteorological instruments and measurements / R. Giles Harrison.

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"This book describes the fundamental scientific principles underlying high quality instrumentation used for environmental measurements"--Provided by publisher.

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Publication Date:2014.

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Publisher(s):John Wiley & Sons, Inc
Place of Publication:Hoboken
Language:eng
Publication Date:2014.

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Description:1 online resource

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ISBN:9781118745755, 1118745752, 9781118745786, 1118745787
oclc:ocn900159217
LC Classification:QC876
Dewey Decimal:551.5028/4

Meteorological Measurements and Instrumentation; Contents; Series Foreword; Advancing Weather and Climate Science; Preface; Acknowledgements; Disclaimer; 1 Introduction; 1.1 The instrumental age; 1.2 Measurements and the climate record; 1.3 Clouds and rainfall; 1.4 Standardisation of air temperature measurements; 1.5 Upper air measurements; 1.5.1 Manned balloon ascents; 1.5.2 Self-reporting upper air instruments; 1.6 Scope and structure; 2 Principles of Measurement and Instrumentation; 2.1 Instruments and measurement systems; 2.1.1 Instrument response characterisation.

2.1.2 Measurement quality2.2 Instrument response time; 2.2.1 Response to a step change; 2.2.2 Response to an oscillation; 2.3 Deriving the standard error; 2.3.1 Sample mean; 2.3.2 Standard error; 2.3.3 Quoting results; 2.4 Calculations combining uncertainties; 2.4.1 Sums and differences; 2.4.2 Products and quotients; 2.4.3 Uncertainties from functions; 2.5 Calibration experiments; 3 Electronics and Analogue Signal Processing; 3.1 Voltage measurements; 3.2 Signal conditioning; 3.2.1 Operational amplifiers; 3.2.2 Operational amplifier fundamentals; 3.2.3 Signal amplification.

3.2.4 Buffer amplifiers3.2.5 Inverting a…