Atmospheric Instrumentation
This quiz will test your knowledge on Atmospheric Instrumentation.
Questions
What instrument is used to measure the temperature of the atmosphere?
- Anemometer
- Barometer
- Thermometer
- Hygrometer
What instrument is used to measure the pressure of the atmosphere?
- Anemometer
- Barometer
- Thermometer
- Hygrometer
What instrument is used to measure the wind speed?
- Anemometer
- Barometer
- Thermometer
- Hygrometer
What instrument is used to measure the humidity of the atmosphere?
- Anemometer
- Barometer
- Thermometer
- Hygrometer
What instrument is used to measure the amount of precipitation?
- Rain gauge
- Snow gauge
- Hail gauge
- All of the above
What instrument is used to measure the direction of the wind?
- Wind vane
- Anemometer
- Barometer
- Thermometer
What instrument is used to measure the amount of solar radiation?
- Pyranometer
- Albedometer
- Radiometer
- All of the above
What instrument is used to measure the amount of terrestrial radiation?
- Pyrgeometer
- Albedometer
- Radiometer
- All of the above
What instrument is used to measure the amount of cloud cover?
- Nephelometer
- Ceilometer
- Lidar
- All of the above
What instrument is used to measure the height of clouds?
- Ceilometer
- Lidar
- Radar
- All of the above
What instrument is used to measure the type of clouds?
- Nephelometer
- Ceilometer
- Lidar
- All of the above
What instrument is used to measure the amount of aerosols in the atmosphere?
- Nephelometer
- Ceilometer
- Lidar
- All of the above
What instrument is used to measure the amount of ozone in the atmosphere?
- Ozone monitor
- Dobson spectrophotometer
- Lidar
- All of the above
What instrument is used to measure the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere?
- Carbon dioxide monitor
- Gas chromatograph
- Lidar
- All of the above
What instrument is used to measure the amount of methane in the atmosphere?
- Methane monitor
- Gas chromatograph
- Lidar
- All of the above