Harrison Meteorological Measurements and Instrumentation

1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-118-74578-6
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 280 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: Advancing Weather and Climate Science

This book describes the fundamental scientific principlesunderlying high quality instrumentation used for environmentalmeasurements. It discusses a wide range of in situ sensors employedin practical environmental monitoring and, in particular, thoseused in surface based measurement systems. It also considers theuse of weather balloons to provide a wealth of upper atmospheredata. To illustrate the technologies in use it includes manyexamples of real atmospheric measurements in typical and unusualcircumstances, with a discussion of the electronic signalconditioning, data acquisition considerations and dataprocessing principles necessary for reliable measurements. Thisalso allows the long history of atmospheric measurements to beplaced in the context of the requirements of modern climatescience, by building the physical science appreciation of theinstrumental record and looking forward to new and emerging sensorand recording technologies.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Harrison, Giles

Harrison, R. Giles

Über Autor(innen)

Giles Harrison is Professor of Atmospheric Physics at theDepartment of Meteorology at the University of Reading, UK.His research focusses on one of the oldest experimental topics inmeteorology, atmospheric electricity, and the development of newsurface and balloon-carried instruments for environmentalmeasurements.