meteorological measuring system

  • 1Measuring instrument — Captain Nemo and Professor Aronnax contemplating measuring instruments in Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea …

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  • 2Meteorological history of Hurricane Andrew — Hurricane Andrew Category 5 hurricane (SSHS) The path of Hurricane Andrew Formed August 16, 1992 Dissipated …

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  • 3Meteorological instrumentation — Galileo thermometer Meteorological instrumentation is the equipment used to sample the state of the atmosphere at a given time. Each science has its own unique sets of laboratory equipment. However, meteorology is a science which does not use… …

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  • 4Danish Meteorological Institute — The Danish Meteorological Institute (Danish: Danmarks Meteorologiske Institut, Danish pronunciation: [ˈd̥anmɑːg̊s meteɐ̯o̞ˈlo̝ˀisg̊ə e̞nsd̥iˈtud̥]) is the official Danish meteorological institute, administrated by the Ministry of Transport… …

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  • 5Global Positioning System — GPS redirects here. For other uses, see GPS (disambiguation). Geodesy Fundamentals …

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  • 6Instrument landing system — The Instrument Landing System (ILS) is a ground based instrument approach system that provides precision guidance to an aircraft approaching a runway, using a combination of radio signals and, in many cases, high intensity lighting arrays to… …

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  • 7Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning System — The Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning System is a tsunami warning system set up to provide warning to inhabitants of nations bordering the Indian Ocean of approaching tsunamis. It was agreed to in a United Nations conference held in January 2005 in… …

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  • 8Instrument Landing System — Abbildung der Sendekeulen von Localizer und Glideslopes Das Instrumentenlandesystem (engl. instrument landing system, ILS) ist ein bodenbasiertes System, das den Piloten eines Flugzeuges bei Anflug und Landung mittels zweier Leitstrahlen,… …

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  • 9Radio acoustic sounding system — A radio acoustic sounding system (RASS) is a system for measuring the atmospheric lapse rate using backscattering of radio waves from an acoustic wave front to measure the speed of sound at various heights above the ground. This is possible… …

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  • 10Väisälä, Yrjö — ▪ Finnish astronomer born September 6, 1891, Kontiolahti, Russia died July 21, 1971, Rymättylä, Finland  Finnish meteorologist and astronomer noted for developing meteorological measuring methods and instruments.       After receiving his Ph.D.… …

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