What Are Weather Instruments?

What Are Weather Instruments? book cover — LET’S FIND OUT WEATHER WHAT ARE WEATHER INSTRUMENTS JOSEPH KAMPFF

What Are Weather Instruments? — page 1 — 4 TALKING ABOUT THE WEATHER The weather is one of the most common topics of conversation Most people make casual remarks about the weather and that is enough for most of us However meteorologists scientists who study the weather want to know precisely how hot it is how much it is raining and from what direction the wind is blowing Is it really freezing or is it just very cold Meteorologists use many instruments to Feeling a drop is enough to know that it is raining But to ﬁnd out how much rain there is you will need to use weather instruments

What Are Weather Instruments? — page 2 — 5 answer these questions After learning about weather instruments you can describe the weather just like a meteorologist This meteorologist uses a weather instrument called an anemometer to measure the speed of the wind Meteorology is the study of daily changes in weather in a particular place Climatology is the study of the average weather conditions over long periods of time all over Earth How are weather and climate similar How are they different COMPARE AND CONTRAST

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