Instrument Record

Thermometer

Instrument

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Abstract

A thermometer is an instrument used to measure temperature and can be applied to calculate humidity. Electrical Resistance Thermometers (ERT or PRT), liquid-in-glass thermometers, wet bulb thermometers and Climate Data Loggers (CDL) are used by observation stations worldwide before data is used by the Met Office and later accumulated in the MIDAS dataset.

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AMDAR (Aircraft Meteorological Data Relay) reports collected by the Met Office MetDB System

African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analysis (AMMA) Project: Aircraft Meteorological Data Relay (AMDAR) Reports

African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analysis (AMMA) Project: Aviation Routine Weather (METAR) Reports

African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analysis (AMMA) Project: Land Synoptic Reports

Armagh Observatory: Air Temperature observations from 1844-2004

Armagh Observatory: Air pressure observations from 1850-2001

Armagh Observatory: Hours of sunshine observations from 1850-2001

Armagh Observatory: Mean Soil temperature observations from 1904-2003

Armagh Observatory: Monthly Automatic Weather Station measurements 2004 to present

Armagh Observatory: Rainfall observations from 1838-2001

Armagh Observatory: Soil temperature at 100cm observations from 1904-2003

Armagh Observatory: Soil temperature at 30cm observations from 1904-2003

Armagh Observatory: Storminess observations from 1796-2000

CLIMAT Reports collected by the Met Office MetDB System

ISLSCP II: Snow, Sea Ice and Oceans Parameters at 1 degree spatial resolution (1986-1995)

LAND SYNOP reports from land stations collected by the Met Office MetDB System

METAR Reports collected by the Met Office MetDB System

MIDAS: Global CLIMAT Upper Air Long Period Surface Average Values

MIDAS: Global CLIMAT Upper Air Standard Isobaric Surface check values

MIDAS: Global CLIMAT Upper Air Values

MIDAS: Global CLIMAT Upper Air Values from Standard Pressure Levels

MIDAS: Global Marine Meteorological Observations Data

MIDAS: Global Surface Climate Values

MIDAS: Global Weather Observation Data

MIDAS: UK Daily Temperature Data

MIDAS: UK Hourly Weather Observation Data

MIDAS: UK Soil Minimum Temperatures (1959-1970 only)

MIDAS: UK Soil Temperature Data

SHIP SYNOP reports from ship, buoy and fixed platform stations collected by the Met Office MetDB System

Surface Data from German Stations, Part of the Met Office Land Surface Stations Database (1990-2000)

Surface Data from South Atlantic Stations, Part of the Met Office Land Surface Stations Database (1990-2000)

Surface Data from Stations on Mediterranean Islands, Part of the Met Office Land Surface Stations Database (1990-2000)

Surface Data from Stations on the Indian Ocean, Part of the Met Office Land Surface Stations Database (1990-2000)

Surface Data from Unclassified Stations, Part of the Met Office Land Surface Stations Database (1990-2000)

Surface Data from United Kingdom Stations, Part of the Met Office Land Surface Stations Database (1990-2000)

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Met Sensor

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http://badc.nerc.ac.uk/view/badc.nerc.ac.uk__ATOM__DPT_221d5102-d735-11e1-b519-00163e251233

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More Information (under review)

Documentation and Links to further information and references

The Met Office Fact-sheet #17 – Weather Observations on Land describes the instrumentation further and includes diagrams of the apparatus set-up.

For more information on which instruments are used to collect measurements within specific station networks, the Met Office Surface Data Users Guide, describes the meteorological surface data and how it is obtained in the Met Office Database - MIDAS.

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Met Office

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