List of weather instruments
This is a list of devices used for recording various aspects of the weather.
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Observation systems
- Argo
- Global Atmosphere Watch
- Automatic weather station
- Remote Automated Weather Stations (RAWS)
- Automated Surface Observing System (ASOS)
- NEXRAD radar
- Global Sea Level Observing System
- SST buoys
- Hurricane Hunters
- Dropsonde
- SNOTEL
- Weather balloon
- Weather vane
- Windsock
- Thermometer
- Anemometer
- Hygrometer
Orbital instrumentation
- AIRS
- AMSU-A
- ASTER
- Aqua
- Aura
- AVHRR
- CALIPSO
- CloudSat
- CERES
- DMC
- Envisat
- EROS
- GOES
- GOMOS
- GRACE
- Hydros
- ICESat
- IKONOS
- Jason-1
- Landsat
- MERIS
- MetOp
- Meteor
- Meteosat
- MLS
- MIPAS
- MISR
- MODIS
- MOPITT
- MTSAT
- NMP
- NOAA-N'
- NPOESS
- OMI
- OCO
- PARASOL
- QuickBird
- QuikSCAT
- RADARSAT-1
- SCIAMACHY
- SeaWiFS
- SORCE
- SPOT
- TES
- Terra
- TRMM
Obsolete orbital instrumentation
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See also
- Automated Quality control of meteorological observations
- Convective storm detection
- Earth Observing System
- Environmental monitoring
- Geographic information system (GIS)
- Glossary of meteorology
- Mesonet
- Meteorology
- Surface weather observation
- Timex Expedition WS4
- Tropical cyclone observation
- Weather reconnaissance
- Weather radar
- Weather satellite
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