{"id":979,"date":"2022-12-06T17:02:53","date_gmt":"2022-12-06T17:02:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pearl.reading.ac.uk\/academy\/?post_type=overview&#038;p=979"},"modified":"2022-12-06T17:02:53","modified_gmt":"2022-12-06T17:02:53","slug":"an-introduction-to-meteorological-measurements","status":"publish","type":"overview","link":"https:\/\/pearl.reading.ac.uk\/academy\/overview\/an-introduction-to-meteorological-measurements\/","title":{"rendered":"An Introduction to Meteorological Measurements"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The lecture content covers:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fundamentals of instrumentation;<\/li>\n<li>Theory and practice of experimental data analysis;<\/li>\n<li>Measurement techniques for air temperature, humidity, wind speed and direction, pressure, rainfall, solar and terrestrial radiation and upper air sounding.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The practical content involves carrying out set experiments selected from the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Time response of a thermometer;<\/li>\n<li>Thermometer calibration;<\/li>\n<li>Humidity measurements;<\/li>\n<li>Characteristics of a propeller anemometer;<\/li>\n<li>Calibration of a radiosonde pressure element;<\/li>\n<li>Absolute calibration of a net radiometer;<\/li>\n<li>Ventilation effects on psychrometry.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table width=\"624\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"105\"><strong>BIP-M Alignment:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"520\">Meteorological Parameters, Instruments &amp; Methods of Observation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"105\"><strong>Learning Aims<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"520\">By the end of this module the student should be able to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>describe and critically compare the characteristics of various standard meteorological instruments used for surface and upper-air measurement of atmospheric parameters;<\/li>\n<li>demonstrate a knowledge of experimental data analysis, including calibration and the analysis of sampling errors;<\/li>\n<li>report the results of experimental work in an appropriate, formal style, characteristic of scientific literature.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"105\"><strong>Target Audience<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"520\">Entry-level Scientist (beginner technical)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"105\"><strong>Continent<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"520\">Global<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"105\"><strong>Duration<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"520\">41 \u2013 100 hours<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"105\"><strong>Delivery method<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"520\">Blended<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"105\"><strong>Format (primary)<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"520\">Lectures; laboratory classes, discussion classes and group experiments.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"105\"><strong>IPR Owner<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"520\">University of Reading<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"105\"><strong>Course status<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"520\">Active<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"105\"><strong>Contact email:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"520\">Chris Scott<br \/>\n&lt; chris.scott@reading.ac.uk &gt;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;\"><a href='https:\/\/www.reading.ac.uk\/module\/document.aspx?modP=MTMA32&#038;modYR=2223' class='small-button smallblack' target=\"_blank\">Find out more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"class_list":["post-979","overview","type-overview","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>An Introduction to Meteorological Measurements &#8212; The Pearl Academy<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/pearl.reading.ac.uk\/academy\/overview\/an-introduction-to-meteorological-measurements\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"An Introduction to Meteorological Measurements &#8212; The Pearl Academy\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The lecture content covers: Fundamentals of instrumentation; Theory and practice of experimental data analysis; Measurement techniques for air temperature, humidity, wind speed and direction, pressure, rainfall, solar and terrestrial radiation and upper air sounding. 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