Measuring Instruments

Barometer – measures Pressure.
Thermometer – measures Temperature
Psychrometer – measures Humidity
Hygrograph – measures Relative Humidity
Rain Gauge – measures Rainfall.
Aero vane Transmitter – measures Wind Direction & Wind Speed
Wind Vane – measures Wind Direction only.
Anemometer – measures Wind Speed in knots.
Ceilometer/Clinometer – measures Cloud Base in Meters.
Adillade Apparatus / Radar Observation – measures Cloud Base in Meters.
Radiosonde – measures Upper Air Temperature and Humidity, Measurement is done through Released Balloons.
Ravinsonde – measures Air Data of Winds (Direction and Speed).
Transmissometer / Scopograph – measures Visibility in Metres/Kms & is also used to measure RVR when Visibility falls below 1500 meters.