Weather station facts for kids
A weather station has machines that measure wind speed, wind direction, temperature, barometric pressure, and humidity of the air around them. There are many ways to do this with instruments such as barometers (air pressure), psychrometers (humidity), anemometers (wind speed) and cielometers (electronic, for cloud cover). Many weather stations have no people; they report their measurements automatically.
Images for kids
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The NOAA weather station at Wake Island harbor measures and transmits data on wind speed, atmospheric pressure, air temperature and tides.
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Roof-mounted weather station instruments
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Synoptic Automatic Weather Station
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Weather station at Mildura Airport, Victoria, Australia.
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The weather ship M/S Polarfront at sea.
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Weather buoy operated by the NOAA National Data Buoy Center
