MTO 112 - Meteorological Instruments and Observation Methods

Course Objectives

The aim of this course is to inform the meteorology students on meteorological measurements, instruments and observation methods. Additionally, the methods and instruments on the measurement and observation of the meteorological factors will be presented to the meteorology students with experimentation.

Course Description

Introduction, Selection of Placement for a meteorological station; Properties of the climatological and synoptic observations; Measurement of pressure; Measurement of temperature; Measurement of humidity; Measurement of precipitation; Measurement of evaporation; Examination of the instruments in the Sarıyer meteorology station, phonological observations; Solar radiation and sun duration measurements; Measurements of visibility, cloud type etc.; Instruments that are used in micrometeorological studies, sensors, data loggers; Measurement of wind direction and speed measuring instruments in the upper-atmospheric levels, Instruments for air pollutants measurements, Radar properties; Investigation of the instruments in the Meteorology Station,