TOOLS IN TRACKING
Figure 2: A THE STORM
radiosonde.
Satellite
It is the most advanced
technology used in monitoring a
tropical cyclone. It can visualize
exactly in real time the formation and
path of a tropical cyclone.
Figure 3: Sputnik 1, the first artificial
Earth satellite.
Advanced Weather Interactive
Processing System
It is a complex network of
systems that ingests and integrates
meteorological data.
Figure 4: An AWIPS graphics
workstation.
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There are various tools used in
tracking the storm. Here are some
examples:
Doppler Radar
A PREFINAL PT IN DISASTER
It is a specialized radar that
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uses the Doppler effect to see the
motion of the precipitation in a
thunderstorm along the radar beam.
Figure 1: A Doppler radar in
Catanduanes.
Radiosonde
It is a battery-powered
telemetry instrument carried into the
atmosphere, usually by a weather
balloon, that measures various
atmospheric parameters (e.g., SUBMITTED TO:
temperature, pressure, and relative
humidity) and transmits them by
radio to a ground receiver.
 Hygrometer (hygros, “moist”) Pluviometer (pluvia, “rain”)
WEATHER
INSTRUMENTS It is a weather instrument used It is a weather instrument used
to measure the amount of water to measure the amount of
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vapor in air, soil, or confined places. precipitation in the form of rainfall.
Weather instruments are
tools that track and assist with data
collection of weather patterns over
time. Scientists and meteorologists
utilize weather instruments as a
concrete measuring device in order to
understand the Earth's weather.
Figure 3: A hygrometer. Figure 6: A pluviometer.
Here are some examples of
Thermometer (thermos, “hot”) Weathervane
weather instruments:
It is a weather instrument used It is a weather instrument used
Anemometer (anemos, “wind”)
for measuring air temperature. for determining the wind direction.
It is a weather instrument used
for measuring wind speed and
direction. Figure 7: A
weathervane.
Figure 4: A thermometer.

Figure 1: An anemometer.
Barometer (baros, “weight”)
It is a weather instrument used
for measuring air pressure.
Windsock
It is a weather instrument used
Pyranometer (pyr, “fire”; ano, “up”)
for determining the wind speed and
It is a weather instrument used direction.
for measuring solar radiation.

Figure 5: A
pyranometer.
Figure 2: A barometer.

Figure 8: A windsock.