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Instruments > In Situ/Laboratory Instruments > Temperature/Humidity Sensors > PSYCHROMETERS

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PSYCHROMETERS  

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  • A psychrometer is an instrument used for measuring the water vapor content of the atmosphere; a type of hygrometer. It consists of two thermometers, one of which (the dry bulb) is an ordinary glass thermometer, while the other (wet bulb) has its bulb covered with a jacket of clean muslin, which is saturated with distilled water before an observation. When the bulbs are suitably ventilated, they indicate the thermodynamic wet- and dry-bulb temperatures of the atmosphere. One variety is the Assman psychrometer (a special form of aspiration psychrometer for which the ventilation is provided by a suction fan). Additional information available at "http://nsidc.org/arcticmet/glossary/psychrometer.html" [Summary provided by the National Snow and Ice Data Center] (en)

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  • 2021-08-05 16:50:37.0 [sritz] insert AltLabel (id: null category: primary text: PSYCHROMETERS language code: en);

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https://gcmd.earthdata.nasa.gov/kms/concept/45cc9562-3589-47ad-8220-6cbf5bf1ef80

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