Measuring Devices MET

You will need to know the names of the devices that measure the various concepts in Meteorology. These devices are usually suffixed "meter" (the name of something that measures something - and are are follows - thermo (temperature); baro (pressure), alti (altitude), hygro or psychro (humidity), anemo (wind), transmisso (visibility), ceilo (cloud base), pluvio (intensity of rainfall). A radiosonde indirectly measures upper wind through the use of GPSGPS —Global Positioning System (USA)/radar tracking and knowing its altitude through a pressure sensor.