Air temperature
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- Air temperature (Also termed surface temperature in meteorology). The ambient temperature indicated by a thermometer exposed to the air but sheltered from direct solar radiation. The temperature indicated by a thermometer placed in an instrument shelter 1.5 to two meters above ground.
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