Instrument shelter
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- Instrument shelter (instrument or thermometer screen or box) Structure to protect certain instruments from insolation and weather while at the same time ensuring sufficient ventilation.
NSIDC - Cite This Source - This Definition - Accuracy, Air temperature, gastropod, Hygrometer, instrumental record, Psychrometer, Scale, Shield, Thermograph, Thermometer
- A boxlike structure designed to protect temperature measuring instruments from exposure to direct sunshine, precipitation, and condensation, while at the same time time providing adequate ventilation.
NOAA National Weather Service - Cite This Source - This Definition - DEWP, Disdrometer, Environmental Lapse Rate, Environmental Temperature Sounding, Hygrometer, Measured Ceiling, Psychrometer, Radiosonde, Sling Psychrometer, sounding, Theodolite, Thermograph, Thermometer