1.7

Question 1

Used to measure humidity

Answer 1

Psychrometer or Hygrometer

Question 2

Used to measure incoming and outgoing of radiation.

Answer 2

Radiometer

Question 3

Used to measure wind speed and direction.

Answer 3

Anemometer

Question 4

Used to measure humidity, temperature, air pressure, and wind speed.

Answer 4

Weather balloons

Question 5

Equipment for measurement of atmospheric moisture.

Answer 5

1. Psychrometer (hygrometer)
2. Anemometer,
3. Radiometer,
4. Rainfall Gage,
5. Evaporation Pans,
6. Weather Balloons,
7. Mercurial Barometer

Question 6

It acts as a weighing balance, and changes in atmospheric pressure are detected from changes in height of the column or mercury.

Answer 6

Mercurial Barometer

Question 7

Is an instrument based on temperature difference between two thermometers.

Answer 7

Psychrometer

Question 8

Other term for psychrometer

Answer 8

Hygrometer

Question 9

Measure of degree of saturation of the air.

Answer 9

Relative humidity.

Question 10

It moves in a flip-flop motion and make electrical contact for every increment of rainfall.

Answer 10

Tipping bucket recording gage

Question 11

Radar means

Answer 11

Radio detection and ranging

Question 12

It is used to measure rainfall rates since 1994

Answer 12

Radar

Question 13

Process which water in its liquid or solid state is transformed into water vapor.

Answer 13

Evaporation

Question 14

Used to measure movement of water from the surface into the soil zone (infiltration)

Answer 14

Infiltrometer

Question 15

Generally measured by observing stage, or elevation above a specified elevation datum, in a channel and then relating stage to a discharge via a rating curve.

Answer 15

Streamflow

Question 16

Is a fixed scale set so that a portion is immersed in water and can be read manually during a storm passage.

Answer 16

Staff gage.

Question 17

Is lowered from a bridge structure to the water surface, and reading are taken as a function of time through a storm event.

Answer 17

Wire-weight gage

Question 18

Uses a small amount of cork inside an enclosed staff gage.

Answer 18

Crest stage gage

Question 19

Senses water level by maintaining a continuous stream of gas in a small pipe under the water.

Answer 19

Bubble gage

Question 20

Senses the pressure or height of water that sits above the monitor.

Answer 20

Transducer

Question 21

ADFM means

Answer 21

Acoustic Doppler Flow Meters

Question 22

A new method to accurately measure flow rate by measuring the actual velocity profile in a pipe or open channel.

Answer 22

ADFM (Acoustic Doppler Flow Meter)

Question 23

Used to collect, transmit, and analyze data from remote gages in a large watershed.

Answer 23

Flood Alert System

Question 24

HCOEM means

Answer 24

Harris County Office of Emergency Management

Question 25

This system allows emergency vehicles and personnel to better plan for the unexpected during a large storm event over the watershed.

Answer 25

FAS3

Question 26

It relies on NEXRAD data to estimate rainfall intensities and cumulative amounts over a 100 m² watershed in southwest Houston.

Answer 26

FAS2