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ATMOMETER [1 record]

Record 1 2010-09-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Weather Stations and Meteorological Instruments and Equipment
DEF

Instrument for measuring the amount of water evaporated into the atmosphere during a specific time interval.

OBS

Four main classes of atmometers may be distinguished: (a) large evaporation tanks sunk in the ground or floating on protected waters, (b) small open-evaporation pans, (c) porous porcelain bodies, used mainly by plant physiologists in studying evaporation from plants, and (d) atmometers with wet paper surfaces.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stations, instruments et équipements météorologiques
DEF

Appareil qui permet de mesurer la perte en eau d'une surface poreuse mouillée.

OBS

évaporomètre : Les surfaces mouillées sont constituées, soit par des sphères, des cylindres ou des plaques de porcelaine poreuse, soit par des rondelles de papier filtre, maintenues mouillées en permanence. Actuellement le seul appareil de cette nature couramment utilisé en France est l'évaporomètre Piche.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Estaciones, instrumentos y equipos meteorológicos
DEF

Instrumento para medir la cantidad de agua evaporada en la atmósfera durante un cierto intervalo de tiempo.

Key term(s)
  • evaporómetro
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