List of weather instruments

For financial instruments concering weather, see weather insurance.

This is a list of devices used for recording various aspects of the weather.

Observation systems

• Argo
• Global Atmosphere Watch
• Automatic weather station
• Remote Automated Weather Stations (RAWS)
• Automated Surface Observing System (ASOS)
• Meteorological Aerodrome Report (METAR)
• NEXRAD radar
• Global Sea Level Observing System
• SST buoys
• Hurricane Hunters
• Dropsonde
• Weather balloon

Obsolete observation systems

• WSR-57
• WSR-74

Orbital instrumentation

• AIRS
• AMSU-A
• ASTER
• Aqua
• Aura
• AVHRR
• CALIPSO
• CloudSat
• CERES
• DMC
• Envisat
• EROS
• GOES
• GOMOS
• GRACE
• Hydros
• ICESat
• IKONOS
• Jason-1
• Landsat
• MERIS
• MetOp
• Meteor
• Meteosat
• MLS
• MIPAS
• MISR
• MODIS
• MOPITT
• MTSAT
• NMP
• NOAA-N'
• NPOESS
• OMI
• OCO
• PARASOL
• QuickBird
• QuikSCAT
• RADARSAT-1
• SCIAMACHY
• SeaWiFS
• SORCE
• SPOT
• TES
• Terra
• TRMM

Obsolete orbital instrumentation

• ERS
• Nimbus program
• Project Vanguard
• Seasat
• TOPEX/Poseidon
• TIROS

See also

• Meteorology
• Earth Observing System
• Geographic information system
• Weather radar
• Weather satellite
• Automated Quality control of meteorological observations