Meteorology meets metrology
Tuesday, December 2, 2014 - 09:30
in Earth & Climate
Barely has the research aircraft HALO entered the kilometre-high clouds towering above the Brazilian rainforest than the researchers find themselves in a complete haze, but they can rely on the measuring instruments that are working at full capacity. HAI – a new, highly accurate hygrometer of the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) – is aboard.