COMMUNICATION THEORY APPLIED TO METEOROLOGICAL MEASUREMENTS

Abstract

Measurement of a changing meteorological quantity may be treated as a problem in communication, and many developments in the latter field can be applied to an analysis of measuring techniques. It is found that the performance of a measuring system can be expressed in terms of frequency response, phase distortion, and linearity. The characteristics of commonly used systems are investigated, and methods for improving the performance of such systems are discussed. It is shown that the analysis furnishes a basis for the choice or design of measuring systems for particular observational programs.