Weather Observation

Observation of Weather

• Clouds in Hong Kong

• Beaufort Wind Scale
• Rime
• Rime
• Cumulus - a play in the sky
• What is Cirrus?
• Lenticular Clouds
• Haze as a result of Northeast Monsoon
• The Origin of Wind
• Beaufort Scale for Winds (in Chinese only)
• Measurement of Upper Air Winds - Wind Profiler (in Chinese only)
• Background Information on UV Radiation & UV Index
• Use of Renewable Energy at Automatic Weather Stations
• Measurement of Surface Wind
• Measurement of Precipitation
• Heat Stress Measurement System
• Hazy weather in the Mainland China

Weather Radar

• What is a Weather Radar?

• Article on most advanced radar system at Tai Mo Shan﹝文匯報 December 10, 1999) (in Chinese only)
• Weather Radar Observations in Hong Kong