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Cyanometer

Term · Meteorology and atmospheric science · MLC-T-MET-004821

An instrument designed to measure the blueness of the sky, typically by comparing the sky's color to a graded series of blue shades. This device provides a subjective assessment of atmospheric turbidity and the amount of scattering by aerosols and molecules. Horace-Bénédict de Saussure invented an early version in the late 18th century.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-MET-004821
FieldMeteorology and atmospheric science
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-MET-004821",
  "term": "Cyanometer",
  "field": "Meteorology and atmospheric science",
  "definition": "An instrument designed to measure the blueness of the sky, typically by comparing the sky's color to a graded series of blue shades. This device provides a subjective assessment of atmospheric turbidity and the amount of scattering by aerosols and molecules. Horace-Bénédict de Saussure invented an early version in the late 18th century.",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/meteorology/cyanometer/"
}

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