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Nephoscope is instrument for measuring the altitude, direction, and velocity of clouds. It Uses Radio Waves that bounce back and forth.

There are several types of nephoscope:

• the comb nephoscope developed by Besson;
• the mirror nephoscope developed by Finemann;
• the grid nephoscope, a variation on the comb modified by the Norwegians.

The nephoscope is used as a grid to measure the clouds.It is also used to find the movements of clouds.

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