An atmometer or evaporimeter is a scientific instrument used for measuring the rate of water evaporation from a wet surface to the atmosphere. Atmometers are mainly used by farmers and growers to measure evapotranspiration (ET) rates of crops at any field location. Evapotranspiration is a measure of all of the water that evaporates from land surfa... Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atmometer
<instrument> An instrument for measuring the rate of evaporation. ... Origin: atmo-+ G. Metron, measure ... (05 Mar 2000) ... Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20973
At·mom'e·ter noun [ Greek ... smoke, vapor + -meter : confer French atmomètre .] An instrument for measuring the rate of evaporation from a moist surface; an evaporometer. Huxley. Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/A/140
The atmometer is an instrument invented by Sir John Leslie for measuring the quantity of moisture exhaled in a given time from any humid surface. It consists of a very thin ball of porous-earthenware, from 25 to 75 mm in diameter, having a small neck firmly cemented to a long and rather wide tube of glass, to which is adapted a brass cap with a nar... Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/GA.HTM
An instrument for measuring the rate at which water evaporates, also called an evaporimeter. See also: Atmometry, Water. Found on https://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20687