In meteorology, an anemometer (from Ancient Greek άνεμος (ánemos) 'wind', and μέτρον (métron) 'measure') is a device that measures wind speed and direction...
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pitot tube is modified to create a special type of anemometer called pitot tube static anemometer. Air data boom Altimeter Annubar Atmospheric icing Calibrated...
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to changes in temperature. Wind speed is now commonly measured with an anemometer. Wind speed affects weather forecasting, aviation and maritime operations...
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the wind actually was zero, as indicated by the trackside anemometer. The triple-jump anemometer, some 10 metres away, read 4.3 m/s, more than double the...
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Anemometer Hill (68°11′S 67°0′W / 68.183°S 67.000°W / -68.183; -67.000) is a hill 25 metres (80 ft) high northeast of Fishtrap Cove on Stonington Island...
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An aerographer's mate 3rd class uses a handheld anemometer to measure wind speed and direction aboard the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower....
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for measuring atmospheric pressure Hygrometer for measuring humidity Anemometer for measuring wind speed Pyranometer for measuring solar radiation Rain...
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sock Anemoscope – meteorological device for measuring wind direction Anemometer – meteorological device for measuring wind speed Draco (military standard)...
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Thomas Romney Robinson (redirect from Robinson anemometer)
observatories in the UK of its time. He is remembered as inventor of the 4-cup anemometer. Robinson was born at St Anne's in Dublin, the son of the English portrait...
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Eddy covariance system consisting of an ultrasonic anemometer and infrared gas analyser....
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Mars Pathfinder is an American robotic spacecraft that landed a base station with a roving probe on Mars in 1997. It consisted of a lander, renamed the...
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instruments used to measure wind speed and direction are called anemoscopes, anemometers and wind vanes. These types of instruments are used by the wind energy...
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2019 in 100 metres 2020 in 100 metres It is widely believed that the anemometer was faulty for the race in which Florence Griffith-Joyner set the official...
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lining the Hong Kong Island skyline include the HSBC Main Building, the anemometer-topped triangular Central Plaza, the circular Hopewell Centre, and the...
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suspended in the wind on the expedition hut roof, at the same level as the anemometer. The so-called Windchill Index provided a pretty good indication of the...
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communication between marine electronics such as echo sounder, sonars, anemometer, gyrocompass, autopilot, GPS receivers and many other types of instruments...
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over open waters, but the strongest winds were not measured. Although anemometer, a device used for measuring wind speed, was invented in 1846, during...
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wind is the speed and direction of wind indicated by a wind instrument (anemometer) on a moving craft (on water, land or ice) in undisturbed air. It is composed...
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(121 km/h). An anemometer placed midway between the two towers on the west side of the bridge has been used to measure wind speeds. Another anemometer was placed...
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steering too far to the left or to the right. Lindbergh's compass used an anemometer to spin the armature through a universal joint. The armature was mounted...
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Houston metropolitan area. While the highest wind gust recorded by an anemometer reached 78 mph (126 km/h), post-storm damage surveys conducted by the...
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how the sea, not the sails, behaved and extended to land observations. Anemometer rotations to scale numbers were standardised only in 1923. George Simpson...
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information on depth of water under the vessel (depth sounder), windspeed (anemometer), and directional orientation (compass). Navigation electronics include...
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14:36 Leg 6 (7.195km) John Kariuki 19:59 It is widely believed that the anemometer was faulty for the race in which Florence Griffith Joyner set the official...
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measure weather phenomena in the mid-20th century were the rain gauge, the anemometer, and the hygrometer. The 17th century saw the development of the barometer...
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measurements from such weather instruments as thermometers, barometers, and anemometers during the past few centuries. The instruments used to study weather...
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violent tornado wind speeds is nearly impossible, since conventional anemometers would be destroyed by the intense winds and flying debris, some tornadoes...
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estimate wind speed by the angle of hang. Wind speed is measured by anemometers, most commonly using rotating cups or propellers. When a high measurement...
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calculated once the radio stopped transmitting. An odometer driven by a vane anemometer on the nose determined when the target area had been reached, accurate...
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A methanometer, next to an anemometer (left) and a safety lamp (right)....
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