In meteorology, an anemometer (from Ancient Greek άνεμος (ánemos) 'wind' and μέτρον (métron) 'measure') is a device that measures wind speed and direction...

to changes in temperature. Wind speed is now commonly measured with an anemometer. Wind speed affects weather forecasting, aviation and maritime operations...

pitot tube is modified to create a special type of anemometer called pitot tube static anemometer. Air data boom Altimeter Annubar Calibrated airspeed...

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...

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...

for measuring atmospheric pressure Hygrometer for measuring humidity Anemometer for measuring wind speed Pyranometer for measuring solar radiation Rain...

sock Anemoscope – meteorological device for measuring wind direction Anemometer – meteorological device for measuring wind speed Draco (military standard)...

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...

Eddy covariance system consisting of an ultrasonic anemometer and infrared gas analyser....

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...

Mars Pathfinder was an American robotic spacecraft that landed a base station with a roving probe on Mars in 1997. It consisted of a lander, renamed the...

sky, the diaphanometer for judging the clarity of the atmosphere, the anemometer and the mountain eudiometer. Of particular importance was a hair hygrometer...

open waters, but the strongest winds were not measured. Although the anemometer, a device used for measuring wind speed, was invented in 1846, during...

lining the Hong Kong Island skyline include the HSBC Main Building, the anemometer-topped triangular Central Plaza, the circular Hopewell Centre, and the...

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...

how the sea, not the sails, behaved and extended to land observations. Anemometer rotations to scale numbers were standardised only in 1923. George Simpson...

Access ladder Wind orientation control (yaw control) Nacelle Generator Anemometer Electric or mechanical brake Gearbox Rotor blade Blade pitch control Rotor...

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...

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...

measurements from such weather instruments as thermometers, barometers, and anemometers during the past few centuries. The instruments used to study weather...

(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...

An aerographer's mate 3rd class uses a handheld anemometer to measure wind speed and direction aboard the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower....

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...

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...

humidity; rotating vane anemometers, used for measuring air velocity and volumetric flow; and hot-sphere anemometers. Anemometers may use ultrasound or...

the operating controls, load-movement indicator system (LMI), scale, anemometer, etc. Jib: the jib, or operating arm, extends horizontally from the crane...

violent tornado wind speeds is nearly impossible, since conventional anemometers would be destroyed by the intense winds and flying debris, some tornadoes...

will predict the external ballistics and read the wind speed using an anemometer or physical indicators like the mirage caused by ground heat. Also, in...

communication between marine electronics such as echo sounder, sonars, anemometer, gyrocompass, autopilot, GPS receivers and many other types of instruments...

sporting events were also moved, delayed, or cancelled due to the storm. An anemometer in Grand Isle recorded a gust of 148 mph (238 km/h) before being destroyed...