An operational digital wind system
Abstract
The present method for an observer to obtain mean wind and gust data from the U2A wind system is to visually interpret two dials, one indicating wind speed and the other wind direction. In this method the speed and the direction parameters of the wind are estimated separately. As an aid to the observer, a system has been developed to digitize the wind information from the sensors and to display the mean and peak observations. The information in this digitized form can also be transmitted via a radio data link from a remote sensor site up to 15 kilometers from the observer's station. This system can operate in parallel with the existing configuration of the U2A sensor and dial display.
- Publication:
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4th Symposium on Meteorological Observations and Instrumentation
- Pub Date:
- 1978
- Bibcode:
- 1978smoi.proc...61S
- Keywords:
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- Digital Systems;
- Meteorological Instruments;
- Wind Measurement;
- Anemometers;
- Data Processing Equipment;
- Display Devices;
- Wind Vanes;
- Instrumentation and Photography