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 Atmospheric icing Calibrated...

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...

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

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...

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

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...

non-naval use from the 1850s, with scale numbers corresponding to cup anemometer rotations. In 1853, the Beaufort scale was accepted as generally applicable...

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 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...

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...

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

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...

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...

Leone Battista Alberti developed a swinging-plate anemometer, and was known as the first anemometer. In 1607, Galileo Galilei constructed a thermoscope...

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

when they met. Modern aerovanes combine the directional vane with an anemometer (a device for measuring the speed of the wind). Co-locating both instruments...

(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...

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...

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

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

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

the Greek word for wind + -scope. Is should not be confused with the anemometer, a device to measure the speed of the wind, alongside which it is often...

over rough land and near high buildings. The wind is measured using an anemometer or estimated with a windsock. The average value of wind speed is generally...

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...

information on depth of water under the vessel (depth sounder), windspeed (anemometer), and directional orientation (compass). Navigation electronics include...

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...