Weather stations are a popular project for experimenting with various environmental sensors, and for wind speed and direction the choice is usually a simple cup anemometer and wind vane.

[Janne Jansson] decided to combine a set of measuring cups, a hacked Linksys NSLU2 NAS, and a PS/2 Mouse together to make a self-contained Wind Speed Sensor for his roof. The measuring cups act as ...

Weather instruments are classified foremost by the type of atmospheric conditions they measure. Complex weather meters may measure multiple conditions listed below. Wind speed — properly, the change ...

Description: The Kett KJT10 is the world's first compact on-line system that uses pulsed light through Infrared Emitting Diodes (IRED's) to measure product composition. With refresh rates of 0.1 ...

The cockerel on this weather vane shows the wind is coming from the south. An anemometer measures the speed of wind. It has three cups that catch the wind and spin round. The anemometer counts the ...

The bottom line is when the anemometer consistently records a certain wind speed, the city's bridges ... "But we have wind ...

In general, wind shear refers to any change in wind speed or direction along a straight line. In the case of hurricanes, wind shear is important primarily in the vertical direction--from the ...

Most wind energy comes from turbines that can be as tall as a 20-story building and have three 200-foot (60-meter)-long blades. The wind spins the blades, which turn a shaft connected to a ...

The world's biggest storms, which whip the high seas into a frenzy or flatten buildings on land, have long daunted wind farm developers. But that is changing. Operators are increasingly adopting ...

Nenad, Maras his little brother, wants to follow the ilegal footsteps of his brother and now Maras and Baca have to free him from the clutches of the bad guys.