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== Standards ==
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* Three types recorded: speed, direction, and gusts.
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* Instantaneous velocities are sampled every 30 seconds.
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* Wind direction is recorded in degrees from true north [[http://www.ofcm.gov/fmh-1/pdf/E-CH5.pdf 5.5.1]].
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* Average wind direction and speed is determined by averaging the values over a 2-minute period [[http://www.ofcm.gov/fmh-1/pdf/E-CH5.pdf 5.4]].
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* Wind gusts are the maximum instantaneous speed in the past 10 minutes [[http://www.ofcm.gov/fmh-1/pdf/E-CH5.pdf 5.5.4]].
  
= Sampling Databases =
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== Documents ==
* [[http://agmetx.agry.purdue.edu/sc.index.html Indiana Climate Data Access]]
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=== Federal Meteorological Handbook ===
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* [[http://www.ofcm.gov/fmh-1/fmh1.htm Federal Meteorological Handbook No. 1]]  - Surface Weather Observations and Reports
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** [[http://www.ofcm.gov/fmh-1/pdf/E-CH5.pdf Wind Section in Handbook]]
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=== Indiana State Climate Office ===
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* http://shadow.agry.purdue.edu/sc.hly-faq.html#q11
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* Measures once every second, averaged every 5 seconds. The 5 second averages are used in the 2-minute average.
  
== Placement ==
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== Databases ==
*The international standard for anemometer height above the ground is 10 meters (33 feet) with no obstructions. [2]
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=== Indiana Climate Data Access ===
 
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* http://agmetx.agry.purdue.edu/sc.index.html
== Keeping Records ==
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==== Farmland ====
 
 
=== Sampling Standards ===
 
* Mean Wind Speed and Direction: 2-minute mean of speed and direction sampled [2]
 
* Wind direction is recorded in degrees from true north [1 19][2 ].
 
 
 
== Data Sampling ==
 
 
 
=== NWS Spaceflight Meterology Group ===
 
* http://www.srh.noaa.gov/smg/wxsensors.htm
 
* Raw sensor data: once every 10-30 seconds
 
* Averaging period: two minute wind direction and speed
 
* Gust: highest instantaneous measurement in past two minutes
 
 
 
=== Farmland ===
 
 
* http://shadow.agry.purdue.edu/cgi-bin/map_patrol/images/cd_zen.map?162,104
 
* http://shadow.agry.purdue.edu/cgi-bin/map_patrol/images/cd_zen.map?162,104
 
* Lists wind direction, speed, and gust.
 
* Lists wind direction, speed, and gust.
  
=== Indiana State Climate Office ===
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== Damping Techniques ==
* http://shadow.agry.purdue.edu/sc.hly-faq.html#q11
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* The mode is consisidered the prevailing wind direction.
* Measures once every second, averaged every 5 seconds. The 5 second averages are used in the 2-minute average.
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* Dividing each recording into a north-south and east-west vector, averaging them, and then reassembling the vectors.
 
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* http://www.webmet.com/met_monitoring/62.html
=== Federal Meteorological Handbook ===
 
* http://www.ofcm.gov/fmh-1/fmh1.htm
 
* [[http://www.ofcm.gov/fmh-1/pdf/E-CH5.pdf Wind]]
 
 
 
=== METAR ===
 
* http://metar.noaa.gov/
 
 
 
=== Calculations ===
 
 
 
* The mode is consisidered the prevailing wind direction. [1 19]
 
* Dividing each recording into a north-south and east-west vector, averaging them, and then reassembling the vectors. [1 19]
 
 
 
==Sampling Standards==
 
*Mean Wind Speed and Direction: 2-minute mean of speed and direction sampled before the observation valid time sampled from high-resoluation data (minimum: 5 second instrument polling).
 
*Gust: Maximum 'instantaneous' wind value observed in the 10 minutes before the observation time.  
 
  
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
  
 
*[http://www.novalynx.com/manuals/obsman.pdf International Weather Watchers Observer Handbook]
 
*[http://www.novalynx.com/manuals/obsman.pdf International Weather Watchers Observer Handbook]
*[http://mywebpages.comcast.net/dshelms/CWOP_Guide.pdf CWOP Weather Station Siting, Performance, and Data Quality Guide]
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*[http://mywebpages.comcast.net/dshelms/CWOP_Guide.pdf Citizen Weather Observer Program Guide]
*[http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/askasci/wea00/wea00258.htm Averaging Wind Speed and Direction]
 
 
*[http://rredc.nrel.gov/wind/pubs/atlas/atlas_index.html Wind Energy Resource Atlas of the United States]
 
*[http://rredc.nrel.gov/wind/pubs/atlas/atlas_index.html Wind Energy Resource Atlas of the United States]
 
*[http://www.sodar.com/VectorScalar.htm Vector vs. Scalar Averaging of Wind Data]
 
*[http://www.sodar.com/VectorScalar.htm Vector vs. Scalar Averaging of Wind Data]
 
*http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/wndav.shtml
 
*http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/wndav.shtml
*http://www.windustry.org/resources/WIND%20PROSPECTING_Monitoring%20at%20Site_FEB05.pdf
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*[[http://www.windustry.org/resources/WIND%20PROSPECTING_Monitoring%20at%20Site_FEB05.pdf Monitoring at Site]]
 
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* [[http://metar.noaa.gov/ METAR]]
==Data Sets==
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* [[http://www.wmo.ch/index-en.html World Meteorological Organization]]
*[http://electron.electronics.indiana.edu/weather/data/index.htm]
 

Latest revision as of 15:31, 3 April 2006

Standards

  • Three types recorded: speed, direction, and gusts.
  • Instantaneous velocities are sampled every 30 seconds.
  • Wind direction is recorded in degrees from true north [5.5.1].
  • Average wind direction and speed is determined by averaging the values over a 2-minute period [5.4].
  • Wind gusts are the maximum instantaneous speed in the past 10 minutes [5.5.4].

Documents

Federal Meteorological Handbook

Indiana State Climate Office

Databases

Indiana Climate Data Access

Farmland

Damping Techniques

External Links