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* http://shadow.agry.purdue.edu/sc.hly-faq.html#q11
 
* http://shadow.agry.purdue.edu/sc.hly-faq.html#q11
 
* Measures once every second, averaged every 5 seconds. The 5 second averages are used in the 2-minute average.
 
* Measures once every second, averaged every 5 seconds. The 5 second averages are used in the 2-minute average.
=== METAR ===
 
* http://metar.noaa.gov/ - METAR is the international standard code format for hourly surface weather observations which is analogous to the SA coding currently used in the US.
 
 
=== World Meteorological Organization ===
 
* http://www.wmo.ch/index-en.html
 
  
 
== Databases ==
 
== Databases ==
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*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 Monitoring at Site]]
 
*[[http://www.windustry.org/resources/WIND%20PROSPECTING_Monitoring%20at%20Site_FEB05.pdf Monitoring at Site]]
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* [[http://www.wmo.ch/index-en.html World Meteorological Organization]]

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