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== Databases ==
 
== Databases ==
* [[http://agmetx.agry.purdue.edu/sc.index.html Indiana Climate Data Access]]
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=== Indiana Climate Data Access ===
=== Farmland ===
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* http://agmetx.agry.purdue.edu/sc.index.html
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==== 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.
  
=== Calculations ===
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== Calculations ==
 
* The mode is consisidered the prevailing wind direction.
 
* The mode is consisidered the prevailing wind direction.
 
* Dividing each recording into a north-south and east-west vector, averaging them, and then reassembling the vectors.
 
* Dividing each recording into a north-south and east-west vector, averaging them, and then reassembling the vectors.
=== METAR ===
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== METAR ==
 
* http://metar.noaa.gov/
 
* http://metar.noaa.gov/
  

Revision as of 15:48, 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

Calculations

  • The mode is consisidered the prevailing wind direction.
  • Dividing each recording into a north-south and east-west vector, averaging them, and then reassembling the vectors.

METAR

External Links