A rapid-response 2-D drag anemometer for atmospheric turbulence measurements

A. E. Green; M. J. Judd; J. K. McAneney; M. S. Astill; P. T. Prendergast

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A rapid-response 2-D drag anemometer for atmospheric turbulence measurements

A. E. Green^*, M. J. Judd, J. K. McAneney, M. S. Astill, P. T. Prendergast

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A rapid response drag anemometer for measuring streamwise and lateral components of horizontal windspeed is described. Theory of operation, design and calibration are discussed with emphasis on the electronic preconditioning of signals and problems associated with using a mechanically resonant system as a sensor. Field comparisons showed half-hourly means and standard deviations of the streamwise component to be within 8% and 5% of respective values obtained from a 3-dimensional sonic anemometer. The lateral component from the drag anemometer was significantly more noisy than that from the 3-D sonic due to induced oscillations arising from vortex shedding. After mechanical and electronic filtering, half-hourly standard deviation comparisons agreed to within 6% for this component. Friction velocities obtained from the drag anemometer in combination with a 1-D sonic, agreed with measurements from the 3-D sonic anemometer to within 4% over a measured range of 0.05 to 1.2 m s^-1

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1-15
Number of pages	15
Journal	Boundary-Layer Meteorology
Volume	57
Issue number	1-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00119711
Publication status	Published - Oct 1991
Externally published	Yes

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