WIND DIRECTION
SCIENCE OBJECTIVE:
INSTRUMENT DESCRIPTION: This
instrument uses platinum wires in a hot wire anemometer configuration. Eight wires are place around the periphery of
a
cylinder with a small current running thru them just enough to
warm them. As the wind blows past he
wire it will cool and this can be detected either as a
voltage drop or current change. Depending on which wires change and by how
much the direction of the wind flow can be determined.
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