Weather stations are a popular project for experimenting with various environmental sensors, and for wind speed and direction the choice is usually a simple cup anemometer and wind vane. For [Jianjia ...

Engineers have developed a wind sensor for drones and autonomous aircraft that is lightweight, low-energy, low-drag and more sensitive to changes in pressure than conventional types. As demand for ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Engineers have designed and successfully tested a more efficient wind sensor for use on drones, balloons and other autonomous aircraft. These wind sensors – called anemometers – are ...

To measure wind speed and direction, most people turn the traditional cup anemometer and wind vane. Another less-known method is to use an array of ultrasonic transducers, which doesn’t need any ...

In order to test feasibility of using drones as a flying wind sensors, researchers from the Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics of the German Aerospace Center (DLR) have performed autonomous flight ...

If you are interested in creating a DIY Arduino wind speed meter or anemometer to monitor the wind strength in your location, you might be interested in this quick tutorial I have put together to ...

The Netatmo Weather Station, which can accurately and in real time measure weather information such as temperature, humidity, carbon dioxide concentration, air quality, noise level, atmospheric ...

Wind speed measurement has long been a cornerstone of meteorological observation, renewable energy assessment and aeronautical research. The performance of anemometers—devices designed to accurately ...

Engineers have designed and successfully tested a more efficient wind sensor for use on drones, balloons and other autonomous aircraft. Engineers have designed and successfully tested a more efficient ...