How wind can be measured?

Question

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Answer 1

Using the Beaufort Scale. Below

0 Calm Less than 2 Smoke Rises Vertically

1 Light Air 2-5 Smoke drift shows wind direction, wind vanes don't move.

2 Light Breeze 6-12 Wind felt on face, wind vanes move.

3 Gentle Breeze 13-20 Leaves and small twigs in motion, hair disturbed, clothing flaps.

4 Moderate Breeze 21-30 Dust and loose paper moved, small branches move.

5 Fresh Breeze 31-40 Small trees with leaves begin to sway, wind force felt on body.

6 Strong Breeze 41-51 Large branches move, umbrellas difficult to use, difficult to walk steady.

7 Moderate Gale 52-63 Whole trees in motion, inconvenience felt when walking.

8 Gale 64-77 Twigs broken off trees, difficult to walk.

9 Strong Gale 78-86 People blown over, slight structural damage including tiles being blown off houses.

10 Whole Gale 88-101 Trees uprooted, considerable structural damage.

11 Storm 102-120 Widespread damage.

12 Hurricane Greater than 120 Widespread devastation.

Answer 2

The wind can vary in a number of ways – both in terms of its speed and also its direction.

Firstly we will consider how to measure the direction of the wind. For this, two main devices are used – a weather vane and a wind sock.

Weather vanes are one of the oldest of all weather instruments, working by swinging around in the wind to show which direction it is blowing from.
Another device used to measure the wind is a wind sock. This instrument is found mainly at airports, seaports and other open areas such as mountain roads where a very visual indication of the wind is needed.

The main instrument used to measure the speed of the wind is an anemometer. The little cups on this device catch the wind and spin round at different speeds according to the strength of the wind. A recording device is used to count how many times they spin round in a given time.
It is also possible to measure the speed of the wind by looking at its effects on the local environment.

Answer 3

Anemometer is the main instrument used to measure the speed of the wind. It has little cups which catch the wind and spin round at different speeds according to the strength of the wind. A recording device is used to count how many times they spin round in a given time.
Its units are Km/hr or miles/hr or knots
A scale developed on the basis of observation of the effects of wind is also available- Beaufort Scale (ref: http://www.stormfax.com/beaufort.htm)
and World Meteorological Organisation website (http://www.wmo.ch/index-en.html )

Answer 4

there is a device that measures the speed and direction of wind. some of them are called weather vanes. those measure direction. Anemometers measure wind speed. see the link below for more info and some pictures.

Answer 5

anemometer?