What is an anemometer?

What is an anemometer? What does an anemometer measure? You may have heard that a common use of an anemometer is to measure wind speed in weather forecasts. Especially in blue wind weather, this word may appear more frequently, but do you know what an anemometer is? How does it work?
Let me take you to explore this issue in depth! 

What does an anemometer measure?

What is an anemometer? What does an anemometer measure? This must be a question that many people are curious about. In fact, an anemometer is a device used to measure the wind speed of a vehicle. Different anemometers have different working principles.

Anemometers often appear together with "wind direction sensors", which measure the direction of the wind.

With anemometers and wind direction sensors, we can know the direction of the wind and the speed of the wind.

How does an anemometer work?

How does an anemometer work? Different anemometers have different working principles.

The working principle of an ultrasonic anemometer is to calculate the wind speed and direction through the time difference of ultrasonic pulses propagating in the downwind and upwind directions.

In addition, mechanical anemometers are also a very common type of anemometer. It uses wind to drive the wind cup to rotate and obtains accurate data based on the rotation.
In addition, there are thermal anemometers, pressure anemometers, laser Doppler anemometers and other anemometers with different principles on the market.

Yantai not only has mechanical anemometers with low rotational resistance, high mechanical strength and high hardness, but also ultrasonic anemometers with no moving parts and no maintenance.

Both types of anemometers are made of ASA material, which will not change color even after years of outdoor exposure, and the measurement is still accurate!

Who uses anemometers?

Who uses anemometers？Anemometers are essential for anyone or organization who wants to understand the weather conditions!

For example, drone nests and helicopter landing pads need to measure wind speed to avoid accidents.

For example, in navigation, anemometers assist ships in adjusting their course and avoiding the risk of strong winds.

For example, in environmental monitoring, anemometers are used to track the path of pollutant diffusion and evaluate air quality.

Another example is wind power generation. Anemometers are needed to evaluate the site selection of wind farms and control the operating efficiency of turbines.

Anemometers are part of meteorological instruments (for example, the XF500 five-element weather station includes an ultrasonic wind speed and direction sensor), and are also part of weather stations (RYQ-3 weather stations are equipped with anemometers).

It is worth mentioning that Yantai's Xinfeng second-generation wind speed and direction sensor has broken through the 75m/s wind tunnel test.

Yantai has multiple anemometers (wind speed and direction sensors) with different ranges and accuracies to meet your different needs. Our product quality testing center has obtained CNAS certification, and the quality of our products is guaranteed!

If you need an anemometer with accurate measurement and high cost performance, Yantai may be a good choice!