Wind
activity:wind

This is a page to collect resources, stories and projects related to measuring wind. See the [AS220 page](/as220) for some wind sensors! ## Questions [questions:wind] ## Related posts [notes:wind] ...


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wjw "My initial testing has been reasonably successful. The hardware is workable, though I had to move the rain gage off the post due to the fact that,..." | Read more » almost 9 years ago
wjw "So, the time has come to get ready to move this from the bench to the real world. Thus far... Started with a new plated through-hole half size p..." | Read more » almost 9 years ago
stevie "Woah! Awesome thread... " | Read more » over 10 years ago
amysoyka "There is this really cool trick for peeling CD's. This video shows how it works: CD spectroscope: http://youtu.be/-cH_2mbsvBo " | Read more » over 10 years ago
btbonval "Thanks for the screenshot. I think it will help give people an idea of what they're getting if they should choose to use this meteorological statio..." | Read more » over 10 years ago
mathew "yeah! exactly. We have to do it in .1mm according to the article. I'm thinking about peeling the reflective layer off and making it sticky then s..." | Read more » over 10 years ago
danbeavers "Or spray glue on a DVD? " | Read more » over 10 years ago
mathew "I'm also looking at using stickypads. just tape catching particles. I wonder if we could run 5" tape disks in a DVD drive? " | Read more » over 10 years ago
mathew "woah. that CD idea is great! the biggest issue with particle monitoring is getting the particle counts measured in mircrograms/cu meter. " | Read more » over 10 years ago
amysoyka "Looks like it has kind of been done elsewhere for a slightly different purpose: http://pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/ArticleLanding/2011/LC/c0lc00451k " | Read more » over 10 years ago
amysoyka "You know what... I'm looking at this image here and can't help but think we could repurposed some old CD drives. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pa..." | Read more » over 10 years ago
amysoyka "Sure. Someone I was speaking to recently was talking about the turbidity of water being an indicator of particulate matter. I wonder if there is ..." | Read more » over 10 years ago
mathew "that's in beta too. I"m thinking more inline with the dustduino or Speck's cheap sensors, only with more controlled airflow. both really need corr..." | Read more » over 10 years ago
amysoyka "Edit: I just realised it is the Alima that does particle sensing. My apolpgies. Netatmo tries to work our Air Quality as a whole & that is with..." | Read more » over 10 years ago
mathew "hmmm. i can't find their particle sensor. is there a standard sensor format for these things or are they all unique? " | Read more » over 10 years ago
amysoyka "The weather station we have does let you plug in new sensors - the issue would be that it wouldn't display on the display - as that is limited to w..." | Read more » over 10 years ago
mathew "I'm interested in piggybacking particle sensors onto weather stations-- does yours let you plug in new sensors? existing commercial sensors are us..." | Read more » over 10 years ago
btbonval "Thanks Amy. It'd be great if you could edit this note to show us a screenshot or two of the web page after it is up and running, just to demonstrat..." | Read more » over 10 years ago