SODAR

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A transportable SODAR system used to measure wind profiles.
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A transportable SODAR system used to measure wind profiles.

SODAR (SOnic Detection and Ranging) - a meteorological instrument the principle of operation of which is based on the scattering of sound waves by atmospheric turbulence. SODAR systems are used to measure wind speed and the thermodynamic structure of the atmosphere.

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Meteorological instrumentation and equipment

Anemometer | Barograph | Barometer | Ceiling balloon | Ceiling projector | Ceilometer | Dark adaptor goggles | Disdrometer | Field mill | Hygrometer | Ice Accretion Indicator | LIDAR | Lightning detector | Nephelometer | Nephoscope | Radiosonde | Rain gauge | Satellite | Snow gauge | SODAR | Sounding rocket | Stevenson screen | Sunshine recorders | Thermograph | Thermometer | Weather balloon | Weather radar | Weather satellite | Weather vane | Windsock | Wind profiler

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