Wind profiler
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A wind profiler is a piece of weather observing equipment that uses radar or sound waves (SODAR) to detect the wind speed and direction at various elevations above the ground. Such data is very useful to meteorological and aviation interests.
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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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