Talk:Wind speed

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[edit] Measuring

What are the instrument use in measuring wind what the hell

Also in this section, the sentence:

They can fix his position relative to the ground and knowing from instruments his movement through the air can estimate the wind speed and direction over the time he has been flying. Such reports can be used to confirm wind speed forecasts.

...appears misplaced or lacking in context. I believe it refers to a pilot, but that is not certain. I would like to rewrite it like this:

A pilot can fix their position relative to the ground by using on board instruments, then use this information to estimate the wind speed and direction over the time they have been flying. Such reports can be used to confirm wind speed forecasts.

Jason Buberel 19:35, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

I agree with Mr. Buberel that this section is very confusing, I don't get what it is referring to. I'm pasting in his edit, which seems right, but it would be better if someone else could clean this up more. It looks like there is more to say about the airplane-based measurement system, e.g. how common is this, how is the data collected and correlated, etc.

stephan.com 20:51, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Displaying

The pennant system for displaying windspeed (1 short tick per 5 knots, long tick per 10 knots, and a pennant for every 50 knots, with the stem of this symbol representing the wind direction) -- do we have an article on it? Ojw 21:29, 9 September 2005 (UTC)

O--------       O--------       O--------      
     \ \ \             \/                \
        \ \                             

25 kt @ 90deg   50 kt @ 90deg   5 kt @ 90deg

[edit] Indoors-air movement?

The third sentence of the intro is:

"Wind speed has always meant the movement of air in an outside environment, but the speed of air movement inside is important in many areas, including weather forecasting, aircraft and maritime operations, building and civil engineering."

How is the movement of air indoors important to weather forecasting, etc?? -Pgan002 (talk) 21:39, 14 May 2008 (UTC)