Wind Speed/Wind Direction Data Summary

CSE Reference Site # of Locations Instrument Temporal Resolution Units Height
BALTEX Cabauw tower
1
KNMI
10 min
m/s
(deg)
10, 20, 40, 80, 140, 200 m
BALTEX Lindenberg
1
Thies cup and vane
10 min
m/s
(deg)
10 m
BALTEX Lindenberg tower
1
Thies cup and vane
10 min
m/s
(deg)
40, 98 m
BALTEX Norunda Tower
1
2D Gill and Vaisala/Handar
5 min
m/s
(deg)
8.5, 13.5, 19. 24.5, 28, 31.7, 36.9, 43.8, 58.5, 73, 87.5 m
BALTEX Sodankyla
1
Vaisala WAA25 and Vaisala WAV15
Hourly
m/s
(deg)
22 m
BALTEX Sodankyla tower
1
Vaisala WAA25 and Metek USA-1
10 min
m/s
18, 25, 38, 47 m
(Wind Direction only at 25 m)
CAMP Chao-Phraya River
1
Komatsu VS-125 and WS-D32
Hourly
m/s
(deg)
24 m
CAMP Equatorial Island
1
 
1 min
m/s
(deg)
 
CAMP Himalayas
5
LSI-Lastem DNA022
Aandera 2740/2750
Hourly
m/s
(deg)
3.1-5.0 m
CAMP Inner Mongolia (Tongyu)
2
Met One 034A_L and 014A_L
30 min
m/s
17.06-17.46 m
CAMP Korean Haenam
1
Campbell CSAT3
30 min
m/s
(deg)
20.8 m
CAMP Korean Peninsula
1
Campbell CSAT3
30 min
m/s
(deg)
31 m
CAMP Mongolia
4
Young Wind Monitor 05103-4
30 min
m/s
(deg)
2.4-2.5 m
CAMP Northeast Thailand
1
Komatsu VS-125 and WS-D32
Hourly
m/s
(deg)
10.5 m
CAMP Northern South China Sea - Southern Japan
25
RM Young Model 05103
Hourly
m/s
(deg)
7.2-36.6 m
CAMP Siberia Taiga (Yakutsk)
1
Speed - AC750 (Makino)
Dir - VR036 (Makino)
30 min
m/s
deg
32 m
CAMP Siberia Tundra (Tiksi)
1
Speed - AC860 (Makino)
Dir - VR236 (Makino)
Hourly
m/s
deg
10 m
CAMP Tibet
12 (speed)
11 (dir)
Young YG-5103
Ogasawara FF-11/WS-942
Komatsu WS-D32
Vector A100R
Hourly
m/s
deg
2.85-14.1 m
CAMP Western Pacific Ocean (Palau)
1
Young aerovane
10 sec
m/s
deg
6 m
CATCH Niamey
NONE
 
 
 
 
CATCH Oueme
NONE
 
 
 
 
GAPP Bondville
1
 
30 min
m/s
(deg)
 
GAPP Ft. Peck
1
 
30 min
m/s
(deg)
 
GAPP SGP
15
Young 05103
1 min
m/s
(deg)
10 m
LBA Brasilia flux
1
 
30 min
m/s
(deg)
 
LBA Caxiuana
1
 
30 min
m/s
(deg)
 
LBA Manaus
1
 
30 min
m/s
(deg)
 
LBA Pantanal
1
 
30 min
m/s
(deg)
 
LBA Rondonia
1
 
30 min
m/s
(deg)
 
LBA Santarem
1
 
30 min
m/s
deg
 
MAGS BERMS Old Aspen
1
 
30 min
m/s
(deg)
38 m
MAGS BERMS Old Black Spruce
1
 
30 min
m/s
(deg)
26 m
MAGS BERMS Old Jack Pine
1
 
30 min
m/s
(deg)
29 m
Other NSA-Barrow
1
Vaisala WAA251 cup anemometers
Vaisala WAV251 wind vanes
1 min
m/s
(deg)
2, 10, 20, 40 m
Other TWP-Manus
1
R.M. Young model 05106 wind monitors
1 min
m/s
(deg)
10 m