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Wind speed is measured with an anemometer (which gives the speed in mph or km/h) and can be classified using the Beaufort scale.

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What is an anemometer uses to measure?

An anemometer is a device used to measure wind speed. The word anemometer is derived from the Greek word anemos which means wind,


What anemomometer is used to measure?

An anemometer measures wind speed in mp/h. The word comes from the greek word anemos meaning wind


What is a sentence that uses the word anemometer?

An anemometer is used in meteorology to measure wind speed. This is a common used instrument in the weather station.


An anemometer is used to measure?

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What does the Beaufort scale rank?

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Is a wind vane considered as a wind speed?

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What is the current wind speed on the wind speed chart in kilometers per hour?

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How can you calculate wind speed from zonal wind speed?

wind speed = squrt(u^2+v^2).


How are wind speed and wind direction are measured?

An anemometer measures the wind speed, and a windvan measures wind direction.


What is wind speed measured with?

Wind speed is measured with an anemometer.


How does the wind affect a boat's speed?

By the types of sails that you have. or it could be the wind type or the wind's speed


Instrument that measured wind speed and direction?

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