Namche wind speed-direction sensor
Namche Station is part of the station network of automated measurement stations (AWSs) that were installed in the Eastern Himalayas: the AWSs are located at different altitudes, over a stretch oriented approximately 40 km south to north.
At the AWS Namche station the CombiSD DNA022 Lsi-Lastem combined wind speed-direction sensor is mounted on a 5m pole.
The CombiSD sensor includes, in a single apparatus, the both transducers for measuring wind speed and wind direction. Its use simplifies the installation and the plant design in respect of the sensors with separate measurements plus giving some other advantages being smaller, lighter and cheaper.
The CombiSD DNA022: sensor has a direct signal output.
Frequency (Hz) for wind speed and resistance (Ohm) for wind direction. the CombiSD has low power consumption, it can be used in systems with small energy availability.
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(2011) . Namche wind speed-direction sensor. https://geoportal.mountaingenius.org/geonetwork/srv/api/records/6f88ff12-b58b-450f-a62f-ca9cd94d539a |
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- Date ( Publication )
- 2011-05-20T03:00:00
- Purpose
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Meteo-climatic observations in this area are very important for the study of the environmental changes that are affecting this ecosystem, helping the scientific community to improve the prediction of the evolution of this environmental phenomena and modification.
This station is reference point within the CEOP-High Elevation (CEOP-HE) initiative, promoted in order to investigate possible changes of hydrological and energy cycles in high elevation regions and to better elucidate the role of mountains within the climate system from a local to global scales.
The purpose of this resource in Namche station is to acquire data on:
- wind speed
- wind direction
- Status
- Completed
Point of contact
- Maintenance and update frequency
- As needed
- GEMET ( Theme )
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- thermal power plant
- Keywords
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- SHARE , Network , Station , High Altitude
- Keywords
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- CEOP
- Keywords ( Theme )
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- wind speed , wind direction
- Keywords ( Place )
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- Namche , Khumbu , Nepal , Sagarmatha
- Use limitation
- No conditions apply
- Access constraints
- Copyright
- Other constraints
- Metadata language
- eng
- Character set
- UTF8
- Topic category
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- Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere
- Environment
- Geoscientific information
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- Supplemental Information
- Reference system identifier
- EPSG / WGS 84 (EPSG:4326) / 7.4
- Topology level
- Geometry only
- Geometric object type
- Point
- Geometric object count
- 1
- OnLine resource
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Himalayas Reference Site Namche Station
Himalayas Reference Site Namche Station
- Hierarchy level
- Series
- Other
- Instruments: AWS sensors
- Statement
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Wind velocity is a three-dimensional vector quantity with small-scale random fluctuations in space and time superimposed upon a larger-scale organized flow. It is considered in this form in relation to, for example, airborne pollution and the landing of aircraft. The WMO Guide will be considered surface wind as a twodimensional vector quantity specified by two numbers representing direction and speed. The extent to which wind is characterized by rapid fluctuations is referred to as gustiness, and single fluctuations are called gusts.
The station was installed on October 2001. The instrument is mounted on a 5m mast.
The technical characteristics are:
- Principle of operation: 3 cups and vane anemometer
- Speed sensor: Optoelectronic disk
- Direction sensor: 2000 Ohm wire potentiometer / Positioning Hall effect sensor
- Housing: Heavy gauge anodised aluminium
- Shaft carriers: Low-torque stainless steel bearings
- Protection (vertical position): IP65
- Mechanical mounting: On 48 50 mm diameter mast
- Electrical outlet terminators: IP65 watertight connector
- Weight (instrument with rotors): 950 gr.
The Physical and operational specification are:
- damage threshold > 75 m/s
- operating temperature: -30°+70°C
The speed measures are specified by:
- Measurement range: 0-60 m/s (using transfer function)
- Threshold: 0,21 m/s
- Response time (63% at 5 m/s): 0.8 s
- Distance constant (delay distance) at 5 m/s: 4 m
- Resolution (integration time=1s): 0.05 m/s
- Accuracy & Linearity: 0,1 m/s+1%VL (readout), if connected to LASTEM data loggers.
The direction measures are specified by:
- Measurement range: 0 ÷ 360
- Threshold: 0,15 m/s
- Response time (at 5 m/s): 0,26 s
- Delay distance (at 5 m/s): 1,32 m
- Damping coefficient (VDI3786): 0,21
- Transfer function: Dir(°)= 355 x R(Ohm)/2000
- Resolution: 0,1
- Accuracy: 1% FS (Full scale)
- Integral linearity: 0,5%
gmd:MD_Metadata
- File identifier
- 6f88ff12-b58b-450f-a62f-ca9cd94d539a XML
- Metadata language
- eng
- Character set
- UTF8
- Parent identifier
- 81da79fe-24bc-416e-afb1-05bc514b2af5
- Hierarchy level
- Series
- Date stamp
- 2025-02-21T19:14:05
- Metadata standard name
- ISO 19115:2003/19139
- Metadata standard version
- 1.0
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