An anemometer is a handheld instrument which is primarily used to measure wind speed and wind gusts. A hand held anemometer is a unit that measures wind pressure but due to the nature of speed and pressure the anemometer although designed for the purpose of measuring velocity will also measure pressure. The anemometer was originally developed by Leon Battista Alberti back in 1450 but has been modified and streamlined over the last five centuries and is now available as a digital hand held anemometer that is readily available today.
Features• Light weight and portable – unit weighs approximately half a kg
• Anodized aluminum material
• Digital printout
• Can be electronic or manual
• Liquid crystal display
• Can transmit data to another location.
• Switches off automatically when no wind is detected after a 4 minute interval
• Speed can be measured in kilometers per hour, miles per hour or knots and these can be manually selected depending on requirements.
• Has a built in compass to measure wind direction
• Has a long battery life before recharging – 15 to 70 hours with the electronic unit using the most battery power.
• Will gauge wind direction and speed in a 360 degree radius.
An added benefit is that you can mount the hand held anemometer unit to a vehicle if required to measure wind speed of approaching storms or hurricanes while the vehicle is in motion. The hand held unit is generally used where other types of anemometers would prove difficult to erect permanently.
There are many different anemometers available from hand held anemometer digital readout units to pole and wall mounted units depending on the application but the hand held unit is the most popular unit as it can be taken to various different sites whereas the others are fixed and only read the wind speed in that specific area.
