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Figure 60: mean wind-vector graph – Campbell Scientific CR3000 Micrologger User Manual

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Section 7. Installation

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Figure 60: Mean wind-vector graph

where for polar sensors:

or, in the case of orthogonal sensors:

Resultant mean wind direction, Θu:

Standard deviation of wind direction, σ (Θu), using Campbell Scientific
algorithm:

The algorithm for σ (Θu) is developed by noting (FIGURE. Standard Deviation of
Direction

(p. 197)

) that

where