Wind Speed Over Land Surface (Horizontal)
Measurement Instruments
Measurements > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Winds > Wind speed over land surface (horizontal)
Measurement Definition: The rate at which air is moving horizontally past a given point. It may be a 2-minute average speed (reported as wind speed) or an instantaneous speed (reported as a peak wind speed, wind gust, or squall). Conventionally measured at 10 m height. [Unit of measurement - m/s]
Thematic Links
| Instrument | Status/
Accuracy | Instrument Description | Measurement Technology | Timeline |
| MWRI-1 | Operational | All weather observations of precipitation, cloud features, vegetation, soil moisture sea ice, etc. | n/a | |
| MWRI-2 | Operational | All weather observations of precipitation, cloud features, vegetation, soil moisture sea ice, etc. | n/a | |
| MWRI-RM | Operational | Multi-purpose imagery with emphasis on precipitation | n/a | |
| WindRAD | Operational | Measures sea-surface wind vector. | n/a | |