Weather stations are a popular project for experimenting with various environmental sensors, and for wind speed and direction the choice is usually a simple cup anemometer and wind vane. For [Jianjia ...

Looking for a reliable home weather station that fits your needs? We tested a range of weather stations to see how well they measured temperature, wind speed, barometric pressure, and more.

In November 2009, one of the greatest success stories in the history of satellite meteorology came to an end when the venerable QuikSCAT satellite failed. Launched in 1999, the QuikSCAT satellite ...

Engineers have designed and successfully tested a more efficient wind sensor for use on drones, balloons and other autonomous aircraft. Engineers have designed and successfully tested a more efficient ...

Curiosity has two finger-like probes that hold sensors to measure wind speed and direction Nasa has reported its first setback in the Curiosity rover mission to Mars. A sensor on the robot's weather ...