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In the fall of 1968 an International Intercomparison Experiment was conducted to compare, among other things, acoustic anemometers designed for measurements of atmospheric turbulence. Excellent agreement was obtained in measurements of the vertical component, but an important discrepancy was revealed in measurements of the downwind velocity. The discrepancy proved far more significant in the cospectra than in the spectra themselves. It is evident that great care must be taken in the design of such instruments. An acoustic instrument was shown to have insufficient signal-to-noise ratio to serve as a thermometer under the near-neutral conditions often encountered over water.
Comparison of the data-handling and data-analysis techniques showed that although the methods differed widely, the results were essentially identical.
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Miyake, M., Stewart, R.W., Burling, R.W. et al. Comparison of acoustic instruments in an atmospheric turbulent flow over water. Boundary-Layer Meteorol 2, 228–245 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00192132
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