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Correction factors for the directional response of Gill propeller anemometers

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This note briefly summarizes some recent wind-tunnel tests carried out at the Atmospheric Environment Service (AES), Canada, to investigate the directional response of Gill propeller anemometers with two specific models of propeller. Tables of optimum non-cosine-response correction factors are presented for both propeller types and results of some field intercomparisons between the Gill and sonic anemometer measurements of turbulence statistics are summarized. Complete details of this work can be found in two research reports by Bowen and Teunissen (1984) and Teunissen et al. (1985) which may be obtained from either of the authors.

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  1. Atmospheric Environment Service, 4905 Dufferin St., M3H 5T4, Downsview, Ontario, Canada

    A. J. Bowen & H. W. Teunissen

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  1. A. J. Bowen
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On study leave from University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand.

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Bowen, A.J., Teunissen, H.W. Correction factors for the directional response of Gill propeller anemometers. Boundary-Layer Meteorol 37, 407–413 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00117486

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