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Measurement of Wind

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Wind plays an important role in crop evapotranspiration and thus determines crop water use. The measurement of wind is thus necessary for studying the crop growth. The chapter deals with the measurement of wind speed and direction and the instruments used for the same. The units used for expression of wind speed and their correlation have been given. The chapter also introduces wind rose and Beaufort Scale.

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Ahmad, L., Habib Kanth, R., Parvaze, S., Sheraz Mahdi, S. (2017). Measurement of Wind. In: Experimental Agrometeorology: A Practical Manual. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69185-5_5

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