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6. You are conducting a wind monitoring campaign in a remote region. It is 80 km
(50 miles) to the nearest town over roads that are frequently impassable because
of severe weather. The cellular signal at the site is weak and intermittent. What
are your options for data collection, and how would you evaluate them? Would
your preferred option be different if there were five towers on the site rather
than just one?
7. You are conducting a wind resource assessment requiring the use of heated
anemometers. Invent a scenario where the use of a gas or diesel electric generator
could be the best solution to maintain the charge of the batteries powering your
equipment.
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International Energy Agency Programme for Research and Development on Wind Energy Con-
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and Evaluation: Topic 11. Wind Speed Measurement and Use of Cup Anemometry, Sec-
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11_Anemometry.pdf. (Accessed 2012).
Papadopoulos KH, Stefanatos N, Paulsen US, Morfiadakis E. Effects of turbulence and flow
inclination on the performance of cup anemometers in the field. Boundary-Layer Meteorol
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