Wind Speed and Direction Sensors
High quality, aluminium, ultrasonic anemometer with optional heating
Gill WindSonic M utilises Gill’s proven ultrasonic technology to provide wind speed and direction data.
WindSonic is WMO-compliant for gust measurement.
With an impact resistant, corrosion-free, hard anodised aluminium alloy housing and optional heating system, this wind sensor is recommended for use in harsh environmental conditions and is particularly suited to both marine and land based installations. WindSonic M has no moving parts, offering maintenance-free operation in a wide range of applications.
Typical applications
- Remote weather monitoring stations
- Building controls
- Data buoys
- Marine vessels
- Remote airports & helipads
- Road & rail tunnels
- Environmental field sites
- Ports & harbours
- Mobile weather monitoring vehicles
- Coastal weather monitoring stations
WindSonic key features
- Wind speed & direction sensor
- Hard anodised aluminium alloy construction
- -40°C operation (with optional heating)
- Vibration BS EN 60945 : 2002
- Impact resistance to UL2218 Class 1
- 0-60 m/s (116 knots) wind speed
- 0-360º wind direction
- WMO-compliant gust wind speed and direction calculated from a rolling average
- NMEA output
- Solid-state ultrasonic technology – no moving parts
- Analogue output (optional)
Benefits
- High accuracy, low cost wind measurement
- Excellent, well proven reliability
- Low maintenance delivers low cost of ownership
- Models and outputs to suit varied applications
- Rapid heating (option) for extreme low temperature applications
