ADAT-3M, Acoustic anemometer produced in Typhoon and installed on the mast
The acoustic digital anemometer-thermometer (model ADAT-3M) developed in SPA "Typhoon" is a 3-base ultrasound anemometer designed for measurements of wind speed and direction. The system is free from measurement errors in wind parameters connected with the
variations of temperature and humidity. The device differs in a wide measurement range, i.e. it can measure storm winds (up to 55 m/s) and at the same time feels effectively a weak uniform air motion beginning with 0.05 - 0.1 m/s. The latest ADAT model is supported by measurement channels for air temperature, relative humidity and atmospheric pressure that makes it optimal for basic meteorological investigations, observations of atmospheric turbulence and air pollution monitoring including flux measurements at low wind speeds. The absence of moving units ensures high reliability of ADAT and a possibility of its operation in severe working conditions. The computer-aided model ADAT-3M can be used:
- as part of equipment of special measuring complexes (high masts, meteorological stations, sea vessels and platforms, etc.)
- in construction of buildings
- for assessing dynamic loads on structures of different types (bridges, masts, antennas, stacks and ventillation pipes, etc.)
- in wind engineering
- for monitoring wind parameters variability at the sites of wind power installations in the places of their location and construction
- in aviation and astronautics
- for measuring wind gusts and shears at the aircraft glide path slope, rockets and other flying vehicles launches
- in ecology - for monitoring the conditions of impurity transport and dispersion, in still conditions in their number, for measuring fluxes at low wind speeds in mines, quarries, warehouses, poultry factories and cattle-breeding complexes
- in agrometeorology and atmospheric physics - to measure turbulent heat, moisture and friction fluxes
