Measuring Sub-Second Wind Velocity Changes at One Meter above the Ground

dc.contributor.author Hanna, H. Mark
dc.contributor.author Darr, Matthew
dc.contributor.author Hoff, Steven
dc.contributor.author Hoff, Steven
dc.contributor.author Steward, Brian
dc.contributor.author Steward, Brian
dc.contributor.department Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering
dc.date 2018-02-17T19:04:21.000
dc.date.accessioned 2020-06-29T22:34:39Z
dc.date.available 2020-06-29T22:34:39Z
dc.date.embargo 2016-07-22
dc.date.issued 2016-01-01
dc.description.abstract <p>Agricultural spray drift is affected by many factors including current weather conditions, topography of the surrounding area, fluid properties at the nozzle, and the height at which the spray is released. During the late spring/summer spray seasons of 2014 and 2015, wind direction, speed, and solar radiation (2014 only) were measured at 10 Hz, one meter above the ground to simulate conditions that are present for a droplet. Measurements of wind velocity as the wind passed from an upwind sensor to a downwind sensor were used to evaluate under what conditions wind may be most likely to have a significant direction or speed change which affects droplet trajectory. For two individual datasets in which the average wind speed was 3.6 m/s and 1.5 m/s, it was found that there existed little linear correlation of wind speed or wind direction between an upwind and downwind anemometer separated by 30.5 meters (100 ft). The highest observed correlation, resulting from a 12 second lag between the upwind and downwind datasets, was 0.29 where the average wind speed was 3.6 m/s. Correlations were only found for wind speeds exceeding 3 m/s. Using this lag time, it was observed that the wind direction 30 seconds into the future had a 30% chance to be different by more than 20 degrees from current conditions. While a wind speed difference of more than 1 m/s from current conditions (mean wind speed was 3.6 m/s) happened about 50% of the time. Looking at 2014 and 2015 spray season data, it was found that the most variability occurred with wind speeds below 2 m/s.</p>
dc.description.comments <p>This paper appeared in 2016 ASABE Annual International Meeting, Paper No. 162461726, pages 1-15 (doi: 10.13031/aim.20162461726). St. Joseph, Mich.: ASABE.. Posted with permission.</p>
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dc.source.uri 10.13031/aim.20162461726
dc.subject.disciplines Agriculture
dc.subject.disciplines Bioresource and Agricultural Engineering
dc.subject.keywords Sprayers
dc.subject.keywords Spray drive
dc.subject.keywords Data collection
dc.subject.keywords Wind effects
dc.subject.keywords Turbulence
dc.subject.keywords Simulation parameters
dc.title Measuring Sub-Second Wind Velocity Changes at One Meter above the Ground
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