Winds are measured by sensors located 20 feet above the ground. That is the height at which, by international agreement, wind readings are taken. Wind speeds are two-minute averages and the strongest ...

One of the biggest problems with wind energy is that it's difficult to predict the behavior of the wind itself and, by extension, to plan for the amount of power wind turbines are able to generate in ...

Imagine you're a competitive sailboat racer, about to go into the richest and most storied of all sailing races with a squillion-dollar boat and a razor-sharp crew. Now imagine somebody hands you a ...

Wind direction is often stated in a contradictory manner in popular usage. Terms like “south” and “southerly” are unfortunately applied to winds blowing from the south and also blowing to the south.

GRAND RAPIDS — Recently we have had some very windy days, but do we always know which direction the wind is blowing? In today's weather experiment we are going to build a wind vane or weather vane to ...

The speed and direction of winds — specifically the high, long-range transport winds — can either wash pollutants away and clean up the air. This year, like clockwork, Delhi began choking on a toxic ...

In an RL-based control system, the turbine (or wind farm) controller is realized as an agent that observes the state of the ...