| Download | - View final version: Effect of a potentiometer gap on the measured mean of a wind direction signal (PDF, 1.2 MiB)
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| DOI | Resolve DOI: https://doi.org/10.4224/40000588 |
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| Author | Search for: Templin, J. T.; Search for: Dalgliesh, W. A.1 |
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| Affiliation | - National Research Council of Canada
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| Format | Text, Article |
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| Physical description | 8 p. |
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| Subject | Air flow/Wind pressure; potentiometers; wind direction; electrical measuring instruments |
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| Abstract | The use of a standard one-turn potentiometer to measure wind direction can create a problem because of the discontinuity in the potentiometer signal when the sliding contact passes from the maximum output level across the gap to the lowest output level, or vice versa. This results in an error in the calculation of the mean. This Note discusses a method of determining the effect of the gap by examining the measured mean and standard deviation of the wind direction signal. |
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| Publication date | 1977-05 |
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| Publisher | National Research Council of Canada |
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| Language | English |
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| Peer reviewed | No |
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| NRC number | NRC-IRC-1653 |
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| NPARC number | 20377277 |
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| Export citation | Export as RIS |
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| Record identifier | 91da8dcc-24cc-4a21-8853-d8598aaec94d |
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| Record created | 2012-07-24 |
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| Record modified | 2023-01-19 |
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