who was he?
An  Italian Renaissance humanist author, artist, architect, poet, priest, linguist, philosopher and cryptographer
Leon Battista Alberti
Leon Battista Alberti (; February 14, 1404 – April 25, 1472) was an Italian Renaissance humanist author, artist, architect, poet, priest, linguist, philosopher and cryptographer; he epitomised the Renaissance Man. 
most of the u.s. is situated in which zone of prevailing surface winds Northern temperate zone how is nature affected because of this prevailing winds? Insects are swept along by the prevailing winds, while birds follow their own course. In the Great Plains, wind erosion of agricultural land is mainly driven by the prevailing wind. Because of this, wind barrier strips have been developed to minimize this type of erosion. does it cause impact on trades? Yes - the trade winds blow predominantly from the northeast in the Northern Hemisphere and from the southeast in the Southern Hemisphere. The trade winds act as the steering flow for tropical cyclones that form over world's oceans, guiding their path westward. how is wind rose related to it? It is a graphic tool used by meteorologists to give a succinct view of how wind speed and direction are typically distributed at a particular location. It shows the frequency of winds blowing from particular directions. how is the speed of the wind measured? Anemometer what does cup anemometer refer to? A simple type of anemometer with four hemispherical cups mounted on horizontal arms, which were mounted on a vertical shaft. what are ultrasonic anemometer for? They measure wind speed based on the time of flight of sonic pulses between pairs of transducers. Ultrasonic anemometers can take measurements with very fine temporal resolution, 20 Hz or better, which makes them well suited for turbulence measurements. where are these instruments placed to measure it? In open rural terrain at a height of 10 meters. how is its effect seen on icing? Anemometry is also required in monitoring and controlling the operation of wind turbines, which in cold environments are prone to in-cloud icing. Icing alters the aerodynamics of an anemometer and may entirely block it from operating. Therefore, anemometers used in these applications must be internally heated. who invented it? Leon Battista Alberti
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Leon Battista Alberti [SEP] Introduction
Leon Battista Alberti (; February 14, 1404 – April 25, 1472) was an Italian Renaissance humanist author, artist, architect, poet, priest, linguist, philosopher and cryptographer; he epitomised the Renaissance Man. Although he is often characterized exclusively as an architect, as James Beck has observed, "to single out one of Leon Battista's 'fields' over others as somehow functionally independent and self-sufficient is of no help at all to any effort to characterize Alberti's extensive explorations in the fine arts." Although Alberti is known mostly for being an artist, he was also a mathematician of many sorts and made great advances to this field during the 15th century.