What is Anemometer?
[[File:Anemometer (PSF).png|thumb|Anemometer (PSF)]] An '''anemometer''' is a device used to measure [[wind speed]]. It is found in most [[weather station]]s. The word comes from the [[Ancient Greek language|Ancient Greek]] word ''ἄνεμος '', meaning ''wind''. It describes any airspeed [[measurement]] instrument used in [[meteorology]] or [[aerodynamics]]. [[Leon Battista Alberti]] described an anemometer for the first time around 1450.<ref>Invention of the Meteorological Instruments, W.E. Knowles Middleton, Johns Hopkins Press, Baltimore, 1969</ref> ==References== <references/> {{Meteorological equipment}} [[Category:Meteorology]] [[Category:Measuring tools]]