Droughty Hill Wind Readings - Tasmanian Earth Resources Satellite Station (1995 -2011)

These wind statistics data are collected continuously at the Tasmanian Earth Resources Satellite Station (TERSS) facility on Droughty Hill near Hobart on Tasmania's south east coast. Data collection began in September 1995 and continues. Location of facility is latitude -42.9256, longitude 147.4206, ground elevation 150m, instrument 7 metres above ground. Parameters include: Date; Time (UTC); Mean wind speed; Minimum wind speed; Maximum wind speed; Mean direction; Standard deviation of the previous 10 1-minute direction averages; Vector averaged wind speed; Vector averaged wind direction; Vector averaged "stress" in (m/s)**2; Vector averaged stress direction.\nLineage: Data collected from Wind Monitor, model 05103V R.M. Young Company. Traverse City, Michigan 49686 U.S.A. 616-946-3980 (http://www.youngusa.com). This data is collected in order to to assist in the daily management of the satellite dish. Ten minute averages are produced from one second readings (see data files).