Winds on Hog Island Virginia 2009-2019

An RM Young wind monitor was installed at the Machipongo Station n the northern part of Hog Island, on the western side of the island upland. It was initially installed on top of the tower on the station at a height of approximately 20m. Subsequent to the demolition of the Machipongo Station in 2012, the monitor was moved to near the top of an abandoned Coast Guard flag tower (approx. 15 m high) located adjacent to the former site of the Machipongo Station. Measurements of wind speed and direction were taken each hour. The mean wind vector magnitude and direction are recorded based on 60 measurements made each hour. Standard deviation of the wind direction was calculated using the Campbell Scientifics formula. Starting in 2013 peak wind speeds were also recorded. Collection of this data ended in 2019. It was replaced by the dataset knb-lter-vcr.25 (Hourly Meteorological Data for the Virginia Coast Reserve LTER 1989-present) when a full-fledged meteological station was installed atop a 20-meter tall lookout tower on southern Hog Island at the site of the former town of Broadwater.