Gill Instruments improve sonic temperature performance in 3-axis anemometer range

The leading manufacturer of Ultrasonic Anemometers has announced improvements to the sonic temperature performance of their prestigious 3-axis anemometer range, improving the accuracy to greater than 1% in readings between -18◦C and +30◦C.

WindMaster-transducersLOW RESGill Instruments has achieved this significant gain using the National Physical Laboratory’s advanced sound profiling facility and research conducted using in-house computational fluid dynamics (CFD modelling) to examine the transducer production. The result is a new generation of transducer assembly, which benefits from small yet significant design changes to the assembly processes, whilst preserving the high performance of the existing transducer.

To maintain the integrity and continuity of the 3-axis anemometer range, Gill tightly controls the software, electronics, head geometry and transducer to ensure the changes are limited to only improving the performance of sonic temperature.

Used throughout the meteorological research and industrial industries, the popular anemometers simultaneously monitor turbulent fluctuations of wind and sonic temperature in order to accurately calculate sensible heat flux or wind load. With its improved transducer materials and assembly, the Gill anemometer range provides the best performing wind instruments on the market.

“Gill 3-axis anemometers consistently out-perform other sonic anemometers in the measurement of 3-dimensional wind vectors and sensible heat fluxes” says Gill Product Manager, Richard McKay. “Now following recent improvements all Gill 3-axis anemometers can benefit from improved sonic temperature performance. A key advantage is that these improvements maintain the continuity of design and we now have high performance in all conditions”.transducer-stalk-detail

For more information on Gill’s improvements to the Sonic Temperature performance in the 3-axis anemometer range, visit www.gillinstruments.com/sonictemp or call +44(0)1590 613500.

Gill 3-Axis anemometers at AMS 2015

We would like to thank all our visitors who came to see us at AMS 2015 in Phoenix, Arizona.Recent improvements and new products in our ranges of compact weather stations and ultrasonic anemometers received a high level of interest from existing and prospective customers. Our recently announced improvements to 3-axis to sonic temperature performance drew a great deal of interest at our stand and poster presentation.Paul Rogers, Head of Sales at Gill Instruments comments “AMS continues to be a great meeting place where we get the chance to meet many of our resellers and distributors from across North America, as well as researchers, scientists and industrial professionals who use Gill instruments as part of their systems.”We look forward to seeing you again in January for next year’s event.

Gill Instruments Reveals Improved Sonic Temperature Performance at AMS 2015

Gill Instruments will be exhibiting at the 95th AMS Annual Meeting from 4-8 January 2015 in Phoenix, Arizona.

At AMS Gill will announce improvements in sonic temperature performance made throughout their range of industry leading 3-axis anemometers.

Gill 3-axis anemometers consistently out-perform other sonic anemometers in the measurement of 3-dimensional wind vectors and sensible heat fluxes and now following recent improvements all Gill 3-axis anemometers can benefit from improved sonic temperature performance.

Gains are the result of research using computational fluid dynamics and changes to the transducer stalk assembly processes. However for continuity, the transducer and stalk profile remains the same and wind measurements are not impacted.

Richard McKay, Gill Product Manager and Meteorologist reports “the gains we have made using CFD and assembly process improvements are small yet significant in the performance of sonic temperature throughout the 3-axis range. A key advantage is that these improvements maintain the continuity of design and we now have high performance in all conditions”.

To demonstrate the technical improvements, Richard McKay will be delivering a poster presentation entitled ‘Improvements in cold weather condition flux measurements with Gill 3-Axis Ultrasonic Anemometers’ at AMS on Wednesday 7th January between 14:00 and 16:00.

In addition to Gill’s anemometers, Gill will be displaying MaxiMet, their new range of compact weather stations to suit multiple application requirements which combines precipitation, solar radiation, wind, temperature, humidity and pressure, GPS and compass measurements.

For more information visit Gill on stand 723 at AMS or contact +44(0)1590 613500.