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Ultrasonic Anemometer Using Microphones

2025· article· en· W4413557080 on OpenAlexaff
G.R. Li, Mehrdad Moallem, Patrick Palmer

Bibliographic record

Venuenot available
Typearticle
Languageen
FieldEngineering
TopicFlow Measurement and Analysis
Canadian institutionsSimon Fraser University
Fundersnot available
KeywordsUltrasonic sensorAnemometerAcousticsComputer sciencePhysicsWind speedMeteorology

Abstract

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This study presents a microphone-based system for wind speed measurement, eliminating the need for traditional mechanical components. The primary objective is to demonstrate the feasibility of using an ultrasonic transducer and acoustic sensors, specifically digital or analog microphones, to detect the change of phase differences due to wind speed. In contrast to conventional anemometers which rely on moving parts, such as cups or vanes, the proposed system uses the change of the phase shift or pulse delay in the microphones as a measure of time-offlight (ToF). The research involves the design, calibration, and testing of a prototype that integrates sound wave analysis, wind velocity estimation, and computational methods. Key factors such as environmental noise, microphone response characteristics, electronic interference, and calibration were considered to optimize measurement accuracy and reliability. The results suggest that the microphone-based anemometer offers an inexpensive, viable solution with advantages including reduced mechanical wear, lower maintenance requirements, and lower manufacturing costs. The findings prove the concept of ultrasonic and microphone wind speed measurement, opening the door for further refinement of the technology. This work contributes to the growing need for acoustic wind speed measurement solutions for both environmental monitoring and industrial applications.

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How this classification was reachedexpand

Full frame machine prediction

Teacher imitation

Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.001
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.003
Version: metacan-v3-hybrid-931329e0061cValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesnone
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Bench or experimental · Consensus signal: Bench or experimental
GenreCandidate signal: Methods · Consensus signal: Methods
Teacher disagreement score0.002
Threshold uncertainty score0.008

Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0010.003
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0010.001
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0010.000
Bibliometrics0.0010.001
Science and technology studies0.0000.000
Scholarly communication0.0010.002
Open science0.0010.001
Research integrity0.0020.001
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0020.001

Machine scores (provisional)

The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.

Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.

Opus teacher head0.011
GPT teacher head0.211
Teacher spread0.200 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it

Classification

machine, unvalidated

Machine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.

The models applied no category: nothing in the taxonomy fit this work.
Study designBench or experimental
Domainnot available
GenreMethods

How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".

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