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Wind speed is normally measured by a cup anemometer consisting of three or four cups, conical or hemispherical in shape, mounted symmetrically about a vertical spindle.
The wind blowing into the cups causes the spindle to rotate. … Calibration corrections are applied to the measured wind speed.