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GUST PROBES  

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  • GUST PROBES are air velocity sensing instruments usually mounted on the front of an aircraft that resolves turbulent fluctuations in all three components relative to the aircraft; includes pressure probes, vanes, and heated wires (hot-wire anemometers); it measures air velocity relative to the earth corrected for the aircraft attitude and velocity.

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https://gcmd.earthdata.nasa.gov/kms/concept/c6bb1bff-9420-42ca-b087-91225fbf6c3a

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