Wind rose
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A wind rose is a diagram used by meteorologists to give a succinct view of how wind speed and direction are typically distributed at a particular location. Historically, wind roses were predecessors o
Wind rose plot for LaGuardia Airport (LGA), New York, New York, 2008
Four charts of the wind, 18th-century illustration based on medieval wind roses
Tower of the Winds
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The Tower of the Winds, known as the Ωρολόγιο του Κυρρήστου in Greek, and by other names, is an octagonal Pentelic marble tower in the Roman Agora in Athens, named after the eight large reliefs of win
Wind rose
…bands showing wind speed ranges. The direction of the longest spoke shows the wind direction with the greatest frequency, the prevailing wind. The Tower of the Winds in Athens, of about 50 BC is in effect a physical wind rose, as an octagonal tower with eight large reliefs of the winds near the top. It was designed…
The Tower of the Winds
Relief of Notus, a hot summer wind often bringing rain. He has light clothing and carries an upturned amphora
Reliefs of Zephyrus and Skiron; three of the sundials are in the sun
Capital of the porch columns. Stuart and Revett, 1762