Wind sensor

A method of generating a calibration array for a cross-wire wind sensor, the method comprising:

• providing a storage media coupled to an anemometric processor and a probe having first and second elements in a crossed arrangement;
• directing at the probe an airflow having a known speed (S) and angle (W);
• recording a voltage difference across the first element as VX and a voltage difference across the second element as VY;
• recording an airflow direction associated with the first element as signX and an airflow direction associated with the second element as signY;
• storing VX, VY, signX, and signY in association with the known speed (S) and angle (W);
• and
• changing at least one of the known speed (S) and angle (W) and repeating the above steps.

A wind sensing probe including a pair of wind sensing elements, each wind sensing element comprising:

• a core comprising a low specific heat and low density plastic polymer;
• a pair of two metal leads extending from different ends of the core;
• and
• a Nickel coil wound around the core, with at least about 100 windings per inch.