Editing Measurement tower (section)

==Examples==

===Meteorology===

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! Structure
! City or region
! Country
! Height (metres)
! Year built
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| [[Amazon Tall Tower Observatory]] || Vila de Balbina || {{flag|Brazil}} || 325 || 2015 || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mpg.de/9358794/atto-inauguration|title = ATTO inauguration ceremony in the Brazilian rain forest}}</ref>
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| [[IAP Meteorological Tower]] || Beijing || {{flag|China}} || 325 || 1979 || for meteorological measurements, studies of air pollution and studies of the atmospheric boundary layer
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| [[Obninsk Meteorological tower]] || Obninsk || {{flag|Russia}} || 310 || 1958 || for meteorological and radioactivity measurements
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| [[Zotino Tall Tower Observation Facility]] || Zotino || {{flag|Russia}} || 302 || || for measurements of meteorological variables and of concentration of greenhouse gases and aerosols
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| [[KNMI-mast Cabauw]] || Cabauw || {{flag|Netherlands}} || 213 || 1972 || for meteorological research
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| [[Jaslovské Bohunice Meteorological Tower]]|| Jaslovské Bohunice || {{flag|Slovakia}} || 212 || 1986 || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.emporis.com/buildings/1226337/jaslovske-bohunice-meteorological-tower-trnava-slovakia |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161018233757/https://www.emporis.com/buildings/1226337/jaslovske-bohunice-meteorological-tower-trnava-slovakia |url-status=usurped |archive-date=October 18, 2016 |title=Jaslovské Bohunice Meteorological Tower, Trnava &#124; 1226337 |publisher=Emporis |date= |accessdate=2022-05-03}}</ref>
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| Meteorological tower of [[Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe]] || Karlsruhe || {{flag|Germany}} || 200 || 1972 || 
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| Rödeser Berg Meteorological Mast || Wolfshagen || {{flag|Germany}} || 200 || 2011 || 
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| [[Gundremmingen|KFU-Tower]] Gundremmingen || Gundremmingen || {{flag|Germany}} || 174 || 1978 || 
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| [[Grafenrheinfeld|KFU-Mast]] Grafenrheinfeld || Grafenrheinfeld || {{flag|Germany}} || 164 || 1978 || for the measurement of meteorological parameters and environmental radioactivity
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| Mast of Richard Assmann Observatory || Falkenberg || {{flag|Germany}} || 99 || 1998 || 
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| Mast of [[Obrigheim Nuclear Power Plant#Meteorological towers|Asbach]] || Obrigheim || {{flag|Germany}} || || || dismantled 
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| [[Oskar-von-Miller-Tower]] || [[Garching]] || {{flag|Germany}} || 62 || 2010 || 
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| Mast of [[Dukovany Nuclear Power Station#Meteorological Tower|Dukovany Nuclear Power Station]] || [[Dukovany]] || {{flag|Czech Republic}} || || || 
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| Košetice Meteorological Tower || [[Košetice (Pelhřimov District)|Košetice]] || {{flag|Czech Republic}} || 250 || 2012 || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.emporis.com/buildings/1298696/kosetice-meteorological-mast-kosetice-czech-republic |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161018222914/https://www.emporis.com/buildings/1298696/kosetice-meteorological-mast-kosetice-czech-republic |url-status=usurped |archive-date=October 18, 2016 |title=Košetice Meteorological Mast, Košetice &#124; 1298696 |publisher=Emporis |date= |accessdate=2022-05-03}}</ref> 
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| [[Hegyhátsál TV Tower]] || [[Hegyhátsál]] || {{flag|Hungary}} || 117 || || transmission tower equipped with instruments for the measurement of meteorological parameters and carbon dioxide concentration
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| Norunda tower || [[Uppsala County]] || {{flag|Sweden}} || 103 || || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://fluxnet.ornl.gov/site/730|title=Fluxnet}}</ref>
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| [[Puijo tower]] || [[Kuopio]] || {{flag|Finland}} || 75 || 1963 || 
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| NAVO-Toren || [[Veurne]] || {{flag|Belgium}} || 243 || || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.emporis.com/buildings/1225959/navo-toren-veurne-belgium |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161018225348/https://www.emporis.com/buildings/1225959/navo-toren-veurne-belgium |url-status=usurped |archive-date=October 18, 2016 |title=Zendmast Jump Trading Houtem, Houtem &#124; 1225959 |publisher=Emporis |date= |accessdate=2022-05-03}}</ref>
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===Other measurement towers===
* [[Aerial test facility Brück]], Brück, Germany
* [[BREN Tower]], Nevada Test Site, USA

===Wind farm development===

Before [[Wind farm#Location planning|developers construct a wind farm]], they first measure the wind resource on a prospective site by erecting temporary measurement towers. Typically these mount [[anemometer]]s at a range of heights up to the hub height of the proposed wind turbines, and log the wind speed data at frequent intervals (e.g. every ten minutes)<ref name="anemometer_loan">{{cite web
  |url=http://www.windpoweringamerica.gov/anemometer_loans.asp
  |title=Anemometer Loan Programs
  |publisher=Wind Powering America, [[National Renewable Energy Laboratory|NREL]], [[United States Department of Energy|USDOE]]
  |accessdate=2010-05-04
  |date=2009-09-01
  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100425054143/http://www.windpoweringamerica.gov/anemometer_loans.asp
  |archive-date=2010-04-25
  |url-status=dead
  }}</ref> for at least one year and preferably two or more. The data allow the developer to determine if the site is economically viable for a wind farm, and to choose wind turbines optimized for the local wind speed distribution.