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==Instrument location== In order for wind speeds to be comparable from location to location, the effect of the terrain needs to be considered, especially in regard to height. Other considerations are the presence of trees, and both natural canyons and artificial canyons (urban buildings). The standard anemometer height in open rural terrain is 10 meters.<ref>{{cite book|last=Oke|first=Tim R.|title=Initial Guidance to Obtain Representative Meteorological Observations At Urban Sites|chapter-url=https://www.wmo.int/pages/prog/www/IMOP/publications/IOM-81/IOM-81-UrbanMetObs.pdf#page=23&zoom=auto,-16,235 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://www.wmo.int/pages/prog/www/IMOP/publications/IOM-81/IOM-81-UrbanMetObs.pdf#page=23&zoom=auto,-16,235 |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live |access-date=4 February 2013|series=Instruments and Observing Methods|volume=81|year=2006|publisher=World Meteorological Organization|pages=19β26|chapter=3.5 Wind speed and direction}}</ref>
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