Wednesday, February 12, 2014

Windrose Plots

These windrose plots are from the four seasons of 1992 in Nashville, Tennessee. I was born in Nashville during this year.

Here is an aerial view of the Nashville International Airport:


Spring:

Summer:

Fall:

Winter:

From these graphs, we can see that seasons have a massive impact on the wind speed and direction. On August 27 of this year, three F0 tornadoes touched down in Middle Tennessee, which could have impacted the data in the summer section. 




Monday, February 3, 2014

Solar Trajectory Lab


In this lab, I determined the trajectory of the sun by using an 8 inch stick, the length of its shadow, and the direction of the shadow cast.