Mounted Sonic Anemometer

Matthew Patterson places a GPS marking device next to a mounted sonic anemometer ahead of a prescribed burn at Fort Stewart-Hunter Army Airfield in Georgia. The team set up anemometers upwind and downwind of the fire to measure wind speed, direction, and turbulence as part of a larger effort to understand how wind affects fire patterns. Patterson was part of the U.S. Forest Service Fire Behavior team during the April 2025 FireSense campaign.