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Question 110

Geography students have been conducting physical geography fieldwork at a coastal sand dune system. They were investigating how wind velocity varies at different heights above the ground surface. Some of their results are shown in the table below.

Table 1: Wind velocity measurements at a coastal sand dune system

Recording StationHeight above ground levelAnemometer reading 1Anemometer reading 2Anemometer reading 3
A0.5m3.23.53.1
B1.0m4.85.04.6
C1.5m6.16.46.2
D2.0m7.57.97.6

Suggest one problem with the recording of this data.

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