The purpose of this paper is to present the experimental results obtained with a prototype of a 4-sector spherical anemometer, in the
Aarhus Wind Tunnel Simulator II (AWTSII) reproducing Martian conditions. The main objective of the experimental campaign has been to measure wind velocity for a wide number of yaw and pitch angles, in an environment in the range of typical Mars conditions.
The experimental results indicate that wind speed and angle recovery can be achieved with the proposed spherical sensor. The obtained responses are close to the empirical models found in the literature.Authors want to show their gratefulness to the Planetary Environment Facilities at Aarhus University (DK) for their hostage and professional approach. This laboratory is a member of Europlanet 2020 RI which has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 654208. This work was partially supported by the Spanish Ministry MINECO under Project grant no. ESP2016-79612-C3-2R.Peer ReviewedPostprint (published version
