Could you recommend some good quality ones for industrial / commercial usages ?
Low power consumption
No, we can only recommend some for hobby use.
For industrial/commercial use you should consult a qualified expert and pay them for their advice.
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ok thanks, anything for hobby/prototype ?
Yes, but I'm reluctant to give you that advice because I have reason to believe you will use my recommendation for industrial/commercial use!
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(This is the point where you assure me you will only use any advice I give you for hobby use and I tell you my experience with a hobby anemometer.)
If your asking advice for a commercial\industrial application then just having recommendations for devices is only a part of the project, you would need to have good experience of using the devices and how to program them reliably.
And of course the devices to be used probably depends on the details of the project.
Whats a 'Location Sensor' and how is it going to be used ?
Why do you need location tracking? Will your weather station move around?
That looks like an ultrasonic wind speed/direction sensor. These are quite expensive. Most Arduino-based weather projects use more conventional 3-cup anemometers and wind vanes.
The 3-cup anemometers mostly have with either a small motor or a rotating magnet and reed switch. The motor type generate a small voltage which the Arduino can measure. Higher voltage means higher windspeed. The magnet/reed switch type generate pulses which the Arduino can count over a fixed period. More pulses means higher windspeed. These types can be very low power consumption.
More expensive types of anemometer have a hall-effect sensor, which requires a little more power to run. Other types have a microcontroller built in which measures the windspeed and communicates this to the Arduino using RS485 or CANBUS interfaces. These types require more power to run.
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