wind: Wind speed and direction

windR Documentation

Wind speed and direction

Description

This data set contains the wind speed and direction over the course of a single day in Chicago (February 29, 2012).

Usage

wind

Variables

  • TimeUTC: Time of day in minutes; 0 is midnight.

  • Temp: Temperature in Celcius.

  • WindAvg: Average wind speed in m/s in this time block.

  • WindMax: Maximum wind speed in m/s in this time block.

  • WindDir: Average direction that wind comes from (0=north, 90=east).

  • SpeedCat: Average wind speed, categorized in 5 m/s groups.

  • DirCat: Average direction, categorized in 15-degree groups.

Source

Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory: http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/metdata/chi/


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