MagnitudeAzimuth: Convert zonal-meridional wind speeds to magnitude/azimuth.

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MagnitudeAzimuthR Documentation

Convert zonal-meridional wind speeds to magnitude/azimuth.

Description

Given zonal (East-West) and meridional (North-South) wind speeds, calculate magnitude of wind vector and azimuth from north, in degrees.

Usage

MagnitudeAzimuth(zonal.wind, meridional.wind)

Arguments

zonal.wind

A vector of zonal (East-West) winds, west negative.

meridional.wind

A vector of meridional (North-South) winds, south negative.

Value

winds$magnitude

Magnitude of wind vector.

winds$azimuth

Azimuth of wind vector in degrees from North

Author(s)

Daniel C. Bowman danny.c.bowman@gmail.com

Examples


zonal.wind <- c(35.5, -2)
meridional.wind <- c(-5, 15)
winds <- MagnitudeAzimuth(zonal.wind, meridional.wind)
print(winds$magnitude)
print(winds$azimuth)

rNOMADS documentation built on Sept. 6, 2022, 5:06 p.m.