R/windSpd.R

In IMOS-AnimalTracking/remora: Rapid Extraction of Marine Observations for Roving Animals

#' @title Calculate wind speed
#' @description helper function to calculate wind speed
#'
#' @param u horizontal (u) wind speed 
#' @param v vertical (v) wind speed
#' @return Wind speed in meters per second
#' @export

windSpd <-function(u,v){
  sqrt(u^2+v^2)
}