direction

direction(u, v)

Computes the meteorological wind direction in degrees in each grid point of u and v.

Parameters
Return type

Fieldset

The meteorological wind direction is the direction from which the wind is blowing. Wind direction increases clockwise such that a northerly wind is 0°, an easterly wind is 90°, a southerly wind is 180°, and a westerly wind is 270°. The figure below illustrates how it is related to the actual orientation of the wind vector.

../../_images/wind_direction.png

Note

See also xy_from_polar()