direction
- direction(u, v)
Computes the meteorological wind direction in degrees in each grid point of
u
andv
.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.
Note
See also
xy_from_polar()