Calculate wind speed and bearing from WRF U and V components

From: Phil Howarth <phowarth_at_nyahnyahspammersnyahnyah>
Date: Sun Jun 05 2011 - 18:12:43 MDT

Gday all,

What is the "NCL way" to compute the wind speed and bearing angle from U an
V components output from WRF.

UV = wrf_user_getvar(a,"uvmet",it)

U_profile = UV(0,:,index_min(0,0),index_min(0,1))
V_profile = UV(1,:,index_min(0,0),index_min(0,1))

Regards

PHil Howarth

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