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wind_speed

Calculate wind speed from zonal and meridional wind components.

Available in version 6.4.0 and later.

Prototype

load "$NCARG_ROOT/lib/ncarg/nclscripts/csm/contributed.ncl"  ; This library is automatically loaded
                                                             ; from NCL V6.2.0 onward.
                                                             ; No need for user to explicitly load.

	function wind_speed (
		u  : numeric,  
		v  : numeric   
	)

	return_val [dimsizes(u)] :  float or double

Arguments

u

A variable of any dimensionality containing the zonal wind component. Array size and shape must match v.

v

A variable of any dimensionality containing the meridional wind component. Array size and shape must match u.

Return value

A multi-dimensional array of the same sizes as u. The output will be double if u or v is of type double. All appropriate metadata will be returned.

Description

Calculates wind speed via sqrt(u^2+v^2).

See Also

atan2, wind_direction, wind_component, wind_stats

Examples

Example 1 

   u    = ...        ; (time, lat,lon)    ; (2,64,128)
   v    = ...
   wspd = wind_speed(u,v)
   printVarSummary(wdpd)

The output is: 

   Variable: wspd
   Type: float
   Total Size: 65536 bytes
               16384 values
   Number of Dimensions: 3
   Dimensions and sizes:	[time | 2] x [lat | 64] x [lon | 128]
   Coordinates: 
               time: [1..7]
               lat: [-87.8638..87.8638]
               lon: [-180..177.1875]
   Number Of Attributes: 3
     _FillValue :	-999
     long_name :	wind speed
     units :	m/s