Re: calculating prevailing wind direction?

 From wind speed and direction
       (meteorological wind direction (wdir): eg E=90, S=180, W=270)
   (1) calculate u and v
        u = -wspd*sin(wdir)
        v = -wspd*cos(wdir)

   (2) calculate the monthly mean of each wind component:
        uave, vave

   (3) transform to wspd and wdir
        rad = 4.0*atan(1.0)/180.
        WSPD = sqrt(uAve^2+vAve^2)
        WDIR = atan2(uAve,vAve)/rad +180. ; mean wind direction [0,360]

Good Luck
On 10/12/11 2:07 PM, Ufuk Utku Turuncoglu (BE) wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I just wonder that is there anybody calculate the monthly prevailing
> wind direction from hourly wind direction data. I have both wind
> direction (like N, NNE, SE etc.) and speed. What do you suggest?
>
> Regards,
>
> --ufuk
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