Splitting Wind direction into four quadrants
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Hello,
I had u & V component of wind. I converted them to wind speed & direction, using
wind_speed=sqrt((u^2)+(v^2));
wind_direction=180 + atand(u/v);
The problem is wind direction is not splitting into quadrants. As done here http://wx.gmu.edu/dev/clim301/lectures/wind/wind-uv.html
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Chad Greene
2016년 1월 15일
I think Kelly is partly correct. You'll need the four-quadrant version of atand, which is called atan2d.
Another quick tip: Instead of this:
wind_speed=sqrt((u^2)+(v^2));
you can use
wind_speed=hypot(u,v);
which is less prone to typos.
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Kelly Kearney
2016년 1월 15일
As mentioned in those lecture notes, you'll need to use atan2 instead of atan (not atand either... your inputs aren't in degrees!) to get the four-quadrant result you want.
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Kelly Kearney
2016년 1월 15일
Right, never mind on the degrees comment. I was mistakenly reversing inputs and outputs in my head. But as Chad answered, you still need the atan2d variant.
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