rcatool.utils.atmosphys.wind2uv

rcatool.utils.atmosphys.wind2uv(ws, wd, dir_unit='rad')

Converts wind speed and direction to u and v components.

Parameters:

• ws – Wind speed data

• floats (float/array of) – Wind speed data

• wd – Wind direction data

• floats – Wind direction data

• dir_deg – Units of the wind direction data; ‘rad’ (default) or ‘deg’.

• string – Units of the wind direction data; ‘rad’ (default) or ‘deg’.

Returns:

u and v wind components

Return type:

(u, v), floats/arrays of floats