get_wind_speed

metpy.calc.get_wind_speed(u, v)[source]

Compute the wind speed from u and v-components.

Parameters:
  • u (array_like) – Wind component in the X (East-West) direction
  • v (array_like) – Wind component in the Y (North-South) direction
Returns:

wind speed (array_like) – The speed of the wind

See also

wind_components()

Deprecated since version 0.9.0: Function has been renamed to wind_speed and will be removed from MetPy in 0.12.0.