wind_speed#
- metpy.calc.wind_speed(u, v)[source]#
Compute the wind speed from u and v-components.
- Parameters:
u (
pint.Quantity
) – Wind component in the X (East-West) directionv (
pint.Quantity
) – Wind component in the Y (North-South) direction
- Returns:
wind speed (
pint.Quantity
) – Speed of the wind
See also
Examples
>>> from metpy.calc import wind_speed >>> from metpy.units import units >>> wind_speed(10. * units('m/s'), 10. * units('m/s')) <Quantity(14.1421356, 'meter / second')>
Examples using metpy.calc.wind_speed
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