Re: [CF-metadata] ... wind speed

2011-02-21 Thread Jonathan Gregory
Dear Martin > 15,WINDSPEED,m/sec,"Vector wind speed; m/sec.",NUMBER,"16,4", > and > 23,WINDSPEED_SCALAR,m/sec,"Scalar wind speed; m/sec.",NUMBER,"16,4", > >The first appears to be a vector average = sqrt( mean(u)**2 + mean(v)**2 ) >the second is = mean( sqrt(u**2 + v**2) ) > >Are bot

[CF-metadata] ... wind speed

2011-02-18 Thread Schultz, Martin
Hi again, more on the CASTNET data. They provide 15,WINDSPEED,m/sec,"Vector wind speed; m/sec.",NUMBER,"16,4", and 23,WINDSPEED_SCALAR,m/sec,"Scalar wind speed; m/sec.",NUMBER,"16,4", The first appears to be a vector average = sqrt( mean(u)**2 + mean(v)**2 ) the second is = mean( sqrt(u*