wind {gcookbook}

Wind speed and direction

Description

This data set contains the wind speed and direction over the course of a single day in Chicago (February 29, 2012).

Usage

wind

Variables

• TimeUTC: Time of day in minutes; 0 is midnight.

• Temp: Temperature in Celcius.

• WindAvg: Average wind speed in m/s in this time block.

• WindMax: Maximum wind speed in m/s in this time block.

• WindDir: Average direction that wind comes from (0=north, 90=east).

• SpeedCat: Average wind speed, categorized in 5 m/s groups.

• DirCat: Average direction, categorized in 15-degree groups.

Source

Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory: http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/metdata/chi/