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Re: Direction of Wind Vectors: A bug? [message #90307 is a reply to message #90288]

Wed, 18 February 2015 14:27

Fabzi
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On 18.02.2015 20:23, wlandsman wrote:
> On Wednesday, February 18, 2015 at 1:32:50 PM UTC-5, David Fanning wrote:
>
>>> So, here is my question. Are both of these programs "right"? If not, why
>>> not? And, which would convey the "true wind direction" more convincingly
>>> on a plot?
> I'd vote for the partvelvec.pro approach where the angle -- like everything else on the map -- is distorted by the unequal projections.

I agree with Wayne. But this is realy just for equirectangular maps, I
guess...

Fabien

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		Direction of Wind Vectors: A bug? By: David Fanning on Wed, 18 February 2015 10:32
		Re: Direction of Wind Vectors: A bug? By: wlandsman on Wed, 18 February 2015 11:23
		Re: Direction of Wind Vectors: A bug? By: David Fanning on Wed, 18 February 2015 11:44
		Re: Direction of Wind Vectors: A bug? By: natha on Wed, 18 February 2015 12:04
		Re: Direction of Wind Vectors: A bug? By: David Fanning on Wed, 18 February 2015 12:09
		Re: Direction of Wind Vectors: A bug? By: Paul Van Delst[1] on Wed, 18 February 2015 12:25
		Re: Direction of Wind Vectors: A bug? By: David Fanning on Wed, 18 February 2015 12:46
		Re: Direction of Wind Vectors: A bug? By: David Fanning on Wed, 18 February 2015 14:23
		Re: Direction of Wind Vectors: A bug? By: Fabzi on Wed, 18 February 2015 14:27
		Re: Direction of Wind Vectors: A bug? By: David Fanning on Wed, 18 February 2015 14:44
		Re: Direction of Wind Vectors: A bug? By: David Fanning on Mon, 23 February 2015 07:28

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