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How can I plot U and V wind vectors in ArcGIS 9.3 and what is the...

Dominic Tramonte  Follow

See this page (https://marinedataliteracy.org/ops/ss_height/ss_height.htm) for mapping of SSHa and geostrophic current magnitude and direction.

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Demi Blye  Follow

If you plot data from excl, maybe the problem is linked to the excl, in this case you need to convert angles from degrees to radiant, furthermore,  excl reed the angles in a opposite direction with respect the wind chart, thus each angle value (alfa) should be transformed in 90-alfa before the conversion.

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Colin Reed  Follow


How can I plot U and V wind vectors in ArcGIS 9.3

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Nobaudie Uno  Follow




I don't know about ArcGIS 9.3, but in 10.3 following the blog works perfectly for displaying direction from u and v in a table. You could display the arrow size as the magnitude (100 * Sqr ( [u] * [u] + [v] * [v] )) --- 100 just for sizing, so it's visible on my display with my specific numbers. The only drawback, you can't display in color.
For graduated color display you'd need the value of magnitude and direction in your table. I calculated the direction using field calculator as shown in the jpg
when field calculator opens the parser is defaulted to VB script (no atn2() available), you need to click the radio button to Python, then you will find the Atn2() function (and a pi function as well --- see jpg)
In case you can't see the jpg:  direction =     (180 / math.pi) * math.atan2( !u!, !v! )
Note: the result will be positive (for u>0) and negative (for u<0) values for direction. If you want to display current your arrow symbol needs to point up before applying rotation by direction (so either choose a symbol that points up or rotate any symbol by "angle" so it points up before applying the rotation by direction.

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David Johns  Follow


How can I plot U and V wind vectors in ArcGIS 9.3

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Dave Haynie  Follow

Sorry if this question comes late as this questions should be solved months ago. I have installed MGET, but I cannot find the python script to get the mag/direction, where is it please? Thanks!

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Alex Voge  Follow

What is the script to get wind speed from u and v data?

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Dan Blundon  Follow

Try MGET tool http://mgel.env.duke.edu/mget/ . It has a python script to get mag/direction vector from u v  vector component rasters. Hope this solves your problem

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Bobby Baucom  Follow

may be you can use Surfer software. its better than Arc GIS for plotting U and V wind .


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