Computes the magnitude of a vector of any dimension. Or angle (in degrees)
in 2 dimensions.
Usage
Mag(...)
Angle(x, y)
Value
Mag: A numeric vector the same length as each element of ...
that is \(\sqrt(x^2 + y^2 + ...)\).
Angle: A numeric vector of the same length as x and y that is
atan2(y, x)*180/pi.
Arguments
...
numeric vectors of coordinates or list of coordinates
x, y,
x and y directions of the vector
Details
Helpful to save keystrokes and gain readability when computing wind
(or any other vector quantity) magnitude.
See Also
Other utilities:
Anomaly(),
JumpBy(),
Percentile(),
logic
Other utilities:
Anomaly(),
JumpBy(),
Percentile(),
logic