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Creating a Wind Rose Diagram

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QUESTION: I have arrays of wind speed and direction. Can you show me how to create a wind rose diagram in IDL?

ANSWER: Yes, you can find code to create a wind rose diagram in the Coyote Plot Gallery. Here is a what is produced by running the example. The example calls the cgWindRose program from the Coyote Library.

A wind rose diagram in IDL.
A wind rose diagram in IDL.
 

Version of IDL used to prepare this article: IDL 8.2.2.

Written: 7 March 2013