[CF-metadata] Standard name for direction of wind gust

From: Stephane TAROT <Stephane.Tarot>
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2017 12:10:16 +0200

Dear Colleagues,

I'd like to request the creation of a standard name for the direction of
wind gust (which is linked to the existing wind_speed_of_gust). I suggest

wind_from_direction_of_gust (degree)


For the definition, a mix of the defintions of wind_from_direction and
wind_speed_of_gust can be used, such as :

"Wind is defined as a two-dimensional (horizontal) air velocity vector,
with no vertical component. (Vertical motion in the atmosphere has the
standard name upward_air_velocity.) In meteorological reports, the
direction of the wind vector is usually (but not always) given as the
direction from which it is blowing (wind_from_direction) (westerly,
northerly, etc.). A gust is a sudden brief period of high wind speed. In
an observed timeseries of wind speed, the gust wind speed can be
indicated by a cell_methods of maximum for the time-interval."


Best regards

St?phane Tarot
Received on Wed Jun 21 2017 - 04:10:16 BST