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
Stéphane Tarot
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