Wind barb scaling

[Mike Fiorino]

DaNa,

the barb scaling is by 5 and 10 (and 50 too) irrespective of units, so when
I plot barbs and want to give the barbs the standard meaning, convert to
knots, e.g.,

'set gxout barb'
'd u*1.94;v*19.4'

if u and va are in m/s

best wishes; /R

Mike


> -----Original Message-----
> From: GRADSUSR at LIST.CINECA.IT
> [mailto:GRADSUSR at LIST.CINECA.IT] On Behalf Of DaNa L. Carlis
> Sent: Monday, December 19, 2005 6:16 PM
> To: GRADSUSR at LIST.CINECA.IT
> Subject: Wind barb scaling
>
> Hi user's,
>
> I would like to know what the current scaling is for wind
> barb (ie 1 full barb is 10 m/s and a half barb is 5 m/s).  Is
> this correct?
>
> Also, I'd like to change this scaling value, but I don't
> notice any commands that would help me change this factor to
> maybe 1 full barb is 5 m/s and a half barb is 2.5 m/s.
>
> Merry Christmas!!
>
> DaNa
>