气象学里的风向是指风从哪里吹来的方向,比如下图箭头就是一个往东北吹的风(去向 TOWARDS),这个风在气象学里叫西南风(考虑哪里来的 FROM)。但也有海洋惯例是把风向搞成去向,在海洋惯例里,下图这个风就叫东北风。
在算式里计算U V,是纯数学,比如下图里这个风的U和V都是正数。
http://tornado.sfsu.edu/geosciences/classes/m430/Wind/WindDirection.html
Meteorological Wind Directioin
The horizontal wind vector, vH, is represented by the bold black line in the diagram below; i and j represent unit vectors towards East and North, respectively. Equations for converting horizontal wind vector information between the different notation conventions are given at the bottom of this page.