Wind Rose Cluster - [source code]
Cluster annual wind directions into representative directions using k-means.
Input
| Name | Nickname | Description | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Directions | Dirs | Wind directions in degrees (e.g. hourly values from an EPW). | Number |
| Budget | Maximum number of representative directions (clusters). | Integer |
Output
| Name | Nickname | Description | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Centroids | Representative centroid direction of each cluster. | Number | |
| Wind Directions | Dirs | Distinct representative wind directions in degrees, sorted ascending; plug into the ABL or Uniform Flow component's Wind Directions input. | Number |
| Clusters | Clustered direction vectors as points, one branch per cluster. | Point | |
| Breaks | Jenks-Fisher natural breaks of the input directions. | Number | |
| Distance | Dist | Total clustering distance (error). | Number |