NAME: windstr PURPOSE: (one line only) Convert a wind direction angle to a string name (or back). DESCRIPTION: CATEGORY: Miscellaneous CALLING SEQUENCE: wname = windstr(wdir) INPUTS: wdir - Wind direction in degrees, scalar or vector if numbers are provided, these are converted to strings if strings are provided, they are converted to integers OPTIONAL INPUT PARAMETERS: KEYWORD INPUT PARAMETERS: OUTPUTS: return value is the name of the wind direction (string) or the numeric value depending in the input. KEYWORD OUTPUT PARAMETERS: COMMON BLOCKS: SIDE EFFECTS: RESTRICTIONS: Note that the names are coarser than numbers. If you start with numbers, convert to names and then back to numbers you probably won't get the same answer. PROCEDURE: MODIFICATION HISTORY: Written by Marc W. Buie, Lowell Observatory, 2005/03/26 2008/02/03, MWB, changed to allow reverse transformation.