> What was the aim of the original request?
> Which was
> 
> > Is there a (standard) way to calculate the average of a 
> parameter that
> > is cyclic in nature, like the wind direction or the month 
> of the year?
> 
> The answer so far has to be: "ABSOLUTELY NOT, as cyclic 
> variables can be 
> quite dissimilar to each other. So the problem has to be 
> specified more 
> tightly than a generic answer would allow."

I disagree. Vector addition is the real generic answer. It might be that
the step 'what do I need' to 'I need to average a cyclic parameter' is
wrong, but that was not the original question.

> Hey - this is real engineering (or an attempt at it). What's 
> that doing on the PICList OT tag ? :-)

For lack of a [GE] (general engineering) or [MATH] tag it has to ride on
[OT] :(

Wouter van Ooijen

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