Wind Rose and Radial Graph

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WIND ROSE AND

RADIAL GRAPH
 Wind rose graphs are simply called as rose graphs, Wind rose
graph is the most common type of Radial Graph. (See later slides
to know about radial graph).
 Wind rose graph is used to record the direction of the wind. The
graph consists of a central octagon from which 8 bars sprout out
showing the direction.
 The length of each bar represents the time in days of how long the
wind blew in the direction.
The 8 bars represent the direction of the wind, that is
ABOUT  North
 North-east
 East
 South-east
 South
 South west
 West
 North-west
The 8 directs are displayed by bars respectively
EXAMPLE
North
North East

West East
DIRECTIONS

South west South East

South
RADIAL  Radial graphs are graph that wraps any kind of data in a circle or
around a circle. Wind rose graph is a example of radial graph. So Is
GRAPH pie chart as it includes data being plotted inside a circle

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