Name:

v_velocity

Abbreviation:

v

Unit:

m s-1

Definition	Meridonal (northward) wind with a vertical coordinate on a pressure level.
Validity	instantaneous
Comment

GRIB 2	Discipline = 0     Parameter Category = 2     Parameter Number = 3     Type of first fixed surface = 100 Type of second fixed surface = All 1's Scale factor of first fixed surface = 0 Scale factor of second fixed surface = All 1's Scaled value of first fixed surface = value in Pa Scaled value of second fixed surface = All 1's
	GRIB 2 and C-code for: Deterministic forecast, Perturbed forecast and Control forecast