GRIB-API definition
Name: | 10 metre U wind component | Abbreviation: | 10u | Unit: | m s-1 | paramId: | 165 |
Other details
Definition | Zonal (eastward) wind component in 10m height |
Validity | instantaneous |
Comment |
WMO GRIB2 definition
Parameter | ||
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Discipline | 0 | meteorological products |
Parameter category | 2 | momentum |
Parameter number | 2 | u-component of wind |
or to ask WMO for a new parameter?
Parameter | ||
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Discipline | 10 | oceanographic products |
Parameter category | 0 | waves |
Parameter number | TBD | u-component of wind |
Level | ||
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Type of first fixed surface | 103 / 102 | specified height level above ground (m) / specific altitude above mean sea level |
Scale factor of first fixed surface | 0 | |
Scaled value of first fixed surface | 10 | |
Type of second fixed surface | all bits to 1 | missing |
Scale factor of second fixed surface | all bits to 1 | missing |
Scaled value of second fixed surface | all bits to 1 | missing |