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GRIB-API definition

Name
v-velocity
Wind directionAbbreviation
v
wdirUnit
m s-1
degree trueparamId:3031

 

UERRA details

DefinitionWind direction
DefinitionMeridional (northward) wind with a vertical coordinate
on a height level.
Validityinstantaneous
Comment 

 


WMO GRIB2 definition

Parameter
Discipline0meteorological products
Parameter
Category
category2momentum
Parameter
Number
number
3
0
v-component of wind
wind direction (from which blowing)
Level
Type of first fixed surface
100
103specified height level above ground (m)
Scale factor of first fixed surface0 
Scaled value of first fixed surfacevalue in m 
Type of second fixed surfaceall bits to 1missing
Scale factor of second fixed surfaceall bits to 1missing
Scaled value of second fixed surfaceall bits to 1missing