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GRIB-API definition

Name:
u_velocity

U component of wind

Abbreviation:uUnit:m s-1paramId:131


UERRA details

DefinitionZonal (
Eastward
eastward) wind
with a vertical coordinate
component on a model level.
Validity
Instantaneous (00/06/12/18UTC)
instantaneous
Comment 

 

WMO GRIB2 definition

Parameter
Discipline
=
0
Meteorological
meteorological products
Parameter
Category
category
=
2
Momentum
momentum
Parameter
Number
number
=
2
 
u-component of wind
Level
Type of first fixed surface
=
105
 Hybrid
hybrid level
Scale factor of first fixed surface
=
0 
Scaled value of first fixed surface
=
model level number 
Type of second fixed surface
=
all bits to 1
Missing
missing
Scale factor of second fixed surface
=
all bits to 1
Missing
missing
Scaled value of second fixed surface
=
all bits to 1
Missing
missing