GRIB-API definition
| Name: | 10 metre V wind component | Abbreviation: | 10v | Unit: | m s-1 | paramId: | 166 |
Other details
| Definition | Meridional (northward) wind with a vertical coordinate in height of 10m |
| Validity | instantaneous |
| Comment |
WMO GRIB2 definition
| Parameter | ||
|---|---|---|
| Discipline | 0 | meteorological products |
| Parameter category | 2 | momentum |
| Parameter number | 3 | v-component of wind |
or to ask WMO for a new parameter?
| Discipline | 10 | oceanographic products |
| Parameter category | 0 | waves |
| Parameter number | TBD | v-component of wind |
| Level | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type of first fixed surface | 103 / 102 | specified height level above ground (m) / 102 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 |