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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Discipline | 0 | meteorological products |
| Parameter category | 2 | momentum |
| Parameter number | 2 | u-component of wind |
or to ask WMO for a new parameter?
| Parameter | ||
|---|---|---|
| Discipline | 10 | oceanographic products |
| Parameter category | 0 | waves |
| Parameter number | TBD | u-component of wind |
| Level | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 |