WMO OSCAR | Details for Variable: Wind speed (near surface)

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Variable: Wind speed (near surface)

Definition

Full name	Wind speed (near surface)
Definition	Speed of air at a known height above the surface which is to be specified in the metadata
Measuring Units	m/s	Uncertainty Units	m/s
Horizontal Res Units	km	Vertical Res Units
Stability Units	m/s (Stability /decade)

Comment:
Last modified:	2019-10-15
Applied in OSCAR/Space Gap Analysis:	Yes

Classification

Domain: Atmosphere
- Sub-domain: Basic atmospheric
  - Variable: Wind speed (near surface)
    - Measured in Layers:
      - Near Surface

Cross-cutting themes:

Used in Application Areas:

Requirements defined for Wind speed (near surface) (10)

This tables shows all related requirements. For more operations/filtering, please consult the full list of Requirements
Note: In reading the values, goal is marked blue, breakthrough green and threshold orange

Id	Variable	Layer	App Area	Uncertainty	Stability / decade	Hor Res	Obs Cyc	Timeliness	Coverage	Conf Level	Val Date	Source
318	Wind speed (near surface)	Near Surface	Global NWP	0.5 m/s 1.5 m/s 2 m/s		15 km 100 km 250 km	60 min 6 h 12 h	6 min 30 min 6 h	Global land	firm	2009-02-10	John Eyre
319	Wind speed (near surface)	Near Surface	Global NWP	0.5 m/s 1.5 m/s 2 m/s		15 km 100 km 250 km	60 min 6 h 12 h	6 min 30 min 6 h	Global ocean	firm	2009-02-10	John Eyre
389	Wind speed (near surface)	Near Surface	High Res NWP	0.5 m/s 1 m/s 3 m/s		0.5 km 5 km 20 km	30 min 60 min 3 h	15 min 30 min 2 h	Global land	firm	2011-08-04	T Montmerle
390	Wind speed (near surface)	Near Surface	High Res NWP	0.5 m/s 1 m/s 3 m/s		0.5 km 5 km 20 km	30 min 3 h 12 h	15 min 30 min 2 h	Global ocean	firm	2011-08-04	T Montmerle
456	Wind speed (near surface)	Near Surface	Nowcasting / VSRF	1 m/s 1.4 m/s 3 m/s		5 km 10 km 50 km	15 min 30 min 3 h	15 min 30 min 60 min	Global ocean	firm	2013-04-08	P. Ambrosetti
764	Wind speed (near surface)	Near Surface	Aeronautical Meteorology	0.2 m/s 0.5 m/s 1 m/s			5 sec 60 sec 2 min	5 sec 60 sec 2 min	Point	firm	2014-03-31	J van der Meulen
455	Wind speed (near surface)	Near Surface	Nowcasting / VSRF	1 m/s 1.4 m/s 3 m/s		1 km 5 km 20 km	5 min 15 min 60 min	5 min 15 min 60 min	Global land	reasonable	2013-04-08	P. Ambrosetti
563	Wind speed (near surface)	Near Surface	Climate-OOPC (deprecated)	0.5 m/s 0.6 m/s 1 m/s		10 km 40 km 500 km	60 min 3 h 24 h	60 min 2 h 12 h	Global ocean	reasonable	2007-07-19	OOPC
768	Wind speed (near surface)	Near Surface	Climate Monitoring (GCOS)	0.5 m/s	0.05 m/s	10 km	3 h		Global	reasonable	2019-09-25	GCOS-200: The Global Observing System for Climate: Implementation Needs (Published 2016)