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

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Variable: Wind vector (near surface)

Definition

Full name	Wind vector (near surface)
Definition	Horizontal wind vector, at a known height above the surface which is to be sprcified 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 vector (near surface)
    - Measured in Layers:
      - Near Surface

Cross-cutting themes:

Used in Application Areas:

Requirements defined for Wind vector (near surface) (19)

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	Ver Res	Obs Cyc	Timeliness	Coverage	Conf Level	Val Date	Source
123	Wind vector (near surface)	Near Surface	Climate-AOPC (deprecated)	0.5 m/s 1 m/s 5 m/s		10 km 50 km 500 km		60 min 3 h 6 h	3 h 6 h 12 h	Global ocean	firm	2007-07-19	AOPC
320	Wind vector (near surface)	Near Surface	Global NWP	0.5 m/s 2 m/s 3 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
321	Wind vector (near surface)	Near Surface	Global NWP	0.5 m/s 2 m/s 3 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
391	Wind vector (near surface)	Near Surface	High Res NWP	0.5 m/s 1.077 m/s 5 m/s		2 km 10 km 40 km		30 min 60 min 3 h	15 min 30 min 2 h	Global land	firm	2011-02-01	T Montmerle
392	Wind vector (near surface)	Near Surface	High Res NWP	0.5 m/s 1.077 m/s 5 m/s		2 km 10 km 40 km		30 min 3 h 12 h	15 min 30 min 2 h	Global ocean	firm	2011-02-01	T Montmerle
457	Wind vector (near surface)	Near Surface	Nowcasting / VSRF	1 m/s 2 m/s 5 m/s		5 km 10 km 50 km		5 min 15 min 60 min	5 min 15 min 60 min	Global land	firm	2013-04-08	P. Ambrosetti
458	Wind vector (near surface)	Near Surface	Nowcasting / VSRF	1 m/s 2 m/s 5 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
545	Wind vector (near surface)	Near Surface	Ocean Applications	0.5 m/s 2 m/s 5 m/s		10 km 25 km 50 km		60 min 3 h 6 h	12 h 24 h 2 d	Global ocean	firm	2011-03-07	JCOMM (Ali Mafimbo)
547	Wind vector (near surface)	Near Surface	Ocean Applications	0.5 m/s 2 m/s 5 m/s		0.1 km 5 km 20 km	10	6 min 3 h 24 h	5 min 60 min 6 h	Global ocean	firm	2011-03-07	JCOMM (Ali Mafimbo)
548	Wind vector (near surface)		Ocean Applications	0.5 m/s 2 m/s 5 m/s		1 km 10 km 25 km		60 min 3 h 6 h	3 h 6 h 12 h	Global	firm	2011-03-07	JCOMM (Ali Mafimbo)
564	Wind vector (near surface)	Near Surface	Climate-OOPC (deprecated)	0.5 m/s 1 m/s 5 m/s		10 km 20 km 100 km		60 min 3 h 24 h	3 h 5 h 12 h	Global ocean	firm	2007-07-19	OOPC
734	Wind vector (near surface)	Near Surface	Aeronautical Meteorology	0.5 m/s 1 m/s 5 m/s				5 sec 5 min 10 min	5 sec 5 min 10 min	Point	firm	2014-03-27	J van der Meulen
765	Wind vector (near surface)	Near Surface	Aeronautical Meteorology	0.4 m/s 0.7 m/s 2 m/s				5 sec 60 sec 2 min	5 sec 60 sec 2 min	Point	firm	2014-03-31	J van der Meulen
14	Wind vector (near surface)	Near Surface	CLIC (deprecated)	1 m/s 1.7 m/s 5 m/s		25 km 39.7 km 100 km		12 h 15 h 24 h	30 d 38 d 60 d	Global ocean	reasonable	1998-10-29	WCRP
203	Wind vector (near surface)	Near Surface	CLIVAR (deprecated)	1 m/s 2 m/s 5 m/s		50 km 100 km 250 km		12 h 18 h 24 h	3 d 4 d 7 d	Global ocean	reasonable	1998-10-29	WCRP
243	Wind vector (near surface)	Near Surface	Climate Modelling Research (deprecated)	1 m/s 2 m/s 5 m/s		50 km 100 km 250 km		12 h 18 h 24 h	30 d 45 d 60 d	Global ocean	reasonable	1998-10-29	WCRP
546	Wind vector (near surface)	Near Surface	Ocean Applications	0.5 m/s 2 m/s 5 m/s		5 km 10 km 60 km	10	6 min 3 h 24 h	5 min 60 min 6 h	Global ocean	reasonable	2011-03-07	JCOMM (Ali Mafimbo)
549	Wind vector (near surface)		Ocean Applications	0.5 m/s 2 m/s 5 m/s		1 km 5 km 25 km	10	6 min 3 h 24 h	5 min 60 min 6 h	Global	reasonable	2011-03-07	JCOMM (Ali Mafimbo)