Variable:
Wind vector (near surface)
Requirements defined for Wind vector (near surface) (13)
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Note: In reading the values, goal is marked blue,
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Application-dependent Technical Priority (ATP) Magenta and Relative priority of the attributes Red
| Id | Variable | Layer | App Area | ATP | Uncertainty | Layer/s Quality | Coverage Quality | Stability / decade | Hor Res | Ver Res | Obs Cyc | Timeliness | Coverage | Conf Level | Val Date | Source | General Comment | Application Area Comment | Horizontal Coverage Comment | Observation Comment | Performance Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||||||||
| 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 | Trend signal shown in Fig. 3.19 of N. Nicholls et al. 1996 Observed Climate Variability and Change. Chapter 2 of Climate Change 1995 (IPCC Second Assessment) supports this need. | |||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||
| 320 | Wind vector (near surface) | Near Surface | 2.1 Global Numerical Weather Prediction and Real-time Monitoring | 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 | 2.1 Global Numerical Weather Prediction and Real-time Monitoring | 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 | 2.2 High-Resolution Numerical Weather Prediction | 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 | 2.2 High-Resolution Numerical Weather Prediction | 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 | 2.3 Nowcasting / Very Short-Range Forecasting | 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 | 2.3 Nowcasting / Very Short-Range Forecasting | 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 | ||||||||||
| 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 | 2.8 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 | based on requirements for real time operations by ATS; It is expected to have up-to-date & consolidated functional & performance requirements soon via the ICAO MARIE-PT & ICAO ATMRPP | ||||||||||
| 765 | Wind vector (near surface) | Near Surface | 2.8 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 | source: ICAO Annex 3 Att A: "Mean surface wind" Direction: ± 10° Speed: ± 0.5 m/s (1 kt) up to 5 m/s (10 kt) ± 10% above 5 m/s (10 kt) (not formulated into vector values) combination of absolute and relative uncertainty | ||||||||||
| 984 | Wind vector (near surface) | Near Surface | 2.5 Atmospheric Climate Monitoring | 0.5 | 0.1 m/s 0.5 m/s 1 m/s 0.5 |
0.1 m/s 0.25 m/s 0.5 m/s 0.5 |
10 km 100 km 500 km 0.5 |
60 min 60 min 3 h 0.5 |
6 h 24 h 30 d 0.5 |
Global | firm | 2023-04-28 | GCOS-245: The 2022 ECVs Requirements (GCOS-245) | Requirements for uncertainty are specified at 2-sigma. | Goal for temporal resolution is sub-hourly |