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ECV Products and Requirements for Upper-air Wind Speed and Direction

These products and requirements reflect the Implementation Plan 2016 (GCOS-200). GCOS is reviewing and will update the requirements until 2022. More information on: gcos.wmo.int.

 

PRODUCT DEFINITION FREQ. RES. REQUIRED MEASUREMENT UNCERTAINTY STABILITY STANDARDS/ REFERENCES
Upper-air wind retrievals 3D field of the horizontal vector component (2D) of the 3D wind vector (m/s) 1hr 10km/ 0.5km 2m/s, 20deg 0.5m/s, 5deg