1.3 CMOR Variable: Near-Surface Wind Speed (sfcWind)

Record Label : sfcWind

Record Title : Near-Surface Wind Speed

Record Identifier : 8007a11c-f906-11e6-a176-5404a60d96b5

Link to a record specifying the structure of the variable : str-d33

MIP Variable : sfcWind

Deflate: NetCDF compression parameter :

Deflate Level: NetCDF compression parameter :

Shuffle: NetCDF compression parameter :

Indicative priority for this parameter, which is over-ruled by the requestVar priority setting, but provides a reference for organisation of the CMORvariables : 1

Data value type, e.g. float or double : real

Modeling Realm : atmos

CMOR Directive Positive :

Link to MIP table record : CFsubhr

The MIP table : CFsubhr

Provenance : CFsubhr ((isd.003))

Processing Notes : This table includes the 2-D variables listed in the "Amon" spreadsheet, omitting, however, the daily maximum and minimum temperatures. All variables should be reported as synoptic fields, not daily means.

Provenance Note :

Frequency of Time Steps to be Archived : subhrPt

Row index of entry in source sheet : 1022

Description : This is the mean of the speed, not the speed computed from the mean u and v components of wind

Request variable (carrying priority and link to group) : sfcWind ((isd.006))