Flags 7: Resolution and component flags

Bit Value Meaning
1 0 Direction increments not given
1 1 Direction increments given
2 0 Earth assumed spherical with radius 6367.47 km
2 1 Earth assumed oblate spheroidal with size as determined by IAU in 1965 (6378.160 km, 6356.775 km, f = 1/297.0)
3-4 Reserved
5 0 Resolved u- and v-components of vector quantities relative to easterly and northerly directions
5 1 Resolved u- and v-components of vector quantities relative to the defined grid in the direction of increasing x and y (or i and j) coordinates respectively
6-8 0 Reserved set to zero