diff --git a/src/mir/key/style/ECMWFStyle.cc b/src/mir/key/style/ECMWFStyle.cc
index be9ae1b51..001d64e90 100644
--- a/src/mir/key/style/ECMWFStyle.cc
+++ b/src/mir/key/style/ECMWFStyle.cc
@@ -270,8 +270,13 @@ void ECMWFStyle::sh2grid(action::ActionPlan& plan) const {
     bool vod2uv   = option(user, "vod2uv", false);
     bool uv2uv    = option(user, "uv2uv", false) || uv_input;  // where "MIR knowledge of winds" is hardcoded
 
-    if (vod2uv && uv_input) {
-        throw exception::UserError("ECMWFStyle: option 'vod2uv' is incompatible with input U/V");
+    if (vod2uv) {
+        if (uv2uv) {
+            throw exception::UserError("ECMWFStyle: option 'vod2uv' is incompatible with 'uv2uv'");
+        }
+        if (uv_input) {
+            throw exception::UserError("ECMWFStyle: option 'vod2uv' is incompatible with input U/V");
+        }
     }
 
     if (resol.resultIsSpectral()) {
@@ -281,29 +286,31 @@ void ECMWFStyle::sh2grid(action::ActionPlan& plan) const {
     auto target = target_gridded_from_parametrisation(parametrisation_, false);
     if (!target.empty()) {
         if (resol.resultIsSpectral()) {
-
             plan.add("transform." + std::string(vod2uv ? "sh-vod-to-uv-" : "sh-scalar-to-") + target);
+
+            if (uv2uv) {
+                plan.add("filter.adjust-winds-scale-cos-latitude");
+            }
+
+            if ((vod2uv || uv2uv) && rotation) {
+                plan.add("filter.adjust-winds-directions");
+            }
         }
         else {
-
             resol.prepare(plan);
 
+            if (uv2uv) {
+                plan.add("filter.adjust-winds-scale-cos-latitude");
+            }
+
             // if the intermediate grid is the same as the target grid, the interpolation to the
             // intermediate grid is not followed by an additional interpolation
             std::string grid;
             if (rotation || !user.get("grid", grid) || grid != resol.gridname()) {
                 plan.add("interpolate.grid2" + target);
             }
-        }
-
-        if (vod2uv || uv2uv) {
-            ASSERT(vod2uv != uv2uv);
-
-            if (uv2uv) {
-                plan.add("filter.adjust-winds-scale-cos-latitude");
-            }
 
-            if (rotation) {
+            if ((vod2uv || uv2uv) && rotation) {
                 plan.add("filter.adjust-winds-directions");
             }
         }
diff --git a/src/mir/repres/regular/Lambert.cc b/src/mir/repres/regular/Lambert.cc
index 94968a4ed..10527a044 100644
--- a/src/mir/repres/regular/Lambert.cc
+++ b/src/mir/repres/regular/Lambert.cc
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@
 
 #include "mir/repres/regular/Lambert.h"
 
-#include <cmath>
-
 #include "mir/param/MIRParametrisation.h"
 #include "mir/util/Angles.h"
 #include "mir/util/Exceptions.h"
@@ -88,8 +86,8 @@ void Lambert::fillGrib(grib_info& info) const {
     info.grid.longitudeOfSouthernPoleInDegrees = longitudeOfSouthernPoleInDegrees_;
     info.grid.uvRelativeToGrid                 = uvRelativeToGrid_ ? 1 : 0;
 
-    info.extra_set("DxInMetres", std::abs(x().step()));
-    info.extra_set("DyInMetres", std::abs(y().step()));
+    info.extra_set("DxInMetres", x().step());
+    info.extra_set("DyInMetres", y().step());
     info.extra_set("Latin1InDegrees", reference[LLCOORDS::LAT]);
     info.extra_set("Latin2InDegrees", reference[LLCOORDS::LAT]);
     info.extra_set("LoVInDegrees", writeLonPositive_ ? util::normalise_longitude(reference[LLCOORDS::LON], 0)
diff --git a/src/mir/util/Shape.cc b/src/mir/util/Shape.cc
index ea16bee55..bcae379de 100644
--- a/src/mir/util/Shape.cc
+++ b/src/mir/util/Shape.cc
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@ namespace mir::util {
 
 
 Shape::Shape(const param::MIRParametrisation& param) {
-    param.get("edition", edition = 0);
-
     provided = param.get("shapeOfTheEarth", code = 6);
 
     bool isOblate = false;
@@ -30,7 +28,7 @@ Shape::Shape(const param::MIRParametrisation& param) {
 }
 
 
-Shape::Shape(const Projection::Spec& spec) : edition(0) {
+Shape::Shape(const Projection::Spec& spec) {
     if (spec.has("radius")) {
         code = 1L;
         a = b = spec.getDouble("radius");
@@ -58,6 +56,17 @@ Shape& Shape::operator=(const Shape&) = default;
 
 void Shape::fillGrib(grib_info& info, const Projection::Spec& spec) const {
     // GRIB2 encoding of user-provided shape
+    long edition = info.packing.editionNumber;
+
+    const std::string EDITION("edition");
+    for (size_t j = 0; j < info.packing.extra_settings_count; ++j) {
+        auto& set = info.packing.extra_settings[j];
+        if (set.name == EDITION && set.type == CODES_TYPE_LONG) {
+            edition = set.long_value;
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+
     if (edition != 2) {
         return;
     }
diff --git a/src/mir/util/Shape.h b/src/mir/util/Shape.h
index a538bd1d6..fc916b2b8 100644
--- a/src/mir/util/Shape.h
+++ b/src/mir/util/Shape.h
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ struct Shape {
     long code;
     double a;
     double b;
-    long edition;
     bool provided;
 };