ECMWF analysis plots for CARIBIC flight 179 from Canton to Manila on 6 February 2007






Trajectories

5-day backward: All // 9-10h / 10-11h / 11-12h
8-day backward WAS: 15 / 16 / 17
8-day backward WAS-volume: 15 / 16 / 17
2-day forward: All


"Surface" maps
Level (hPa) - - - - - - -
07020600+006 Total CC Low CC Medium CC High CC H2O column 6hr LS Prec 6hr Con Prec


Pressure level maps
Level (hPa) 250 250 250 250 500 250 500 250 700
07020606 PV Z Wind W W Spec hum RH RH EpotT



Vertical X-sections
Pressure versus time PV Eq pot T Spec hum RH Wetb potT U V W Cloud water Cloud ice Cloud cover


ECMWF and measured parameters as a function of UT
Pressure PV Pott. T T Wind speed Wind dir w=dp/dt H2O mix.ratio RH Cloud cover Liquid/Ice water
Model data along track: file1// file2 (cloud parameters)


Satellite imagery
Global infrared cloud composite on 6-2-2007 9 UTC
Global water vapour composite on 6-2-2007 9 UTC
(Courtesy of SSEC at the Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison's Graduate School.)