ECMWF analysis plots CARIBIC flight 129 from Sao Paulo to Frankfurt on 5-6 October 2005


Trajectories

5-day backward: All // 21-22h / 22-23h / 23-24h / 0-1h / 1-2h / 2-3h / 3-4h / 4-5h / 5-6h / 6-7h / 7-8h / 8-9h / 9-10h / 10-11h
8-day backward WAS: 21 / 22 / 23 / 24 / 25 / 26 / 27 / 28
8-day backward WAS-volume: 21 / 22 / 23 / 24 / 25 / 26 / 27 / 28
2-day forward: All


"Surface" maps
Level (hPa) - - - - - - -
05100512+012 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
05100600 PV Z Wind W W Spec hum RH RH EpotT


Vertical X-sections
time vs P 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 6-10-2005 3 UTC
Global water vapour composite on 6-10-2005 6 UTC
(Courtesy of SSEC at the Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison's Graduate School.)

Meteosat D2 photograph:
infrared at 6-10-2005 8 h UT
(Courtesy of the Eotvos Lorand University, Budapest and EUMETSAT)