ECMWF analysis plots for CARIBIC flight 389 from Frankfurt to Caracas on 7 August 2012

Interesting UT stratospheric and LS tropospheric filaments after 14h30 to about 17h, south of 40N.



Trajectories

5-day backward: All // 19-20h / 11-12h / 12-13h / 13-14h / 14-15h / 15-16h / 16-17h / 17-18h / 18-19h /
2-day forward: All

8-day backward WAS: 01 /02 /03 /04 /05 /06 /07 /08 /09 /10 /11 /12 /13 /14
WAS ALL
8-day backward WAS volume: 01 /02 /03 /04 /05 /06 /07 /08 /09 /10 /11 /12 /13 /14



"Surface" maps
Level (hPa) - - - - - - -
12080700+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
12080712 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
P P+tropop. geop.Z+tropop. PV PV+tropop. Pott.T Pott.T+tropop. T T+tropop. Wind speed Wind dir w=dp/dt H2O mix.ratio RH Cloud cover Liquid/Ice water
Model data interpolated along track: file1 (meteo)// file2 (clouds) // file3 (tropopause)