ECMWF plots for CARIBIC flight 102: from Frankfurt to Buenos Aires on 13 December 2004






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 / 11-12h
2-day forward: All


"Surface" maps
Level (hPa) - - - - - - -
04121400+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
04121406 PV Z Wind W W Spec hum RH RH EpotT





Vertical X-sections
041213 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 14-12-2004 6 UTC
(Courtesy of SSEC at the Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison's Graduate School.)