ECMWF plots for CARIBIC flight 16 March 2002 to Cuba






Trajectories
5-day backward: All
2-day forward: All





"Surface" maps
Level (hPa) - - - - - - -
02031600+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
02031612 PV Z Wind W W Spec hum RH RH EpotT




Vertical X-sections
020316 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 T Pott. T Wind speed Wind dir H2O mix.ratio Cloud cover Liquid/Ice water
Model data along track: file1// file2 (cloud parameters)


Satellite imagery
Global infrared cloud composite on 16-03-2002 12 UTC
Global water vapour composite on 16-03-2002 12 UTC
(Courtesy of SSEC at the Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison's Graduate School.)

Hemispheric Meteosat photographs:
infrared at 16-3-2002 12 h UT
water vapour at 16-3-2002 6h30 UT
(Courtesy of the University of Nottingham and EUMETSAT)