ECMWF plots for CARIBIC flight 17 October 2000 to Male


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



"Surface" maps
Level (hPa) - - - - - - -
00101712+012 Total CC Low CC Medium CC High CC H2O column 6hr LS Prec 6hr Con Prec




Pressure level maps

Level (hPa) 250 250 250 500 250 500 250 700
00101800 PV Wind W W Spec hum RH RH EpotT


Vertical X-sections
001017 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 18-10-2000 0 UTC
(Courtesy of SSEC at the Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison's Graduate School.)

Hemispheric Meteosat photographs:
visible at 17-10-2000 12 h UT
infrared at 17-10-2000 21 h UT
water vapour at 17-10-2000 21 h UT
(Courtesy of the University of Nottingham and EUMETSAT)