ECMWF plots for CARIBIC flight 18 October 2000 from Male


Trajectories:
5-day backward: All // WAS: 1-12/ 1/ 2/ 3/ 4/ 5/ 6/ 7/ 8/ 9/ 10/ 11/ 12
2-day forward: All





"Surface" maps
Level (hPa) - - - - - - -
00101800+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
00101812 PV Wind W W Spec hum RH RH EpotT




Vertical X-sections
001018 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 12 UTC
(Courtesy of SSEC at the Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison's Graduate School.)

Hemispheric Meteosat photographs:
visible at 18-10-2000 12 h UT
infrared at 18-10-2000 12 h UT
water vapour at 18-10-2000 6 h UT
(Courtesy of the University of Nottingham and EUMETSAT)