ECMWF analysis plots for CARIBIC flight 226 from Manila to Canton on 27 March 2008




Trajectories

5-day backward: All // 13-14h / 14-15h / 15-16h
8-day backward WAS: 18 / 19 / 20
8-day backward WAS volume: 18 / 19 / 20
2-day forward All

"Surface" maps
Level (hPa) - - - - - - -
08032700+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
08032712 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
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 27-3-2008 15 UTC
Global water vapour composite on 27-3-2008 15 UTC
(Courtesy of SSEC at the Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison's Graduate School.)