ECMWF analysis plots for the UFA/EXPORT flight of 10 August 2000 12h35-15h38








Tropopause height maps
00081012 TPP
00081018 TPP



"Surface" maps
Level (hPa) - - - - - - - -
81006+006 Total CC Low CC Medium CC High CC H2O column 6hr LS Prec 6hr Con Prec BL Height
81012+006 Total CC Low CC Medium CC High CC H2O column 6hr LS Prec 6hr Con Prec BL Height


Pressure level maps
Level (hPa) 250 250 500 250 500 700 500 250 700 500 300 700 700 - - - 1000-500 1000-500
00081012 PV Z Z Wind Wind Wind W Spec hum RH RH RH EpotT Wetb potT Pot.Inst. Boyden CAPE Int.hum.flux Div.int.hum.flux
00081018 PV Z Z Wind Wind Wind W Spec hum RH RH RH EpotT Wetb potT Pot.Inst. Boyden CAPE Int.hum.flux Div.int.hum.flux



Vertical X-sections
versus time PV Eq pot T Spec hum RH Wetb potT U V W Cloud water Cloud ice Cloud cover
00081012 East-West at 48N from 5 to 15E PV Eq pot T Spec hum RH Wetb potT - V W Cloud water Cloud ice Cloud cover
00081018 East-West at 48N from 5 to 15E PV Eq pot T Spec hum RH Wetb potT - V W Cloud water Cloud ice Cloud cover
00081012 from 9E,46N to 16.5E,52N PV Eq pot T Spec hum RH Wetb potT U V W Cloud water Cloud ice Cloud cover
00081018 from 9E,46N to 16.5E,52N PV Eq pot T Spec hum RH Wetb potT U V W Cloud water Cloud ice Cloud cover




Synthesized flight data
Pressure PV T Pott. T Wind speed Wind dir W RH H2O mix.ratio Cloud cover Liquid/Ice water




3D 5-day backward trajectories for every 2 min of flight
By half-hour
12:34-12:58 13:00-13:28 13:30-13:58 14:00-14:28 14:30-14:58 15:00-15:28 15:30-15:38
3D-plot of all trajectories versus time and pressure


Satellite imagery
Meteosat receiver at Oberpfaffenhofen
Courtesy of Herman Mannstein, DLR-IPA
Channel Visible Infrared Water Vapour
Un. Time 12h30 13h00 12h00