EUROCS PACIFIC

GCM results submitted by the Met Office, UK

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Contour plots

These plots are vertical X-Z cross-sections along the two diagonals of the parameters involved in the intercomparison. They are monthly means for the daily hours 00, 03, 06, 09, 12, 15, 18 and 21 UTC. Please note that Hawaii time (in the middle of the section) lags UTC time by 10 hours.

Parameter UTC June July August
Potential temperature 00
03
06
09
12
15
18
21		 1, 2
1, 2
1, 2
1, 2
1, 2
1, 2
1, 2
1, 2
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1, 2
1, 2
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1, 2
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1, 2
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1, 2
Specific humidity 00
03
06
09
12
15
18
21		 1, 2
1, 2
1, 2
1, 2
1, 2
1, 2
1, 2
1, 2
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1, 2
Relative humidity 00
03
06
09
12
15
18
21		 1, 2
1, 2
1, 2
1, 2
1, 2
1, 2
1, 2
1, 2
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Zonal wind 00
03
06
09
12
15
18
21		 1, 2
1, 2
1, 2
1, 2
1, 2
1, 2
1, 2
1, 2
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1, 2
Meridional wind 00
03
06
09
12
15
18
21		 1, 2
1, 2
1, 2
1, 2
1, 2
1, 2
1, 2
1, 2
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Vertical velocity 00
03
06
09
12
15
18
21		 1, 2
1, 2
1, 2
1, 2
1, 2
1, 2
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Cloud cover 00
03
06
09
12
15
18
21		 1, 2
1, 2
1, 2
1, 2
1, 2
1, 2
1, 2
1, 2
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Specific cloud liquid water content 00
03
06
09
12
15
18
21		 1, 2
1, 2
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Specific cloud ice water content 00
03
06
09
12
15
18
21		 1, 2
1, 2
1, 2
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Diurnal cycle of single-level-parameters

These figures show the monthly average diurnal cycle of the single-level parameters, for each of the three months and for both diagonal sections (1 and 2, see the case description for more details). The observational data is obtained from the ISCCP dataset.

Single-level-parameter June July August
Sea surface temperature 1, 2 1, 2 1, 2
Outgoing longwave radiation 1, 2 1, 2 1, 2
Surface downward longwave radiation 1, 2 1, 2 1, 2
TOA net shortwave radiation 1, 2 1, 2 1, 2
Surface downward shortwave radiation 1, 2 1, 2 1, 2
Surface latent heat flux 1, 2 1, 2 1, 2
Surface sensible heat flux 1, 2 1, 2 1, 2
Total cloud cover 1, 2 1, 2 1, 2
Total column water vapour 1, 2 1, 2 1, 2
Liquid water path 1, 2 1, 2 1, 2
Ice water path 1, 2 1, 2 1, 2
Total precipitation (conv. + strat.) 1, 2 1, 2 1, 2
Cloud radiative forcing (sw)
 1, 2 1, 2 1, 2
Cloud radiative forcing (lw)
 1, 2 1, 2 1, 2

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