CFSRR monitoring - TROPOSPHERE

Troposheric Variables at pressure levels

Jul 2008

13 months long time series & Hovmoller diagrams

Time series of global means of CFSR compared with ERA40

Zonal Wind U	Fig.1	Fig.2	Fig.3
Merid Wind V	Fig.1	Fig.2	Fig.3
Geop. Hgt. Z	Fig.1	Fig.2	Fig.3
Temp. T	Fig.1	Fig.2

Time series of CORR. between CFSR and ERA40 over globe and tropics

Zonal Wind U	Fig.1	Fig.2
Merid Wind V	Fig.1	Fig.2
Geop. Hgt. Z	Fig.1	Fig.2
Temp. T	Fig.1	Fig.2

Time series of RMS. between CFSR and ERA40 over globe and tropics

Zonal Wind U	Fig.1	Fig.2	Fig.3
Merid Wind V	Fig.1	Fig.2	Fig.3
Geop. Hgt. Z	Fig.1	Fig.2	Fig.3
Temp. T	Fig.1	Fig.2	Fig.3

Hovmoller of 5N-5S VPOT200, U850, and U200

5N-5S VPOT200	cfsR vs R1	cfsR vs R2	cfsR vs ERA40
5N-5S U850	cfsR vs R1	cfsR vs R2	cfsR vs ERA40
5N-5S U200	cfsR vs R1	cfsR vs R2	cfsR vs ERA40

Time series of Map Statistics - 1 month at a time

CFSR 6-Hourly Analyses compared with R2

Zonal Wind U	10	20	30	50	70	100	150	200	300	400	500	600	700	850	925	1000
Merid Wind V	10	20	30	50	70	100	150	200	300	400	500	600	700	850	925	1000
Geop.Hgt. Z	10	20	30	50	70	100	150	200	300	400	500	600	700	850	925	1000
Temp. T	10	20	30	50	70	100	150	200	300	400	500	600	700	850	925	1000
Vert.Vel. Omega	10	20	30	50	70	100	150	200	300	400	500	600	700	850	925	1000
Abs.Vorticity	10	20	30	50	70	100	150	200	300	400	500	600	700	850	925	1000
Rel.Humidity	10	20	30	50	70	100	150	200	300	400	500	600	700	850	925	1000

CFSR 6-Hourly Analyses compared with R1

Zonal Wind U	10	20	30	50	70	100	150	200	300	400	500	600	700	850	925	1000
Merid Wind V	10	20	30	50	70	100	150	200	300	400	500	600	700	850	925	1000
Geop.Hgt. Z	10	20	30	50	70	100	150	200	300	400	500	600	700	850	925	1000
Temp. T	10	20	30	50	70	100	150	200	300	400	500	600	700	850	925	1000
Vert.Vel. Omega	10	20	30	50	70	100	150	200	300	400	500	600	700	850	925	1000
Abs.Vorticity	10	20	30	50	70	100	150	200	300	400	500	600	700	850	925	1000
Rel.Humidity	10	20	30	50	70	100	150	200	300	400	500	600	700	850	925	1000

CFSR 6-Hourly Analyses compared with ERA40

Zonal Wind U	1	2	3	5	7	10	20	30	50	70	100	150	200	300	400	500	600	700	850	925	1000
Merid Wind V	1	2	3	5	7	10	20	30	50	70	100	150	200	300	400	500	600	700	850	925	1000
Geop.Hgt. Z	1	2	3	5	7	10	20	30	50	70	100	150	200	300	400	500	600	700	850	925	1000
Temp. T	1	2	3	5	7	10	20	30	50	70	100	150	200	300	400	500	600	700	850	925	1000
Vert.Vel. Omega						10	20	30	50	70	100	150	200	300	400	500	600	700	850	925	1000
Abs.Vorticity	1	2	3	5	7	10	20	30	50	70	100	150	200	300	400	500	600	700	850	925	1000
Spedific.Humidity											100	150	200	300	400	500	600	700	850	925	1000

R2 6-Hourly Analyses compared with ERA40

Zonal Wind U	10	20	30	50	70	100	150	200	300	400	500	600	700	850	925	1000
Merid Wind V	10	20	30	50	70	100	150	200	300	400	500	600	700	850	925	1000
Geop.Hgt. Z	10	20	30	50	70	100	150	200	300	400	500	600	700	850	925	1000
Temp. T	10	20	30	50	70	100	150	200	300	400	500	600	700	850	925	1000
Vert.Vel. Omega	10	20	30	50	70	100	150	200	300	400	500	600	700	850	925	1000
Abs.Vorticity	10	20	30	50	70	100	150	200	300	400	500	600	700	850	925	1000
Rel.Humidity	10	20	30	50	70	100	150	200	300	400	500	600	700	850	925	1000

Monthly/Daily Lat-Pres Cross-section of Zonal Means

CFSR Zonal Wind U: Compared with R1, R2 and ERA40: Total

Jul

CFSR Merid. Wind V: Compared with R1, R2 and ERA40: Total

Jul

CFSR Temperature T: Compared with R1, R2 and ERA40: Total

Jul

CFSR Geop.Height Z: Compared with R1, R2 and ERA40: Total

Jul

CFSR Zonal Wind U: Compared with R1, R2 and ERA40: Differences

Jul

CFSR Merid. Wind V: Compared with R1, R2 and ERA40: Differences

Jul

CFSR Temperature T: Compared with R1, R2 and ERA40: Differences

Jul

CFSR Geop.Height Z: Compared with R1, R2 and ERA40: Differences

Jul

6-Hourly Hovmoller(X-T) sections at diff.Lat.bands

CFSR : 5N-5S Means Compared with R1, R2, & ERA40

Zonal Wind U/mb	10	20	30	50	70	100	150	200	300	400	500	600	700	850	925	1000
Merid Wind V/mb	10	20	30	50	70	100	150	200	300	400	500	600	700	850	925	1000
Geop. Hgt. Z/mb	10	20	30	50	70	100	150	200	300	400	500	600	700	850	925	1000
Temp. T/mb	10	20	30	50	70	100	150	200	300	400	500	600	700	850	925	1000
Vert.Vel. Omega/mb	10	20	30	50	70	100	150	200	300	400	500	600	700	850	925	1000

CFSR : 25N-35N Means Compared with R1, R2, & ERA40

Zonal Wind U/mb	10	20	30	50	70	100	150	200	300	400	500	600	700	850	925	1000
Merid Wind V/mb	10	20	30	50	70	100	150	200	300	400	500	600	700	850	925	1000
Geop. Hgt. Z/mb	10	20	30	50	70	100	150	200	300	400	500	600	700	850	925	1000
Temp. T/mb	10	20	30	50	70	100	150	200	300	400	500	600	700	850	925	1000
Vert.Vel. Omega/mb	10	20	30	50	70	100	150	200	300	400	500	600	700	850	925	1000

CFSR : 25S-35S Means Compared with R1, R2, & ERA40

Zonal Wind U/mb	10	20	30	50	70	100	150	200	300	400	500	600	700	850	925	1000
Merid Wind V/mb	10	20	30	50	70	100	150	200	300	400	500	600	700	850	925	1000
Geop. Hgt. Z/mb	10	20	30	50	70	100	150	200	300	400	500	600	700	850	925	1000
Temp. T/mb	10	20	30	50	70	100	150	200	300	400	500	600	700	850	925	1000
Vert.Vel. Omega/mb	10	20	30	50	70	100	150	200	300	400	500	600	700	850	925	1000

CFSR : 5N-5S Means Compared with R1, R2, & ERA40 : Differences

Zonal Wind U/mb	10	20	30	50	70	100	150	200	300	400	500	600	700	850	925	1000
Merid Wind V/mb	10	20	30	50	70	100	150	200	300	400	500	600	700	850	925	1000
Geop. Hgt. Z/mb	10	20	30	50	70	100	150	200	300	400	500	600	700	850	925	1000
Temp. T/mb	10	20	30	50	70	100	150	200	300	400	500	600	700	850	925	1000
Vert.Vel. Omega/mb	10	20	30	50	70	100	150	200	300	400	500	600	700	850	925	1000

CFSR : 25N-35N Means Compared with R1, R2, & ERA40 : Differences

Zonal Wind U/mb	10	20	30	50	70	100	150	200	300	400	500	600	700	850	925	1000
Merid Wind V/mb	10	20	30	50	70	100	150	200	300	400	500	600	700	850	925	1000
Geop. Hgt. Z/mb	10	20	30	50	70	100	150	200	300	400	500	600	700	850	925	1000
Temp. T/mb	10	20	30	50	70	100	150	200	300	400	500	600	700	850	925	1000
Vert.Vel. Omega/mb	10	20	30	50	70	100	150	200	300	400	500	600	700	850	925	1000

CFSR : 25S-35S Means Compared with R1, R2, & ERA40 : Differences

Zonal Wind U/mb	10	20	30	50	70	100	150	200	300	400	500	600	700	850	925	1000
Merid Wind V/mb	10	20	30	50	70	100	150	200	300	400	500	600	700	850	925	1000
Geop. Hgt. Z/mb	10	20	30	50	70	100	150	200	300	400	500	600	700	850	925	1000
Temp. T/mb	10	20	30	50	70	100	150	200	300	400	500	600	700	850	925	1000
Vert.Vel. Omega/mb	10	20	30	50	70	100	150	200	300	400	500	600	700	850	925	1000

Spatial maps

CFSR Monthly Means compared with R1, R2, & ERA40

Zonal Wind U/mb	10	20	30	50	70	100	150	200	300	400	500	600	700	850	925	1000
Merid Wind V/mb	10	20	30	50	70	100	150	200	300	400	500	600	700	850	925	1000
Geop. Hgt. Z/mb	10	20	30	50	70	100	150	200	300	400	500	600	700	850	925	1000
Temp. T/mb	10	20	30	50	70	100	150	200	300	400	500	600	700	850	925	1000
STRM Function/mb	10	20	30	50	70	100	150	200	300	400	500	600	700	850	925	1000
Vel.Potential/mb	10	20	30	50	70	100	150	200	300	400	500	600	700	850	925	1000
Vert. Vel. Omega/mb						100	150	200	300	400	500	600	700	850	925	1000
Spec. Humidity/mb									300	400	500	600	700	850	925	1000
Rel.Humidity/mb									300	400	500	600	700	850	925	1000

Spatial maps

CFSR Monthly Means compared with R1, R2, & ERA40 :Differences

Zonal Wind U/mb	10	20	30	50	70	100	150	200	300	400	500	600	700	850	925	1000
Merid Wind V/mb	10	20	30	50	70	100	150	200	300	400	500	600	700	850	925	1000
Geop. Hgt. Z/mb	10	20	30	50	70	100	150	200	300	400	500	600	700	850	925	1000
Temp. T/mb	10	20	30	50	70	100	150	200	300	400	500	600	700	850	925	1000
STRM Function/mb	10	20	30	50	70	100	150	200	300	400	500	600	700	850	925	1000
Vel.Potential/mb	10	20	30	50	70	100	150	200	300	400	500	600	700	850	925	1000
Vert. Vel. Omega/mb						100	150	200	300	400	500	600	700	850	925	1000
Spec. Humidity/mb									300	400	500	600	700	850	925	1000
Rel.Humidity/mb									300	400	500	600	700	850	925	1000

Spatial maps:(DIABL00,06) Diabatic Heating Terms,Etc.

CFSR Monthly Means (DIABL00)

CDLY,CNVHR,CNVMR,LRHGR	1000	975	950	925	900	875	850	825	800	775	750	700	650	600	550	500	450	400	350
CDLY,CNVHR,CNVMR,LRGHR	350	300	250	225	200	175	150	125	100	70	50	30	20	10	7	5	3	2	1
LWHR,SHAHR,SHAMR,SWHR	1000	975	950	925	900	875	850	825	800	775	750	700	650	600	550	500	450	400	350
LWHR,SHAHR,SHAMR,SWHR	350	300	250	225	200	175	150	125	100	70	50	30	20	10	7	5	3	2	1

CFSR Monthly Means (DIABL06)

CDLY,CNVHR,CNVMR,LRHGR	1000	975	950	925	900	875	850	825	800	775	750	700	650	600	550	500	450	400	350
CDLY,CNVHR,CNVMR,LRGHR	350	300	250	225	200	175	150	125	100	70	50	30	20	10	7	5	3	2	1
LWHR,SHAHR,SHAMR,SWHR	1000	975	950	925	900	875	850	825	800	775	750	700	650	600	550	500	450	400	350
LWHR,SHAHR,SHAMR,SWHR	350	300	250	225	200	175	150	125	100	70	50	30	20	10	7	5	3	2	1

Monthly Lat-Pres section of Z.mean:(DIABL00,06)

CFSR Monthly Means (DIABL00)

CDLY,CNVHR,CNVMR,LRHGR	1000-100 mb	100-1 mb
LWHR,SHAHR,SHAMR,SWHR	1000-100 mb	100-1 mb

CFSR Monthly Means (DIABL06)

CDLY,CNVHR,CNVMR,LRHGR	1000-100 mb	100-1 mb
LWHR,SHAHR,SHAMR,SWHR	1000-100 mb	100-1 mb

Daily (00Z and 12Z) 10m Wind and MSLP

North Atlantic: CFSR 10m Wind and MSLP compared with ERA40

Central-East Pacific: CFSR 10m Wind and MSLP compared with ERA40

West Pacific: CFSR 10m Wind and MSLP compared with ERA40

Indian Ocean: CFSR 10m Wind and MSLP compared with ERA40

Australian Region: CFSR 10m Wind and MSLP compared with ERA40

MJO monitoring (Hovmoller diag) daily 00Z analyses of VPOT 200 mb

FULL Fields(CFSR,R1,R2,ERA40) & ANOM fields(R1 clim subtracted from all)

Daily 200mb Velocity Potential

Full

Anom