xiaoli zhou, pavlos kollias department of atmospheric and oceanic sciences, mcgill university,...
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Preliminary analysis of Sc-Cu transitions during MAGIC
Xiaoli Zhou,
Pavlos Kollias
Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, McGill University, Montreal, CA
NOV.17-LEG 6A
JUL.27-LEG 15B
JUL.20-LEG 15A
“Golden Case” – Stable Anticyclone
Night
Night
Night
Night
Leg 15A
UTC
California Local Time
California Local Time
Heig
ht
[km
]H
eig
ht
[km
]
Time [DD MM YYYY hh:mm:ss]
Time [DD MM YYYY hh:mm:ss]
Time [DD MM YYYY hh:mm:ss]
g/k
g
Cali
forn
ia C
oast
Hon
olu
lu, H
aw
aii
- Sea surface temperature- Air temperature
• Inversion stability
• LCL
Water Vapor Specific Humidity Profile
20 July
21 July
22 July
23 July
24 July
25 July
LEG: 15A Daily Composite of the Precipitable Water from Ncep reanalysis data
LEG: 15A
U wind(positive eastward)
V wind(positive northward)
Surface wind
Surface pressure
Specific Humidity
H
H
L
Entrainment RateLEG: 15A
What do I need
1. Surface heat/moisture flux data2. LWP of MWR-2C and MWR-3C processed by MWRRET v1/v2 algorithm
Appendix
Inv Base + Cld top
Cld top
LEG:14b
U wind
V wind
Surface wind
Surface pressure
Specific Humidity
H
L
Appendix