– El Nino Rapid Response
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Tests related to El Nino Rapid Response GFS Data
plots related to possible BAMS paper here.
plots of Individual mission days here.
plots of Composites of flight days below
plots of Composites of 2016 non-flight days here
plots of Composites of flight days normalized by nonflight days here
original plots of Composites of Divergent wind components here
plots of 'precampaign' days 20151201-20160215, excluding flight days here.
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Divergent wind for 20151201-20160215 inclusive:
GFS 0Z 0h Forecast minus 18Z 6h Forecast
other hours here
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All divergent wind speed results on this page involve calculations with the zonal and meridional components of the divergent winds.
For calculations utilizing the divergent wind speed first go here.
Divergent Wind Speed 200 cases of 19 random 'precampaign' days 20151201-20160215, inclusive
Upper Decile mean GFS 0Z 0h Forecast minus 18Z 6h Forecast
Lower Decile mean GFS 0Z 0h Forecast minus 18Z 6h Forecast
Divergent Wind Speed 200 cases of 19 random 'precampaign' days 20151201-20160215, inclusive
Upper Decile root mean square GFS 0Z 0h Forecast minus 18Z 6h Forecast
Divergent Wind Speed all 'precampaign' days 20151201-20160215, inclusive
mean
GFS 0Z 0h Forecast minus 18Z 6h Forecast
other hours here
Divergent Wind Speed all 'precampaign' days 20151201-20160215, inclusive
root mean square
GFS 0Z 0h Forecast minus 18Z 6h Forecast
other hours here
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Zonal Wind 200 cases of 19 random 'precampaign' days 20151201-20160215, inclusive
Upper Decile mean GFS 0Z 0h Forecast minus 18Z 6h Forecast
Lower Decile mean GFS 0Z 0h Forecast minus 18Z 6h Forecast
Zonal Wind 200 cases of 19 random 'precampaign' days 20151201-20160215, inclusive
Upper Decile root mean square GFS 0Z 0h Forecast minus 18Z 6h Forecast
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Meridional Wind 200 cases of 19 random 'precampaign' days 20151201-20160215, inclusive
Upper Decile mean GFS 0Z 0h Forecast minus 18Z 6h Forecast
Lower Decile mean GFS 0Z 0h Forecast minus 18Z 6h Forecast
Meridional Wind 200 cases of 19 random 'precampaign' days 20151201-20160215, inclusive
Upper Decile root mean square GFS 0Z 0h Forecast minus 18Z 6h Forecast
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Zonal Wind all 'precampaign' days 20151201-20160215, inclusive
root mean square
GFS 0Z 0h Forecast minus 18Z 6h Forecast
other hours here
mean
GFS 0Z 0h Forecast minus 18Z 6h Forecast
other hours here
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Meridional Wind all 'precampaign' days 20151201-20160215, inclusive
root mean square
GFS 0Z 0h Forecast minus 18Z 6h Forecast
other hours here
mean
GFS 0Z 0h Forecast minus 18Z 6h Forecast
other hours here
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Zonal Wind all 19 flight days
GFS 0Z 0h Forecast minus 18Z 6h Forecast
other hours here
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Meridional Wind all 19 flight days
GFS 0Z 0h Forecast minus 18Z 6h Forecast
other hours here
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divergent wind speed all 19 flight days
GFS 0Z 0h Forecast minus 18Z 6h Forecast
other hours here
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Bootstrap Estimates of Deciles
Method 1: non-flight days within campaign period 20160121-20160331Zonal Wind F0Z0-F18Z6
Upper Decile: these decile calcs done with 200 samples of 10 random nonflight days.
Note: a nonflight day could include Kiritimati data days
Upper Decile:
Lower Decile:
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Meridional Wind F0Z0-F18Z6
Upper Decile: these decile calcs done with 200 samples of 10 random nonflight days.
Note: a nonflight day could include Kiritimati data days
Upper Decile:
Lower Decile:
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Temperature F0Z0-F18Z6
Upper Decile: these decile calcs done with 200 samples of 10 random nonflight days.
Upper Decile:
Lower Decile:
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Composites of Differences for Flight Days
Deep tropics flights 0122 0126 0127 0203 0213 0216 0227 0228 0301 0302
Average
Temperature
GFS 0Z 0h Forecast minus 18Z 6h Forecast
other hours here
Zonal Wind:
GFS 0Z 0h Forecast minus 18Z 6h Forecast
other hours here
Meridional Wind:
GFS 0Z 0h Forecast minus 18Z 6h Forecast
other hours here
Relative Humidity:
GFS 0Z 0h Forecast minus 18Z 6h Forecast
other hours here
Height
GFS 0Z 0h Forecast minus 18Z 6h Forecast
other hours here
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Root-Mean-Square:
Temperature:
GFS 0Z 0h Forecast minus 18Z 6h Forecast
other hours here
Zonal Wind:
GFS 0Z 0h Forecast minus 18Z 6h Forecast
other hours here
Meridional Wind:
GFS 0Z 0h Forecast minus 18Z 6h Forecast
other hours here
Relative Humidity:
GFS 0Z 0h Forecast minus 18Z 6h Forecast
other hours here
Height
GFS 0Z 0h Forecast minus 18Z 6h Forecast
other hours here
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Semi-deep tropics flights 0130 0131 0204 0215 0217 0218 0219 0304
different levels:
Average:
Temperature:
GFS 0Z 0h Forecast minus 18Z 6h Forecast
other hours here
Zonal Wind:
GFS 0Z 0h Forecast minus 18Z 6h Forecast
other hours here
Meridional Wind:
GFS 0Z 0h Forecast minus 18Z 6h Forecast
other hours here
Relative Humidity:
GFS 0Z 0h Forecast minus 18Z 6h Forecast
other hours here
Height
GFS 0Z 0h Forecast minus 18Z 6h Forecast
other hours here
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Root-Mean-Square:
Temperature:
GFS 0Z 0h Forecast minus 18Z 6h Forecast
other hours here
Zonal Wind:
GFS 0Z 0h Forecast minus 18Z 6h Forecast
other hours here
Meridional Wind:
GFS 0Z 0h Forecast minus 18Z 6h Forecast
other hours here
Relative Humidity:
GFS 0Z 0h Forecast minus 18Z 6h Forecast
other hours here
Height
GFS 0Z 0h Forecast minus 18Z 6h Forecast
other hours here