SCM Results at the ARM Sites

Evaluation of Different Forcing Data Sets

Here we evaluate the SCM results forced with data from the following sources:

ECPC GSM Forecast Model
ECMWF Anaylsis Model
Constrained Variational Analysis (2000-2001 at SGP only)

Monthly Mean Plots

YEAR	SGP	TWP	NSA
2000	CLD-DWSO-OLR-PREC	CLD-DWSO-OLR-PREC	CLD-DWSO-OLR-PREC
2001	CLD-DWSO-OLR-PREC	CLD-DWSO-OLR-PREC	CLD-DWSO-OLR-PREC
2002	CLD-DWSO-OLR-PREC	CLD-DWSO-OLR-PREC	CLD-DWSO-OLR-PREC
2003	CLD-DWSO-OLR-PREC	CLD-DWSO-OLR-PREC	CLD-DWSO-OLR-PREC
2004	CLD-DWSO-OLR-PREC	CLD-DWSO-OLR-PREC	CLD-DWSO-OLR-PREC

Daily Mean Plots

YEAR	SGP						TWP						NSA
2000	JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN
2000	JUL	AUG	SEP	OCT	NOV	DEC	JUL	AUG	SEP	OCT	NOV	DEC	JUL	AUG	SEP	OCT	NOV	DEC

2001	JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN
2001	JUL	AUG	SEP	OCT	NOV	DEC	JUL	AUG	SEP	OCT	NOV	DEC	JUL	AUG	SEP	OCT	NOV	DEC

2002	JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN
2002	JUL	AUG	SEP	OCT	NOV	DEC	JUL	AUG	SEP	OCT	NOV	DEC	JUL	AUG	SEP	OCT	NOV	DEC

2003	JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN
2003	JUL	AUG	SEP	OCT	NOV	DEC	JUL	AUG	SEP	OCT	NOV	DEC	JUL	AUG	SEP	OCT	NOV	DEC

2004	JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN
2004	JUL	AUG	SEP	OCT	NOV	DEC	JUL	AUG	SEP	OCT	NOV	DEC	JUL	AUG	SEP	OCT	NOV	DEC

Monthly Pressure vs. Time Contour Plots

YEAR	SGP						TWP						NSA
2000	JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN CLD LWC IWC	JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN CLD LWC IWC	JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN CLD LWC IWC
2000	JUL CLD LWC IWC	AUG CLD LWC IWC	SEP CLD LWC IWC	OCT CLD LWC IWC	NOV CLD LWC IWC	DEC CLD LWC IWC	JUL CLD LWC IWC	AUG CLD LWC IWC	SEP CLD LWC IWC	OCT CLD LWC IWC	NOV CLD LWC IWC	DEC CLD LWC IWC	JUL CLD LWC IWC	AUG CLD LWC IWC	SEP CLD LWC IWC	OCT CLD LWC IWC	NOV	DEC

2001	JAN CLD LWC IWC	FEB CLD LWC IWC	MAR CLD LWC IWC	APR CLD LWC IWC	MAY CLD LWC IWC	JUN CLD LWC IWC	JAN CLD LWC IWC	FEB CLD LWC IWC	MAR CLD LWC IWC	APR CLD LWC IWC	MAY CLD LWC IWC	JUN CLD LWC IWC	JAN	FEB	MAR	APR CLD LWC IWC	MAY CLD LWC IWC	JUN CLD LWC IWC
2001	JUL CLD LWC IWC	AUG CLD LWC IWC	SEP CLD LWC IWC	OCT CLD LWC IWC	NOV CLD LWC IWC	DEC CLD LWC IWC	JUL CLD LWC IWC	AUG CLD LWC IWC	SEP CLD LWC IWC	OCT CLD LWC IWC	NOV CLD LWC IWC	DEC CLD LWC IWC	JUL CLD LWC IWC	AUG CLD LWC IWC	SEP CLD LWC IWC	OCT CLD LWC IWC	NOV	DEC

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Products:
CLD	= Cloud Cover
DWSO	= Downwelling Surface Shortwave Radiation
OLR	= Outgoing Longwave Radiation
Prec	= Precipitation

Regions:
SGP	= Southern Great Plains
TWP	= Tropical Western Pacific
NSA	= North Slope of Alaska

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Last Updated: 07-Aug-2001
Comments and suggestions to: Sam Iacobellis - siacobellis@ucsd.edu