These are the numerical values used to construct Figs. 1-3 of Norris and Weaver (2001). Compositing was done over the midlatitude North Pacific (30-60N, 160-220E) during July. For more details, see Norris and Weaver (2001). omega = daily 2.5 x 2.5 or 3 x 3 vertical pressure velocity from NCEP and ECMWF reanalyses (mb/day) SW CRF = daily 2.5 x 2.5 shortwave cloud radiative forcing from ERBE (W/m^2) LW CRF = daily 2.5 x 2.5 longwave cloud radiative forcing from ERBE (W/m^2) net CRF = daily 2.5 x 2.5 net cloud radiative forcing from ERBE (W/m^2) LWP = daily 3 x 3 all-sky liquid water path from NVAP (mm) MEAN VALUES OF CRF AND LWP AS A FUNCTION OF OMEGA [Fig. 1a] [Fig. 1a] [Fig. 1b] [Fig. 1b] [Fig. 1c] [Fig. 1c] [Fig. 2] [Fig. 2] 500 mb 500 mb SW CRF SW CRF LW CRF LW CRF net CRF net CRF LWP LWP omega omega composited composited composited composited composited composited composited composited center bin on NCEP on ECMWF on NCEP on ECMWF on NCEP on ECMWF on NCEP on ECMWF point edges omega omega omega omega omega omega omega omega ------ ------ ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- -300 -250 -210.4 -206.5 74.7 73.2 -134.8 -131.9 0.411 0.398 -200 -180 -199.2 -194.7 64.8 65.9 -133.6 -129.0 0.331 0.341 -160 -140 -185.9 -185.0 60.2 62.3 -125.7 -122.5 0.305 0.292 -120 -100 -166.0 -169.8 53.3 54.2 -112.5 -115.4 0.251 0.244 -80 -70 -151.8 -155.6 48.8 47.7 -103.0 -108.0 0.205 0.202 -60 -50 -139.8 -139.9 43.1 42.4 -96.5 -97.6 0.178 0.180 -40 -30 -125.0 -123.1 35.5 35.1 -89.5 -88.0 0.151 0.148 -20 -10 -108.2 -104.1 28.2 27.0 -80.1 -77.2 0.123 0.123 0 10 -92.7 -90.2 21.6 21.4 -71.2 -68.9 0.108 0.103 20 30 -87.1 -89.5 18.2 18.5 -69.0 -71.1 0.100 0.099 40 50 -93.7 -94.2 17.6 17.4 -76.4 -77.2 0.097 0.098 60 70 -101.6 -102.9 17.6 17.8 -84.3 -85.3 0.101 0.107 80 100 -106.3 -104.4 16.3 16.3 -90.1 -88.2 0.103 0.104 120 140 -105.0 -104.7 14.3 13.6 -90.8 -91.5 0.101 0.111 160 180 -99.5 -90.2 12.3 14.0 -87.2 -76.2 200 UPPER AND LOWER QUARTILE VALUES OF CRF AND LWP FOR SELECTED OMEGA BINS [Fig. 1a] [Fig. 1a] [Fig. 1b] [Fig. 1b] [Fig. 1c] [Fig. 1c] [Fig. 2] [Fig. 2] 500 mb upper SW CRF SW CRF LW CRF LW CRF net CRF net CRF LWP LWP omega or composited composited composited composited composited composited composited composited center lower on NCEP on ECMWF on NCEP on ECMWF on NCEP on ECMWF on NCEP on ECMWF point quart. omega omega omega omega omega omega omega omega ------ ------ ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- -180 upper -173.5 -169.0 83.2 83.9 -102.3 -98.5 0.430 0.420 -180 lower -229.3 -223.3 47.4 51.4 -158.6 -152.3 0.230 0.230 140 upper -79.7 -74.5 19.7 20.5 -60.9 -57.5 0.130 0.130 140 lower -142.0 -140.3 7.7 7.8 -126.9 -125.4 0.080 0.080 ISCCP 3-HOURLY CLOUD TYPE FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION (IN PERCENT) FOR ALL OMEGA CONDITIONS [Fig. 3a] cloud top pressure cloud optical thickness intervals intervals 0.1 1.27 3.55 9.38 22.6 60.4 379 --------- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- 10 mb | | | | | | | 2.39 0.25 0.08 0.22 0.30 0.05 180 mb | | | | | | | 0.43 1.58 1.07 1.65 1.38 0.13 310 mb | | | | | | | 0.50 4.12 2.64 2.58 1.05 0.09 440 mb | | | | | | | 0.82 2.88 3.37 3.02 1.05 0.10 560 mb | | | | | | | 1.03 1.72 4.62 3.97 1.26 0.09 680 mb | | | | | | | 1.22 3.15 9.14 6.09 1.04 0.02 800 mb | | | | | | | 1.14 5.94 10.51 3.99 0.32 0.01 1000 mb | | | | | | | ISCCP 3-HOURLY CLOUD TYPE FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION (IN PERCENT) FOR ECMWF 500-MB OMEGA < -40 MB/DAY [Fig. 3b] cloud top pressure cloud optical thickness intervals intervals 0.1 1.27 3.55 9.38 22.6 60.4 379 --------- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- 10 mb | | | | | | | 1.92 0.55 0.22 0.69 1.02 0.17 180 mb | | | | | | | 0.32 3.09 2.53 4.60 4.40 0.44 310 mb | | | | | | | 0.50 6.72 5.23 6.37 2.97 0.28 440 mb | | | | | | | 0.73 3.67 4.88 5.59 2.36 0.25 560 mb | | | | | | | 0.75 1.49 4.53 4.60 1.94 0.18 680 mb | | | | | | | 0.68 1.72 5.14 4.03 0.99 0.05 800 mb | | | | | | | 0.41 2.13 4.37 2.24 0.30 0.01 1000 mb | | | | | | | ISCCP 3-HOURLY CLOUD TYPE FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION (IN PERCENT) FOR ECMWF 500-MB OMEGA > 40 MB/DAY [Fig. 3c] cloud top pressure cloud optical thickness intervals intervals 0.1 1.27 3.55 9.38 22.6 60.4 379 --------- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- 10 mb | | | | | | | 1.94 0.07 0.01 0.02 0.00 0.00 180 mb | | | | | | | 0.47 0.60 0.31 0.26 0.09 0.01 310 mb | | | | | | | 0.33 1.90 1.12 0.66 0.14 0.01 440 mb | | | | | | | 0.68 1.84 1.99 1.44 0.34 0.02 560 mb | | | | | | | 1.02 1.62 4.53 3.47 0.84 0.04 680 mb | | | | | | | 1.35 4.08 13.46 8.69 1.18 0.01 800 mb | | | | | | | 1.46 7.52 14.30 5.34 0.31 0.00 1000 mb | | | | | | |