AMWG Variability Diagnostics for Daily Data

Intraseasonal Variability

Daily 200 hPa velocity potential anomalies computed and then averaged
over 5S-5N, 20-70 day bandpass filter then applied. Hovmöller plots.
Bandpass filter response plot

ncam-6-rh-cloud-ep50. Anomalies are relative to the 1998-2003 mean.
1998-1999
2000-2001
2002-2003

Anomalies computed relative to the time period mean.
NCEP Reanalysis CAM3 Amip (T85)
1981-1982 1981-1982
1983-1984 1983-1984
1985-1986 1985-1986
1987-1988 1987-1988
1989-1990 1989-1990
1991-1992 1991-1992
1993-1994 1993-1994
1995-1996
1997-1998
1999-2000

Madden-Julian Oscillation

Time series of daily 200 hPa zonal wind averaged over 10N-10S.
200 hPa zonal wind bandpass filtered for 20-100 day period.
MJO Index defined as the running variance of the bandpass filtered data.
ncam-6-rh-cloud-ep50
NCEP Reanalysis
CAM3 Amip (T85)

Histograms

Histograms of daily precipitation rate for the Tropics and NH Extratropics.
ncam-6-rh-cloud-ep50
NCEP Reanalysis
CAM3 Amip (T85)

EOF analysis

EOF analysis 30S to 30N (lat-lon map, time series)
PRECT summer ncam-6-rh-cloud-ep50 PRECT summer ncam-6-rh-cloud-ep50
PRECT summer TRMM PRECT summer TRMM
PRECT winter ncam-6-rh-cloud-ep50 PRECT winter ncam-6-rh-cloud-ep50
PRECT winter TRMM PRECT winter TRMM
FLUT summer ncam-6-rh-cloud-ep50 FLUT summer ncam-6-rh-cloud-ep50
FLUT summer ERA FLUT summer ERA
FLUT winter ncam-6-rh-cloud-ep50 FLUT winter ncam-6-rh-cloud-ep50
FLUT winter ERA FLUT winter ERA
U850 summer ncam-6-rh-cloud-ep50 U850 summer ncam-6-rh-cloud-ep50
U850 summer ERA U850 summer ERA
U850 winter ncam-6-rh-cloud-ep50 U850 winter ncam-6-rh-cloud-ep50
U850 winter ERA U850 winter ERA
U200 summer ncam-6-rh-cloud-ep50 U200 summer ncam-6-rh-cloud-ep50
U200 summer ERA U200 summer ERA
U200 winter ncam-6-rh-cloud-ep50 U200 winter ncam-6-rh-cloud-ep50
U200 winter ERA U200 winter ERA
V200 summer ncam-6-rh-cloud-ep50 V200 summer ncam-6-rh-cloud-ep50
V200 summer ERA V200 summer ERA
V200 winter ncam-6-rh-cloud-ep50 V200 winter ncam-6-rh-cloud-ep50
V200 winter ERA V200 winter ERA

lag-cross-correlations

The climatological cross correlation plots (ncam-6-rh-cloud-ep50 vs obs)
lag lat lon summer ncam-6-rh-cloud-ep50 lag lat lon summer ERA
lag lat lon winter ncam-6-rh-cloud-ep50 lag lat lon winter ERA
lag lat lon annual ncam-6-rh-cloud-ep50 lag lat lon annual ERA

wavenumber - frequency spectra

The wavenumber - frequency spectra plots (ncam-6-rh-cloud-ep50 vs obs)
PRECT summer ncam-6-rh-cloud-ep50 PRECT summer TRMM
PRECT winter ncam-6-rh-cloud-ep50 PRECT winter TRMM
FLUT summer ncam-6-rh-cloud-ep50 FLUT summer ERA
FLUT winter ncam-6-rh-cloud-ep50 FLUT winter ERA
U850 summer ncam-6-rh-cloud-ep50 U850 summer ERA
U850 winter ncam-6-rh-cloud-ep50 U850 winter ERA
V850 summer ncam-6-rh-cloud-ep50 V850 summer ERA
V850 winter ncam-6-rh-cloud-ep50 V850 winter ERA
U200 summer ncam-6-rh-cloud-ep50 U200 summer ERA
U200 winter ncam-6-rh-cloud-ep50 U200 winter ERA
V200 summer ncam-6-rh-cloud-ep50 V200 summer ERA
V200 winter ncam-6-rh-cloud-ep50 V200 winter ERA

composite life cycles

The composite life cycles (ncam-6-rh-cloud-ep50 vs obs)
summer ncam-6-rh-cloud-ep50 summer ERA
winter ncam-6-rh-cloud-ep50 winter ERA