Class Images - Meteorology 455

The Energy Cycle

1. An early estimate of the energy cycle
2. The energy cycle computed from ECMWF analyses

Observed General Circulation and Related Fields

1. DJF & JJA zonal average winds
2. Relative angular momentum vs. length of day
3. 200 hPa geopotential height (DJF)
4. Poleward momentum transport
5. Poleward sensible heat transport
6. 850 mb transient eddy flux of heat (lat vs. lon)

General Circulation Theories - History

1. Hadley (1735)
2. Dove (1837)
3. Ferrel (1856)

Water Cycle

1. Zonal average specific humidity
2. Zonal average relative humidity

Comparisons of General Circulation Model Simulations

1. Obs. vs. simulated near-sfc. air temperature
2. Zonal ave. temperature errors in one simulation
3. Obs. vs. simulated 200 hPa zonal wind
4. Obs. vs. simulated zonal ave. zonal winds (JJA)
5. Obs. vs. simulated precipitation
6. Obs. vs. simulated soild moisture (JJA)
7. Obs. vs. simulated North America winter snow cover

Simulated Doubled CO2 Changes

1. Change in DJF surface air temperature: 3 Models
2. JJA lat-height temperature change: 2 Models
3. Change in DJF precipitation: 3 Models

Paleoclimate Simulation

1. Obs. data sites - as of mid-1980's
2. Obs. vs. simulated spruce distribution

Tropics

1. [T], [Z], [q] lat-ht cross-sections
2. Zonal average wind fields
3. Lat-ht cross-sections of zonal average kinetic energy
4. Lat-lon zonal wind: DJF & JJA
5. Temporal standard deviation of daily 500 hPa height: DJF & JJA
6. Satellite cloud brightness for equatorial Pacific (15-day average)

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