Various PUMP figures

Various PUMP figures collected

  1. Work with the GFDL and NCAR IPCC runs.
    IPCC CORE II runs with Large and Yeager (2004) 43-year forcing; these fields are means over 1990-99, along 140°W.
    All plots are direct comparisons between the two models.
    1. Profiles at the equator:  
      1. On z:   u (compare TAO)   v (compare TAO)   w   u and w   
      2. On Temperatue:   u(Temperature) (overlay TAO)    (Compare 5-day calculation)
      3. N-squared (compare Johnson CTD)
    2. Isotherm depths and EUC position
    3. Meridional structure of w (30, 80, 250m)
    4. Meridional cell (v,w) vectors:
      1. Vectors   
      2. Vectors over temperatures   
      3. Differences   
    5. V at 5°S and 5°N:   v(z)   Downward integral of v
    6. T-S properties:   Salinity comparison   T-S relation (Overlay Johnson obs)

  2. Work with the Johnson CTD/ADCP data
    1. Mean shear (overlay N^2):  140°W   125°W   110°W   
      Maximum westward shear above EUC
    2. Mean Ri profiles (Eq):  140°W   125°W   110°W
    3. Inertial periods with and without du/dy

  3. Error estimation using shipboard ADCP data
    1. GP5-96 (Sep 96):     u     v     dv/dy     w      w100m
    2. GP2-98 (May 98):    u     v     dv/dy     w      w100m
    3. GP5-98 (Sep 98):     u     v     dv/dy     w      w100m
    4. GP1-99 (Feb 99):     u     v     dv/dy     w      w100m
    5. GP5-99 (Sep 99):     u     v     dv/dy     w      w100m
    6. GP1-00 (Feb 00):     u     v     dv/dy     w      w100m
    7. GP5-00 (Sep 00):     u     v     dv/dy     w      w100m
    8. GP1-01 (Jan 01):      u     v     dv/dy     w      w100m

    9. Estimating a y-scale:
      1. v:  (1) Overlay all v sections
             (2) Meridional correlation functions
             (3) Only overall mean   Vertical structure
      2. u: (1) Overlay all sections (20m)    100m
             (2) Meridional correlation functions
             (3) Vertical structure   0-50m and 100-150m

             (4) U and V overlaid   c

      3. w at 100m:  Original spacing    Smoothed (about 75km)
           Meridional correlation functions

  4. Upward extrapolation of TAO ADCP velocities
    Use the newly functional Sontek point ADCPs to check the upward vertical extrapolation of 300m ADCP velocities:
    1. Compare ADCP and Sontek velocities at specific depths: u   v
    2. Check extrapolated gradients against true 10m velocities: u   v
  5. G/C model upwelling:
    1. Mean model upwelling
    2. Annual cycle upwelling
    3. East and central Pacific meridional circulation
  6. Equatorial divergence:
    1. Ekman transport integrated west from America: FSU S and N   FSU Net   FSU Net 1991/2001   ERS Net 1991/2001
    2. Ekman divergence by longitude
    3. Geostrophic divergence by longitude
  7. Climatologies at 140°W, 125°W, 110°W:
    1. 140°W
    2. 110°W
    3. All 3 (T only)
  8. Overlays of SST at 140°W (a la Fig 1 of document):
    1. SST   Delta-T 20m   Delta-T 40m   Delta-T 60m   Z20
    2. Year-by-year time series of winds, SST, T(z) at 0°,140°W
    3. All years at 140°W stacked:
      1. SST   Overlay July-Aug lines   Bolden years with rapid cooling   
      2. SST-T(z_0): z_0=20m   z_0=40m   z_0=60m   z_0=80m   z_0=100m   
      3. Z20   Add July-August lines   
      4. Taux
  9. The rapid SST drops at the end of the 1997-98 El Niño:
    1. T(z) contours
    2. T(at each depth)
    3. Delta-T
    4. Wind sticks and speed
    5. ADCP currents: Zonal   Meridional   Shear   

Other PUMP work pages:
  • Some PUMPish model diagnostics (bryan)
  • Some PUMPish work (eqsst)
  • Back to the main PUMP page

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