Secondary figures for paper on near-surface changes at 0°, 110°W during the onset of the 1997-98 El Niño

Secondary figures for paper

  1. Delta-SST, SSS and Rain rate(Dec-Jan-Feb)
  2. MLD deepening in November (detail)    Compare AM and PM T(z) profiles
  3. Coherences: MLD vs Windspeed    MLD vs Z20    SST and SSS vs surface density
  4. T(z) and MLD (Dec-Feb)    Detail last few days of Feb (compare CTD)
  5. Windspeed at Eq, 2°N and 2°S, with climatologies
  6. Compare Air-T and SST
  7. Variations during the active TIW period (Aug-Nov 1997): d(SST)/dt, d(SSS)/dt, V
  8. QSW-SST-SSS Dec 97
  9. Zonal wind, Z20 and SST along the equator (96-98).    Anomalies
  10. Observations of SST, Z20, MLD, OLR, Winds and windspeed, Currents. 15 day running mean   Anomalies
  11. Currents from ADCP: u and v 5-day running mean    5-day running mean anomalies from climatology    31-day running mean    31-day running mean anomalies from climatology
  12. Wind vectors
  13. 10m current vectors
  14. Vertical temperature inversions
  15. Compare Reynolds and TAO SST (TIW westward propagation?)
  16. SST diurnal cycle and windspeed (1986-98)    (1997-98)    (1997-98 with obs windspeed)    (Detail Aug 97-Feb 98)    (1992-98)
  17. Rain rate as a function of SST
  18. Annual cycle and interannual anomalies of SST-T(z) 10m   25m   45m   80m
  19. High-pass (<5 day period) amplitude Daily data (useless)    Hourly data    Average annual cycles (compare daily vs hourly)
  20. Monthly time series and average annual cycles of primary quantities    Interannual anomalies
A new secondary list:
  1. Wind, SST and OLR along the equator during 1996-98
  2. Near-surface conditions (rain rate+ann cycles)
  3. Long time series of OLR/Wspd/SST/SST-T(10m)/MLD/Z20    Anomalies from annual cycle
  4. Coherence of long time series (May 85-Aug 95)    MLD and Z20    MLD and windspeed
  5. Spectra of long daily time series (May 85-Aug 95)    MLD and Z20    Windspeed
  6. Coherences of MTR hourly data    MLD vs Z20    MLD vs Windspeed
  7. Spectra of MTR hourly data (20 Aug 97-28 Feb 98)    MLD and Z20    Windspeed
  8. Long time series of temperature inversion
  9. Interannual correlation SOI vs Windspeed (TAO)
  10. Zonal average zonal wind (1996-98)
Other pages:
  • New main page
  • Original main page (outdated)
  • Primary figures
  • Checking inversions page
  • Figure for MLD/Qsw/Z20/Windspeed comparison


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