Animations of MM5 results for the Santa Cruz Eddy (SCE)
Run: ETA
Domain: 2 (1 km resolution)
 
Cristina Lozej Archer
Stanford University
20 June 2003
The following animations were obtained initializing MM5 with the ETA model and using 29 vertical levels.

Horizontal loops

• Streamlines of 10-m winds, observed wind barbs [1 barb = 1 knot = 0.94 m/s] at station locations, and vertical vorticity [10^-3 s^-1, color shaded]. Terrain elevation is shown in gray shades.
• Relative humidity [%, color shaded], observed relative humidity at stations, and terrain elevation [contours every 200 m starting at 0m].
• Two-meter Temperature [°C, color shaded], observed 2-m temperature at stations, and terrain elevation [contours every 200 m starting at 0 m].
• Ten-meter wind speed [m/s, color shaded], observed 10-m wind speed at stations, and terrain elevation [contours every 200 m starting at 0 m].
• Sea level pressure [mb, color shaded], observed sea level pressure at stations, and terrain elevation [contours every 200 m starting at 0 m].

Vertical cross sections

• South-North cross sections of wind components parallel to the section (in this case, v [in m/s] and w [in cm/s]), vorticity [10^-3 s^-1], and potential temperature [°K].
• South-North cross sections of temperature [°C] and relative humidity [%].
• West-East cross sections of wind components parallel to the section (in this case, u [in m/s] and w [in cm/s]), vorticity [10^-3 s^-1], and potential temperature [°K].
• West-East cross sections of temperature [°C] and relative humidity [%].