Animations of MM5 results for the Santa Cruz Eddy (SCE)
Run: NOBSM
Domain: 1 (5 km resolution)
 
Cristina Lozej Archer
Stanford University
26 June 2003
The following animations were obtained initializing MM5 with the ETA model and using 29 vertical levels. The Big Sur Mountains (BSM) were removed and replaced with a 10-m high plateau, with the same surface characteristics (e.g., landuse, roughness, albedo) as before.

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 [%].