Atlantic  Maritime ITCZ

Model 1 Forcing and Reference Run Comparison


Precipitation

 
Figure 3a Figure 3b Figure 3c
Total precipitation temporal mean for the AMI region.  Forcing run. Total precipitation temporal mean for the AMI region.  Reference run. Difference between forcing run and reference run for total precipitation temporal mean.
     
Figure 3d Figure 3e Figure 3f
Total precipitation temporal mean seasonal cycle for the AMI region.  (Uses longitudinal mean).  Forcing run. Total precipitation temporal mean seasonal cycle for the AMI region.  (Uses longitudinal mean).  Reference run. Total precipitation seasonal cycle difference of forcing run and reference run in AMI region.
     
Figure 4a Figure 4b  
 
Total precipitation temporal variance for the AMI region.  Forcing run. Total precipitation temporal variance for the AMI region.  Reference run.  
     
Figure 4c Figure 4d  
 
Total precipitation temporal variance seasonal cycle for the AMI region. (Uses longitudinal mean).  Forcing run. Total precipitation temporal variance seasonal cycle for the AMI region. (Uses longitudinal mean).  Reference run.  
     
     
 
Precipitation and black carbon variance with seasonal cycle removed for forcing run.  Precipitation is shaded and is in units of mm2/day2.   BC is contour lines in units of g2/m4.  BC is divided by 20000. Precipitation regional variance seasonal cycle with seasonal cycle removed.  
     
     

 

Black Carbon

Figure 5a Figure 5b Figure 5c
Black carbon temporal mean  for the AMI region.  Forcing run. Black carbon temporal mean for the AMI region.  Reference run. Difference between black carbon forcing run and black carbon reference run.
     
Figure 5d Figure 5e Figure 5f
Black carbon temporal mean seasonal cycle for the AMI region.  (Uses longitudinal mean).  Forcing run. Black carbon temporal mean seasonal cycle for the AMI region.  (Uses longitudinal mean).  Reference run. Seasonal cycle of black carbon forcing run minus black carbon reference run for the AMI region.
     
Figure 6a Figure 6b  
 
Black carbon temporal variance for the AMI region.  Forcing run. Black carbon temporal variance for the AMI region.  Reference run.  
     
Figure 6c Figure 6d  
Black carbon temporal variance seasonal cycle for the AMI region. (Uses longitudinal mean).  Forcing run. Black carbon temporal variance seasonal cycle for the AMI region. (Uses longitudinal mean).  Reference run. Black carbon variance seasonal cycle with seasonal cycle removed.