CSCM Atmospheric Model Working Group Diagnostics Package

Variability Diagnostics

SPCCSM3.0, CCSM3.0, CSSM3.5 (courtesy of Ben Kirtman)

6-Hourly Data plots (not available)

  • Wavenumber-frequency power spectra plots

    Daily Data plots (not available)

  • Hovmöller plots of 200 mb velocity potential
  • Madden-Julian Oscillation index plots
  • Precipitation rate histograms

    Monthly/Seasonal Data plots

  • Equatorial Pacific Hovmöller plots of anomalies
  • Timeseries of surface temperature anomalies
  • Timeseries of Niño 1&2, Niño 3, Niño 4 anomalies
  • Timeseries of precipitation anomalies
  • Timeseries of total cloud amount anomalies
  • Timeseries of sea-level pressure anomalies
  • EOFs of N Pacific and Atlantic winter 500 mb geopotential height
  • Amplitude and phase of annual cycle of precip and 2-meter temp