Planetary-scale motions in the atmosphere and ocean - Atmosphere, Weather and Climate - page 169

PCMDI
Apr 10, 2001

Geopotential Height at 500 hPa (m)

DJF: ERA JJA: ERA

4700 4900 5100 5300 5500 5700 5900

DJF: ncar-98a JJA: ncar-98a

4700 4900 5100 5300 5500 5700 5900

DJF: ncar-98a - ERA JJA: ncar-98a - ERA

Plate 7.1 500mb geopotential heights for northern winter (DJF) and summer (JJA) in (A) ECMWF
reanalysis observations. (B) NCAR CCM3 simulations and (C) the difference between CCM3 and
observations.
Source: AMIP website.