GOES-8 Composites/Climatology

1. Find out how many images were used to estimate the frequencies.
2. In the month you have chosen, indicate the hours in which there are regions with 90 – 100 % frequency of cloud top temperatures below 0 °C ( If necessary, stop the loop and advance one frame at a time)
3. Could you say there are preferred region in which frequencies of clouds with top temperatures below  0 °C are higher? Describe.
4. Could you say there are preferred region in which frequencies of clouds with top temperatures below 0 °C are lower? Describe.
5. How does the position of the regions in questions 2 and 3 change with the hour of the day?

WITHOUT CLOSING THE LOOP YOU ARE VIEWING, RETURN TO THE PAGE WITH THE LOOP MENU AND CLICK ON ANOTHER MONTH, SAME YEAR

6. Is there a significant difference on the high/low frequency areas? (you can compare loops by omitting images in the loop to make it shorter, or by synchronizing the loops. To synchronize the loops keep one of the loops running, stop the other and restart it trying to match the image number with the other loop)

NOW CLOSE ONE OF THE LOOPS AND OPEN THE LOOP OF THE SAME MONTH, DIFFERENT YEAR.

7. Can you make climatological conclusions about the years you are viewing?

	Costa Rica IR4 (10.7 um) Temperature Threshold Frequency Composites JUNE 1997 JULY 1997 JUNE 1998 JULY 1998 JUNE 1999 JULY 1999

EXERCISE No 2
CLICK ON ANY OF THE MONTHS UNDER THE HEADING:
Costa Rica VIS Cloud Frequency Composites

1. Describe the climatological features you can deduct from the area you are viewing.
2. Describe one climatological feature that changes from January to March.

	Costa Rica VIS Cloud Frequency Composites JANUARY 1998 JANUARY 1999 FEBRUARY 1998 FEBRUARY 1999 MARCH 1998 MARCH 1999

EXERCISE No 3
CLICK ON ANY OF THE MONTHS UNDER THE HEADING:
FLORIDA GOES-8 VIS REGIME Composites

Chose one region in the map and imagine you work or live there.
Can you describe from the composites the pattern of cloud formation under different wind regimes?

	FLORIDA GOES-8 VIS REGIME Composites (1996-1999 June-August) REGIME 1: lgt SE REGIME 4: lgt and var W to SW REGIME 2: lgt and var E to NE REGIME 8: lgt and var N to NW

Additional Viewing:

	Fulldisk Water Vapor (6.7 um) Average Radiance Composites August 1997 February 1998 September 1997 March 1998 October 1997 April 1998 November 1997 May 1998 December 1997 June 1998 January 1998 July 1998