DRAG PROJECT

Surface stresses

Center / Model

GDPS (CMC) ARPEGE (MeteoFrance) GM (UKMetO) AGCM (CPTEC) AGCM-2 (CPTEC) GSM (JMA) IFS (ECMWF) ACCES (Australian BOM) SL-AV (HMCR) ICON (DWD) CAM5 (UCAR)

Variable

u-component PBL stress u-component orographic GWD+blocking stress u-component stress from physics u-component orographic blocking stress u-component orographic GWD stress u-component orographic resolved stress v-component PBL stress v-component orographic GWD+blocking stress v-component stress from physics v-component orographic blocking stress v-component orographic GWD stress v-component orographic resolved stress abs. value PBL stress abs. value orographic GWD+blocking stress abs. value stress from physics abs. value orographic blocking stress abs. value orographic GWD stress abs. value orographic resolved stress u-component LW-GWD stress u-component SW-GWD stress u-component TMS stress v-component LW-GWD stress v-component SW-GWD stress abs. value LW-GWD stress abs. value SW-GWD stress

Month

Jul 2012 Jan 2012

Time-interval for averaging

00-24Z average 00-06Z average 06-12Z average 12-18Z average 18-24Z average