GSFC Meteorological Plots for the Antarctic

GMAO GEOS 5.7 products

Last Updated: 2024-12-22

(Click on an element of the table to see the corresponding plot.)

Plot	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Animation
	2024-12-19	2024-12-20	2024-12-21	2024-12-22	2024-12-23	2024-12-24	2024-12-25	2024-12-26	2024-12-27	2024-12-28	2024-12-29	2024-12-30	2024-12-31	2025-01-01
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Potential Vorticity @ 320 K	A	A	A	F24	F48	F60	F84	F120	F144	F168	F192	F216	F240		+
Potential Vorticity @ 340 K	A	A	A	F24	F48	F60	F84	F120	F144	F168	F192	F216	F240		+
Potential Vorticity @ 350 K	A	A	A	F24	F48	F60	F84	F120	F144	F168	F192	F216	F240		+
Potential Vorticity @ 380 K	A	A	A	F24	F48	F60	F84	F120	F144	F168	F192	F216	F240		+
Potential Vorticity @ 400 K	A	A	A	F24	F48	F60	F84	F120	F144	F168	F192	F216	F240		+
Potential Vorticity @ 440 K	A	A	A	F24	F48	F60	F84	F120	F144	F168	F192	F216	F240		+
Potential Vorticity @ 500 K	A	A	A	F24	F48	F60	F84	F120	F144	F168	F192	F216	F240		+
Potential Vorticity @ 600 K	A	A	A	F24	F48	F60	F84	F120	F144	F168	F192	F216	F240		+
Potential Vorticity @ 800 K	A	A	A	F24	F48	F60	F84	F120	F144	F168	F192	F216	F240		+
Potential Vorticity @ 1000 K	A	A	A	F24	F48	F60	F84	F120	F144	F168	F192	F216	F240		+
Potential Vorticity @ 1300 K	A	A	A	F24	F48	F60	F84	F120	F144	F168	F192	F216	F240		+
Potential Vorticity @ 1800 K	A	A	A	F24	F48	F60	F84	F120	F144	F168	F192	F216	F240		+
Ozone @ 320 K	A	A	A	F24	F48	F60	F84	F120	F144	F168	F192	F216	F240		+
Ozone @ 340 K	A	A	A	F24	F48	F60	F84	F120	F144	F168	F192	F216	F240		+
Ozone @ 350 K	A	A	A	F24	F48	F60	F84	F120	F144	F168	F192	F216	F240		+
Ozone @ 380 K	A	A	A	F24	F48	F60	F84	F120	F144	F168	F192	F216	F240		+
Ozone @ 400 K	A	A	A	F24	F48	F60	F84	F120	F144	F168	F192	F216	F240		+
Ozone @ 440 K	A	A	A	F24	F48	F60	F84	F120	F144	F168	F192	F216	F240		+
Ozone @ 500 K	A	A	A	F24	F48	F60	F84	F120	F144	F168	F192	F216	F240		+
Ozone @ 600 K	A	A	A	F24	F48	F60	F84	F120	F144	F168	F192	F216	F240		+
Ozone @ 800 K	A	A	A	F24	F48	F60	F84	F120	F144	F168	F192	F216	F240		+
Ozone @ 1000 K	A	A	A	F24	F48	F60	F84	F120	F144	F168	F192	F216	F240		+
Ozone @ 1300 K	A	A	A	F24	F48	F60	F84	F120	F144	F168	F192	F216	F240		+
Ozone @ 1800 K	A	A	A	F24	F48	F60	F84	F120	F144	F168	F192	F216	F240		+
Temperature Zonal mean	A	A	A	F12	F36	F60	F84	F120	F144	F168	F192	F216	F240		+
Temperature @ 1 mb	A	A	A	F24	F36	F60	F84	F120	F144	F168	F192	F216	F240		+
Temperature @ 3 mb	A	A	A	F24	F36	F60	F84	F120	F144	F168	F192	F216	F240		+
Temperature @ 10 mb	A	A	A	F24	F36	F60	F84	F120	F144	F168	F192	F216	F240		+
Temperature @ 30 mb	A	A	A	F24	F36	F60	F84	F120	F144	F168	F192	F216	F240		+
Temperature @ 50 mb	A	A	A	F24	F36	F60	F84	F120	F144	F168	F192	F216	F240		+
Temperature @ 70 mb	A	A	A	F24	F36	F60	F84	F120	F144	F168	F192	F216	F240		+
Temperature @ 100 mb	A	A	A	F24	F36	F60	F84	F120	F144	F168	F192	F216	F240		+
Temperature @ 150 mb	A	A	A	F24	F36	F60	F84	F120	F144	F168	F192	F216	F240		+
Temperature @ 200 mb	A	A	A	F24	F36	F60	F84	F120	F144	F168	F192	F216	F240		+
Temperature @ 250 mb	A	A	A	F24	F36	F60	F84	F120	F144	F168	F192	F216	F240		+
Temperature @ 500 mb	A	A	A	F24	F36	F60	F84	F120	F144	F168	F192	F216	F240		+
Temperature @ 700 mb	A	A	A	F24	F36	F60	F84	F120	F144	F168	F192	F216	F240		+
Total Ozone	A	A	A	F24	F48	F60	F84	F120	F144	F168	F192	F216	F240		+

Notes

Most of these plots show a color-coded image background of some physical quantity which is labelled in the leftmost column above. A color bar scale on the right of the image shows how the quantity values map to the colors. Superimposed on the image is a depiction of the horizontal flow field as blue streamlines with arrows marking the direction of the flow. The thickness of each streamline indicates the wind speed, according to the legend at the bottow left. Where the physical quantity is a vertically cumulative variable that does not describe a single vertical level (e.g. CAPE), the pressure level indicated in the title is that of the flow field. Continental outlines are shown as thin white or yellow lines.

Units of these physical quantities are:

• Wind speed: meters per second
• Temperature: Kelvin
• Relative Humidity: percent
• Divergence: per second
• Surface Precipitation (flux): kilogram per meter-squared per second
• High-Altitude (above 400 hPa) Cloud Fraction: 0.0 to 1.0
• CAPE: Joules per kilogram
• Vertical Wind Velocity (derived from Omega): m/s
• (Ertel's) Potential Vorticity: Kelvin meters-squared per kilogram per second

More Information

• Main GMAO Antarctic met plots page
• Longer-term GMAO Antarctic analysis met plots
• Arctic Plots
• Stratospheric Seasonal Evolution Plots
• Ozonewatch plots for the Southern Hemisphere
• Meteorological statistics for the Antarctic
• NASA Goddard Global Modeling and Assimilation Office (GMAO)

Credits

• NASA Official: Paul A. Newman
• Web Content: Paul A. Newman and Leslie R. Lait
• Last Updated: 2024-12-22