[Korus-forecasting] plotting domains

[Arlindo da Silva]

All,

  Do we really need 3 regions? I'd think that regions 1 & 3 are sufficient.
As for map projection, should we stay with a simple lat-lon projection?

     Arlindo

On Wed, Mar 23, 2016 at 6:00 PM, Pablo Saide <saide at ucar.edu> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Following my last email, find attached sample plots for the three domains
> proposed. I changed them slightly, here are the new bounds:
>
> 1) 20-60 lat , 75-145 lon
> 2) 27-47 lat,  110-135 lon (now until 135 E as including Japan in this
> domain does not seem to be relevant)
> 3) 32-39 lat, 123.5-132.5 lon (now until 39 N to include whole South Korea)
>
> In the past we have plotted vertical levels as pressure levels. Here are
> the levels I propose we use:
> 925mb  (~750m above sea level(ASL)), 850mb (~1.5 km ASL), 700mb (~3km
> ASL), 500mb (~5.5 km ASL)
>
> let me know if you have comments/changes/additions etc.
> thanks!
> Pablo
>
>
> On 3/22/2016 4:59 PM, Pablo Saide wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> I want to start a discussion for setting the plotting domains where we
> will all plot our model output so it will be easier to intercompare. I
> propose three domains:
>
> 1) 20-60 lat , 75-145 lon : Large Asia domain including dust sources and
> south Siberia fires for capturing long-range transport
>
> 2) 27-47 lat,  110-145 lon: Eastern Asia domain capturing the most
> populated regions of China. The extent is similar to the GOCI field of
> view. This domain could be also used to support the field experiment based
> out of China.
>
> 3) 32-38 lat, 123.5-132.5 lon: Focuses on South Korea and surrounding
> waters where all possible flight tracks (not transit) should be included.
>
> I also propose we all plot on a regular lat/lon grid.
>
> Please provide any feedback on the domains and extent of them. For
> instance, is there a good reason to include Japan in the domains? If not,
> we could go to 140 or even 135 to focus the plotting on the regions of
> interest.
>
> thanks!
> Pablo
>
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>
> --
> Pablo E Saide, Ph.D.
> Advanced Study Program (ASP) &
> Atmospheric Chemistry Observations and Modeling (ACOM) Lab
> National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)
> 3450 Mitchell Lane, Boulder CO 80307-3000
> Office: FL0-3150
> Email: saide at ucar.edu
> Phone: 303-497-1448
> Website: https://staff.ucar.edu/users/saide
>
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