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Tests related to El Nino Rapid Response GFS Data

For reference:
         Closure flights: 0121 0125 0126 0202 0203 0212 0215 0226 0227 0229 0301, formerly deep tropics or "tropics"
         Outflow flights: 0129 0130 0214 0216 0217 0218 0221 0303, formerly semi-deep tropics or "semitropics"

Divergence plots related to possible BAMS paper

Meridional Wind plots related to possible BAMS paper

Composites of differences of Divergent Wind tropics (left) and semitropics (right)

(See more divergent wind plots here.)
For comparison, divergent wind plots for precampaign days are here.