An Observational and Model Characterization of Vertical Structure of Wind Fields over Eastern United States: A Case Study of Sterling, Virginia

Figure 4

Annual mean climatology (a, b, and c) and climatology difference (bias) relative to radiosonde observation (d, e, and f). The period of study is 1979–2005 from 850 hPa to 30 hPa pressure levels. The radiosonde plus and minus 2 standard deviations around the climatology mean is displayed as the gray shading in the bias plot (d, e, and f).