Script and data of "Role of Frictional Processes in Mesoscale Eddy Available Potential Energy Budget in the Global Ocean"

• Main Author: Yang, Peiran
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2022
• Subjects: Southern Ocean
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6618526

% File description: 1. Cal_conversions.m: a set of functions calculating the EAPE-EKE and EAPE-EKE conversion terms with CESM output data in B-grid 2. smooth2a.m: function of boxcar filtering 3. CONV_u100_2d.mat: data of the global distribution of upper 100 m averaged conversion terms used in Figure 2 of the manuscript % Variables inside the file: CONVa_H_u100: MAPE-EAPE conversion driven by frictional process CONVo_H_u100: MAPE-EAPE conversion driven by non-frictional process CONVa_V_u100: EAPE-EKE conversion driven by frictional process CONVo_V_u100: EAPE-EKE conversion driven by non-frictional process 4. CONV_profile.mat: data of the vertical profiles of global and regional averaged EAPE-EKE conversion terms used in Figure 3of the manuscript % Variables inside the file: % Vertical profiles of quasi-global-averaged EAPE-EKE conversion CONVa_V_GLO_profile: driven by frictional process CONVo_V_GLO_profile: driven by non-frictional process CONVttw_V_GLO_profile: reproduced by TTW balance % Vertical profiles of EAPE-EKE conversion averaged in western boundary current regions CONVa_V_WBCE_profile: driven by frictional process CONVo_V_WBCE_profile: driven by non-frictional process CONVttw_V_WBCE_profile: reproduced by TTW balance % Vertical profiles of EAPE-EKE conversion averaged in subtropical gyres CONVa_V_STG_profile: driven by frictional process CONVo_V_STG_profile: driven by non-frictional process CONVttw_V_STG_profile: reproduced by TTW balance % Vertical profiles of EAPE-EKE conversion averaged in subpolar gyres CONVa_V_SPG_profile: driven by frictional process CONVo_V_SPG_profile: driven by non-frictional process CONVttw_V_SPG_profile: reproduced by TTW balance % Vertical profiles of EAPE-EKE conversion averaged in the Southern Ocean CONVa_V_SO_profile: driven by frictional process CONVo_V_SO_profile: driven by non-frictional process CONVttw_V_SO_profile: reproduced by TTW balance 5. CONV_SeasDiff.mat: data of the seasonal difference (winter minus summer) of global and regional averaged conversion terms ...