DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6618526
title: Script and data of "Role of Frictional Processes in Mesoscale Eddy Available Potential Energy Budget in the Global Ocean"

description: % 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<br> % Variables inside the file:<br> CONVa_H_u100: MAPE-EAPE conversion driven by frictional process<br> CONVo_H_u100: MAPE-EAPE conversion driven by non-frictional process<br> CONVa_V_u100: EAPE-EKE conversion driven by frictional process<br> 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 3 of the manuscript<br> % Variables inside the file:<br> % Vertical profiles of quasi-global-averaged EAPE-EKE conversion <br> CONVa_V_GLO_profile: driven by frictional process<br> CONVo_V_GLO_profile: driven by non-frictional process<br> CONVttw_V_GLO_profile: reproduced by TTW balance <br> <br> % Vertical profiles of EAPE-EKE conversion averaged in western boundary current regions<br> CONVa_V_WBCE_profile: driven by frictional process<br> CONVo_V_WBCE_profile: driven by non-frictional process<br> CONVttw_V_WBCE_profile: reproduced by TTW balance % Vertical profiles of EAPE-EKE conversion averaged in subtropical gyres<br> CONVa_V_STG_profile: driven by frictional process<br> CONVo_V_STG_profile: driven by non-frictional process<br> CONVttw_V_STG_profile: reproduced by TTW balance <br> <br> % Vertical profiles of EAPE-EKE conversion averaged in subpolar gyres<br> CONVa_V_SPG_profile: driven by frictional process<br> CONVo_V_SPG_profile: driven by non-frictional process<br> CONVttw_V_SPG_profile: reproduced by TTW balance % Vertical profiles of EAPE-EKE conversion averaged in the Southern Ocean<br> CONVa_V_SO_profile: driven by frictional process<br> CONVo_V_SO_profile: driven by non-frictional process<br> 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 used in Figure 3 of the manuscript<br> % Variables inside the file:<br> % Vertical profiles of the seasonal difference of quasi-global-averaged EAPE-EKE conversion <br> CONVa_V_GLO_SeasDiff: driven by frictional process<br> CONVo_V_GLO_SeasDiff: driven by non-frictional process<br> CONVttw_V_GLO_SeasDiff: reproduced by TTW balance <br> <br> % Vertical profiles of the seasonal difference of EAPE-EKE conversion averaged in western boundary current regions<br> CONVa_V_WBCE_SeasDiff: driven by frictional process<br> CONVo_V_WBCE_SeasDiff: driven by non-frictional process<br> CONVttw_V_WBCE_SeasDiff: reproduced by TTW balance % Vertical profiles of the seasonal difference of EAPE-EKE conversion averaged in subtropical gyres<br> CONVa_V_STG_SeasDiff: driven by frictional process<br> CONVo_V_STG_SeasDiff: driven by non-frictional process<br> CONVttw_V_STG_SeasDiff: reproduced by TTW balance <br> <br> % Vertical profiles of the seasonal difference of EAPE-EKE conversion averaged in subpolar gyres<br> CONVa_V_SPG_SeasDiff: driven by frictional process<br> CONVo_V_SPG_SeasDiff: driven by non-frictional process<br> CONVttw_V_SPG_SeasDiff: reproduced by TTW balance % Vertical profiles of the seasonal difference of EAPE-EKE conversion averaged in the Southern Ocean<br> CONVa_V_SO_SeasDiff: driven by frictional process<br> CONVo_V_SO_SeasDiff: driven by non-frictional process<br> CONVttw_V_SO_SeasDiff: reproduced by TTW balance 6. Coord_lon_lat_zw.mat: coordinate information for the variables in "CONV_u100_2d.mat", "CONV_profile.mat"and "CONV_SeasDiff.mat"<br> % Variables inside the file:<br> lon: longitude for the global distributions of the conversion terms<br> lat: latitude for the global distributions of the conversion terms<br> z_w: depth of each vertical level for vertical profiles of conversion terms