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

<p>% File description:</p> <p>1. Cal_conversions.m: a set of functions calculating the EAPE-EKE and EAPE-EKE conversion terms with CESM output data in B-grid</p> <p>2. smooth2a.m: function of boxcar filtering</p> <p>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> &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;CONVa_H_u100: MAPE-EAPE conversion driven by frictional process<br> &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;CONVo_H_u100: MAPE-EAPE conversion driven by non-frictional process<br> &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;CONVa_V_u100: EAPE-EKE conversion driven by frictional process<br> &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;CONVo_V_u100: EAPE-EKE conversion driven by non-frictional process</p> <p>4. CONV_profile.mat: data of the vertical profiles of global and regional averaged EAPE-EKE conversion terms used in Figure 3&nbsp;of the manuscript<br> % Variables inside the file:<br> &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;% Vertical profiles of quasi-global-averaged EAPE-EKE conversion&nbsp;<br> &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;CONVa_V_GLO_profile: driven by frictional process<br> &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;CONVo_V_GLO_profile: driven by non-frictional process<br> &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;CONVttw_V_GLO_profile: reproduced by TTW balance&nbsp;<br> &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;<br> &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;% Vertical profiles of EAPE-EKE conversion averaged in western boundary current regions<br> &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;CONVa_V_WBCE_profile: driven by frictional process<br> &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;CONVo_V_WBCE_profile: driven by non-frictional process<br> &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;CONVttw_V_WBCE_profile: reproduced by TTW balance&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;% Vertical profiles of EAPE-EKE conversion averaged in subtropical gyres<br> &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;CONVa_V_STG_profile: driven by frictional process<br> &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;CONVo_V_STG_profile: driven by non-frictional process<br> &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;CONVttw_V_STG_profile: reproduced by TTW balance&nbsp;<br> &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;<br> &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;% Vertical profiles of EAPE-EKE conversion averaged in subpolar gyres<br> &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;CONVa_V_SPG_profile: driven by frictional process<br> &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;CONVo_V_SPG_profile: driven by non-frictional process<br> &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;CONVttw_V_SPG_profile: reproduced by TTW balance&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;% Vertical profiles of EAPE-EKE conversion averaged in the Southern Ocean<br> &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;CONVa_V_SO_profile: driven by frictional process<br> &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;CONVo_V_SO_profile: driven by non-frictional process<br> &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;CONVttw_V_SO_profile: reproduced by TTW balance&nbsp;</p> <p>5. CONV_SeasDiff.mat: data of the seasonal difference (winter minus summer) of global and regional averaged conversion terms used in Figure 3&nbsp;of the manuscript<br> % Variables inside the file:<br> &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;% Vertical profiles of the seasonal difference of quasi-global-averaged EAPE-EKE conversion&nbsp;<br> &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;CONVa_V_GLO_SeasDiff: driven by frictional process<br> &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;CONVo_V_GLO_SeasDiff: driven by non-frictional process<br> &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;CONVttw_V_GLO_SeasDiff: reproduced by TTW balance&nbsp;<br> &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;<br> &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;% Vertical profiles of the seasonal difference of EAPE-EKE conversion averaged in western boundary current regions<br> &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;CONVa_V_WBCE_SeasDiff: driven by frictional process<br> &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;CONVo_V_WBCE_SeasDiff: driven by non-frictional process<br> &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;CONVttw_V_WBCE_SeasDiff: reproduced by TTW balance&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;% Vertical profiles of the seasonal difference of EAPE-EKE conversion averaged in subtropical gyres<br> &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;CONVa_V_STG_SeasDiff: driven by frictional process<br> &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;CONVo_V_STG_SeasDiff: driven by non-frictional process<br> &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;CONVttw_V_STG_SeasDiff: reproduced by TTW balance&nbsp;<br> &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;<br> &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;% Vertical profiles of the seasonal difference of EAPE-EKE conversion averaged in subpolar gyres<br> &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;CONVa_V_SPG_SeasDiff: driven by frictional process<br> &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;CONVo_V_SPG_SeasDiff: driven by non-frictional process<br> &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;CONVttw_V_SPG_SeasDiff: reproduced by TTW balance&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;% Vertical profiles of the seasonal difference of EAPE-EKE conversion averaged in the Southern Ocean<br> &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;CONVa_V_SO_SeasDiff: driven by frictional process<br> &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;CONVo_V_SO_SeasDiff: driven by non-frictional process<br> &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;CONVttw_V_SO_SeasDiff: reproduced by TTW balance&nbsp;</p> <p>6. Coord_lon_lat_zw.mat: coordinate information for the variables in &quot;CONV_u100_2d.mat&quot;, &quot;CONV_profile.mat&quot;and &quot;CONV_SeasDiff.mat&quot;<br> &nbsp; % Variables inside the file:<br> &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;lon: longitude for the global distributions of the conversion terms<br> &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;lat: latitude for the global distributions of the conversion terms<br> &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;z_w: depth of each vertical level for vertical profiles of conversion terms</p>