Table 1 List of model setup and resulting energy transfer for the experiments
From: The hurricane-induced decay of mesoscale eddies: an energy source for near-inertial waves
Case | Background eddy | Perturbation intensity | Perturbation rotation direction | Perturbation vertical depth | ΔEE (1012J) | ΔWE (1012J) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | CE | Umax = 0.1 m s−1 | Cyclonic | Full depth | −13.1 | 12.1 |
2 | CE | Umax = 0.1 m s−1 | Anticyclonic | Full depth | −4.2 | 3.9 |
3 | AE | Umax = 0.1 m s−1 | Anticyclonic | Full depth | −1.5 | 1.4 |
4 | AE | Umax = 0.1 m s−1 | Cyclonic | Full depth | −12.0 | 11.1 |
5 | AE | Umax = 0.5 m s−1 | Cyclonic | Upper 500 m | −119.3 (1.2) | 113.2 (2.8) |
6 | AE | τmax = 1 N m−2 | Cyclonic | Surface forcing | −74.1 (1.0) | 70.6 (3.1) |
