Figure 4
From: Dynamical controls on the longevity of a non-linear vortex : The case of the Lofoten Basin Eddy
Time series of (a) daily-average net heat fluxes (left axis) and wind speed (right axis) from ERA-Interim reanalysis at 70°N and 3°E, (b) heat storage rate of the LBE core (thick blue line) with surface net heat flux (red and blue bars) and horizontal heat convergence (black bars), (c) heat flux by mixed layer eddies QMLE (left axis) and radial temperature gradient average of the MLD (right axis) at the outskirt of the LBE. The vertical error bars are mean values with one standard deviation observed in the core/rim frontal region (i.e., at ±5 km around the velocity maximum).
