Figure 4
From: Response of Near-Inertial Shear to Wind Stress Curl and Sea Level
Time series of (a,b) SLA, (c,d) wind stress and (e,f) its curl, (g,h) near-inertial downward shear profiles, (i,j) mean shear energy over 80–800 m, and (k,l) squared buoyancy frequency profiles. In (a–f,k–l), data are obtained by taking an average within 138.6–139.6°E and 11.1–12.1°N. In (c-d,i-j), the thin and thick lines denote original values and their 30-day running mean. In (e,f), y-axis is non-uniform and horizontal dashed lines at −15 × 10−7, −8 × 10−7, 8 × 10−7, and 15 × 10−7 N m−3 server as a guide to separate strong, moderate, and weak curls. In (k,l), contour of 2 × 10−4 s−2 indicates the location of pycnocline. Left and right panels correspond to the negative and positive SLAs, respectively. In (a–l), 42 segments are selected for the following case study, and are denoted by two short vertical lines with a number at center in the top part of each panel. Figures are plotted using MATLAB R2015b (http://www.mathworks.com/).
