Gulf Stream2

STRc0.02:

Domain : [82ºW, 35ºW, 28ºN, 47ºN] (i,j,k: 2349,1209,30)

Experimental Setup :

Expt_10.2: relaxation on 10 points at the boundaries: 0.05, 0.5, 1, 1, 1 ...day

YEAR 1

STRc0.08

STRc0.04

STRc0.02

STRc0.08

STRc0.04

YEAR 1

STRc0.02

STRc0.08

YEAR 1

STRc0.08

YEAR 1

STRc0.08

YEAR 1

1/12º: 1 out of 4 of vectors drawn

1/25º: 1 out of 8 of vectors drawn

1/40º: 1 out of 16 of vectors drawn

Time series of total Kinetic Energy (top) and total Eddy Kinetic Energy (bottom) for Expt 10.2 STRc0.08 (black line), Expt 10.2 STRc0.04 (blue line) and Expt 10.3 STRc0.02 (red line)

STRc0.04

STRc0.02

YEAR 2

STRc0.08

YEAR 2

STRc0.04

1/12º: 1 out of 4 of vectors drawn

1/25º: 1 out of 8 of vectors drawn

1/40º: 1 out of 16 of vectors drawn

STRc0.02

YEAR 2

STRc0.08

YEAR 3

STRc0.04

1/12º: 1 out of 4 of vectors drawn

1/25º: 1 out of 8 of vectors drawn

1/40º: 1 out of 16 of vectors drawn

YEAR 3

STRc0.08

STRc0.04

STRc0.02

STRc0.08

STRc0.04

STRc0.08

STRc0.04

STRc0.02

STRc0.08

STRc0.04

YEAR 3

STRc0.02

YEAR 4

STRc0.08

YEAR 4

STRc0.04

1/12º: 1 out of 4 of vectors drawn

1/25º: 1 out of 8 of vectors drawn

1/40º: 1 out of 16 of vectors drawn

STRc0.02

YEAR 4

STRc0.02

STRc0.08

STRc0.04

YEAR 4

STRc0.08

STRc0.04

STRc0.02

YEAR 5

STRc0.08

STRc0.04

YEAR 5

STRc0.02

YEAR 5

STRc0.08

STRc0.04

STRc0.02

From Hurlburt and Hogan (2008): Along-track SSH variability from satellite altimeter data in four different orbits overlaid on topographic contours (depth

in m), Jason-1 over the period 15 January 2002 to 18 October 2007, GFO over 15 July 1999 to 12 December 2007, Envisat over 24

September 2002 to 29 October 2007, and Topex in an interleaved orbit over 16 September 2002 to 8 October 2005. The tracks

are overlaid in the following order from top to bottom: (1) Envisat, (2) GFO, (3) Jason-1, and (4) Topex interleaved. (Provided by

Gregg Jacobs, NRL.)