Monthly wind/front/uag shear time series

u_ag in relation to the front. Warm water is the right right of the red vector (u_g). u_ag (blue) shows how the ageostrophic shear tilts the front.

5-day running mean.
2° SST front (APDRC).
u_g at 5m relative to 20m (wind_cur_ug2deg_combine_mdnt.cdf).

Colored triangles along the bottom of each plot are an index of the sign and magnitude of tilting shear. Red color indicates warm-over-cold shear, blue cold-over-warm. (Time series of the index at bottom).


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