Idealized experiments    18 Feb. 2025

The current directory contains the model outputs and analyses used for a paper,
"Evolution of tropical cyclone structures during extratropical transition
in idealized experiments."

[Directories and fiels]

CTL/, Bn4/, Bn2/, Bp2/, Bp4/, Y28/: the directories of individual experiments
 GrADS files (main time steps)
  var3.ctl, var3_t*.grd: 3-dimensional variables
  var2.ctl, var2_t*.grd: 2-dimensional variables
  con2.ctl, con2.grd: the Coriolis parameter
 Track files
  track5_cps.txt: locations central pressure, CPS parameters
   (1) time (h), (2) time (h), (3) x (km), (4) y (km), (5) Pmin (hPa),
   (6) B, (7) -VTL, (8) -VTU
  track5_vsh:  locatoin, central pressure, motion, vertical shear
   (1) time (h), (2) time (h), (3) x (km), (4) y (km), (5) Pmin (hPa),
   (6) zonal motion (m/s), (7) meridional motion (m/s)
   (8) total motion (m/s), (9) direction of motion (deg; 0 east, 90 north),
   (10) zonal shear (m/s), (11) meridional shear (m/s),
   (12) total shear (m/s), (13) direction of shear (deg; 0 east, 90 north), 
   (14) 850-hPa zonal wind (m/s), (15) 850-hPa meridional wind (m/s),
   (16) 200-hPa zonal wind (m/s), (17) 200-hPa meridional wind (m/s)