# Supplemental Material

In this directory you'll find material that supplements the article

Biastoch, A., D. Sein, J. V. Durgadoo, and Q. Wang, 2017: Simulating the Agulhas system in global ocean models – nesting vs. multi-resolution unstructured meshes, *Ocean Modell*, **Vol**, [doi:10.1016/J.OCEMOD-D-17-00174](doi-url)

The material is organised in tar-files which unpack into subdirectories containing individual (or groups of) figures, each with data in NetCDF format, Ferret/PyFerret scripts, color maps and figures.



## 1-resolution

* Grid files (base and nest) for INALT01
* Similar for FESOM, interpolated onto INALT01 base model grid
* Script for Figure 1: `resolution.jnl`




## 2-snapshot

- Snapshot (base model and nest grid) for INALT01
- Similar for FESOM, interpolated onto INALT01 base model grid
- Script for Figure 2: `snapshot.jnl`
- Script for Figure S1: `snapshot_zoom.jnl`
- Figures in PNG-Format



## 3-ssh

- Variance (2000-2007) of sea surface height (SSH), with global mean removed (detrended) (base model grid) for INALT01
- Time-mean (2000-2007) of sea surface height (SSH), with global mean removed (detrended) (nest model grid) for INALT01
- similar for FESOM, interpolated onto INALT01 base model grid
- AVISO satellite data, produced by Ssalto/Duacs and distributed by Aviso, with support from Cnes (http://www.aviso.altimetry.fr/duacs). 
- Script for Figure 3: `ssh.jnl`
- Script for Figure S2: `ssh_zoom.jnl`
- Figures in PNG-Format



## 4-5-psi

- Barotropic streamfunction (PSI) (base model grid, monthly resolution) for INALT01
- similar for FESOM,calculated on the original grid, then interpolated onto INALT01 base model grid
- Script for Figure 4: `psi.jnl`
- Script for Figure 5: `psi_series.jnl`
- Script for Figure S3: `psi_zoom.jnl`
- Figures in PNG-Format



## 6-moc

- Atlantic meridional overturning streamfunction (AMOC) (calculated from base model and nested grid, monthly resolution) for INALT01
- similar for FESOM,calculated on the original grid, then interpolated onto INALT01 base model grid
- Observational data from the RAPID-WATCH MOC monitoring project funded by the Natural Environment Research Council (http://www.rapid.ac.uk/rapidmoc).
- Script for Figure 6: `moc.jnl`
- Figures in PNG-Format



## 7-8-9-act

- Velocities along the ACT section, extracted from the INALT01 nest data (5-daily resolution) 
- Extraction script: `extract_ACT_INALT01.jnl`
- similar for FESOM, interpolated onto INALT01 nest model grid, then extracted
- Observational and proxy data from the ACT array are not provided here and are available from http://act.rsmas.miami.edu
- Script for Figure 7: `compare_ACT4.jnl`
- Mean velocities and eddy kinetic energies (EKE) in the INALT01 nest 
- Script for Figure 8: `Agulhas_detail.jnl`
- Script to calculate transports at ACT section: `calc_ACT4trans.jnl`
- Script for Figure 9: `compare_ACT4trans.jnl`
- Figures in PNG-Format



## 10-al

- Agulhas leakage (AL) (calculated through a Lagrangian estimate from the 5-daily velocity data) for INALT01 and FESOM
- Script for Figure 10: `compare_FESOM-NEMO.jnl`
- Figure in PNG-Format



## 11-sensitivity

- Agulhas leakage (AL) (calculated through a Lagrangian estimate from the 5-daily velocity data) for INALT01 and FESOM sensitivity experiments
- Script for Figure 11: `compare_FESOM-NEMO_shift.jnl`
- Figure in PNG-Format



## 12-scaling

- Excel script with INALT01 and FESOM CPU data