Seasonality of Tropical Instability Waves and Its Feedback to the Seasonal Cycle in the Tropical Eastern Pacific

Figure 6

Vertical distributions of zonal mean barotropic ((a), (c)) and baroclinic ((b), (d)) conversions averaged from June to September (a) and (b) and from March to April (c) and (d). Units are W/m³. Positive values are shaded.

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