A dataset for comparing filtering methods used to separate balanced and unbalanced flow at the surface of the Agulhas region

This dataset comprises sea surface height (SSH) and velocity data at the ocean surface in two small regions near the Agulhas retroflection. The unfiltered SSH and a horizontal velocity field are provided, along with the same fields after various kinds of filtering, as described in the accompanying manuscript, <em>Separating balanced and unbalanced flow at the surface of the Agulhas region using Lagrangian filtering. </em>The code repository for this work is https://github.com/cspencerjones/separating-balanced . Two time-resolutions are provided: two weeks of hourly data and 70 days of daily data. See the manuscript for more information. This work was supported by NASA award 80NSSC20K1142.