Supplemental materials to "A quasi-2D model of convectively coupled vortices. Part 1: upscale versus up-strength growth"

quasi-2D model.zip: The package of the quasi-2D model code. postprocess_code.zip: The package of the postprocessing codes and some intermediate files (.mat). Group_dh.avi: The Group-dh experiments with varying convective intermittency (dh/H). The first, second, and third column shows Group-dh-1, Ref, and Group-dh-2. Only the first member of each experimental ensemble is shown. The first row shows the raw vorticity normalized by f. The second shows the Gaussian-filtered vorticity (with a length scale of l=30 km) normalized by f. The black contour is the zero-value contour of the Gaussian-filtered vorticity. Group_dL.avi: The Group-l experiments with varying convective filter length l. The first, second, and third column shows Ref (l=30 km), Group-l-1 (l=45 km), and Group-l-2 (l=60 km). Only the first member of each experimental ensemble is shown. The first row shows the raw vorticity normalized by f. The second shows the Gaussian-filtered vorticity (with a length scale of l) normalized by f. The black contour is the zero-value contour of the Gaussian-filtered vorticity. Group_f.avi: The Group-fE experiments with varying Coriolis parameter f and Ekman number E. They differ in the strength of the rotational flow. The first, second, and third column shows Group-fE-1 (f=1e-5 1/s), Ref (f=1e-4 1/s), and Group-fE-2 (f=2e-4 1/s). Only the first member of each experimental ensemble is shown. The first row shows the raw vorticity normalized by f. The second shows the Gaussian-filtered vorticity (with a length scale of l=30 km) normalized by f. The black contour is the zero-value contour of the Gaussian-filtered vorticity. Ref+HomoDamp+HomoFree.avi: The first, second, and third column shows the reference experiment Ref, the HomoDamp experiment that sets eta=0, and the HomoFree experiment that turns off the Ekman damping (not shown in Table 1). Only the first member of each experimental ensemble is shown. The first row shows the raw vorticity normalized by f. The second shows the Gaussian-filtered vorticity (with a length scale of l=30 km) normalized by f. The black contour is the zero-value contour of the Gaussian-filtered vorticity.