Data for: Observations of Cape-Induced Wake Eddy Evolution in the Kuroshio Edge

Overview This repository contains the observational datasets and processed figure data associated with the manuscript: "Observations of Cape-Induced Wake Eddy Evolution in the Kuroshio Edge", submitted to the *Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans (JGR: Oceans). The data provided herein support the study's primary findings regarding the submesoscale wake eddy dynamics, hydrographic structures, and turbulence characteristics downstream of Cape Eluanbi, Taiwan. Contents of the Repository The dataset is organized by the corresponding figures in the manuscript: Data for Figure 1: Satellite-derived 2020 annual-mean chlorophyll-a concentration, 2020 annual-mean surface geostrophic current vectors derived from satellite altimetry, and the climatological Kuroshio axis location. Data for Figure 2: High-resolution satellite imagery illustrating two recurrent surface wake expressions downstream of Cape Eluanbi, including corresponding sea surface temperature (SST) and chlorophyll-a fields. Data for Figure 3: A temporal sequence of satellite chlorophyll-a images captured on 4 October, capturing the rapid spatial evolution of wake-related surface tracer features within Taitung Bay across three distinct time steps. Data for Figure 4: Observations from repeated transects, featuring vertical and horizontal profiles of fluorescence, sea water temperature, salinity, cross-shore velocity (u), and the gradient Rossby number (Ro_g). Data for Figure 5: Spatial-temporal evolution of the wake eddy structure across transects T07–T10, including zonal (u) and meridional (v) velocity components, alongside gradient Rossby numbers. Data for Figure 6: Structural evolution of turbulence and instability diagnostics across transects T07–T10, including turbulent kinetic energy (TKE) dissipation rate, reduced shear squared (S^2 - N^2), and Ertel potential vorticity (q). Data for Figure 7: Detailed diagnostic profiles/sections of Ertel potential vorticity (q), reduced shear squared, and the corresponding TKE dissipation rate within the core of the wake eddy. Technical Specifications Data Format: All data are archived in MATLAB (.mat) format