Fig. 1

H and z diagram of eddy whose depth is 500m"

Fig. 2

Temperature distribution(a) and corresponding u-velocity distribution(b) of eddy whose depth and radius is 500m and 50km, respectively"

Fig. 3

Three dimensional topographic map of the island"

Fig.4

Surface (-1m) horizontal distribution of vorticity"

Fig. 5

Horizontal distribution of vorticity at different depths on the 20th day of model integration"

Fig. 6

Regional division near the island"

Fig. 7

Regionally averaged time series of different terms in the vorticity equation"

Fig.8

Surface (-1m) distribution of the vorticity advection term in the x-direction(left) and y-direction(right)"

Fig. 9

Schematic of horizontal distribution of the vorticity advection terms in the periphery of the eddy"

Fig. 10

Time series of vorticity advection term in the x-direction(a) and y-direction(b), and the divergence term(c) to the right of the collision axis"

Fig. 11

Time series of -u(a),$\frac{\partial \xi }{\partial x}$(b), -v(c),$\frac{\partial \xi }{\partial y}$(d),$-(\xi +f)$(e), and $(\frac{\partial u}{\partial x}+\frac{\partial v}{\partial y})$(f)"

Fig. 12

Time series of vorticity advection term in the x-direction(a) and y-direction(b), and the divergence term(c) to the left of the collision axis"

Fig. 13

Time series of -u (a),$\frac{\partial \xi }{\partial x}$(b), -v (c),$\frac{\partial \xi }{\partial y}$(d),$-(\xi +f)$(e), and $(\frac{\partial u}{\partial x}+\frac{\partial v}{\partial y})$(f)"

Fig.14

Surface(-1m) distribution of vorticity in the case of a cyclonic eddy colliding with an island"