“…It seems evident from the characteristics in figures 12( a – c ), 13, 14 and 15( a ), that the amplification seen at mid-range frequencies and its exponential energy growth is due to the T-S waves and that both modal and non-modal disturbances coexist and are amplified in the present experiment. This coexistence can be attributed to the wake–boundary layer interaction occurring at the moderate level of turbulence: Kosorygin & Polyakov (1990) and Kenchi, Matsubara & Ikeda (2008) have shown, for a moderate level of FST-induced transition, that a T-S wave coexists with the non-modal distribution. However, other characteristics such as maximum energy growth and the spacing of streaky structures (discussed later) differ from the present results.…”