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On the role of the Agulhas system in ocean circulation and climate

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  • Lisa M. Beal

    (Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami)

  • Wilhelmus P. M. De Ruijter

    (Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research, Utrecht University, Princetonplein 5)

  • Arne Biastoch

    (Leibniz-Institut für Meereswissenschaften (IFM-GEOMAR), Düsternbrooker Weg 20)

  • Rainer Zahn

    (Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ICREA), Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals (ICTA), Departament de Física, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)

Abstract

Checking the flow through the Agulhas leakage The Agulhas current system around South Africa forms a key component of the global thermohaline ocean circulation. Through what is known as the Agulhas leakage, the current injects warm, salty Indian Ocean waters into the Atlantic Ocean. Unlike processes in the North Atlantic, the leakage has received little attention from researchers. In this Review, Beal and colleagues assemble the available palaeo and modern climate research and demonstrate that the Agulhas current has a strong role in ocean circulation and climate as well as a potential role in stabilizing the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation.

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  • Lisa M. Beal & Wilhelmus P. M. De Ruijter & Arne Biastoch & Rainer Zahn, 2011. "On the role of the Agulhas system in ocean circulation and climate," Nature, Nature, vol. 472(7344), pages 429-436, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:472:y:2011:i:7344:d:10.1038_nature09983
    DOI: 10.1038/nature09983
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