The Agulhas Leakage is an inflow of anomalously warm and saline water from the Indian Ocean into the South Atlantic due to the limited latitudinal extent of the African continent compared to the southern extension of the subtropical super gyre in the Indian Ocean.[1] The process occurs during the retroflection of the Agulhas Current via shedding of anticyclonic Agulhas Rings, cyclonic eddies and direct inflow. The leakage contributes to the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) by supplying its upper limb, which has direct climate implications.[2]
The overview of the Agulhas current leakage
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^Schmidt, Christina; Schwarzkopf, Franziska U.; Rühs, Siren; Biastoch, Arne (2021-08-16). "Characteristics and robustness of Agulhas leakage estimates: an inter-comparison study of Lagrangian methods". Ocean Science. 17 (4): 1067–1080. Bibcode:2021OcSci..17.1067S. doi:10.5194/os-17-1067-2021. ISSN 1812-0784. S2CID 238688605.
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Atlantic Gyre in the AgulhasLeakage. Along with direct branch currents, this leakage takes place in surface water filaments, and Agulhas Eddies. It is estimated...
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Current. The Agulhas Current follows the continental shelf of the African east-coast, pass through the Agulhas Passage until it leaves the Agulhas Bank and...
thermohaline circulation is dependent, is maintained by two processes: the AgulhasLeakage/Rings, which brings salty Indian Ocean waters into the South Atlantic...
Atlantic Gyre in the AgulhasLeakage. Along with direct branch currents, this leakage takes place in surface water filaments, and Agulhas Eddies. Lutjeharms...
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