Agulhas Leakage

We noticed that Agulhas leakage is indeed higher in the year 2000 CO₂ level control runs, but no significant increasing trend in the climate change simulation. It might be due to the equilibrium timescale of westerlies to changing CO₂, or an internal bias of our high-res CCSM.

The interannual variability of Agulhas leakage is accessed in an ocean eddy resolving coupled simulation to test the hypothesis that, on such timescales large-scale forcing dominates leakage variability, regardless of eddy structures.

The leakage of warm and salty water from the Indian Ocean via the Agulhas system into the South Atlantic may play a critical role in …

Agulhas leakage brings warn and salty waters from the Indian Ocean into the South Atlantic, which can potentially affect the stability …

The Meridional overturning circulation (MOC) plays a crucial role in the climate system by transporting heat northward in the Atlantic …

The Agulhas leakage brings warm and saline water from the Indian Ocean into the South Atlantic, forming part of the returning branch of …

The senstivity of leakage estimates to the model output velocity frequency needs to be addressed before we can apply it to investigate its link to climate variability.

P. Scussolini, E. van Sebille, J.V. Durgadoo: Paleo Agulhas rings enter the subtropical gyre during the penultimate deglaciation What scientific questions are the authors addressing? The maximum strength of Agulhas leakage is identified during the glacial Termination II.