On the role of the Agulhas system in ocean circulation and climate
The Atlantic Ocean receives warm, saline water from the Indo-Pacific Ocean through Agulhas leakage around the southern tip of Africa. Recent findings suggest that Agulhas leakage is a crucial component of the climate system and that ongoing increases in leakage under anthropogenic warming could stre...
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ftnerc:oai:nora.nerc.ac.uk:283315 2023-05-15T17:28:39+02:00 On the role of the Agulhas system in ocean circulation and climate Beal, Lisa M. De Ruijter, Wilhelmus P. M. Biastoch, Arne Zahn, Rainer Cronin, Meghan Hermes, Juliet Lutjeharms, Johann Quartly, Graham Tozuka, Tomoki Baker-Yeboah, Sheekela Bornman, Thomas Cipollini, Paolo Dijkstra, Henk Hall, Ian Park, Wonsun Peeters, Frank Penven, Pierrick Ridderinkhof, Herman Zinke, Jens 2011-04-28 http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/283315/ https://doi.org/10.1038/nature09983 unknown Beal, Lisa M.; De Ruijter, Wilhelmus P. M.; Biastoch, Arne; Zahn, Rainer; Cronin, Meghan; Hermes, Juliet; Lutjeharms, Johann; Quartly, Graham; Tozuka, Tomoki; Baker-Yeboah, Sheekela; Bornman, Thomas; Cipollini, Paolo; Dijkstra, Henk; Hall, Ian; Park, Wonsun; Peeters, Frank; Penven, Pierrick; Ridderinkhof, Herman; Zinke, Jens. 2011 On the role of the Agulhas system in ocean circulation and climate. Nature, 472 (7344). 429-436. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature09983 <https://doi.org/10.1038/nature09983> Publication - Article PeerReviewed 2011 ftnerc https://doi.org/10.1038/nature09983 2023-02-04T19:35:49Z The Atlantic Ocean receives warm, saline water from the Indo-Pacific Ocean through Agulhas leakage around the southern tip of Africa. Recent findings suggest that Agulhas leakage is a crucial component of the climate system and that ongoing increases in leakage under anthropogenic warming could strengthen the Atlantic overturning circulation at a time when warming and accelerated meltwater input in the North Atlantic is predicted to weaken it. Yet in comparison with processes in the North Atlantic, the overall Agulhas system is largely overlooked as a potential climate trigger or feedback mechanism. Detailed modelling experiments—backed by palaeoceanographic and sustained modern observations—are required to establish firmly the role of the Agulhas system in a warming climate. Article in Journal/Newspaper North Atlantic Natural Environment Research Council: NERC Open Research Archive Pacific Nature 472 7344 429 436 |
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The Atlantic Ocean receives warm, saline water from the Indo-Pacific Ocean through Agulhas leakage around the southern tip of Africa. Recent findings suggest that Agulhas leakage is a crucial component of the climate system and that ongoing increases in leakage under anthropogenic warming could strengthen the Atlantic overturning circulation at a time when warming and accelerated meltwater input in the North Atlantic is predicted to weaken it. Yet in comparison with processes in the North Atlantic, the overall Agulhas system is largely overlooked as a potential climate trigger or feedback mechanism. Detailed modelling experiments—backed by palaeoceanographic and sustained modern observations—are required to establish firmly the role of the Agulhas system in a warming climate. |
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Beal, Lisa M. De Ruijter, Wilhelmus P. M. Biastoch, Arne Zahn, Rainer Cronin, Meghan Hermes, Juliet Lutjeharms, Johann Quartly, Graham Tozuka, Tomoki Baker-Yeboah, Sheekela Bornman, Thomas Cipollini, Paolo Dijkstra, Henk Hall, Ian Park, Wonsun Peeters, Frank Penven, Pierrick Ridderinkhof, Herman Zinke, Jens |
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Beal, Lisa M. De Ruijter, Wilhelmus P. M. Biastoch, Arne Zahn, Rainer Cronin, Meghan Hermes, Juliet Lutjeharms, Johann Quartly, Graham Tozuka, Tomoki Baker-Yeboah, Sheekela Bornman, Thomas Cipollini, Paolo Dijkstra, Henk Hall, Ian Park, Wonsun Peeters, Frank Penven, Pierrick Ridderinkhof, Herman Zinke, Jens On the role of the Agulhas system in ocean circulation and climate |
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