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    Designing variable ocean model resolution based on the observed ocean variability
    American Geophysical Union (AGU) ; 2016
    In:  Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems Vol. 8, No. 2 ( 2016-06), p. 904-916
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    In: Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, American Geophysical Union (AGU), Vol. 8, No. 2 ( 2016-06), p. 904-916
    Abstract: Observed sea surface hight variance was used as a critarion for mesh refinement in ocean model Presented approach improves the representation of eddy variability and ocean hydrography
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    ISSN: 1942-2466 , 1942-2466
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    DOI: 10.1002/jame.v8.2
    DOI: 10.1002/2016MS000650
    Language: English
    Publisher: American Geophysical Union (AGU)
    Publication Date: 2016
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    Decoupling of the Agulhas Leakage from the Agulhas Current
    American Meteorological Society ; 2014
    In:  Journal of Physical Oceanography Vol. 44, No. 7 ( 2014-07-01), p. 1776-1797
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    In: Journal of Physical Oceanography, American Meteorological Society, Vol. 44, No. 7 ( 2014-07-01), p. 1776-1797
    Abstract: The relationship between the Agulhas Current and the Agulhas leakage is not well understood. Here, this is investigated using two basin-scale and two global ocean models of incrementally increasing resolution. The response of the Agulhas Current is evaluated under a series of sensitivity experiments, in which idealized anomalies, designed to geometrically modulate zonal trade wind stress, are applied across the Indian Ocean Basin. The imposed wind stress changes exceed plus or minus two standard deviations from the annual-mean trade winds and, in the case of intensification, are partially representative of recently observed trends. The Agulhas leakage is quantified using complimentary techniques based on Lagrangian virtual floats and Eulerian passive tracer flux. As resolution increases, model behavior converges and the sensitivity of the leakage to Agulhas Current transport anomalies is reduced. In the two eddy-resolving configurations tested, the leakage is insensitive to changes in Agulhas Current transport at 32°S, though substantial eddy kinetic energy anomalies are evident. Consistent with observations, the position of the retroflection remains stable. The decoupling of Agulhas Current variability from the Agulhas leakage suggests that while correlations between the two may exist, they may not have a clear dynamical basis. It is suggested that present and future Agulhas leakage proxies should be considered in the context of potentially transient forcing regimes.
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    ISSN: 0022-3670 , 1520-0485
    URL: Article
    DOI: 10.1175/JPO-D-13-093.1
    Language: English
    Publisher: American Meteorological Society
    Publication Date: 2014
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    Agulhas Leakage Predominantly Responds to the Southern Hemisphere Westerlies
    American Meteorological Society ; 2013
    In:  Journal of Physical Oceanography Vol. 43, No. 10 ( 2013-10-01), p. 2113-2131
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    In: Journal of Physical Oceanography, American Meteorological Society, Vol. 43, No. 10 ( 2013-10-01), p. 2113-2131
    Abstract: The Agulhas Current plays a crucial role in the thermohaline circulation through its leakage into the South Atlantic Ocean. Under both past and present climates, the trade winds and westerlies could have the ability to modulate the amount of Indian–Atlantic inflow. Compelling arguments have been put forward suggesting that trade winds alone have little impact on the magnitude of Agulhas leakage. Here, employing three ocean models for robust analysis—a global coarse-resolution, a regional eddy-permitting, and a nested high-resolution eddy-resolving configuration—and systematically altering the position and intensity of the westerly wind belt in a series of sensitivity experiments, it is shown that the westerlies, in particular their intensity, control the leakage. Leakage responds proportionally to the intensity of westerlies up to a certain point. Beyond this, through the adjustment of the large-scale circulation, energetic interactions occur between the Agulhas Return Current and the Antarctic Circumpolar Current that result in a state where leakage no longer increases. This adjustment takes place within one or two decades. Contrary to previous assertions, these results further show that an equatorward (poleward) shift in westerlies increases (decreases) leakage. This occurs because of the redistribution of momentum input by the winds. It is concluded that the reported present-day leakage increase could therefore reflect an unadjusted oceanic response mainly to the strengthening westerlies over the last few decades.
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    ISSN: 0022-3670 , 1520-0485
    URL: Article
    DOI: 10.1175/JPO-D-13-047.1
    Language: English
    Publisher: American Meteorological Society
    Publication Date: 2013
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    Atlantic multi-decadal oscillation covaries with Agulhas leakage
    Springer Science and Business Media LLC ; 2015
    In:  Nature Communications Vol. 6, No. 1 ( 2015-12-10)
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    In: Nature Communications, Springer Science and Business Media LLC, Vol. 6, No. 1 ( 2015-12-10)
    Abstract: The interoceanic transfer of seawater between the Indian Ocean and the Atlantic, ‘Agulhas leakage’, forms a choke point for the overturning circulation in the global ocean. Here, by combining output from a series of high-resolution ocean and climate models with in situ and satellite observations, we construct a time series of Agulhas leakage for the period 1870–2014. The time series demonstrates the impact of Southern Hemisphere westerlies on decadal timescales. Agulhas leakage shows a correlation with the Atlantic Multi-decadal Oscillation on multi-decadal timescales; the former leading by 15 years. This is relevant for climate in the North Atlantic.
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    ISSN: 2041-1723
    URL: Article
    DOI: 10.1038/ncomms10082
    Language: English
    Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
    Publication Date: 2015
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    Simulating the Agulhas system in global ocean models – nesting vs. multi-resolution unstructured meshes
    Elsevier BV ; 2018
    In:  Ocean Modelling Vol. 121 ( 2018-01), p. 117-131
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    In: Ocean Modelling, Elsevier BV, Vol. 121 ( 2018-01), p. 117-131
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    ISSN: 1463-5003
    URL: Article
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ocemod.2017.12.002
    Language: English
    Publisher: Elsevier BV
    Publication Date: 2018
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    Indian Ocean sources of Agulhas leakage
    American Geophysical Union (AGU) ; 2017
    In:  Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans Vol. 122, No. 4 ( 2017-04), p. 3481-3499
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    In: Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, American Geophysical Union (AGU), Vol. 122, No. 4 ( 2017-04), p. 3481-3499
    Abstract: A study of pathways, timescales, and water transformations of Indian Ocean sources of Agulhas leakage On‐route, Indonesian Through‐Flow cools and salinificates, while Tasman leakage is deeper and experiences no change in properties The Pacific contributes at least 7.9 Sv to the total Agulhas leakage of about 14 Sv
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    ISSN: 2169-9275 , 2169-9291
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    URL: Article
    DOI: 10.1002/jgrc.v122.4
    DOI: 10.1002/2016JC012676
    Language: English
    Publisher: American Geophysical Union (AGU)
    Publication Date: 2017
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    Prevalence of strong bottom currents in the greater Agulhas system
    American Geophysical Union (AGU) ; 2013
    In:  Geophysical Research Letters Vol. 40, No. 9 ( 2013-05-16), p. 1772-1776
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    In: Geophysical Research Letters, American Geophysical Union (AGU), Vol. 40, No. 9 ( 2013-05-16), p. 1772-1776
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    ISSN: 0094-8276 , 1944-8007
    URL: Issue
    URL: Article
    DOI: 10.1002/grl.v40.9
    DOI: 10.1002/grl.50400
    Language: English
    Publisher: American Geophysical Union (AGU)
    Publication Date: 2013
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    On the suitability of North Brazil Current transport estimates for monitoring basin‐scale AMOC changes
    American Geophysical Union (AGU) ; 2015
    In:  Geophysical Research Letters Vol. 42, No. 19 ( 2015-10-16), p. 8072-8080
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    In: Geophysical Research Letters, American Geophysical Union (AGU), Vol. 42, No. 19 ( 2015-10-16), p. 8072-8080
    Abstract: Set of ocean model hindcasts yields a robust interannual to decadal variability of the NBC AMOC trends are manifested in the NBC but superimposed by wind‐driven gyre changes An NBC transport array can be a useful component of an AMOC monitoring system
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    ISSN: 0094-8276 , 1944-8007
    URL: Issue
    URL: Article
    DOI: 10.1002/grl.v42.19
    DOI: 10.1002/2015GL065695
    Language: English
    Publisher: American Geophysical Union (AGU)
    Publication Date: 2015
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    Eddy Diffusivity Estimates from Lagrangian Trajectories Simulated with Ocean Models and Surface Drifter Data—A Case Study for the Greater Agulhas System
    American Meteorological Society ; 2018
    In:  Journal of Physical Oceanography Vol. 48, No. 1 ( 2018-01), p. 175-196
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    In: Journal of Physical Oceanography, American Meteorological Society, Vol. 48, No. 1 ( 2018-01), p. 175-196
    Abstract: The Lagrangian analysis of sets of particles advected with the flow fields of ocean models is used to study connectivity, that is, exchange pathways, time scales, and volume transports, between distinct oceanic regions. One important factor influencing the dispersion of fluid particles and, hence, connectivity is the Lagrangian eddy diffusivity, which quantifies the influence of turbulent processes on the rate of particle dispersal. Because of spatial and temporal discretization, turbulence is not fully resolved in modeled velocities, and the concept of eddy diffusivity is used to parameterize the impact of unresolved processes. However, the relations between observation- and model-based Lagrangian eddy diffusivity estimates, as well as eddy parameterizations, are not clear. This study presents an analysis of the spatially variable near-surface lateral eddy diffusivity estimates obtained from Lagrangian trajectories simulated with 5-day mean velocities from an eddy-resolving ocean model (INALT01) for the Agulhas system. INALT01 features diffusive regimes for dynamically different regions, some of which exhibit strong suppression of eddy mixing by mean flow, and it is consistent with the pattern and magnitude of drifter-based eddy diffusivity estimates. Using monthly mean velocities decreases the estimated diffusivities less than eddy kinetic energy, supporting the idea that large and persistent eddy features dominate eddy diffusivities. For a noneddying ocean model (ORCA05), Lagrangian eddy diffusivities are greatly reduced, particularly when the Gent and McWilliams parameterization of mesoscale eddies is employed.
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    ISSN: 0022-3670 , 1520-0485
    URL: Article
    URL: Article
    DOI: 10.1175/JPO-D-17-0048.1
    DOI: 10.1175/JPO-D-17-0048.s1
    Language: Unknown
    Publisher: American Meteorological Society
    Publication Date: 2018
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    Contribution of Increased Agulhas Leakage to Tropical Atlantic Warming
    American Meteorological Society ; 2015
    In:  Journal of Climate Vol. 28, No. 24 ( 2015-12-15), p. 9697-9706
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    In: Journal of Climate, American Meteorological Society, Vol. 28, No. 24 ( 2015-12-15), p. 9697-9706
    Abstract: The upper tropical Atlantic Ocean has markedly warmed since the 1960s. It has been shown that this warming was not due to local heat fluxes and that the trade winds that drive the coastal and equatorial upwelling have intensified rather than weakened. Remote forcing might thus have played an important role. Here, model experiments are used to investigate the contribution from an increased inflow of warm Indian Ocean water through Agulhas leakage. A high-resolution hindcast experiment with interannually varying forcing for the time period 1948–2007, in which Agulhas leakage increases by about 45% from the 1960s to the early 2000s, reproduces the observed warming trend. To tease out the role of Agulhas leakage, a sensitivity experiment designed to only increase Agulhas leakage is used. Compared to a control simulation, it shows a pronounced warming in the upper tropical Atlantic Ocean. A Lagrangian trajectory analysis confirms that a significant portion of Agulhas leakage water reaches the upper 300 m of the tropical Atlantic Ocean within two decades and that the tropical Atlantic warming in the sensitivity experiment is mainly due to water of Agulhas origin. Therefore, it is suggested that the increased trade winds since the 1960s favor upwelling of warmer subsurface waters, which in part originate from the Agulhas, leading to higher SSTs in the tropics.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    ISSN: 0894-8755 , 1520-0442
    URL: Article
    DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-15-0258.1
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    Language: English
    Publisher: American Meteorological Society
    Publication Date: 2015
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