Impact of the Indonesian Throughflow on Agulhas leakage
Using ocean models of different complexity we show that opening the Indonesian Passage between the Pacific and the Indian oceans increases the input of Indian Ocean water into the South Atlantic via the Agulhas leakage. In a strongly eddying global ocean model this response results from an increased...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2013-09-01
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| Series: | Ocean Science |
| Online Access: | http://www.ocean-sci.net/9/773/2013/os-9-773-2013.pdf |