Agulhas Leakage
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title:
Agulhas Leakage
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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. 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 supp
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The overview of the Agulhas current leakage
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agulhas_Leakage
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2024-01-02T21:23:31Z
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