Drivers of ocean warming in the western boundary currents of the Southern Hemisphere

J Li, M Roughan, C Kerry - Nature Climate Change, 2022 - nature.com
Western boundary currents (WBCs) of the Southern Hemisphere transport heat poleward
and are regions of rapid ocean warming. However, the mechanisms responsible for the …

[PDF][PDF] Amounts, sources, fates and ecological impacts of marine litter and microplastics in the Western Indian Ocean region: a review and recommendations for …

D Honorato-Zimmer, EA Weideman… - … and Marine Biology, 2022 - api.taylorfrancis.com
Abstract The Western Indian Ocean (WIO) is a region where biodiversity is increasingly
being impacted by anthropogenic marine debris, but information is scattered widely in the …

Long‐term trends in the East Australian Current separation latitude and eddy driven transport

P Cetina‐Heredia, M Roughan… - Journal of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
An observed warming of the Tasman Sea in recent decades has been linked to a poleward
shift of the maximum wind stress curl, and a strengthening of the poleward flow along the …

Pacific‐to‐Indian Ocean connectivity: Tasman leakage, Indonesian Throughflow, and the role of ENSO

E van Sebille, J Sprintall… - Journal of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The upper ocean circulation of the Pacific and Indian Oceans is connected through both the
Indonesian Throughflow north of Australia and the Tasman leakage around its south. The …

Modulation of the Agulhas Current retroflection and leakage by oceanic current interaction with the atmosphere in coupled simulations

L Renault, JC McWilliams… - Journal of Physical …, 2017 - journals.ametsoc.org
Coupled ocean–atmosphere simulations are carried out for the Mozambique Channel, the
Agulhas Current system, and the Benguela upwelling system to assess the ocean surface …

The dynamical subtropical front

RM Graham, AM De Boer - Journal of Geophysical Research …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
The Southern Ocean Subtropical Front (STF) is thought to play a key role in the global
climate system. Theory suggests that the latitude of the STF regulates the volume of saline …

Atlantic multi-decadal oscillation covaries with Agulhas leakage

A Biastoch, JV Durgadoo, AK Morrison… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
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 …

Deciphering the pathways for the deep limb of the meridional overturning circulation

SF Gary, MS Lozier, CW Böning, A Biastoch - Deep Sea Research Part II …, 2011 - Elsevier
For the past 50 years it has been assumed that the principal pathway for the deep limb of the
Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) is the Deep Western Boundary Current …

On the translation of Agulhas rings to the western South Atlantic Ocean

LAA Guerra, AM Paiva, EP Chassignet - Deep Sea Research Part I …, 2018 - Elsevier
The shedding of Agulhas rings is the primary process connecting the Indian and Atlantic
oceans. The rings transport warm and salty waters that feed the surface limb of the Atlantic …

Robust estimates for the decadal evolution of Agulhas leakage from the 1960s to the 2010s

S Rühs, C Schmidt, R Schubert, TG Schulzki… - … Earth & Environment, 2022 - nature.com
Agulhas leakage, the transport of warm and salty waters from the Indian Ocean into the
South Atlantic, has been suggested to increase under anthropogenic climate change, due to …