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Articles | Volume 17, issue 4
Articles | Volume 17, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/os-17-1067-2021
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https://doi.org/10.5194/os-17-1067-2021
© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 17, issue 4
Research article
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16 Aug 2021
Research article |  | 16 Aug 2021

Characteristics and robustness of Agulhas leakage estimates: an inter-comparison study of Lagrangian methods

Christina Schmidt, Franziska U. Schwarzkopf, Siren Rühs, and Arne Biastoch

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We estimate Agulhas leakage, water flowing from the Indian Ocean to the South Atlantic, in an ocean model with two different tools. The mean transport, variability and trend of Agulhas leakage is simulated comparably with both tools, emphasising the robustness of our method. If the experiments are designed differently, the mean transport of Agulhas leakage is altered, but not the trend. Agulhas leakage waters cool and become less salty south of Africa resulting in a density increase​.
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