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Articles | Volume 21, issue 1
Articles | Volume 21, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/os-21-93-2025
© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/os-21-93-2025
© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 21, issue 1
Research article
 | 
21 Jan 2025
Research article |  | 21 Jan 2025

Long-term variability and trends in the Agulhas Leakage and its impacts on the global overturning

Hendrik Großelindemann, Frederic S. Castruccio, Gokhan Danabasoglu, and Arne Biastoch

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Long-term Variability and Trends of Agulhas Leakage and its Impacts on the Global Overturning Hendrik Grosselindemann et al. https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12085/f10e76e5-0e1e-4dee-95b5-45d6275eb144

A 10-member ensemble of CESM HR historical (1920-2005) simulations Frederic Castruccio et al. https://doi.org/10.5065/7N1X-K278

MESACLIP: A 500-year CESM HR pre-industrial control simulation forced with perpetual 1850 conditions Frederic Castruccio et al. https://doi.org/10.5065/2K6J-SB78

MESACLIP: A 10-member ensemble of CESM HR RCP 8.5 (2006-2100) simulations Frederic Castruccio et al. https://doi.org/10.5065/PNCR-5S34

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This study investigates the Agulhas Leakage and examines its role in the global ocean circulation. It utilises a high-resolution Earth system model and a preindustrial climate to look at the response of the Agulhas Leakage to the wind field and the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) and its evolution under climate change. The Agulhas Leakage could influence the stability of the AMOC, whose possible collapse would impact the climate in the Northern Hemisphere.
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