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Physical oceanography

the transfer of warm, salty Indian Ocean water into the South Atlantic through rings and filaments shed at the Agulhas retroflection.

In physical oceanography, Agulhas leakage refers to the transfer of warm, salty Indian Ocean water into the South Atlantic through rings and filaments shed at the Agulhas retroflection. This meaning comes from Beal (2011) in Nature.[1]

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References

Beal, L. M., De Ruijter, W. P. M., Biastoch, A., Zahn, R., SCOR/WCRP/IAPSO Working Group 136, Cronin, M., Hermes, J., Lutjeharms, J., Quartly, G., Tozuka, T., Baker-Yeboah, S., Bornman, T., Cipollini, P., Dijkstra, H., Hall, I., Park, W., Peeters, F., Penven, P., Ridderinkhof, H., & Zinke, J. (2011). On the role of the Agulhas system in ocean circulation and climate. Nature, 472(7344), 429-436. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature09983

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