Indian Ocean sources of Agulhas leakage

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作者
Durgadoo, Jonathan V. [1 ]
Ruehs, Siren [1 ]
Biastoch, Arne [1 ]
Boening, Claus W. B. [1 ]
机构
[1] GEOMAR Helmholtz Ctr Ocean Res Kiel, Kiel, Germany
关键词
Indian Ocean; pathways; Agulhas leakage; global conveyor belt; INDONESIAN THROUGHFLOW; RED-SEA; INTERMEDIATE WATER; TASMAN LEAKAGE; MONSOON CIRCULATION; NORTH-ATLANTIC; ARABIAN SEA; TRANSPORT; PACIFIC; GULF;
D O I
10.1002/2016JC012676
中图分类号
P7 [海洋学];
学科分类号
0707 ;
摘要
We examine the mean pathways, transit timescales, and transformation of waters flowing from the Pacific and the marginal seas through the Indian Ocean (IO) on their way toward the South Atlantic within a high-resolution ocean/sea-ice model. The model fields are analyzed from a Lagrangian perspective where water volumes are tracked as they enter the IO. The IO contributes 12.6 Sv to Agulhas leakage, which within the model is 14.12.2 Sv, the rest originates from the South Atlantic. The Indonesian Through-flow constitutes about half of the IO contribution, is surface bound, cools and salinificates as it leaves the basin within 10-30 years. Waters entering the IO south of Australia are at intermediate depths and maintain their temperature-salinity properties as they exit the basin within 15-35 years. Of these waters, the contribution from Tasman leakage is 1.4 Sv. The rest stem from recirculation from the frontal regions of the Southern Ocean. The marginal seas export 1.0 Sv into the Atlantic within 15-40 years, and the waters cool and freshen on-route. However, the model's simulation of waters from the Gulfs of Aden and Oman are too light and hence overly influenced by upper ocean circulations. In the Cape Basin, Agulhas leakage is well mixed. On-route, temperature-salinity transformations occur predominantly in the Arabian Sea and within the greater Agulhas Current region. Overall, the IO exports at least 7.9 Sv from the Pacific to the Atlantic, thereby quantifying the strength of the upper cell of the global conveyor belt.
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页码:3481 / 3499
页数:19
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