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Submesoscale cyclones in the Agulhas Current

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dc.contributor.author Krug, Marjolaine J
dc.contributor.author Swart, S
dc.contributor.author Gula, J
dc.date.accessioned 2017-07-28T09:38:37Z
dc.date.available 2017-07-28T09:38:37Z
dc.date.issued 2017-01
dc.identifier.citation Krug, M., Swart, S. and Gula, J. 2017. Submesoscale cyclones in the Agulhas Current. Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 44(1): DOI: 10.1002/2016GL071006 en_US
dc.identifier.issn 0094-8276
dc.identifier.uri DOI: 10.1002/2016GL071006
dc.identifier.uri http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2016GL071006/abstract
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10204/9428
dc.description Copyright: 2017 American Geophysical Union en_US
dc.description.abstract Gliders were deployed for the very first time in the Agulhas Current region to investigate processes of interactions between western boundary currents and shelf waters. Continuous observations from the gliders in water depths of 100-1000 m and over a period of 1 month provide the first high resolution observations of the Agulhas Current’s inshore front. The observations collected in a non-meandering Agulhas Current show the presence of submesoscale cyclonic eddies, generated at the inshore boundary of the Agulhas Current. The submesoscale cyclones are often associated with warm water plumes, which extend from their western edge and exhibit strong north-eastward currents. These features are a result of shear instabilities and extract their energy from the mean Agulhas Current jet. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher AGU Publications, Wiley en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries Worklist;18547
dc.subject Agulhas Current en_US
dc.subject Submesoscale cyclones en_US
dc.title Submesoscale cyclones in the Agulhas Current en_US
dc.type Article en_US
dc.identifier.apacitation Krug, M. J., Swart, S., & Gula, J. (2017). Submesoscale cyclones in the Agulhas Current. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/9428 en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitation Krug, Marjolaine J, S Swart, and J Gula "Submesoscale cyclones in the Agulhas Current." (2017) http://hdl.handle.net/10204/9428 en_ZA
dc.identifier.vancouvercitation Krug MJ, Swart S, Gula J. Submesoscale cyclones in the Agulhas Current. 2017; http://hdl.handle.net/10204/9428. en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Article AU - Krug, Marjolaine J AU - Swart, S AU - Gula, J AB - Gliders were deployed for the very first time in the Agulhas Current region to investigate processes of interactions between western boundary currents and shelf waters. Continuous observations from the gliders in water depths of 100-1000 m and over a period of 1 month provide the first high resolution observations of the Agulhas Current’s inshore front. The observations collected in a non-meandering Agulhas Current show the presence of submesoscale cyclonic eddies, generated at the inshore boundary of the Agulhas Current. The submesoscale cyclones are often associated with warm water plumes, which extend from their western edge and exhibit strong north-eastward currents. These features are a result of shear instabilities and extract their energy from the mean Agulhas Current jet. DA - 2017-01 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Agulhas Current KW - Submesoscale cyclones LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2017 SM - 0094-8276 T1 - Submesoscale cyclones in the Agulhas Current TI - Submesoscale cyclones in the Agulhas Current UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/9428 ER - en_ZA


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