Krug, Marjolaine JSwart, SGula, J2017-07-282017-07-282017-01Krug, M., Swart, S. and Gula, J. 2017. Submesoscale cyclones in the Agulhas Current. Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 44(1): DOI: 10.1002/2016GL0710060094-8276DOI: 10.1002/2016GL071006http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2016GL071006/abstracthttp://hdl.handle.net/10204/9428Copyright: 2017 American Geophysical UnionGliders 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.enAgulhas CurrentSubmesoscale cyclonesArticleKrug, M. J., Swart, S., & Gula, J. (2017). Submesoscale cyclones in the Agulhas Current. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/9428Krug, Marjolaine J, S Swart, and J Gula "Submesoscale cyclones in the Agulhas Current." (2017) http://hdl.handle.net/10204/9428Krug MJ, Swart S, Gula J. Submesoscale cyclones in the Agulhas Current. 2017; http://hdl.handle.net/10204/9428.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 -