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Transformation of an Agulhas eddy near the continental slope

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Baker-Yeboah, Sheekela; Flierl, Glenn Richard; Sutyrin, G. G.; Zhang, Y.
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Abstract
The transformation of Agulhas eddies near the continental slope of southern Africa and their subsequent self-propagation are analyzed in both observational data and numerical simulations. Self-propagation results from a net dipole moment of a generalized heton structure consisting of a surface-intensified anticyclonic eddy and deep cyclonic pattern. Such Agulhas vortical structures can form near the retroflection region and further north along the western coast of southern Africa. We analyze nonlinear topographic wave generation, vortex deformations, and filament production as an important part in water mass exchange. Self-propagating structures provide a conduit for exchange between the dee
Date issued
2010-02
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/66177
Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
Journal
Ocean Science
Publisher
European geosciences Union / Copernicus
Citation
Baker-Yeboah, S. et al. “Transformation of an Agulhas eddy near the continental slope.” Ocean Science 6 (2010): 143-159. © Author(s) 2010.
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1812-0784
1812-0792

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