@article{fdi:010070094,
  title = {{T}he role of the {A}gulhas in the {B}enguela {C}urrent system : a numerical modeling approach},
  author = {{V}eitch, {J}. {A}. and {P}enven, {P}ierrick},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{A} modeling approach is used to investigate the influence of the {A}gulhas on the southern {B}enguela system. {T}wo climatological {ROMS} simulations are run that are identical except that in one of them the effect of the {A}gulhas is removed. {C}omparing their outputs allows for a clear indication of the role of the {A}gulhas on both the large-scale and shelf dynamics. {A}bout 15 {S}v of the mean transport of the {B}enguela {C}urrent is shown to be contributed by {A}gulhas influx, with the most intense flow being associated with extreme turbulence and its meandering nature is a reflection of the passage of {A}gulhas {R}ings. {T}he injection of warm water is particularly evident beyond the shelf-edge, producing a perennially intense cross-shelf density front that is enhanced during upwelling season. {T}his gradient drives a jet that is fastest at the shelf-edge but that extends from the midshelf to at least 100 km beyond it and is associated with dynamic uplift via vortex squashing. {S}imilarly generated is the {G}ood {H}ope {J}et that extends northwestward from the western {A}gulhas {B}ank. {T}urbulence associated with {A}gulhas leakage increases rapidly beyond the shelf-edge causing the upwelling front in the southern {B}enguela to be subject to intense mixing, leaving a relatively uniform front there. {L}ocally generated regions of high turbulence exist in the vicinity of the shelf-edge jets as well as further north in association with the large filaments that originate from the perennial {L}uderitz upwelling cell, with or without the influence of the {A}gulhas.},
  keywords = {modeling ; {B}enguela {C}urrent system ; {A}gulhas leakage ; {ATLANTIQUE} {SUD} {EST} ; {BENGUELA} {COURANT}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{J}ournal of {G}eophysical {R}esearch : {O}ceans},
  volume = {122},
  numero = {4},
  pages = {3375--3393},
  ISSN = {2169-9275},
  year = {2017},
  DOI = {10.1002/2016jc012247},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010070094},
}