%0 report part
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%A Tim, N., Emeis, K.-C., Schwarzkopf, F.U., Ruehs, S., Biastoch, A.

%D 2018
%J Solas Event Report

%P 6-8 

%T Origin and pathways of the central water masses in the Benguela upwelling system and the impact of the Agulhas leakage
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%X We analyse the origin, pathways, and age of the central water masses in the Benguela upwelling system (BUS) and the contribution of the Agulhas leakage to upwelling water masses in a highresolution ocean simulation. The Agulhas Current flows along the east coast of southern Africa transporting warm and saline water southwestward.  At the southern tip of the African continent, a small fraction (Agulhas leakage) leaves the Agulhas System and continues westward into the Atlantic Ocean (Gordon, 1986).