The Agulhas Current

• Main Author: Lutjeharms, Johann R. E. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2006.
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Geophysics.; Oceanography.; Atmospheric sciences.; Ecotoxicology.; Earth Sciences.; Geophysics/Geodesy.; Atmospheric Sciences.

The Agulhas Current is one of the major currents of the world ocean. In the network of currents that connect the major ocean basins, it forms a key link. This linkage may be of critical importance in the way the ocean affects the earth's climate and climate change. Based on the research finding...

Table of Contents:

• Large-scale circulation of the South West Indian Ocean
• Sources of the Agulhas Current
• The northern Agulhas Current
• The southern Agulhas Current
• The Agulhas Current retroflection
• The Agulhas return flow
• The greater Agulhas Current: some reflections.