The Agulhas Current
The Agulhas Current
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DOI：
10.1029/2008eo100008
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2008-03
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W. D. Ruijter
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作者：
W. D. Ruijter
在美国，很多人都知道墨西哥湾流，这是一种令人印象深刻的边界流，沿着美国东部海岸，将大量的热量带到极地，在与海岸分离后，穿过北大西洋。它对美国东部和包括西欧在内的北大西洋地区变暖的影响也为公众所熟知。但是在美国有谁知道阿古拉斯洋流呢？这股温暖的南印度洋西部边界流沿着非洲大陆的大陆坡向南流动，其大小与墨西哥湾流相当。它给非洲东南部的沿海地区带来了热量和湿气。其传输的变化导致该地区出现显着的降雨异常。在更大的范围内，它的影响甚至可能远至北大西洋。
Many people in the United States know about the Gulf Stream, the impressive boundary current along the eastern U.S. coast that carries large amounts of heat poleward and, after separation from the coast, across the North Atlantic. Its impact on warming the eastern United States and the North Atlantic region including western Europe is also well known to the general public. But who in the United States knows about the Agulhas Current? This warm, western boundary current of the southern Indian Ocean flows southward along the continental slope of the African continent and is about as large as the Gulf Stream. It brings heat and moisture to the coastal regions of southeastern Africa. Variations in its transport lead to significant rainfall anomalies over this region. On a larger scale, its influence may even extend as far as the North Atlantic.