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7. Corrigendum

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Furue, Ryo, primary, Guerreiro, Kévin, additional, Phillips, Helen E., additional, McCreary, Julian P., additional, and Bindoff, Nathaniel L., additional

Published
2018
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11. On the Leeuwin Current System and Its Linkage to Zonal Flows in the South Indian Ocean as Inferred from a Gridded Hydrography.

Author

RYO FURUE, GUERREIRO, KÉVIN, PHILLIPS, HELEN E., MCCREARY, JULIAN P., and BINDOFF, NATHANIEL L.

Subjects
OCEAN, HYDROGRAPHY, BODIES of water, NAVIGATION
Abstract

The Leeuwin Current System (LCS) along the coast of Western Australia consists of the poleward-flowing Leeuwin Current (LC), the equatorward-flowing Leeuwin Undercurrent (LUC) and neighboring flows in the south Indian Ocean (SIO). Using geostrophic currents obtained from a highly resolved (1/ °°) hydrographic climatology [CSIRO Atlas of Regional Seas (CARS)], this study describes the spatial structure and annual variability of the LC, LUC and SIO zonal currents, estimates their transports and identifies linkages among them. InCARS, the LCis supplied partly bywater fromthe tropics (an annualmean of 0.3 Sv; 1 Sv[106m3 s-1) but mostly by shallow (&200m) eastward flows in the SIO(4.7 Sv) and it loses water by downwelling across the bottom of this layer (3.4 Sv). The downwelling is so strong that, despite the large SIO inflow, the horizontal transport of the LC does not much increase to the south (from 0.3 Sv at 22°S to 1.5 Sv at 34°S). This LC transport is significantly smaller than previously reported. The LUC is supplied by water from south of Australia (0.2 Sv), by eastward inflow from the SIO south of 2°°S (1.6 Sv) and by the downwelling from the LC (1.6 Sv) and in response strengthens northward, reaching a maximumnear 2°°S (3.4 Sv). North of 2°°S it loses water by outflow into subsurface westward flow (-3.6 Sv between 2°° and 22°S) and despite an additional downwelling from the LC (1.9 Sv), it decreases to the north (1.7 Sv at 22°S). The seasonality of the LUC is described for the first time. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2017
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