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Biastoch, A., D. Sein, J. V. Durgadoo, and Q. Wang, 2018: Simulating the Agulhas system in global ocean models - nesting vs. multi-resolution unstructured meshes, Ocean Modelling, 121, 117-131, doi: 10.1016/j.ocemod.2017.12.002.
Kersale, M., Lamont, T., Speich, S., Terre, T., Laxenaire, R., Roberts, M.J., van den Berg, M.A., Ansorge, I., 2018: Moored observations of mesoscale features in the Cape Basin: Characteristics and local impacts on water mass distributions, Ocean Science, 14(5),923-945, doi:10.5194/os-2017-85.
Meinen, C. S., S. Speich, A. R. Piola, I. Ansorge, E. D. Campos, M. Kersale, T. Terre, M. P. Chidichimo, T. Lamont, O. T. Sato, R. C. Perez, D. Valla, M. Le Henaff, S. Dong, and S. L. Garzoli, 2018: Meridional Overturning Circulation transport variability at 34.5S during 2009-2017: Baroclinic and barotropic flows and the dueling influence of the boundaries, Geophysical Research Letters, 45, 4180-4188, doi: 10.1029/2018GL077408.
Majumder, S. and Schmid, C., 2018: A study of the variability in the Benguela Current volume transport. Ocean Science, 14(2):273-283 (doi:10.5194/os-14-273-2018).
Schmid, C., and Majumder, S., 2018: Transport variability of the Brazil Current from observations and a model. Ocean Science, 14(3):417-436 (doi:10.5194/os-14-417-2018). [PDF]
Valla, D., A. R. Piola, C. S. Meinen, and E. J. D. Campos, 2018: Strong mixing and recirculation in the northwestern Argentine Basin, Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, 123, 4624-4648, doi: 10.1029/2018JC013907.
Herrford, J., P. Brandt, and W. Zenk, 2017: Pathways and property changes of deep and bottom waters in the western tropical Atlantic. Deep Sea Research Part I, 124, 103-125, doi:10.1016/j.dsr.2017.04.007.
Kopte, R., P. Brandt, M. Dengler, P.C.M. Tchipalanga, M. Macueria, and M. Ostrowski, 2017: The Angola Current: Flow and hydrographic characteristics as observed at 11S. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, 122, 1177-1189, doi:10.1002/2016JC012374.
Lopez, H., G. Goni, and S. Dong, 2017: A reconstructed South Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation time series since 1870. Geophysical Research Letters, 44, 3309-3318, doi:10.1002/2017GL073227.
Meinen, C. S., S. L. Garzoli, R. C. Perez, E. Campos, A. R. Piola, S. Dong, M.-P. Chidichimo, and O. Sato, 2017: Characteristics and causes of Deep Western Boundary Current variability at 34.5S during 2009-2014. Ocean Science, 13, 175-194, doi:10.5194/os-13-175-2017.
Yao, W., J. Shi, and X. Zhao, 2017: Freshening of Antarctic Intermediate Water in the South Atlantic Ocean in 2005-2014. Ocean Science, 13, 521-530, 2017, https://doi.org/10.5194/os-13-521-2017.
Artana C., R. Ferrari, Z. Koenig, M. Saraceno, A. R. Piola and C. Provost,2016: Malvinas Current variability from Argo floats and satellite altimetry. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, 121, 4854-4872, doi:10.1002/2016JC011889.
Durgadoo, J. V. D., S. Ruhs, A. Biastoch, and C. W. Boning, 2016: Indian Ocean sources of Agulhas leakage, Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, 122, 3481-3499, doi: 10.1002/2016JC012676.
Hernandez-Molina, F.J., M. Soto, A. R. Piola, J. Tomasini, B. Preu, P. Thompson, G. Badalini, A. Creaser, R.A. Violante, E. Morales & M. Paterlini, H. De Santa Ana, 2016: A contourite depositional system along the Uruguayan continental margin: sedimentary, oceanographic and paleoceanographic implications. Marine Geology, 378, 333-349, doi: 10.1016/j.margeo.2015.10.008.
Lima, M.O., M. Cirano, M.M. Mata, M. Goes, G. Goni, and M. Baringer, 2016: An assessment of the Brazil Current baroclinic structure and variability near 22S in distinct ocean forecasting and analysis systems. Ocean Dynamics, 66(6), 893-916, doi:10.1007/s10236-016-0959-6.
Lopez, H., S. Dong, S.-K. Lee, and E. Campos, 2016: Remote influence of Interdecadal Pacific Oscillation on the South Atlantic meridional overturning circulation variability. Geophysical Research Letters, 43(15), 8250-8258, doi:10.1002/2016GL069067.
Lopez, H., S. Dong, S.-K. Lee, and G. Goni, 2016: Decadal modulations of interhemispheric global atmospheric circulations and monsoons by the South Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation. Journal of Climate, 29(5), 1831-1851, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-15-0491.1.
Majumder, S., C. Schmid, and G. Halliwell, 2016: An observations and model-based analysis of meridional transports in the South Atlantic. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, 121(8), 5622-5638, doi:10.1002/2016JC011693.
Ruiz Etcheverry, L.A., M. Saraceno, A.R. Piola and P.T. Strub, 2016: Sea level anomaly on the Patagonian continental shelf: Trends, annual patterns and geostrophic flows. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, 121, 2733-2754, doi:10.1002/2015JC011265.
Biastoch, A., J. V. Durgadoo, A. K. Morrison, E. van Sebille, W. Weijer, S. M. Griffies, 2015: Atlantic multi-decadal oscillation covaries with Agulhas leakage. Nature Communications, 6:10082, doi:10.1038/ncomms10082.
Blanke, B., S. Speich, and E. Rusciano, 2015: Lagrangian water mass tracing from pseudo-Argo, model-derived salinity, tracer and velocity data: An application to Antarctic Intermediate Water in the South Atlantic Ocean. Ocean Modelling, 85, 56-67, doi:10.1016/j.ocemod.2014.11.004.
Garzoli, S. L., S. Dong, R. Fine, C. Meinen, R. C. Perez, C. Schmid, E. van Sebille, and Q. Yao, 2015: The fate of the Deep Western Boundary Current in the South Atlantic. Deep Sea Research, 103, 125-136, doi:10.1016/j.dsr.2015.05.008.
Goes, M., M. Baringer, and G. Goni, 2015: The impact of historical biases on the XBT-derived meridional overturning circulation estimates at 34S. Geophysical Research Letters, 42, 1848-1855, doi:10.1002/2014GL061802.
Goes, M., G. Goni, and S. Dong, 2015: An optimal XBT-based monitoring system for the South Atlantic meridional overturning circulation at 34S. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, 120, 1, 161-181, doi:10.1002/2014JC010202.
Hummels, R., P. Brandt, M. Dengler, J. Fischer, M. Araujo, D. Veleda, and J. V. Durgadoo, 2015: Interannual to decadal changes in the western boundary circulation in the Atlantic at 11S. Geophysical Research Letters, 42, 7615-7622, doi:10.1002/2015GL065254.
Liu, W., Z. Liu, J. Cheng, and H. Hu, 2015: On the stability of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation during the last deglaciation. Climate Dynamics, 44, 1257-1275, doi:10.1007/s00382-014-2153-1.
Lopez, H., S. Dong, S.-K. Lee, and G. Goni, 2015: Decadal modulations of interhemispheric global atmospheric circulations and monsoons by the South Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation. Journal of Climate, 29, 1831-1851, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-15-0491.1.
Lubbecke, J. F., J. V. Durgadoo, and A. Biastoch, 2015: Contribution of increased Agulhas leakage to tropical Atlantic warming. Journal of Climate, 28, 9697-9706, doi: 10.1175/JCLI-D-15-0258.1.
Rodrigues, R. R., E. J. D. Campos, and R. Haarsma, 2015: The impact of ENSO on the South Atlantic subtropical dipole mode. Journal of Climate, 28, 2961-2705, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00483.1.
Ruhs, S., K. Getzlaff, J. V. Durgadoo, A. Biastoch, and C. W. Boning, 2015: On the suitability of North Brazil Current transport estimates for monitoring basin-scale AMOC changes. Geophysical Research Letters, 42, 8072-8080, doi:10.1002/2015GL065695.
Sitz, L. E., R. Farneti, and S. M. Griffies, 2015: Simulated South Atlantic transports and their variability during 1958-2007. Ocean Modelling, 91, 70-90. doi:10.1016/j.ocemod.2015.05.001.
Strub, P.T., C. James, V. Combes, R.P. Matano, A.R. Piola, E. Palma, M. Saraceno, R. Guerrero, H. Fenco and L. Ruiz Etcheverry, 2015: Altimeter-Derived Seasonal Circulation on the SW Atlantic Shelf: 27-43S. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, 120, 3391-3418, doi:10.1002/2015JC010769.
Valla, D., and A. R. Piola, 2015: Evidence of upwelling events at the northern Patagonian shelf break. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, 120, 7635-7656, doi:10.1002/2015JC011002.
Ansorge, I. J., M. O. Baringer, E. J. D. Campos, S. Dong, R. A. Fine, S. L. Garzoli, C. S. Meinen, R. C. Perez, A. R. Piola, M. J. Roberts, S. Speich, J. Sprintall, T. Terre, M. A. Van de Berg, 2014: Basin-Wide Oceanographic Array Bridges the South Atlantic. EOS, 95, 53-54, doi:10.1002/2014EO060001.
Combes, V., and R. P. Matano, 2014: A two-way nested simulation of the oceanic circulation in the Southwestern Atlantic. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, 119, 731-756, doi:10.1002/2013JC009498.
Combes, V. and R. P. Matano, 2014: Trends in the Brazil/Malvinas Confluence region. Geophysical Research Letters, 41, doi: 10.1002/2014GL062523.
Dong, S., M. O. Baringer, G. J. Goni, C. S. Meinen, and S. L. Garzoli, 2014: Seasonal variations in the South Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation from observations and numerical models. Geophysical Research Letters, 41, doi:10.1002/2014GL060428.
Guerrero R.A., A.R. Piola, H. Fenco, R.P. Matano, V. Combes, Yi Chao, C. James, E.D. Palma, M. Saraceno & P.T. Strub, 2014: The salinity signature of the cross-shelf exchanges in the Southwestern Atlantic Ocean: Satellite observations. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, 119, 7794-7810, doi: 10.1002/2014JC010113.
Johnson G. C., K. E. McTaggart, and R. Wanninkhof, 2014: Antarctic Bottom Water temperature changes in the western South Atlantic from 1989 to 2014. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, 119, 8567-8577, doi:10.1002/2014JC010367.
Kolodziejczyk, N., G. Reverdin, F. Gaillard, and A. Lazar, 2014: Low-frequency thermohaline variability in the Subtropical South Atlantic pycnocline during 2002-2013, Geophysical Research Letters, 41, 6468-6475, doi:10.1002/2014GL061160.
Marson, J. M., Wainer, I., Mata, M. M., and Liu, Z., 2014: The impacts of deglacial meltwater forcing on the South Atlantic Ocean deep circulation since the Last Glacial Maximum, Climate of the Past, 10, 1723-1734, doi:10.5194/cp-10-1723-2014.
Matano, R.P., V. Combes, A.R. Piola, R.A. Guerrero, E.D. Palma, P.T. Strub, C. James, H. Fenco, Yi Chao, & M. Saraceno, 2014: The salinity signature of the cross-shelf exchanges in the Southwestern Atlantic Ocean: Numerical simulations. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, 119, 7949-7968, doi: 10.1002/2014JC010116.
Rocha, C. B., I. C. A. da Silveira, B. M. Castro, and J. A. M. Lima, 2014: Vertical structure, energetics, and dynamics of the Brazil Current System at 22S-28S. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, 119, 52-69, doi:10.1002/2013JC009143.
Sato, O. T., and P. S. Polito, 2014: Observation of South Atlantic subtropical mode waters with Argo profiling float data, Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, 119, doi:10.1002/2013JC009438.
Schmid, C., 2014: Mean vertical and horizontal structure of the subtropical circulation in the South Atlantic from three-dimensional observed velocity fields. Deep Sea Research I, 91 (9), 50-71, doi: 10.1016/j.dsr.2014.04.015.
Weijer, W., and E. van Sebille, 2014: Impact of Agulhas Leakage on the Atlantic overturning circulation in the CCSM4. Journal of Climate, 27, 101-110, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00714.1.
Beron-Vera, F., Y. Wang, M. Olascoaga, G. Goni, and G. Haller, 2013: Objective detection of oceanic eddies and the Agulhas leakage. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 43, 1426-1438, doi:10.1175/JPO-D-12-0171.1.
Biastoch, A., and C. W. Boning, 2013: Anthropogenic impact on Agulhas leakage. Geophysical Research Letters, 40, 1-6, doi:10.1002/grl.50243.
Garzoli, S. L., M. O. Baringer, S. Dong, R. C. Perez, and Q. Yao, 2013: South Atlantic meridional fluxes. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, doi: 10.1016/j.dsr.2012.09.003, 71, 21-32, doi: 10.1016/j.dsr.2012.09.003.
Giarolla, E., and R. P. Matano, 2013: The Low-Frequency Variability of the Southern Ocean Circulation. Journal of Climate, 26, 6081-6091, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00293.1.
Meinen, C. S., S. Speich, R. C. Perez, S. Dong, A. R. Piola, S. L. Garzoli, M. Baringer, S. Gladyshev, and E. Campos, 2013: Temporal variability of the meridional overturning circulation at 34.5S: Preliminary results from two boundary arrays in the South Atlantic. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, 118, 6461-6478, doi:10.1002/2013JC009228.
Piola, A.R., B.C. Franco, E.D. Palma and M. Saraceno, 2013: Multiple jets in the Malvinas Current. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, 118, 2107-2117, doi:10.1002/jgrc.20170.
Preu, B., et al., 2013, Morphosedimentary and hydrographic features of the northern Argentine margin: the interplay between erosive, depositional and gravitational processes and its conceptual implications. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 75, 157-174, doi: 10.1016/j.dsr.2012.12.013.
Schiermeier, Q, 2013, Oceans under Surveillance, Nature, 167-168, doi:10.1038/497167a.
Azevedo, J.L.L., D. Nof, and M.M. Mata, 2012: Eddy Train Encounters with a Continental Boundary: A South Atlantic Case Study. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 42, 1548-1565, doi:10.1175/JPO-D-11-027.1.
Backeberg, B. C., P. Penvin, and M. Rouault, 2012: Impact of intensified Indian Ocean winds on mesoscale variability in the Agulhas system. Nature Climate Change, 2, 608-612, doi:10.1038/nclimate1587.
Garzoli, S., P. Abrahamsen, I. Ansorge, A. Biastoch, E. Campos, M. Mata,C. Meinen, J. Pelegri, R. Perez, A. Piola, C. Reason, M. Roberts, S. Speich, J. Sprintall, R. Watts, and all of the SAMOC IV participants, 2012: South Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (SAMOC) - Fourth Workshop. CLIVAR Exchanges, No. 58 pp. 2-4 (Unpublished manuscript).
McCarthy, G. D., B. A. King, P. Cipollini, E. L. McDonagh, J. R. Blundell, and A. Biastoch, 2012: On the sub-decadal variability of South Atlantic Antarctic Intermediate Water. Geophysical Research Letters, 39, L10605, doi:10.1029/2012GL051270.
Meinen, C. S., A. Piola, R. C. Perez, and S. L. Garzoli, 2012. Deep Western Boundary Current transport variability in the South Atlantic: Preliminary results from a pilot array at 34.5S. Ocean Science, 8, 1041-1054, doi:10.5194/os-8-1041-2012.
Rimaud, J., S. Speich, B. Blanke, and N. Grima, 2012: The exchange of Intermediate Water in the South East Atlantic: Water mass transformations diagnosed from the Lagrangian analysis of a regional ocean model. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, 117, C08034, doi:10.1029/2012JC008059.
Saraceno, M., and C. Provost, 2012: On eddy polarity distribution in the southwestern Atlantic. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 69, 62-69, doi:10.1016/j.dsr.2012.07.005.
van Sebille, E., W.E. Johns, and L. M. Beal, 2012: Does the vorticity flux from Agulhas rings control the zonal pathway of NADW across the South Atlantic? Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, 117, C05037, doi:10.1029/2011JC007684.
Bryden, H. L., King B. A., McCarthy G. D., 2011.: South Atlantic overturning circulation at 24S. Journal of Marine Research, 69(1), 38-55.
Dong, S., M. Baringer, G. Goni, and S. Garzoli, 2011: Importance of the assimilation of Argo Float Measurements on the Meridional Overturning Circulation in the South Atlantic. Geophysical Research Letters, 38, L18603, doi:10.1029/2011GL048982.
Dong, S., S.L. Garzoli, and M.O. Baringer, 2011: The role of inter-ocean exchanges on decadal variations of the northward heat transport in the South Atlantic. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 41(8), 1498-1511.
Garzoli, S.L and R. Matano, 2011: The South Atlantic and the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation. Deep Sea Research II, 58(17-18), 1837-1847, doi:10.1016/j.dsr2.2010.10.063.
Goni, G.J., F. Bringas, and P.N. Di Nezio, 2011: Observed Low Frequency Variability of the Brazil Current Front. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, 116, C10037, doi:10.1029/2011JC007198.
Lumpkin, R. and S. L. Garzoli, 2011: Interannual to Decadal Variability in the Southwestern Atlantic's Surface Circulation. Journal Geophysical Research Oceans, 116, C01014, doi:10.1029/2010JC006285.
McCarthy, G., E. McDonagh, and B. King, 2011: Decadal variability of thermocline and intermediate waters at 24S in the South Atlantic. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 41, 157-165.
McClean, J. L., and Coauthors, 2011: A prototype two-decade fully-coupled fine-resolution CCSM simulation. Ocean Modelling, 39 , 10-30.
Perez, R.C., S.L. Garzoli, C.S. Meinen, and R.P. Matano, 2011: Geostrophic Velocity Measurement Techniques for the Meridional Overturning Circulation and Meridional Heat Transport in the South Atlantic. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Techology, 28, 1504-1521.
Souza, J.M.A.C., C. de Boyer Montegut, C. Cabanes and P. Klein, 2011: Estimation of the Agulhas ring impacts on meridional heat fluxes and transport using ARGO floats and satellite data. Geophysical Research Letters, 28, L21602, doi:10.1029/2011GL049359.
Baker-Yeboah, S, DA Byrne and DR Watts, 2010: Observations of mesoscale eddies in the South Atlantic Cape Basin: Baroclinic and deep barotropic eddy variability. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, 115, C12069, doi: 10.1029/2010JC006236.
Baker-Yeboah, S., G. R. Flierl, G. G. Sutyrin, and Y. Zhang, 2010: Transformation of an Agulhas Eddy Near the Continental Slope. Ocean Science, 6, 143-159.
Jullion, L., K.J. Heywood, A.C. Naveira Garabato, and D.P. Stevens, 2010: Circulation and water mass modification in the Brazil-Malvinas Confluence. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 40, 845-864.
Rodrigues, R.R., M. Wimbush, D.R. Watts, L.M. Rothstein, and M. Ollitrault, 2010: South Atlantic mass transports obtained from subsurface float and hydrographic data. Journal Of Marine Research, 68(6), 819-850. Open Access version : http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00043/15391/
Rouault, M., B. Pohl and P. Penven, 2010: Coastal Oceanic climate change and variability from 1982 to 2009 around South Africa. African Journal of Marine Science, 32(2), 237-246.
Baehr, J., A. Stroup, and J. Marotzke, 2009: Testing concepts for continuous monitoring of the meridional overturning circulation in the South Atlantic. Ocean Modelling, 29, 147-153.
Baker-Yeboah, D. R. Watts, D. A. Byrne, 2009: Measurements of sea surface height in the eastern South Atlantic from pressure sensor-equipped inverted echo sounders: baroclinic and barotropic components. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 26, 2593-2608.
Biastoch, A., C. W. Boning, F. U. Schwarzkopf, and J. R. E. Lutjeharms, 2009: Increase in Agulhas leakage due to poleward shift of Southern Hemisphere westerlies. Nature, 462, 495-499, doi:10.1038/nature08519.
Dong, S. S. L. Garzoli, M. O. Baringer, C. S. Meinen, and G. J. Goni, 2009: The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation and its Northward Heat Transport in the South Atlantic. Geophysical Research Letters, 36, L20606, doi:10.1029/2009GL039356.
Rouault, M., P. Penven, and B Pohl, 2009: Warming of the Agulhas Current since the 1980s. Geophysical Research Letters, 36, L12602, doi:10.1029/2009GL037987.
Schmid, C. and S.L. Garzoli, 2009: Spreading and Variability of the Antarctic Intermediate Water in the Atlantic. Journal of Marine Research, 67(6), 815-843.
Biastoch, A., C.W. Boning, and J.R.E. Lutjeharms, 2008: Agulhas leakage dynamics affects decadal variability in Atlantic Overturning Circulation, Nature, 456, 489-492.
Baringer, M.O., and S.L. Garzoli, 2007: Meridional heat transport determined with expendable bathythermographs, Part I: Error estimates from model and hydrographic data. Deep Sea Research, Part 1, 54(8), 1390-1401.
Garzoli, S.L., and M.O. Baringer, 2007: Meridional heat transport determined with expendable bathythermographs, Part II: South Atlantic transport. Deep Sea Research, Part I, 54(8), 1402-1420.
Lumpkin, R. and K. Speer, 2007: Global Ocean Meridional Overturning. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 37, 2550-2562.