Affiliate Professor, School of Oceanography
University of Washington, Seattle, WA
kellyapl@uw.edu

The volume transport (Sv) of the "Agulhas Leakage" (AL) was estimated
on altimeter tracks (top left) as the net westward flow (schematic, top right).
AL heat transport (bottom panel, red), derived from volume transport using
a coefficient from South Atlantic XBT lines, is significantly correlated
with meridional heat transport (PW) at 35S (bottom panel, blue) suggesting
that Agulhas supplies the heat transport anomalies to the Atlantic
overturning circulation.