%0 report part %@ %A Tim, N.,Emeis, K.-C.,Schwarzkopf, F.U.,Ruehs, S.,Biastoch, A. %D 2018 %J Solas Event Report %N %P 6-8 %T Origin and pathways of the central water masses in the Benguela upwelling system and the impact of the Agulhas leakage %U %X We analyse the origin, pathways, and age of the central water masses in the Benguela upwelling system (BUS) and the contribution of the Agulhas leakage to upwelling water masses in a highresolution ocean simulation. The Agulhas Current flows along the east coast of southern Africa transporting warm and saline water southwestward. At the southern tip of the African continent, a small fraction (Agulhas leakage) leaves the Agulhas System and continues westward into the Atlantic Ocean (Gordon, 1986).