Journal of Physical Oceanography

Papers
(The median citation count of Journal of Physical Oceanography is 1. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)
ArticleCitations
A Deep Learning Model for Improved Wind and Consequent Wave Forecasts31
Abyssal Slope Currents31
The Role of Bottom Friction in Mediating the Response of the Weddell Gyre Circulation to Changes in Surface Stress and Buoyancy Fluxes30
On the Consistent Parametric Description of the Wave Age Dependence of the Sea Surface Roughness28
Generation and Evolution of Internal Solitary Waves in a Coastal Plain Estuary27
Diurnal variability of frontal dynamics, instability, and turbulence in a submesoscale upwelling filament24
Destratification and Restratification of the Spring Surface Boundary Layer in a Subtropical Front23
Partial Control of the Gulf of Mexico Dynamics by the Current Feedback to the Atmosphere20
A One-Dimensional Model for Investigating Scale-Separated Approaches to the Interaction of Oceanic Internal Waves19
Surface Quasigeostrophic Turbulence in Variable Stratification19
Regimes and Transitions in the Basal Melting of Antarctic Ice Shelves18
Masthead18
Physical Drivers of Ocean Wave Attenuation in the Marginal Ice Zone17
Deep Learning–Based Ensemble Forecast and Predictability Analysis of the Kuroshio Intrusion into the South China Sea16
Across-Shore Propagation of Subthermocline Eddies in the California Current System16
On the Release and Renewal of Freshwater in the Beaufort Gyre of the Arctic Ocean16
Energy and Momentum of a Density-Driven Overflow in the Samoan Passage15
The Dynamics of a Barotropic Current Impinging on an Ice Front15
Note on the Beam Structure in Step-Trapped Internal Tides15
Spatiotemporal Characteristics of the Near-Surface Turbulent Cascade at the Submesoscale in the Drake Passage14
Circular Asymmetry of Ocean Mesoscale Eddy14
Models of the Sea Surface Height Expression of the Internal-Wave Continuum13
Masthead13
Direct Simulation of the Surface Manifestation of Internal Gravity Waves with a Wave–Current Interaction Model13
The Scale and Activity of Symmetric Instability Estimated from a Global Submesoscale-Permitting Ocean Model13
The Wave-Coherent Stress and Turbulent Structure over Swell Waves12
Irreversible Mixing Induced by Geostrophic Turbulence over the Global Ocean12
Seasonal Variability of Near-Inertial/Semidiurnal Fluctuations and Turbulence in the Subarctic North Atlantic12
Distinct Impacts of Topographic versus Planetary PV Gradients on Baroclinic Turbulence12
Sampling-Dependent Transition Paths of Iceland–Scotland Overflow Water12
Baroclinic Tidal Energetics Inferred from Satellite Altimetry11
Modulation of Cross-Isothermal Velocities with ENSO in the Tropical Pacific Cold Tongue11
What controls the deep cycle? Proxies for equatorial turbulence.11
The Attenuation Effect of Jet Filament on the Eastward Mesoscale Eddy Lifetime in the Southern Ocean11
A Regime Diagram for Internal Lee Waves in Coastal Plain Estuaries11
Causal Mechanisms of Sea-level and Freshwater Content Change in the Beaufort Sea11
Super Residual Circulation: a new perspective on ocean vertical heat transport10
Interaction of a Hysteresis Western Boundary Current with a Large-Scale Marginal Sea Circulation in a Gap-Leaping System10
Air–Sea Coupling Feedbacks over Tropical Instability Waves10
Masthead10
Time-dependent response of the overturning circulation and pycnocline depth to Southern Ocean surface wind stress changes10
Probing the Nonlinear Interactions of Supertidal Internal Waves Using a High-Resolution Regional Ocean Model10
Modifying the Mixed Layer Eddy Parameterization to Include Frontogenesis Arrest by Boundary Layer Turbulence10
Wind Turbulence over Misaligned Surface Waves and Air–Sea Momentum Flux. Part II: Waves in Oblique Wind10
Interaction between Upper-Ocean Submesoscale Currents and Convective Turbulence10
Chaotic Variability of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation at Subannual Time Scales9
A Theory of Standing Meanders of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current and Their Response to Wind9
Frontal Maintenance in Submesoscale Flows9
Properties of the Lateral Mesoscale Eddy-Induced Transport in a High-Resolution Ocean Model: Beyond the Flux–Gradient Relation9
Global Oceanic Mass Transport by Coherent Eddies9
The Origin and Fate of Antarctic Intermediate Water in the Southern Ocean9
The relation of wind-driven coastal and offshore upwelling in the Benguela Upwelling System9
Variability of the Deep Western Boundary Current in the Northern Philippine Sea8
Turbulence Observations below Drifting Sea Ice: TKE Production and Dissipation in the Meltwater-Influenced Boundary Layer8
Full Vorticity Budget of the Arabian Sea from a 0.1° Ocean Model: Sverdrup Dynamics, Rossby Waves, and Nonlinear Eddy Effects8
A Rigorous Derivation of the Water Mass Transformation Framework, the Relation between Mixing and Diasurface Exchange Flow, and Links to Recent Theories in Estuarine Research8
Observations and Numerical Simulations of the Onset and Growth of Langmuir Circulations8
Can We Accurately Quantify a Lateral Diffusivity from a Single Tracer Release?8
Controls on Exchange through a Tidal Mixing Hotspot at an Estuary Constriction8
Parameterizing Nonpropagating Form Drag over Rough Bathymetry8
Application of a Simple Diffusivity Formulation to Examine Regime Transition and Jet–Eddy Energy Partitioning in Quasi-Geostrophic Turbulence8
A Time-Dependent Sverdrup Relation and Its Application to the Indian Ocean8
Mesoscale, Tidal, and Seasonal/Interannual Drivers of the Weddell Sea Overturning Circulation8
Seasonal Features and Potential Mechanisms of Submesoscale Processes in the Southern Bay of Bengal during 2011/128
Subsurface Anticyclonic Eddy Transited from Kuroshio Shedding Eddy in the Northern South China Sea8
Maintenance of the Zonal Momentum Balance of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current by Barotropic Dynamics8
Water Mass Transformation and Overturning Circulation in the Arabian Gulf8
Seasonal and Year-To-Year Variability of Boundary Currents and Eddy Salt Flux along the Eastern and Southern Coasts of Sri Lanka Observed by PIES and Satellite Measurements7
Understanding Stokes Drift Mechanism via Crest and Trough Phase Estimates7
Masthead7
Subsurface Mesoscale Eddies Observed in the Northeastern South China Sea: Dynamic Features and Water Mass Transport7
Dynamics of the Layered Circulation Inferred from Kinetic Energy Pathway in the South China Sea7
Response of Subpolar North Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation to Variability in Surface Winds on Different Timescales7
Multidecadal Fluctuations of SST and Euphotic Zone Temperature off Northwest Africa7
Coupled Ocean–Sea Ice Dynamics of the Antarctic Slope Current Driven by Topographic Eddy Suppression and Sea Ice Momentum Redistribution7
Impact of Wave–Vortical Interactions on Oceanic Submesoscale Lateral Dispersion7
Impact of the New England Seamount Chain on Gulf Stream Pathway and Variability7
Optimal Transition Paths for AMOC Collapse and Recovery in a Stochastic Box Model7
Cover Information and Masthead7
Saturation of the internal tide over the inner continental shelf. Part I: Observations7
On the Observed Wind-Driven Circulation Response in Small Semienclosed Bays7
AUV Observations of Langmuir Turbulence in a Stratified Shelf Sea7
Upper-Ocean Temperature Variability in the Gulf of Mexico with Implications for Hurricane Intensity7
Mixing in a Salinity Variance Budget of the Salish Sea is Controlled by River Flow7
Quantifying Cross-Shelf Transport in the East Australian Current System: A Budget-Based Approach6
Masthead6
Vertical Velocity Dynamics in the North Atlantic and Implications for AMOC6
Delayed Freshwater Export from a Greenland Tidewater Glacial Fjord6
The Response of a Baroclinic Anticyclonic Eddy to Relative Wind Stress Forcing6
Towards the Upper-Ocean Unbalanced Submesoscale Motions in the Oleander Observations6
Topography Effects on the Seasonal Variability of Ocean Bottom Pressure in the North Pacific Ocean6
Transit Time Distributions and Ventilation Pathways Using CFCs and Lagrangian Backtracking in the South Atlantic of an Eddying Ocean Model6
Mixing Pathways in Simple Box Models6
Observation of Bottom-Trapped Topographic Rossby Waves to the West of the Luzon Strait, South China Sea6
Crescent-Shaped Low-Temperature Distribution along the Convex Topography in the Southeastern Edge of Taiwan Bank in Summer6
A Generalized Slab Model6
Unsupervised Classification Identifies Warm, Fresh, and Dense Regimes of the Antarctic Margins6
Masthead6
Regional Abyssal Vorticity Balance in the Northeast South China Sea: External and Internal Dynamics of Abyssal Circulation6
Enhanced Dissipation of Internal Tides in a Mesoscale Baroclinic Eddy6
Vertical Exchange Induced by Mixed Layer Instabilities6
Interactions between Irregular Wave Fields and Sea Ice: A Physical Model for Wave Attenuation and Ice Breakup in an Ice Tank6
Open-Ocean Polynyas in the Cooperation Sea, Antarctica5
Upper–Lower Layer Coupling of Recurrent Circulation Patterns in the Gulf of Mexico5
The Canary Intermediate Poleward Undercurrent: Not Another Poleward Undercurrent in an Eastern Boundary Upwelling System5
Inertial Effect and Its Dependency on the Topographic Geometries in Barotropic Channel Models under the Weakly Nonlinear Regime5
Stratified shear instabilities in diurnal warm layers5
Adjustment and extension of the Hansen and Rattray estuarine classification diagram5
Observations of a Filamentous Intrusion and Vigorous Submesoscale Turbulence within a Cyclonic Mesoscale Eddy5
Limited Width of Tropical Cyclone–Induced Baroclinic Geostrophic Response5
Unraveling Interactions between Asymmetric Tidal Turbulence, Residual Circulation, and Salinity Dynamics in Short, Periodically Weakly Stratified Estuaries5
Interannual and Seasonal Along-Shelf Current Variability and Dynamics: Seventeen Years of Observations from the Southern New England Inner Shelf5
Surface-to-Interior Transport Timescales and Ventilation Patterns in a Time-Dependent Circulation Driven by Sustained Climate Warming5
Vertical Structure of Baroclinic Instability in a Three-Layer Quasigeostrophic Model over a Sloping Bottom5
Wind Dependencies of Deep Cycle Turbulence in the Equatorial Cold Tongues5
A Forward Energy Flux at Submesoscales Driven by Frontogenesis5
Abundant Cold Anticyclonic Eddies and Warm Cyclonic Eddies in the Global Ocean5
Intrinsically Episodic Antarctic Shelf Intrusions of Circumpolar Deep Water via Canyons5
On the Pathways of Wind-Driven Coastal Upwelling: Nonlinear Momentum Flux and Baroclinic Instability5
Diapycnal displacement, diffusion, and distortion of tracers in the ocean5
Saturation of the internal tide over the inner continental shelf. Part II: Parameterization5
Low-Frequency Dynamic Ocean Response to Barometric-Pressure Loading5
Baroclinic Effects on Wave-Driven Flows in a Microtidal Bay5
Observations of Intermittent Seamount-Trapped Waves and Topographic Rossby Waves around the Slope of a Low-Latitude Deep Seamount5
Mutual enhancement of wind- and tide-induced near-inertial internal waves in Luzon Strait5
Spatial Variability of Diapycnal Mixing in the South China Sea Inferred from Density Overturn Analysis5
Breaking internal waves on sloping topography: connecting parcel displacements to overturn size, interior-boundary exchanges, and mixing5
Deterministic Model of the Eddy Dynamics for a Midlatitude Ocean Model5
Energetics of Eddy–Mean Flow Interactions in the East Australian Current System5
Coherent Velocity Structures in the Mixed Layer: Characteristics, Energetics, and Turbulent Kinetic Energy Budget5
Seasonal and Interannual Variability of Fronts and Their Impact on Chlorophyll-a in the Indonesian Seas5
Seasonality of Upper-Ocean Vertical Eddy Buoyancy Flux in the Kuroshio Extension5
Propagation of Topographic Rossby Waves in the Deep Basin of the South China Sea Based on Abyssal Current Observations5
Transformations between Normal and Abnormal Mesoscale Eddies in the Bay of Bengal5
Resolving the Horizontal Direction of Internal Tide Generation: Global Application for the M2 Tide’s First Mode5
A Four-Dimensional Survey of the Almeria–Oran Front by Underwater Gliders: Tracers and Circulation5
Temporal Variability of Global Surface Eddy Diffusivities: Estimates and Machine Learning Prediction5
Moored Observations of Currents and Water Mass Properties between Talaud and Halmahera Islands at the Entrance of the Indonesian Seas5
Reduction in Meridional Heat Export Contributes to Recent Indian Ocean Warming5
Large-Scale Distribution and Variations of Active Salt-Finger Double-Diffusion in the Western North Pacific5
Interpreting Negative IOD Events Based on the Transfer Routes of Wave Energy in the Upper Ocean4
Diagnosing Scale-Dependent Energy Cycles in a High-Resolution Isopycnal Ocean Model4
Thorpe Turbulence Scaling in Nighttime Convective Surface Layers in the North Indian Ocean4
Identification of Thermohaline Sheet and Its Spatial Structure in the Canada Basin4
On the Discrete Normal Modes of Quasigeostrophic Theory4
A Global Diagnosis of Eddy Potential Energy Budget in an Eddy-Permitting Ocean Model4
A Simple Model for Multiple Equilibria in Ice-Covered Oceans4
Terdiurnal Radiational Tides4
On the Bimodality of the Wind-Wave Spectrum: Mean Square Slopes and Azimuthal Overlap Integral4
Attribution of the Subsurface Temperature Change in the Southern Hemisphere4
Roles of Surface Forcing in the Southern Ocean Temperature and Salinity Changes under Increasing CO2: Perspectives from Model Perturbation Experiments and a Theoretical Framework4
Anisotropic Statistics of Lagrangian Structure Functions and Helmholtz Decomposition4
Turbulent Ice–Ocean Boundary Layers in the Well-Mixed Regime: Insights from Direct Numerical Simulations4
Dissipating and reflecting internal waves4
Minimum Warming in the South Indian Ocean Thermocline in a Warming Climate Linked to Freshening Processes4
Kinetic Energy Exchanges between a Two-Dimensional Front and Internal Waves4
Masthead4
Interpreting Observed Interactions between Near-Inertial Waves and Mesoscale Eddies4
Seasonal mode-1 M2 internal tides from satellite altimetry4
Rogue Waves in the Southern North Sea—The Role of Modulational Instability4
An Eulerian Scheme for Identifying Fronts and Vortices in Quasi-Balanced Flows4
Turbulent Thermal-Wind-Driven Coastal Upwelling: Current Observations and Dynamics4
Effect of Wave Directions on Orientation and Magnitude of Surface Wind Stress under Typhoon Megi (2010)4
Tidal Intrusion Fronts, Surface Convergence, and Mixing in an Estuary with Complex Topography4
Inner-Core Sea Surface Cooling Induced by a Tropical Cyclone4
Frontogenesis, Mixing, and Stratification in Estuarine Channels with Curvature4
Superinertial Internal Tides Propagating along the Coast: Dynamics and Energetics Revealed through Topographic Modes4
Middepth Recipes4
Hypsographic Control on the Diapycnal Flow in the Eastern Gotland Basin of the Baltic Sea4
Modeling Water-Mass Distributions in the Modern and LGM Ocean: Circulation Change and Isopycnal and Diapycnal Mixing4
Vertical fluxes conditioned on vorticity and strain reveal submesoscale ventilation4
Parameterizing Eddy Buoyancy Fluxes Across Prograde Shelf/Slope Fronts Using a Slope-Aware GEOMETRIC Closure4
Distinct Controls on the Strength of the Abyssal Overturning Circulation: Channel versus Basin Dynamics4
Estimating the Ocean Interior from Satellite Observations in the Kerguelen Area (Southern Ocean): A Combined Investigation Using High-Resolution CTD Data from Animal-Borne Instruments4
Lateral Circulation in an Elongated Curved Tidal Channel4
Masthead4
Three-Dimensional Structure of Subduction/Obduction in the North Pacific Ocean4
Dynamics of Bubble Plumes Produced by Breaking Waves4
On the Propagation and Translational Adjustment of Isolated Vortices in Large-Scale Shear Flows4
Effect of the Variable Kuroshio Intrusion Pathway on Deep Flow in the Northern South China Sea3
Diurnal Variation in Surface Latent Heat Flux and the Effect of Diurnal Variability on the Climatological Latent Heat Flux over the Tropical Oceans3
The Polar Transition from Alpha to Beta Regions Set by a Surface Buoyancy Flux Inversion3
3D Structure of Striations in the North Pacific3
On the Upper-Ocean Vertical Eddy Heat Transport in the Kuroshio Extension. Part II: Effects of Air–Sea Interactions3
Wind–Wave Interaction for Strong Winds3
The Cross-Shelf Regime of a Wind-Driven Supercritical River Plume3
Vertical Divergence of the Atmospheric Momentum Flux near the Sea Surface at a Coastal Site3
Kinetic Energy Cascade Induced by the Interaction of Mean Flow, Topography, and Mesoscale Eddies East of Taiwan: A Scale-to-Scale Analysis3
Middepth Zonal Velocity in the Southern Tropical Indian Ocean: Striation-Like Structures and Their Dynamics3
Numerical Simulation of the Kuroshio Flowing over the Hirase Seamount in the Tokara Strait in Autumn: Tidal Vortex Shedding in a Baroclinic Jet3
Vertical Energy Fluxes Driven by the Interaction between Wave Groups and Langmuir Turbulence3
Masthead3
A Major Improvement of Atmospheric Wave Boundary Layer Model for Storm Surge Modeling by Including Effect of Wave Breaking on Air–Sea Momentum Exchange3
Variability and Dynamics of the Kuroshio and Mindanao Current during the 2010/11 La Niña and in Late 20123
Stratification Breakdown in Antarctic Coastal Polynyas. Part I: Influence of Physical Factors on the Destratification Time Scale3
Forcing Space: An Alternative to Regime Diagrams for Predicting Characteristics of Turbulence in the Ocean Surface Mixing Layer3
Oceanic Advection Controls Mesoscale Mixed Layer Heat Budget and Air–Sea Heat Exchange in the Southern Ocean3
Downward Propagation and Trapping of Near-Inertial Waves by a Westward-Moving Anticyclonic Eddy in the Subtropical Northwestern Pacific Ocean3
Mechanisms of Offshore Solid and Liquid Freshwater Flux from the East Greenland Current3
How Winds and Ocean Currents Influence the Drift of Floating Objects3
On the Role of Bottom Pressure Torques in Wind-Driven Gyres3
Shear Instabilities and Stratified Turbulence in an Estuarine Fluid Mud3
Mesoscale Eddies and Near-Inertial Internal Waves Modulate Seasonal Variations of Vertical Shear Variance in the Northern South China Sea3
Moored Observations of the West Greenland Coastal Current along the Southwest Greenland Shelf3
Changes in Global Ocean Circulation due to Isopycnal Diffusion3
Spontaneous emission of internal waves by a radiative instability3
Incidence and Reflection of Offshore Subinertial and Barotropic Pressure Signals in Wide Shelf Seas3
Hurricane Sally (2020) Shifts the Ocean Thermal Structure across the Inner Core during Rapid Intensification over the Shelf3
Interannual Variability and Trend of the Bering Strait Throughflow Gleaned from Satellite Altimeters3
Icelandic Low and Azores High Migrations Impact Florida Current Transport in Winter3
Masthead3
Buoyancy Flux and Mixing Efficiency from Direct, Near-Bottom Turbulence Measurements in a Submarine Canyon3
Journal Information and Table of Contents3
“Eddy” Saturation of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current by Standing Waves3
Variability and Sources of the Internal Wave Continuum Examined from Global Moored Velocity Records3
Masthead3
A Three-Dimensional Inertial Model for Coastal Upwelling along Western Boundaries3
Unveiling the mysteries of SST evolutions in the equatorial Pacific at the onset of El Niño events3
Scaling and Flow Structure of Langmuir Turbulence in Inertial Frames3
Diurnal Warm Layers in the Ocean: Energetics, Nondimensional Scaling, and Parameterization3
The Earliest Stages of Wind Wave Generation in the Open Sea3
On Tidal Modulation of the Evolution of Internal Solitary-Like Waves Passing Through a Critical Point3
Near-Inertial Wave Energetics Modulated by Background Flows in a Global Model Simulation3
Seasonal Variation of the Surface Kuroshio Intrusion into the South China Sea Evidenced by Satellite Geostrophic Streamlines3
Observations of Wave Energy Dissipation by Bottom Friction on Rocky Shores3
The Long Lives of Subducted Spice and Vorticity Anomalies in the Subtropical Oceans3
Baroclinic Turbulence Above Rough Topography: The Vortex Gas and Topographic Turbulence Regimes3
Interannual Variability in Sea Surface Height at Southern Midlatitudes of the Indian Ocean3
Geostrophic Eddies Spread Near-Inertial Wave Energy to High Frequencies3
The Diurnal Cycle of Entrainment and Detrainment in LES of the Southern Ocean Driven by Observed Surface Fluxes and Waves3
A Scale-Aware Parameterization of Restratification Effect of Turbulent Thermal Wind Balance3
Vertical Velocity 3D Estimates from the Linear Vorticity Balance in the North Atlantic Ocean3
Diabatic Transformations along the Global Routes of the Middepth Meridional Overturning Circulation3
Oceanic Lee Waves in a Linearly Sheared Flow3
Reflection and Scattering of Low-Mode Internal Tides on the Continental Slope of the South China Sea3
Observed Near-Inertial Waves Trapped in a Propagating Anticyclonic Eddy3
Investigation of Sea Spray Effect on the Vertical Momentum Transport Using an Eulerian Multifluid-Type Model3
On the Significance of Ageostrophic Meridional Eddy-Induced Heat Flux in the Surface Ocean of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current3
Winter–Summer Transition in the Southern South China Sea Western Boundary Current3
Observations of Internal Wave Interactions in a Southern Ocean Standing Meander3
Internal Tides at the Coast: Energy Flux of Baroclinic Tides Propagating into the Deep Ocean in the Presence of Supercritical Shelf Topography3
Near-Inertial Wave Interactions and Turbulence Production in a Kuroshio Anticyclonic Eddy2
Tropical Cool-Skin and Warm-Layer Effects and Their Impact on Surface Heat Fluxes2
Masthead2
Spurious Dianeutral Advection and Methods for Its Minimization2
Gravity Wave Generation in Balanced Sheared Flow Revisited2
The Role of the Mindoro-Sibutu Pathway on the South China Sea Multi–layer Circulation2
Upstream extension of a bottom-advected plume and its mechanism: The case of the Yellow River2
Internal Solitary Waves within the Cold Tongue of the Equatorial Pacific Generated by Buoyant Gravity Currents2
Abyssal Heat Budget in the Southwest Pacific Basin2
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