Journal of Physical Oceanography

Papers
(The median citation count of Journal of Physical Oceanography is 2. 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)
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Submesoscale Fronts and Their Dynamical Processes Associated with Symmetric Instability in the Northwest Pacific Subtropical Ocean39
Submesoscale Currents in the Subtropical Upper Ocean Observed by Long-Term High-Resolution Mooring Arrays34
Kinetic Energy Transfers between Mesoscale and Submesoscale Motions in the Open Ocean’s Upper Layers27
Properties and Drivers of Marine Heat Waves in the Northern South China Sea27
The Scale and Activity of Symmetric Instability Estimated from a Global Submesoscale-Permitting Ocean Model27
Deep-Current Intraseasonal Variability Interpreted as Topographic Rossby Waves and Deep Eddies in the Xisha Islands of the South China Sea25
Genesis and Decay of Mesoscale Baroclinic Eddies in the Seasonally Ice-Covered Interior Arctic Ocean24
Revisiting Near-Inertial Wind Work: Slab Models, Relative Stress, and Mixed Layer Deepening24
On the Upper-Ocean Vertical Eddy Heat Transport in the Kuroshio Extension. Part I: Variability and Dynamics24
The Cyclonic Mode of Arctic Ocean Circulation22
Wave–Current Interactions at Meso- and Submesoscales: Insights from Idealized Numerical Simulations22
Abundant Cold Anticyclonic Eddies and Warm Cyclonic Eddies in the Global Ocean22
Investigation of the Internal Tides in the Northwest Pacific Ocean Considering the Background Circulation and Stratification21
Global Calculations of Local and Remote Near-Inertial-Wave Dissipation21
A Unifying Approach to Subtidal Salt Intrusion Modeling in Tidal Estuaries19
Relative Dispersion in the Antarctic Circumpolar Current19
The Role of Curvature in Modifying Frontal Instabilities. Part I: Review of Theory and Presentation of a Nondimensional Instability Criterion19
Interannual Variability in Sea Surface Height at Southern Midlatitudes of the Indian Ocean18
Interactions between Irregular Wave Fields and Sea Ice: A Physical Model for Wave Attenuation and Ice Breakup in an Ice Tank18
Structure of Submesoscale Fronts of the Mississippi River Plume18
Mixing of Subtropical, Central, and Intermediate Waters Driven by Shifting and Pulsing of the Agulhas Current18
Seasonal Variability of Subthermocline Eddy Kinetic Energy East of the Philippines17
Submesoscale Eddies in the Upper Ocean of the Kuroshio Extension from High-resolution Simulation: Energy Budget17
Parameterizing Nonpropagating Form Drag over Rough Bathymetry17
Is the Ocean Speeding Up? Ocean Surface Energy Trends17
Internal Solitary Waves in the Andaman Sea Revealed by Long-Term Mooring Observations17
Poleward Shift of the Kuroshio Extension Front and Its Impact on the North Pacific Subtropical Mode Water in the Recent Decades16
Spatial and Temporal Characteristics of the Submesoscale Energetics in the Gulf of Mexico16
Mixing and Transformation in a Deep Western Boundary Current: A Case Study16
Physical Drivers of Ocean Wave Attenuation in the Marginal Ice Zone16
Modulation of Upper Ocean Vertical Temperature Structure and Heat Content by a Fast-Moving Tropical Cyclone16
An 8-yr Meteotsunami Climatology across Northwest Europe: 2010–1715
Near-Inertial Wave Energetics Modulated by Background Flows in a Global Model Simulation15
Effects of Wave–Current Interaction on the Eastern China Coastal Waters during Super Typhoon Lekima (2019)15
On the Role of Bottom Pressure Torques in Wind-Driven Gyres14
Divergence and Dispersion of Global Eddy Propagation from Satellite Altimetry14
Spectral Wave Energy Dissipation due to Under-Ice Turbulence13
An Idealized Model Study of Eddy Energetics in the Western Boundary “Graveyard”13
Numerical Simulations of Melt-Driven Double-Diffusive Fluxes in a Turbulent Boundary Layer beneath an Ice Shelf13
The Contribution of High-Frequency Wind-Generated Surface Waves to the Stokes Drift13
Impact of Evaporation and Precipitation on Estuarine Mixing13
An Analytical Spectral Model for Infragravity Waves over Topography in Intermediate and Shallow Water under Nonbreaking Conditions13
Variability and Sources of the Internal Wave Continuum Examined from Global Moored Velocity Records13
Wind Turbulence over Misaligned Surface Waves and Air–Sea Momentum Flux. Part I: Waves Following and Opposing Wind12
The Impact of Meanders, Deepening and Broadening, and Seasonality on Agulhas Current Temperature Variability12
High-resolution observations of the North Pacific transition layer from a Lagrangian float12
How Much Arctic Fresh Water Participates in the Subpolar Overturning Circulation?12
Seasonal Variation of the Antarctic Slope Front Occurrence and Position Estimated from an Interpolated Hydrographic Climatology12
Spatial and Subannual Variability of the Antarctic Slope Current in an Eddying Ocean–Sea Ice Model12
Microstructure Mixing Observations and Finescale Parameterizations in the Beaufort Sea11
Diagnosing the Scale- and Space-Dependent Horizontal Eddy Diffusivity at the Global Surface Ocean11
Vertical fluxes conditioned on vorticity and strain reveal submesoscale ventilation11
Subthermocline Eddies in the Kuroshio Extension Region Observed by Mooring Arrays11
The Origin and Fate of Subantarctic Mode Water in the Southern Ocean11
Global Oceanic Mass Transport by Coherent Eddies11
Propagation of Topographic Rossby Waves in the Deep Basin of the South China Sea Based on Abyssal Current Observations11
A Review of Parameterizations for Enthalpy and Momentum Fluxes from Sea Spray in Tropical Cyclones11
Subsurface Mesoscale Eddies Observed in the Northeastern South China Sea: Dynamic Features and Water Mass Transport11
Diagnosing Scale-Dependent Energy Cycles in a High-Resolution Isopycnal Ocean Model11
Tidal and Near-Inertial Internal Waves over the Reykjanes Ridge11
The Grounding of Floating Objects in a Marginal Sea10
Numerical Investigation of Bidirectional Mode-1 and Mode-2 Internal Solitary Wave Generation from North and South of Batti Malv Island, Nicobar Islands, India10
Upper-Ocean Response to Precipitation Forcing in an Ocean Model Hindcast of Hurricane Gonzalo10
An Assessment of Global Ocean Barotropic Tide Models Using Geodetic Mission Altimetry and Surface Drifters10
Convection and Heat Transfer in Island (Warm) Wakes10
A Global Diagnosis of Eddy Potential Energy Budget in an Eddy-Permitting Ocean Model10
Turbulence Driven by Reflected Internal Tides in a Supercritical Submarine Canyon10
Dynamics of the Layered Circulation Inferred from Kinetic Energy Pathway in the South China Sea10
Formation of Anticyclones above Topographic Depressions10
Regimes and Transitions in the Basal Melting of Antarctic Ice Shelves10
Observation of Abyssal Circulation to the West of the Luzon Strait, South China Sea9
The Equatorial Current System West of the Galápagos Islands during the 2014–16 El Niño as Observed by Underwater Gliders9
Characteristics and Dynamics of Density Fronts over the Inner to Midshelf under Weak Wind Conditions9
The Role of Curvature in Modifying Frontal Instabilities. Part II: Application of the Criterion to Curved Density Fronts at Low Richardson Numbers9
Kinematic Structure and Dynamics of the Denmark Strait Overflow from Ship-Based Observations9
Modulation of Cross-Isothermal Velocities with ENSO in the Tropical Pacific Cold Tongue9
Revisit of the Occurrence of the Kuroshio Large Meander South of Japan9
Coastal Trapped Waves and Other Subinertial Variability along the Southeast Greenland Coast in a Realistic Numerical Simulation9
Understanding Energy Pathways in the Gulf Stream9
A Numerical Study on the Role of Mesoscale Cold-Core Eddies in Modulating the Upper-Ocean Responses to Typhoon Trami (2018)9
Refraction and Straining of Near-Inertial Waves by Barotropic Eddies9
A Forward Energy Flux at Submesoscales Driven by Frontogenesis9
Diapycnal Mixing in the Subthermocline of the Mariana Ridge from High-Resolution Seismic Images9
The Western Alboran Gyre: An Analysis of Its Properties and Its Exchange with Surrounding Water9
Reduction in Meridional Heat Export Contributes to Recent Indian Ocean Warming9
Intermittent Frontogenesis in the Alboran Sea9
Causal Mechanisms of Sea-level and Freshwater Content Change in the Beaufort Sea9
Off-Equatorial Deep-Cycle Turbulence Forced by Tropical Instability Waves in the Equatorial Pacific9
Wind–Wave Interaction for Strong Winds8
Export of Ice Sheet Meltwater from Upernavik Fjord, West Greenland8
Wind-Driven Oscillations in the Meridional Overturning Circulation near the equator. Part I: Numerical Models8
On the Origins of the Oceanic Ultraviolet Catastrophe8
Direct and Rectified Effects of Tropical Instability Waves on the Eastern Tropical Pacific Mean State in a Regional Ocean Model8
Turbulence and Mixing in the Arctic Ocean’s Amundsen Gulf8
Turbulence within Rain-Formed Fresh Lenses during the SPURS-2 Experiment8
Clarifying the Relation between AMOC and Thermal Wind: Application to the Centennial Variability in a Coupled Climate Model8
The Annual Cycle of Upper-Ocean Potential Vorticity and Its Relationship to Submesoscale Instabilities8
Modulation of surface gravity waves by internal waves8
Wind Turbulence over Misaligned Surface Waves and Air–Sea Momentum Flux. Part II: Waves in Oblique Wind8
Deep-Water Warming in the Gulf of Mexico from 2003 to 20198
Bathymetric Control of Subpolar Gyres and the Overturning Circulation in the Southern Ocean8
A Closure for Lee Wave Drag on the Large-Scale Ocean Circulation8
Geometric Constraints on Glacial Fjord–Shelf Exchange8
Changes in the Subantarctic Mode Water Properties and Spiciness in the Southern Indian Ocean based on Argo Observations8
The Evolution and Arrest of a Turbulent Stratified Oceanic Bottom Boundary Layer over a Slope: Upslope Regime and PV Dynamics8
Enhanced Double-Diffusive Salt Flux from the High-Salinity Core of Arabian Sea Origin Waters to the Bay of Bengal8
A Conceptual Model of Polar Overturning Circulations7
Vertical Structure of the Beaufort Gyre Halocline and the Crucial Role of the Depth-Dependent Eddy Diffusivity7
How Winds and Ocean Currents Influence the Drift of Floating Objects7
Drag Coefficient and Its Sea State Dependence under Tropical Cyclones7
Influence of River Discharge and Tides on the Summertime Discontinuity of Western Boundary Current in the Bay of Bengal7
The observed North Equatorial Counter Current in the far western Pacific Ocean during the 2014-2016 El Niño7
Observations of Strongly Modulated Surface Wave and Wave Breaking Statistics at a Submesoscale Front7
The Impact of Topography and Eddy Parameterization on the Simulated Southern Ocean Circulation Response to Changes in Surface Wind Stress7
Surface Gravity Wave Effects on Submesoscale Currents in the Open Ocean7
Upper-Ocean Temperature Variability in the Gulf of Mexico with Implications for Hurricane Intensity7
Sources and Pathways of Intraseasonal Meridional Kinetic Energy in the Equatorial Atlantic Ocean7
Modifying the Mixed Layer Eddy Parameterization to Include Frontogenesis Arrest by Boundary Layer Turbulence7
Beta-Plane Arrested Topographic Wave as a Linkage of Open Ocean Forcing and Mean Shelf Circulation7
An Objective Method for Probabilistic Forecasting of Multimodal Kuroshio States using Ensemble Simulation and Machine Learning7
Winter Convective Mixing in the Northern Arabian Sea during Contrasting Monsoons7
Generation of Cold Anticyclonic Eddies and Warm Cyclonic Eddies in the Tropical Oceans7
Nordic Seas Hydrography in the Context of Arctic and North Atlantic Ocean Dynamics7
Determination of Spatiotemporal Variability of the Indian Equatorial Intermediate Current7
Boundary layer-mediated vorticity generation in currents over sloping bathymetry7
Baroclinic Tidal Energetics Inferred from Satellite Altimetry7
Weakening and Poleward Shifting of the North Pacific Subtropical Fronts from 1980 to 20187
Basin-Scale to Submesoscale Variability of the East Mediterranean Sea Upper Circulation6
The Origin and Fate of Antarctic Intermediate Water in the Southern Ocean6
Modifications to the K-Profile Parameterization with Nondiffusive Fluxes for Langmuir Turbulence6
Impact of El Niño–Southern Oscillation on the Benguela Upwelling6
Influence of Wind on Subtidal Salt Intrusion and Stratification in Well-Mixed and Partially Stratified Estuaries6
A New Method for Thermocline and Halocline Depth Determination at Shallow Seas6
Free and Forced Components of Shoaling Long Waves in the Absence of Short-Wave Breaking6
On the Wave State Dependence of the Sea Surface Roughness at Moderate Wind Speeds under Mixed Wave Conditions6
Impact of Sea Spray and Sea Surface Roughness on the Upper Ocean Response to Super Typhoon Haitang (2005)6
Seasonal mode-1 M2 internal tides from satellite altimetry6
Experimental Study on Spatial Variation of Mass Transport Induced by Surface Waves Generated in a Finite-Depth Laboratory Flume6
Oceanic Advection Controls Mesoscale Mixed Layer Heat Budget and Air–Sea Heat Exchange in the Southern Ocean6
Moored Observations of Currents and Water Mass Properties between Talaud and Halmahera Islands at the Entrance of the Indonesian Seas6
The Effect of Bottom – Generated Tidal Mixing on Tidally Pulsed River Plumes6
Parameterization of Submesoscale Mixed Layer Restratification under Sea Ice6
Dynamics of the Baroclinic Rossby Waves Regulating the Abyssal South China Sea6
Coupled Ocean–Sea Ice Dynamics of the Antarctic Slope Current Driven by Topographic Eddy Suppression and Sea Ice Momentum Redistribution6
The relation of wind-driven coastal and offshore upwelling in the Benguela Upwelling System6
The Sloshing and Diapycnal Meridional Overturning Circulations in the Indian Ocean6
The Generation of Linear and Nonlinear Internal Waves Forced by Subinertial Tides over the Yermak Plateau, Arctic Ocean6
Observations of coherent transverse wakes in shoaling nonlinear internal waves6
Evaluating Monin–Obukhov Scaling in the Unstable Oceanic Surface Layer6
Generation Mechanisms of Mesoscale Eddies in the Mauritanian Upwelling Region6
Mixing in a Salinity Variance Budget of the Salish Sea is Controlled by River Flow6
Energetics Analysis of the Eddy–Kuroshio Interaction East of Taiwan5
Water Mass Transformation and Overturning Circulation in the Arabian Gulf5
Interaction between Upper-Ocean Submesoscale Currents and Convective Turbulence5
Icelandic Low and Azores High Migrations Impact Florida Current Transport in Winter5
Relative Dispersion on the Inner Shelf: Evidence of a Batchelor Regime5
Diapycnal Transport near a Sloping Bottom Boundary5
Deterministic Model of the Eddy Dynamics for a Midlatitude Ocean Model5
The impact of lee waves on the Southern Ocean circulation5
Topographic Rossby Waves in the Abyssal South China Sea5
Study of Ageostrophy during Strong, Nonlinear Eddy-Front Interaction in the Gulf of Mexico5
Observation of Bottom-Trapped Topographic Rossby Waves to the West of the Luzon Strait, South China Sea5
Diagnosing Subsurface Vertical Velocities from High-Resolution Sea Surface Fields5
Damping of Climate-Scale Oceanic Variability by Mesoscale Eddy Turbulence5
Impact of Gulf Stream Warm-Core Rings on Slope Water Intrusion into the Gulf of Maine5
On the Nonlinear Mapping of an Ocean Wave Spectrum into a New Polarimetric SAR Image Spectrum5
Diagnosing surfzone impacts on inner-shelf flow spatial variability using realistic model experiments with and without surface gravity waves5
Horizontal energy flux of wind-driven intraseasonal waves in the tropical Atlantic by a unified diagnosis5
Large-Amplitude Internal Wave Transformation into Shallow Water5
Summer Anticyclonic Eddies Carrying Kuroshio Waters Observed by a Large CPIES Array West of the Luzon Strait5
Energetics of Eddy–Mean Flow Interactions in the East Australian Current System5
A Shelf Water Cascading Event near Cape Hatteras5
The Drag on the Barotropic Tide due to the Generation of Baroclinic Motion5
Modulation of the Oceanic Mesoscale Activity by the Mesoscale Thermal Feedback to the Atmosphere5
Revisiting the Ocean’s Nonisostatic Response to 5-Day Atmospheric Loading: New Results Based on Global Bottom Pressure Records and Numerical Modeling5
The Polar Transition from Alpha to Beta Regions Set by a Surface Buoyancy Flux Inversion5
Skills and Limitations of the Adiabatic Omega Equation: How Effective Is It to Retrieve Oceanic Vertical Circulation at Mesoscale and Submesoscale?5
Subsurface Anticyclonic Eddy Transited from Kuroshio Shedding Eddy in the Northern South China Sea5
Reabsorption of Lee-Wave Energy in Bottom-Intensified Currents5
Rogue Waves in the Southern North Sea—The Role of Modulational Instability5
Effect of Small-Scale Topography on Eddy Dissipation in the Northern South China Sea5
Effects of Wave–Current Interactions on Bay–Shelf Exchange5
Unraveling Interactions between Asymmetric Tidal Turbulence, Residual Circulation, and Salinity Dynamics in Short, Periodically Weakly Stratified Estuaries5
Disintegration of the K1 Internal Tide in the South China Sea due to Parametric Subharmonic Instability5
Double Diffusion in the Arabian Sea during Winter and Spring5
Impact of the New England Seamount Chain on Gulf Stream Pathway and Variability5
Eddy-induced Heat Transport in the South China Sea5
Mesoscale, Tidal, and Seasonal/Interannual Drivers of the Weddell Sea Overturning Circulation4
Observed Deep Cyclonic Eddies around Southern Greenland4
Observable Large-Scale Impacts of Tropical Cyclones on the Subtropical Gyre4
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
Barotropic and Baroclinic Inverse Kinetic Energy Cascade in the Antarctic Circumpolar Current4
The shelf sources of estuarine inflow4
Hurricane Sally (2020) Shifts the Ocean Thermal Structure across the Inner Core during Rapid Intensification over the Shelf4
On Surf Zone Fluid Dynamics4
Does Topographic Form Stress Impede Prograde Ocean Currents?4
Partial Control of the Gulf of Mexico Dynamics by the Current Feedback to the Atmosphere4
The most sensitive initial error of sea surface height anomaly forecasts and its implication for target observations of mesoscale eddies4
Simulation and Scaling of the Turbulent Vertical Heat Transport and Deep-Cycle Turbulence across the Equatorial Pacific Cold Tongue4
Observations of Eddy-Modulated Turbulent Mixing in the Southern Bay of Bengal4
Broadband Submesoscale Vorticity Generated by Flow around an Island4
The Role of the Mindoro-Sibutu Pathway on the South China Sea Multi–layer Circulation4
Frontogenesis, Mixing, and Stratification in Estuarine Channels with Curvature4
Laboratory experiments on CO2 gas exchange with wave breaking4
Energy Conversion Rate from Subinertial Surface Tides to Internal Tides4
Modeling Water-Mass Distributions in the Modern and LGM Ocean: Circulation Change and Isopycnal and Diapycnal Mixing4
Seasonal Eddy Variability in the Northwestern Tropical Atlantic Ocean4
The Response of a Baroclinic Anticyclonic Eddy to Relative Wind Stress Forcing4
Seasonality and Spatial Dependence of Mesoscale and Submesoscale Ocean Currents from Along-Track Satellite Altimetry4
Instability of a Surface Jet over Rough Topography4
Intraseasonal Sea Level Variability in the Persian Gulf4
Symmetric Instability in Cross-Equatorial Western Boundary Currents4
Double Diffusion, Shear Instabilities, and Heat Impacts of a Pacific Summer Water Intrusion in the Beaufort Sea4
Water Mass Exchanges between the Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea from Multiyear Sampling with Autonomous Gliders4
Salinity Mixing and Diahaline Exchange Flow in a Large Multi-Outlet Estuary with Islands4
Mesoscale Energy Balance and Air–Sea Interaction in the Kuroshio Extension: Low-Frequency versus High-Frequency Variability4
Downward Propagation and Trapping of Near-Inertial Waves by a Westward-Moving Anticyclonic Eddy in the Subtropical Northwestern Pacific Ocean4
Inner-Core Sea Surface Cooling Induced by a Tropical Cyclone4
A Pressure-Invariant Neutral Density Variable for the World's Oceans4
Direct Evidence of Standing Internal Tide West of the Luzon Strait Observed by a Large-Scale Observation Array4
Temporal Evolution of a Geostrophic Current under Sea Ice: Analytical and Numerical Solutions4
The physics of ocean wave evolution within tropical cyclones4
The Canary Intermediate Poleward Undercurrent: Not Another Poleward Undercurrent in an Eastern Boundary Upwelling System4
Dynamics of Gap-leaping Western Boundary Currents with Throughflow Forcing4
Overturning Response to a Surface Wind Stress Doubling in an Eddying and a Non-Eddying Ocean4
Wind- and Wave-driven Ocean Surface Boundary Layer in a Frontal Zone: Roles of Submesoscale Eddies and Ekman-Stokes Transport4
Shear Instability in Internal Solitary Waves in the Northern South China Sea Induced by Multiscale Background Processes4
The Effect of Rotation on Double Diffusive Convection: Perspectives from Linear Stability Analysis4
Internal Tide Structure and Temporal Variability on the Reflective Continental Slope of Southeastern Tasmania4
Impact of Shelf Valleys on the Spread of Surface-Trapped River Plumes4
Momentum Governors of California Undercurrent Transport4
A Time-Dependent Sverdrup Relation and Its Application to the Indian Ocean4
Spatial Variability of Diapycnal Mixing in the South China Sea Inferred from Density Overturn Analysis3
High vertical shear and dissipation in equatorial topographic wakes3
Diurnal variability of frontal dynamics, instability, and turbulence in a submesoscale upwelling filament3
Near-inertial dissipation due to stratified flow over abyssal topography3
Ocean Surface Salinity Response to Atmospheric River Precipitation in the California Current System3
The Poisson Link between Internal Wave and Dissipation Scales in the Thermocline. Part II: Internal Waves, Overturns, and the Energy Cascade3
Eddy Vertical Structure and Variability: Deepglider Observations in the North Atlantic3
Freshwater Input and Vertical Mixing in the Canada Basin’s Seasonal Halocline: 1975 versus 2006–123
Investigation of Sea Spray Effect on the Vertical Momentum Transport Using an Eulerian Multifluid-Type Model3
Topographic Rossby Waves at Two Different Periods in the Northwest Pacific Basin3
Low-Frequency Dynamic Ocean Response to Barometric-Pressure Loading3
Statistical and Dynamical Characteristics of Extreme Wave Crests Assessed with Field Measurements from the North Sea3
Stratified shear instabilities in diurnal warm layers3
A Four-Dimensional Survey of the Almeria–Oran Front by Underwater Gliders: Tracers and Circulation3
Wind-Driven Oscillations in Meridional Overturning Circulations near the Equator. Part II: Idealized Simulations3
Internal Hydraulic Transition and Turbulent Mixing Observed in the Kuroshio over the I-Lan Ridge off Northeastern Taiwan3
Overlapping Boundary Layers in Coastal Oceans3
Topographic Influences on the Wind-Driven Exchange between Marginal Seas and the Open Ocean3
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