Journal of Physical Oceanography

Papers
(The TQCC of Journal of Physical Oceanography is 6. 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 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)
ArticleCitations
The Wave Climate of the Southern Ocean43
The Submesoscale Kinetic Energy Cascade: Mesoscale Absorption of Submesoscale Mixed Layer Eddies and Frontal Downscale Fluxes41
Instabilities and Multiscale Interactions Underlying the Loop Current Eddy Shedding in the Gulf of Mexico36
Submesoscale Fronts and Their Dynamical Processes Associated with Symmetric Instability in the Northwest Pacific Subtropical Ocean35
The Scale of Submesoscale Baroclinic Instability Globally33
Penetration of Wind-Generated Near-Inertial Waves into a Turbulent Ocean29
Marginal Instability and the Efficiency of Ocean Mixing28
Submesoscale Currents in the Subtropical Upper Ocean Observed by Long-Term High-Resolution Mooring Arrays28
Baroclinic Modes over Rough Bathymetry and the Surface Deformation Radius26
The Scale and Activity of Symmetric Instability Estimated from a Global Submesoscale-Permitting Ocean Model24
The Spatial Distribution of Ocean Waves in Tropical Cyclones24
Deciphering the Role of Small-Scale Inhomogeneity on Geophysical Flow Structuration: A Stochastic Approach24
Spectral Modeling of Ice-Induced Wave Decay23
Properties and Drivers of Marine Heat Waves in the Northern South China Sea23
Machine-Learning Mesoscale and Submesoscale Surface Dynamics from Lagrangian Ocean Drifter Trajectories22
Genesis and Decay of Mesoscale Baroclinic Eddies in the Seasonally Ice-Covered Interior Arctic Ocean22
Revisiting Near-Inertial Wind Work: Slab Models, Relative Stress, and Mixed Layer Deepening22
Random Movement of Mesoscale Eddies in the Global Ocean22
Observations of Submesoscale Variability and Frontal Subduction within the Mesoscale Eddy Field of the Tasman Sea21
Energetics of Seamount Wakes. Part I: Energy Exchange21
Kinetic Energy Transfers between Mesoscale and Submesoscale Motions in the Open Ocean’s Upper Layers21
Along-Stream Evolution of Gulf Stream Volume Transport21
Global Calculations of Local and Remote Near-Inertial-Wave Dissipation20
Investigation of the Internal Tides in the Northwest Pacific Ocean Considering the Background Circulation and Stratification20
On the Upper-Ocean Vertical Eddy Heat Transport in the Kuroshio Extension. Part I: Variability and Dynamics20
The Cyclonic Mode of Arctic Ocean Circulation19
Near-Inertial Energy Propagation inside a Mediterranean Anticyclonic Eddy19
Centrifugal and Symmetric Instability during Ekman Adjustment of the Bottom Boundary Layer19
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 Criterion18
Wave–Current Interactions at Meso- and Submesoscales: Insights from Idealized Numerical Simulations18
Variability of the Observed Deep Western Boundary Current in the South China Sea18
Diurnal Cycling of Submesoscale Dynamics: Lagrangian Implications in Drifter Observations and Model Simulations of the Northern Gulf of Mexico18
Abundant Cold Anticyclonic Eddies and Warm Cyclonic Eddies in the Global Ocean17
A Unifying Approach to Subtidal Salt Intrusion Modeling in Tidal Estuaries17
Mean Conditions and Seasonality of the West Greenland Boundary Current System near Cape Farewell17
Deep-Current Intraseasonal Variability Interpreted as Topographic Rossby Waves and Deep Eddies in the Xisha Islands of the South China Sea17
Submesoscale Eddies in the Upper Ocean of the Kuroshio Extension from High-resolution Simulation: Energy Budget17
Parameterizing Nonpropagating Form Drag over Rough Bathymetry16
Transient Overturning Compensation between Atlantic and Indo-Pacific Basins16
Frequency Shift of Near-Inertial Waves in the South China Sea16
Three-Dimensional Structure and Interannual Variability of the Kuroshio Loop Current in the Northeastern South China Sea16
Seasonal Variability of Subthermocline Eddy Kinetic Energy East of the Philippines16
Structure of Submesoscale Fronts of the Mississippi River Plume16
Interactions between Irregular Wave Fields and Sea Ice: A Physical Model for Wave Attenuation and Ice Breakup in an Ice Tank15
Assessment of Numerical Simulations of Deep Circulation and Variability in the Gulf of Mexico Using Recent Observations15
Topographic Form Drag on Tides and Low-Frequency Flow: Observations of Nonlinear Lee Waves over a Tall Submarine Ridge near Palau15
Is the Ocean Speeding Up? Ocean Surface Energy Trends15
Field Evidence of Inverse Energy Cascades in the Surfzone15
Interannual Variability in Sea Surface Height at Southern Midlatitudes of the Indian Ocean15
Global Characterization of the Ocean’s Internal Wave Spectrum15
Mixing of Subtropical, Central, and Intermediate Waters Driven by Shifting and Pulsing of the Agulhas Current14
The Influence of a Submarine Canyon on the Circulation and Cross-Shore Exchanges around an Upwelling Front14
The Regeneration of the Lofoten Vortex through Vertical Alignment14
Breaking of Internal Waves and Turbulent Dissipation in an Anticyclonic Mode Water Eddy14
Poleward Shift of the Kuroshio Extension Front and Its Impact on the North Pacific Subtropical Mode Water in the Recent Decades14
Near-Inertial Wave Energetics Modulated by Background Flows in a Global Model Simulation14
Internal Tide Nonstationarity and Wave–Mesoscale Interactions in the Tasman Sea14
Formation of Recirculating Cores in Convectively Breaking Internal Solitary Waves of Depression Shoaling over Gentle Slopes in the South China Sea14
Time Scales of Submesoscale Flow Inferred from a Mooring Array14
Mixing and Transformation in a Deep Western Boundary Current: A Case Study14
Intraseasonal Variability of Cross-Slope Flow in the Northern South China Sea14
Whither the Chukchi Slope Current?13
The Influence of Submesoscales and Vertical Mixing on the Export of Sinking Tracers in Large-Eddy Simulations13
An Idealized Model Study of Eddy Energetics in the Western Boundary “Graveyard”13
Bifurcation and Upwelling of the Equatorial Undercurrent West of the Galápagos Archipelago13
Volume and Heat Budgets in the Coastal California Current System: Means, Annual Cycles, and Interannual Anomalies of 2014–1613
Spatial and Temporal Characteristics of the Submesoscale Energetics in the Gulf of Mexico13
Energetics of Seamount Wakes. Part II: Wave Fluxes13
An 8-yr Meteotsunami Climatology across Northwest Europe: 2010–1713
Submesoscale Eddy Vertical Covariances and Dynamical Constraints from High-Resolution Numerical Simulations13
Parametric Subharmonic Instability of the Semidiurnal Internal Tides at the East China Sea Shelf Slope13
Rossby and Yanai Modes of Tropical Instability Waves in the Equatorial Pacific Ocean and a Diagnostic Model for Surface Currents12
How Much Arctic Fresh Water Participates in the Subpolar Overturning Circulation?12
Divergence and Dispersion of Global Eddy Propagation from Satellite Altimetry12
Physical Drivers of Ocean Wave Attenuation in the Marginal Ice Zone12
On the Role of Bottom Pressure Torques in Wind-Driven Gyres12
High-resolution observations of the North Pacific transition layer from a Lagrangian float12
Unraveling the Essential Effects of Flocculation on Large-Scale Sediment Transport Patterns in a Tide-Dominated Estuary11
Interaction of Jets and Submesoscale Dynamics Leads to Rapid Ocean Ventilation11
Observed Eddy–Internal Wave Interactions in the Southern Ocean11
Uncertainty Propagation Using Polynomial Chaos Expansions for Extreme Sea Level Hazard Assessment: The Case of the Eastern Adriatic Meteotsunamis11
Vertical fluxes conditioned on vorticity and strain reveal submesoscale ventilation11
An Analytical Spectral Model for Infragravity Waves over Topography in Intermediate and Shallow Water under Nonbreaking Conditions11
Numerical Simulations of Melt-Driven Double-Diffusive Fluxes in a Turbulent Boundary Layer beneath an Ice Shelf11
How Spice is Stirred in the Bay of Bengal11
Energetics of the Deep Gulf of Mexico11
The Contribution of High-Frequency Wind-Generated Surface Waves to the Stokes Drift11
Subthermocline Eddies in the Kuroshio Extension Region Observed by Mooring Arrays11
Alongshore Variability of Shoaling Internal Bores on the Inner Shelf11
Variability and Sources of the Internal Wave Continuum Examined from Global Moored Velocity Records11
Microstructure Mixing Observations and Finescale Parameterizations in the Beaufort Sea11
Turbulence Asymmetries in Bottom Boundary Layer Velocity Pulses Associated with Onshore-Propagating Nonlinear Internal Waves11
Abyssal Circulation Driven by Near-Boundary Mixing: Water Mass Transformations and Interior Stratification11
Tidal and Near-Inertial Internal Waves over the Reykjanes Ridge10
Restratification at a California Current Upwelling Front. Part I: Observations10
Mechanisms of Mid- to Outer-Shelf Transport of Shoreline-Released Tracers10
Decadal Changes in Meridional Overturning Circulation in the East Sea (Sea of Japan)10
Internal Solitary Waves in the Andaman Sea Revealed by Long-Term Mooring Observations10
Frontal Instability and Energy Dissipation in a Submesoscale Upwelling Filament10
A Global Diagnosis of Eddy Potential Energy Budget in an Eddy-Permitting Ocean Model10
A Review of Parameterizations for Enthalpy and Momentum Fluxes from Sea Spray in Tropical Cyclones10
The Extreme El Niño Events Suppressing the Intraseasonal Variability in the Eastern Tropical Indian Ocean10
On the Average Shape of the Largest Waves in Finite Water Depths10
Diagnosing the Scale- and Space-Dependent Horizontal Eddy Diffusivity at the Global Surface Ocean10
Upper-Ocean Response to Precipitation Forcing in an Ocean Model Hindcast of Hurricane Gonzalo10
Effects of Wave–Current Interaction on the Eastern China Coastal Waters during Super Typhoon Lekima (2019)10
On the Vertical Velocity and Nutrient Delivery in Warm Core Rings10
Seasonal Variation of the Antarctic Slope Front Occurrence and Position Estimated from an Interpolated Hydrographic Climatology10
Dynamics of the Layered Circulation Inferred from Kinetic Energy Pathway in the South China Sea10
Overturning Circulation Pathways in a Two-Basin Ocean Model10
Modulation of Upper Ocean Vertical Temperature Structure and Heat Content by a Fast-Moving Tropical Cyclone10
Turbulence Driven by Reflected Internal Tides in a Supercritical Submarine Canyon9
Oceanic Mixing over the Northern Arabian Sea in a Warming Scenario: Tug of War between Wind and Buoyancy Forces9
Heat Transport through Diurnal Warm Layers9
Modulation of surface gravity waves by internal waves9
Modulation of Cross-Isothermal Velocities with ENSO in the Tropical Pacific Cold Tongue9
Propagation of Topographic Rossby Waves in the Deep Basin of the South China Sea Based on Abyssal Current Observations9
Spatial and Subannual Variability of the Antarctic Slope Current in an Eddying Ocean–Sea Ice Model9
Numerical Investigation of Mechanisms Underlying Oceanic Internal Gravity Wave Power-Law Spectra9
Subsurface Mesoscale Eddies Observed in the Northeastern South China Sea: Dynamic Features and Water Mass Transport9
Characteristics and Dynamics of Density Fronts over the Inner to Midshelf under Weak Wind Conditions9
Convection and Heat Transfer in Island (Warm) Wakes9
Seasonal Variability and Dynamics of the Pacific North Equatorial Subsurface Current9
Off-Equatorial Deep-Cycle Turbulence Forced by Tropical Instability Waves in the Equatorial Pacific9
Kinematic Structure and Dynamics of the Denmark Strait Overflow from Ship-Based Observations9
The Origin and Fate of Subantarctic Mode Water in the Southern Ocean9
An Assessment of Global Ocean Barotropic Tide Models Using Geodetic Mission Altimetry and Surface Drifters9
Wind Turbulence over Misaligned Surface Waves and Air–Sea Momentum Flux. Part I: Waves Following and Opposing Wind9
On the Vorticity Balance over Steep Slopes: Kuroshio Intrusions Northeast of Taiwan9
Intermittent Frontogenesis in the Alboran Sea9
Refraction and Straining of Near-Inertial Waves by Barotropic Eddies9
The Deep Western Boundary Current and Adjacent Interior Circulation at 24°–30°N: Mean Structure and Mesoscale Variability9
Baroclinic Characteristics and Energetics of Annual Rossby Waves in the Southern Tropical Indian Ocean9
Restratification at a California Current Upwelling Front. Part II: Dynamics8
The Annual Cycle of Upper-Ocean Potential Vorticity and Its Relationship to Submesoscale Instabilities8
Clarifying the Relation between AMOC and Thermal Wind: Application to the Centennial Variability in a Coupled Climate Model8
Changes in the Subantarctic Mode Water Properties and Spiciness in the Southern Indian Ocean based on Argo Observations8
A Forward Energy Flux at Submesoscales Driven by Frontogenesis8
Lagrangian Perspective on the Origins of Denmark Strait Overflow8
Impact of Evaporation and Precipitation on Estuarine Mixing8
Understanding Energy Pathways in the Gulf Stream8
Diagnosing Scale-Dependent Energy Cycles in a High-Resolution Isopycnal Ocean Model8
Numerical Investigation of Bidirectional Mode-1 and Mode-2 Internal Solitary Wave Generation from North and South of Batti Malv Island, Nicobar Islands, India8
Global Oceanic Mass Transport by Coherent Eddies8
The Role of Curvature in Modifying Frontal Instabilities. Part II: Application of the Criterion to Curved Density Fronts at Low Richardson Numbers8
Causal Mechanisms of Sea-level and Freshwater Content Change in the Beaufort Sea8
The Equatorial Current System West of the Galápagos Islands during the 2014–16 El Niño as Observed by Underwater Gliders8
Why Does the Deep Western Boundary Current “Leak” around Flemish Cap?8
Bathymetric Control of Subpolar Gyres and the Overturning Circulation in the Southern Ocean8
Wind-Driven Oscillations in the Meridional Overturning Circulation near the equator. Part I: Numerical Models8
Spectral Wave Energy Dissipation due to Under-Ice Turbulence8
Formation of Anticyclones above Topographic Depressions8
Direct and Rectified Effects of Tropical Instability Waves on the Eastern Tropical Pacific Mean State in a Regional Ocean Model8
The Impact of Meanders, Deepening and Broadening, and Seasonality on Agulhas Current Temperature Variability8
Intermediate Intraseasonal Variability in the Western Tropical Pacific Ocean: Meridional Distribution of Equatorial Rossby Waves Influenced by a Tilted Boundary8
Impact of Sea Spray and Sea Surface Roughness on the Upper Ocean Response to Super Typhoon Haitang (2005)7
A Conceptual Model of Polar Overturning Circulations7
Feedbacks Driving Interdecadal Variability in Southern Ocean Convection in Climate Models: A Coupled Oscillator Mechanism7
Regimes and Transitions in the Basal Melting of Antarctic Ice Shelves7
Geometric Constraints on Glacial Fjord–Shelf Exchange7
Modifying the Mixed Layer Eddy Parameterization to Include Frontogenesis Arrest by Boundary Layer Turbulence7
Vertical Structure of the Beaufort Gyre Halocline and the Crucial Role of the Depth-Dependent Eddy Diffusivity7
Nordic Seas Hydrography in the Context of Arctic and North Atlantic Ocean Dynamics7
Effects of Adding Forced Near-Inertial Motion to a Wind-Driven Channel Flow7
Export of Ice Sheet Meltwater from Upernavik Fjord, West Greenland7
Beta-Plane Arrested Topographic Wave as a Linkage of Open Ocean Forcing and Mean Shelf Circulation7
Observation of Abyssal Circulation to the West of the Luzon Strait, South China Sea7
Coastal Trapped Waves and Other Subinertial Variability along the Southeast Greenland Coast in a Realistic Numerical Simulation7
Drag Coefficient and Its Sea State Dependence under Tropical Cyclones7
Improving Nonlinear and Nonhydrostatic Ocean Lee Wave Drag Parameterizations7
Eddy-induced Heat Transport in the South China Sea7
The Evolution and Arrest of a Turbulent Stratified Oceanic Bottom Boundary Layer over a Slope: Upslope Regime and PV Dynamics7
Turbulence within Rain-Formed Fresh Lenses during the SPURS-2 Experiment7
Turbulence and Mixing in the Arctic Ocean’s Amundsen Gulf7
Observations of Flow Separation and Mixing around the Northern Palau Island/Ridge7
Deep-Water Warming in the Gulf of Mexico from 2003 to 20197
Diapycnal Mixing in the Subthermocline of the Mariana Ridge from High-Resolution Seismic Images7
Revisit of the Occurrence of the Kuroshio Large Meander South of Japan7
Sources and Pathways of Intraseasonal Meridional Kinetic Energy in the Equatorial Atlantic Ocean7
Seasonal mode-1 M2 internal tides from satellite altimetry7
Surface gravity wave effects on submesoscale currents in the open ocean7
Reduction in Meridional Heat Export Contributes to Recent Indian Ocean Warming7
Oceanic Density/Pressure Gradients and Slope Currents7
The Grounding of Floating Objects in a Marginal Sea7
Potential Vorticity Dynamics of the Arctic Halocline7
Evaluating Monin–Obukhov Scaling in the Unstable Oceanic Surface Layer6
Near-Surface Ocean Kinetic Energy Spectra and Small-Scale Intermittency from Ship-Based ADCP Data in the Bay of Bengal6
Meridional Overturning Circulation in a Multibasin Model. Part I: Dependence on Southern Ocean Buoyancy Forcing6
Baroclinic Tidal Energetics Inferred from Satellite Altimetry6
An Objective Method for Probabilistic Forecasting of Multimodal Kuroshio States using Ensemble Simulation and Machine Learning6
Enhanced Double-Diffusive Salt Flux from the High-Salinity Core of Arabian Sea Origin Waters to the Bay of Bengal6
Parameterization of Submesoscale Mixed Layer Restratification under Sea Ice6
Dynamics of the Baroclinic Rossby Waves Regulating the Abyssal South China Sea6
Wind Turbulence over Misaligned Surface Waves and Air–Sea Momentum Flux. Part II: Waves in Oblique Wind6
Boundary layer-mediated vorticity generation in currents over sloping bathymetry6
Experimental Study on Spatial Variation of Mass Transport Induced by Surface Waves Generated in a Finite-Depth Laboratory Flume6
The Western Alboran Gyre: An Analysis of Its Properties and Its Exchange with Surrounding Water6
A Combined Stokes Drift Profile under Swell and Wind Sea6
On the Formation Dynamics of the North Equatorial Undercurrent6
A Closure for Lee Wave Drag on the Large-Scale Ocean Circulation6
On the Origins of the Oceanic Ultraviolet Catastrophe6
The observed North Equatorial Counter Current in the far western Pacific Ocean during the 2014-2016 El Niño6
Variability of the Mindanao Current Induced by El Niño Events6
The Impact of Topography and Eddy Parameterization on the Simulated Southern Ocean Circulation Response to Changes in Surface Wind Stress6
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