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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)
ArticleCitations
Abyssal Slope Currents37
The Role of Bottom Friction in Mediating the Response of the Weddell Gyre Circulation to Changes in Surface Stress and Buoyancy Fluxes32
On the Consistent Parametric Description of the Wave Age Dependence of the Sea Surface Roughness30
Generation and Evolution of Internal Solitary Waves in a Coastal Plain Estuary27
Destratification and Restratification of the Spring Surface Boundary Layer in a Subtropical Front24
Diurnal variability of frontal dynamics, instability, and turbulence in a submesoscale upwelling filament24
Partial Control of the Gulf of Mexico Dynamics by the Current Feedback to the Atmosphere20
Surface Quasigeostrophic Turbulence in Variable Stratification19
A One-Dimensional Model for Investigating Scale-Separated Approaches to the Interaction of Oceanic Internal Waves18
Physical Drivers of Ocean Wave Attenuation in the Marginal Ice Zone17
Masthead17
A Deep Learning Model for Improved Wind and Consequent Wave Forecasts16
Regimes and Transitions in the Basal Melting of Antarctic Ice Shelves15
On the Release and Renewal of Freshwater in the Beaufort Gyre of the Arctic Ocean15
Effects of coexisting surface waves on propagation of a surface wave train15
Across-Shore Propagation of Subthermocline Eddies in the California Current System15
Spatiotemporal Characteristics of the Near-Surface Turbulent Cascade at the Submesoscale in the Drake Passage14
The Dynamics of a Barotropic Current Impinging on an Ice Front14
Direct Simulation of the Surface Manifestation of Internal Gravity Waves with a Wave–Current Interaction Model14
Models of the Sea Surface Height Expression of the Internal-Wave Continuum13
Irreversible Mixing Induced by Geostrophic Turbulence over the Global Ocean12
Masthead12
Seasonal Variability of Near-Inertial/Semidiurnal Fluctuations and Turbulence in the Subarctic North Atlantic12
The Wave-Coherent Stress and Turbulent Structure over Swell Waves12
Causal Mechanisms of Sea-level and Freshwater Content Change in the Beaufort Sea11
Sampling-Dependent Transition Paths of Iceland–Scotland Overflow Water11
The Attenuation Effect of Jet Filament on the Eastward Mesoscale Eddy Lifetime in the Southern Ocean11
Note on the Beam Structure in Step-Trapped Internal Tides11
Baroclinic Tidal Energetics Inferred from Satellite Altimetry11
Energy and Momentum of a Density-Driven Overflow in the Samoan Passage11
Distinct Impacts of Topographic versus Planetary PV Gradients on Baroclinic Turbulence10
Modifying the Mixed Layer Eddy Parameterization to Include Frontogenesis Arrest by Boundary Layer Turbulence10
Deep Learning–Based Ensemble Forecast and Predictability Analysis of the Kuroshio Intrusion into the South China Sea10
A Regime Diagram for Internal Lee Waves in Coastal Plain Estuaries10
Time-dependent response of the overturning circulation and pycnocline depth to Southern Ocean surface wind stress changes10
Circular Asymmetry of Ocean Mesoscale Eddy10
Air–Sea Coupling Feedbacks over Tropical Instability Waves10
Masthead10
Interaction of a Hysteresis Western Boundary Current with a Large-Scale Marginal Sea Circulation in a Gap-Leaping System9
Properties of the Lateral Mesoscale Eddy-Induced Transport in a High-Resolution Ocean Model: Beyond the Flux–Gradient Relation9
Wind Turbulence over Misaligned Surface Waves and Air–Sea Momentum Flux. Part II: Waves in Oblique Wind9
Chaotic Variability of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation at Subannual Time Scales9
Probing the Nonlinear Interactions of Supertidal Internal Waves Using a High-Resolution Regional Ocean Model9
A Theory of Standing Meanders of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current and Their Response to Wind9
Interaction between Upper-Ocean Submesoscale Currents and Convective Turbulence9
The relation of wind-driven coastal and offshore upwelling in the Benguela Upwelling System8
Can We Accurately Quantify a Lateral Diffusivity from a Single Tracer Release?8
The Origin and Fate of Antarctic Intermediate Water in the Southern Ocean8
Frontal Maintenance in Submesoscale Flows8
Turbulence Observations below Drifting Sea Ice: TKE Production and Dissipation in the Meltwater-Influenced Boundary Layer8
Controls on Exchange through a Tidal Mixing Hotspot at an Estuary Constriction8
Variability of the Deep Western Boundary Current in the Northern Philippine Sea8
Global Oceanic Mass Transport by Coherent Eddies8
Mesoscale, Tidal, and Seasonal/Interannual Drivers of the Weddell Sea Overturning Circulation8
Response of Subpolar North Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation to Variability in Surface Winds on Different Timescales7
Enhanced Dissipation of Internal Tides in a Mesoscale Baroclinic Eddy7
Unsupervised Classification Identifies Warm, Fresh, and Dense Regimes of the Antarctic Margins7
Masthead7
Mutual enhancement of wind- and tide-induced near-inertial internal waves in Luzon Strait7
Vertical Velocity Dynamics in the North Atlantic and Implications for AMOC7
Masthead7
Delayed Freshwater Export from a Greenland Tidewater Glacial Fjord7
The Response of a Baroclinic Anticyclonic Eddy to Relative Wind Stress Forcing7
Towards the Upper-Ocean Unbalanced Submesoscale Motions in the Oleander Observations7
Regional Abyssal Vorticity Balance in the Northeast South China Sea: External and Internal Dynamics of Abyssal Circulation7
Observation of Bottom-Trapped Topographic Rossby Waves to the West of the Luzon Strait, South China Sea7
Mixing Pathways in Simple Box Models7
Reduction in Meridional Heat Export Contributes to Recent Indian Ocean Warming7
Limited Width of Tropical Cyclone–Induced Baroclinic Geostrophic Response6
Interannual and Seasonal Along-Shelf Current Variability and Dynamics: Seventeen Years of Observations from the Southern New England Inner Shelf6
Baroclinic Effects on Wave-Driven Flows in a Microtidal Bay6
Crescent-Shaped Low-Temperature Distribution along the Convex Topography in the Southeastern Edge of Taiwan Bank in Summer6
Interactions between Irregular Wave Fields and Sea Ice: A Physical Model for Wave Attenuation and Ice Breakup in an Ice Tank6
A Four-Dimensional Survey of the Almeria–Oran Front by Underwater Gliders: Tracers and Circulation6
Resolving the Horizontal Direction of Internal Tide Generation: Global Application for the M2 Tide’s First Mode6
Quantifying Cross-Shelf Transport in the East Australian Current System: A Budget-Based Approach6
The turbulent dynamics of anticyclonic submesoscale headland wakes6
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
Temporal Variability of Global Surface Eddy Diffusivities: Estimates and Machine Learning Prediction6
Surface-to-Interior Transport Timescales and Ventilation Patterns in a Time-Dependent Circulation Driven by Sustained Climate Warming6
Sediment resuspension on the inner shelf under combined internal tides and waves, and surface waves: field observations and modeling6
The Response of Large Diurnal Warm Layers to Short-Term Variability in Solar and Wind Forcing: Observations and Physical Modeling6
A Generalized Slab Model6
Vertical Exchange Induced by Mixed Layer Instabilities6
Dynamic Adjustment of Upwelling Circulation to Conservative Waves Effects over a Steep Shelf6
Observations of Intermittent Seamount-Trapped Waves and Topographic Rossby Waves around the Slope of a Low-Latitude Deep Seamount6
Observations of a Filamentous Intrusion and Vigorous Submesoscale Turbulence within a Cyclonic Mesoscale Eddy5
Coherent Velocity Structures in the Mixed Layer: Characteristics, Energetics, and Turbulent Kinetic Energy Budget5
Propagation of Topographic Rossby Waves in the Deep Basin of the South China Sea Based on Abyssal Current Observations5
A Forward Energy Flux at Submesoscales Driven by Frontogenesis5
A Global Diagnosis of Eddy Potential Energy Budget in an Eddy-Permitting Ocean Model5
Bimonthly variability in zonal velocity at mid-depths of the equatorial Indian Ocean5
Deterministic Model of the Eddy Dynamics for a Midlatitude Ocean Model5
Energetics of Eddy–Mean Flow Interactions in the East Australian Current System5
Seasonality of Upper-Ocean Vertical Eddy Buoyancy Flux in the Kuroshio Extension5
Breaking Internal Waves on Sloping Topography: Connecting Parcel Displacements to Overturn Size, Interior-Boundary Exchanges, and Mixing5
Inertial Effect and Its Dependency on the Topographic Geometries in Barotropic Channel Models under the Weakly Nonlinear Regime5
Diapycnal displacement, diffusion, and distortion of tracers in the ocean5
The Canary Intermediate Poleward Undercurrent: Not Another Poleward Undercurrent in an Eastern Boundary Upwelling System5
Seasonal and Interannual Variability of Fronts and Their Impact on Chlorophyll-a in the Indonesian Seas5
Distinct Controls on the Strength of the Abyssal Overturning Circulation: Channel versus Basin Dynamics5
On the Pathways of Wind-Driven Coastal Upwelling: Nonlinear Momentum Flux and Baroclinic Instability5
On the Bimodality of the Wind-Wave Spectrum: Mean Square Slopes and Azimuthal Overlap Integral5
Turbulent Thermal-Wind-Driven Coastal Upwelling: Current Observations and Dynamics5
Saturation of the internal tide over the inner continental shelf. Part II: Parameterization5
Intrinsically Episodic Antarctic Shelf Intrusions of Circumpolar Deep Water via Canyons5
Low-Frequency Dynamic Ocean Response to Barometric-Pressure Loading5
Transformations between Normal and Abnormal Mesoscale Eddies in the Bay of Bengal5
Moored Observations of Currents and Water Mass Properties between Talaud and Halmahera Islands at the Entrance of the Indonesian Seas5
Upper–Lower Layer Coupling of Recurrent Circulation Patterns in the Gulf of Mexico5
Abundant Cold Anticyclonic Eddies and Warm Cyclonic Eddies in the Global Ocean5
Large-Scale Distribution and Variations of Active Salt-Finger Double-Diffusion in the Western North Pacific5
Wind Dependencies of Deep Cycle Turbulence in the Equatorial Cold Tongues5
Open-Ocean Polynyas in the Cooperation Sea, Antarctica5
Adjustment and extension of the Hansen and Rattray estuarine classification diagram5
Vertical Structure of Baroclinic Instability in a Three-Layer Quasigeostrophic Model over a Sloping Bottom5
Spatial Variability of Diapycnal Mixing in the South China Sea Inferred from Density Overturn Analysis5
An Eulerian Scheme for Identifying Fronts and Vortices in Quasi-Balanced Flows4
Diagnosing Scale-Dependent Energy Cycles in a High-Resolution Isopycnal Ocean Model4
Middepth Recipes4
3D Structure of Striations in the North Pacific4
Moored Observations of the West Greenland Coastal Current along the Southwest Greenland Shelf4
Inner-Core Sea Surface Cooling Induced by a Tropical Cyclone4
Thorpe Turbulence Scaling in Nighttime Convective Surface Layers in the North Indian Ocean4
Interpreting Negative IOD Events Based on the Transfer Routes of Wave Energy in the Upper Ocean4
A Simple Model for Multiple Equilibria in Ice-Covered Oceans4
Roles of Surface Forcing in the Southern Ocean Temperature and Salinity Changes under Increasing CO2: Perspectives from Model Perturbation Experiments and a Theoretical Framework4
Terdiurnal Radiational Tides4
Interpreting Observed Interactions between Near-Inertial Waves and Mesoscale Eddies4
Revisiting Chapman and Lentz (1994): Trapping of a Coastal Density Front in the Presence of Baroclinic Instability4
Turbulent Ice–Ocean Boundary Layers in the Well-Mixed Regime: Insights from Direct Numerical Simulations4
The Cross-Shelf Regime of a Wind-Driven Supercritical River Plume4
Frontogenesis, Mixing, and Stratification in Estuarine Channels with Curvature4
Internal Tides at the Coast: Energy Flux of Baroclinic Tides Propagating into the Deep Ocean in the Presence of Supercritical Shelf Topography4
Near-Inertial Wave Energetics Modulated by Background Flows in a Global Model Simulation4
Rogue Waves in the Southern North Sea—The Role of Modulational Instability4
Superinertial Internal Tides Propagating along the Coast: Dynamics and Energetics Revealed through Topographic Modes4
Kinetic Energy Exchanges between a Two-Dimensional Front and Internal Waves4
Minimum Warming in the South Indian Ocean Thermocline in a Warming Climate Linked to Freshening Processes4
Tidal Intrusion Fronts, Surface Convergence, and Mixing in an Estuary with Complex Topography4
Masthead4
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
Vertical fluxes conditioned on vorticity and strain reveal submesoscale ventilation4
Effect of Wave Directions on Orientation and Magnitude of Surface Wind Stress under Typhoon Megi (2010)4
Masthead4
Sink of eddy energy by submesoscale sea surface temperature variability in a coupled regional model4
Diurnal Variation in Surface Latent Heat Flux and the Effect of Diurnal Variability on the Climatological Latent Heat Flux over the Tropical Oceans4
Changes in Global Ocean Circulation due to Isopycnal Diffusion4
Three-Dimensional Structure of Subduction/Obduction in the North Pacific Ocean4
Attribution of the Subsurface Temperature Change in the Southern Hemisphere4
On the Propagation and Translational Adjustment of Isolated Vortices in Large-Scale Shear Flows4
Hypsographic Control on the Diapycnal Flow in the Eastern Gotland Basin of the Baltic Sea4
The Long Lives of Subducted Spice and Vorticity Anomalies in the Subtropical Oceans4
Parameterizing Eddy Buoyancy Fluxes Across Prograde Shelf/Slope Fronts Using a Slope-Aware GEOMETRIC Closure4
Lateral Circulation in an Elongated Curved Tidal Channel4
On the Discrete Normal Modes of Quasigeostrophic Theory4
Seasonal mode-1 M2 internal tides from satellite altimetry4
On the Significance of Ageostrophic Meridional Eddy-Induced Heat Flux in the Surface Ocean of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current3
Incidence and Reflection of Offshore Subinertial and Barotropic Pressure Signals in Wide Shelf Seas3
Diurnal Warm Layers in the Ocean: Energetics, Nondimensional Scaling, and Parameterization3
Vertical Velocity 3D Estimates from the Linear Vorticity Balance in the North Atlantic Ocean3
On the instantaneous salt mixing due to freshwater boundary fluxes3
Downward Propagation and Trapping of Near-Inertial Waves by a Westward-Moving Anticyclonic Eddy in the Subtropical Northwestern Pacific Ocean3
Icelandic Low and Azores High Migrations Impact Florida Current Transport in Winter3
Spontaneous Emission of Internal Waves by a Radiative Instability3
Scaling and Flow Structure of Langmuir Turbulence in Inertial Frames3
Observed Near-Inertial Waves Trapped in a Propagating Anticyclonic Eddy3
Observations of Wave Energy Dissipation by Bottom Friction on Rocky Shores3
Effect of the Variable Kuroshio Intrusion Pathway on Deep Flow in the Northern South China Sea3
“Eddy” Saturation of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current by Standing Waves3
Diabatic Transformations along the Global Routes of the Middepth Meridional Overturning Circulation3
Variability and Dynamics of the Kuroshio and Mindanao Current during the 2010/11 La Niña and in Late 20123
The Earliest Stages of Wind Wave Generation in the Open Sea3
Observations of Internal Wave Interactions in a Southern Ocean Standing Meander3
Forcing Space: An Alternative to Regime Diagrams for Predicting Characteristics of Turbulence in the Ocean Surface Mixing Layer3
Vertical Energy Fluxes Driven by the Interaction between Wave Groups and Langmuir Turbulence3
Masthead3
Kinetic Energy Cascade Induced by the Interaction of Mean Flow, Topography, and Mesoscale Eddies East of Taiwan: A Scale-to-Scale Analysis3
Geostrophic Eddies Spread Near-Inertial Wave Energy to High Frequencies3
A Scale-Aware Parameterization of Restratification Effect of Turbulent Thermal Wind Balance3
Stratification Breakdown in Antarctic Coastal Polynyas. Part I: Influence of Physical Factors on the Destratification Time Scale3
Interannual Variability and Trend of the Bering Strait Throughflow Gleaned from Satellite Altimeters3
Middepth Zonal Velocity in the Southern Tropical Indian Ocean: Striation-Like Structures and Their Dynamics3
Baroclinic Turbulence above Rough Topography: The Vortex Gas and Topographic Turbulence Regimes3
How Winds and Ocean Currents Influence the Drift of Floating Objects3
Dynamics of Bubble Plumes Produced by Breaking Waves3
A Major Improvement of Atmospheric Wave Boundary Layer Model for Storm Surge Modeling by Including Effect of Wave Breaking on Air–Sea Momentum Exchange3
Mesoscale Eddies and Near-Inertial Internal Waves Modulate Seasonal Variations of Vertical Shear Variance in the Northern South China Sea3
Oceanic Advection Controls Mesoscale Mixed Layer Heat Budget and Air–Sea Heat Exchange in the Southern Ocean3
Reflection and Scattering of Low-Mode Internal Tides on the Continental Slope of the South China Sea3
Buoyancy Flux and Mixing Efficiency from Direct, Near-Bottom Turbulence Measurements in a Submarine Canyon3
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
Mechanisms of Offshore Solid and Liquid Freshwater Flux from the East Greenland Current3
Numerical Simulation of the Kuroshio Flowing over the Hirase Seamount in the Tokara Strait in Autumn: Tidal Vortex Shedding in a Baroclinic Jet3
Vertical Divergence of the Atmospheric Momentum Flux near the Sea Surface at a Coastal Site3
The Diurnal Cycle of Entrainment and Detrainment in LES of the Southern Ocean Driven by Observed Surface Fluxes and Waves3
Wind–Wave Interaction for Strong Winds3
Identification of Thermohaline Sheet and Its Spatial Structure in the Canada Basin3
Winter–Summer Transition in the Southern South China Sea Western Boundary Current3
Hurricane Sally (2020) Shifts the Ocean Thermal Structure across the Inner Core during Rapid Intensification over the Shelf3
Shear Instabilities and Stratified Turbulence in an Estuarine Fluid Mud3
On the Upper-Ocean Vertical Eddy Heat Transport in the Kuroshio Extension. Part II: Effects of Air–Sea Interactions3
Seasonal Variation of the Surface Kuroshio Intrusion into the South China Sea Evidenced by Satellite Geostrophic Streamlines3
The Polar Transition from Alpha to Beta Regions Set by a Surface Buoyancy Flux Inversion3
Journal Information and Table of Contents3
Investigation of Sea Spray Effect on the Vertical Momentum Transport Using an Eulerian Multifluid-Type Model3
Oceanic Lee Waves in a Linearly Sheared Flow3
On the connection between intermittency and dissipation in ocean turbulence: a multifractal approach2
Gravity Wave Generation in Balanced Sheared Flow Revisited2
Tropical Cool-Skin and Warm-Layer Effects and Their Impact on Surface Heat Fluxes2
Salinity Mixing and Diahaline Exchange Flow in a Large Multi-Outlet Estuary with Islands2
The Barrier Layer Effect on the Heat and Freshwater Balance from Moored Observations in the Eastern Pacific Fresh Pool2
Imprint of Chaos on the Ocean Energy Cycle from an Eddying North Atlantic Ensemble2
Characteristics of the Kinetic Energy Spectra in the Subpolar North Atlantic2
Energetic Stratified Turbulence Generated by Kuroshio–Seamount Interactions in Tokara Strait2
Near-Inertial Surface Currents around Islands2
Revisiting the Ocean’s Nonisostatic Response to 5-Day Atmospheric Loading: New Results Based on Global Bottom Pressure Records and Numerical Modeling2
Masthead2
Mesoscale Ocean–Atmosphere Coupling Effects on the North Pacific Subtropical Mode Water2
Equatorial Dynamics Significantly Weakened the Southward Somali Current Circulation during 1997–982
Journal Information and Table of Contents2
The Coastal Effect on Ahead-of-Eye-Center Cooling Induced by Tropical Cyclones2
Boundary Layer Energetics of Rapid Wind and Wave Forced Mixing Events2
Internal Solitary Waves within the Cold Tongue of the Equatorial Pacific Generated by Buoyant Gravity Currents2
Corrigendum2
Near-Inertial Wave Interactions and Turbulence Production in a Kuroshio Anticyclonic Eddy2
Wind and Heat Forcings of the Seasonal and Interannual Sea Level Variabilities in the Southwest Pacific2
Estimates of Near-Inertial Wind Power Input Using Novel In Situ Wind Measurements from Minimet Surface Drifters in the Iceland Basin2
Moored Observations of the Currents and Transports of the Maluku Sea2
Wind Turbulence over Misaligned Surface Waves and Air–Sea Momentum Flux. Part I: Waves Following and Opposing Wind2
On the Decadal and Multidecadal Variability of the Agulhas Current2
Observational Evidence of Cold Filamentary Intensification in an Energetic Meander of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current2
Water Mass Exchanges between the Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea from Multiyear Sampling with Autonomous Gliders2
Horizontal energy flux of wind-driven intraseasonal waves in the tropical Atlantic by a unified diagnosis2
Free Long-Wave Transformation in the Nearshore Zone through Partial Reflections2
The Southeast Indian Ridge: A Hotspot for Cross-Frontal Exchange2
The Role of the Mindoro-Sibutu Pathway on the South China Sea Multi–layer Circulation2
Abyssal Heat Budget in the Southwest Pacific Basin2
Lagrangian Vertical Spreading and Its Relation to Diapycnal Diffusivity2
Characteristics of a Seasonal Front in the Southern Bay of Bengal: Dynamics, Mixing, and Water Mass Transport2
Dynamics of a Standing Meander of the Subantarctic Front Diagnosed from Satellite Altimetry and Along-Stream Anomalies of Temperature and Salinity2
Surface Convergence Zones due to Lagrangian Residual Flow in Tidally Driven Estuaries2
Estimation of Horizontal Turbulent Diffusivity from Deep Argo Float Displacements2
Impact of Synoptic Wind Intensification and Relaxation on the Dynamics and Heat Budget of the South Senegalese Upwelling Sector2
The Small-Scale Instability of the Air–Water Interface Responsible for the Bag-Breakup Fragmentation2
Spurious Dianeutral Advection and Methods for Its Minimization2
The Importance and Responsibilities of Reviewers2
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