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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)
ArticleCitations
The Role of Bottom Friction in Mediating the Response of the Weddell Gyre Circulation to Changes in Surface Stress and Buoyancy Fluxes37
On the Consistent Parametric Description of the Wave Age Dependence of the Sea Surface Roughness33
Generation and Evolution of Internal Solitary Waves in a Coastal Plain Estuary32
Destratification and Restratification of the Spring Surface Boundary Layer in a Subtropical Front28
Surface Quasigeostrophic Turbulence in Variable Stratification25
A One-Dimensional Model for Investigating Scale-Separated Approaches to the Interaction of Oceanic Internal Waves25
Partial Control of the Gulf of Mexico Dynamics by the Current Feedback to the Atmosphere21
Masthead20
Regimes and Transitions in the Basal Melting of Antarctic Ice Shelves19
Across-Shore Propagation of Subthermocline Eddies in the California Current System19
Turbulence and energy dissipation from wave breaking18
Physical Drivers of Ocean Wave Attenuation in the Marginal Ice Zone18
A Deep Learning Model for Improved Wind and Consequent Wave Forecasts17
Nonlinear instability and subthermocline turbulence for western boundary undercurrents17
Effects of Coexisting Surface Waves on Propagation of a Surface Wave Train16
Spatiotemporal Characteristics of the Near-Surface Turbulent Cascade at the Submesoscale in the Drake Passage15
On the Release and Renewal of Freshwater in the Beaufort Gyre of the Arctic Ocean15
Abyssal Slope Currents15
Inferring submesoscale energy spectra in the Gulf of Mexico from surface drifters15
The e-folding Recovery Time of Tropical Cyclones’ Cold Wakes14
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
Masthead12
The Wave-Coherent Stress and Turbulent Structure over Swell Waves12
Sampling-Dependent Transition Paths of Iceland–Scotland Overflow Water12
Seasonal Variability of Near-Inertial/Semidiurnal Fluctuations and Turbulence in the Subarctic North Atlantic12
Irreversible Mixing Induced by Geostrophic Turbulence over the Global Ocean12
Baroclinic Tidal Energetics Inferred from Satellite Altimetry11
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
Circular Asymmetry of Ocean Mesoscale Eddy11
Energy and Momentum of a Density-Driven Overflow in the Samoan Passage11
Causal Mechanisms of Sea-level and Freshwater Content Change in the Beaufort Sea11
Distinct Impacts of Topographic versus Planetary PV Gradients on Baroclinic Turbulence10
Masthead10
A Theory for How the Depth of Meltwater Injection Impacts Regional Sea Level Evolution10
Wind Turbulence over Misaligned Surface Waves and Air–Sea Momentum Flux. Part II: Waves in Oblique Wind10
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
Probing the Nonlinear Interactions of Supertidal Internal Waves Using a High-Resolution Regional Ocean Model10
The Dynamics of a Barotropic Current Impinging on an Ice Front10
Air–Sea Coupling Feedbacks over Tropical Instability Waves9
Interaction between Upper-Ocean Submesoscale Currents and Convective Turbulence9
Modifying the Mixed Layer Eddy Parameterization to Include Frontogenesis Arrest by Boundary Layer Turbulence9
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
Time-dependent response of the overturning circulation and pycnocline depth to Southern Ocean surface wind stress changes9
Mean Wind Profile Departure from Log-Law in the Lower Marine Atmospheric Boundary Layer for Different Wave-Wind Conditions Using Scanning Wind LiDAR Measurements9
A Theory of Standing Meanders of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current and Their Response to Wind9
Frontal Maintenance in Submesoscale Flows8
The Origin and Fate of Antarctic Intermediate Water in the Southern Ocean8
Chaotic Variability of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation at Subannual Time Scales8
Full Vorticity Budget of the Arabian Sea from a 0.1° Ocean Model: Sverdrup Dynamics, Rossby Waves, and Nonlinear Eddy Effects8
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
Masthead8
Variability of the Deep Western Boundary Current in the Northern Philippine Sea8
Controls on Exchange through a Tidal Mixing Hotspot at an Estuary Constriction8
Mesoscale, Tidal, and Seasonal/Interannual Drivers of the Weddell Sea Overturning Circulation8
Water Mass Transformation and Overturning Circulation in the Arabian Gulf8
Maintenance of the Zonal Momentum Balance of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current by Barotropic Dynamics8
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 Measurements8
Subsurface Anticyclonic Eddy Transited from Kuroshio Shedding Eddy in the Northern South China Sea8
Can We Accurately Quantify a Lateral Diffusivity from a Single Tracer Release?8
Turbulence Observations below Drifting Sea Ice: TKE Production and Dissipation in the Meltwater-Influenced Boundary Layer8
Global Oceanic Mass Transport by Coherent Eddies8
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
Coupled Ocean–Sea Ice Dynamics of the Antarctic Slope Current Driven by Topographic Eddy Suppression and Sea Ice Momentum Redistribution8
Upper-Ocean Temperature Variability in the Gulf of Mexico with Implications for Hurricane Intensity7
Seasonal Features and Potential Mechanisms of Submesoscale Processes in the Southern Bay of Bengal during 2011/127
On the Observed Wind-Driven Circulation Response in Small Semienclosed Bays7
Understanding Stokes Drift Mechanism via Crest and Trough Phase Estimates7
Response of Subpolar North Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation to Variability in Surface Winds on Different Timescales7
AUV Observations of Langmuir Turbulence in a Stratified Shelf Sea7
Impact of the New England Seamount Chain on Gulf Stream Pathway and Variability7
Impact of Wave–Vortical Interactions on Oceanic Submesoscale Lateral Dispersion7
Subsurface Mesoscale Eddies Observed in the Northeastern South China Sea: Dynamic Features and Water Mass Transport7
Multidecadal Fluctuations of SST and Euphotic Zone Temperature off Northwest Africa7
Cover Information and Masthead7
Optimal Transition Paths for AMOC Collapse and Recovery in a Stochastic Box Model7
Mixing in a Salinity Variance Budget of the Salish Sea is Controlled by River Flow7
Impact of Rapid Change in the Rain-Formed Barrier Layer on the Upper Ocean Thermal Response to Typhoon Kalmaegi (2014)7
Mixing Pathways in Simple Box Models6
Regional Abyssal Vorticity Balance in the Northeast South China Sea: External and Internal Dynamics of Abyssal Circulation6
A Generalized Slab Model6
The Response of a Baroclinic Anticyclonic Eddy to Relative Wind Stress Forcing6
Interactions between Irregular Wave Fields and Sea Ice: A Physical Model for Wave Attenuation and Ice Breakup in an Ice Tank6
Transit Time Distributions and Ventilation Pathways Using CFCs and Lagrangian Backtracking in the South Atlantic of an Eddying Ocean Model6
Masthead6
Towards the Upper-Ocean Unbalanced Submesoscale Motions in the Oleander Observations6
The Turbulent Dynamics of Anticyclonic Submesoscale Headland Wakes6
Masthead6
Interannual and Seasonal Along-Shelf Current Variability and Dynamics: Seventeen Years of Observations from the Southern New England Inner Shelf6
Observation of Bottom-Trapped Topographic Rossby Waves to the West of the Luzon Strait, South China Sea6
Mutual enhancement of wind- and tide-induced near-inertial internal waves in Luzon Strait6
Crescent-Shaped Low-Temperature Distribution along the Convex Topography in the Southeastern Edge of Taiwan Bank in Summer6
Delayed Freshwater Export from a Greenland Tidewater Glacial Fjord6
Unsupervised Classification Identifies Warm, Fresh, and Dense Regimes of the Antarctic Margins6
Baroclinic Effects on Wave-Driven Flows in a Microtidal Bay6
Vertical Exchange Induced by Mixed Layer Instabilities6
Enhanced Dissipation of Internal Tides in a Mesoscale Baroclinic Eddy6
Reduction in Meridional Heat Export Contributes to Recent Indian Ocean Warming6
Quantifying Cross-Shelf Transport in the East Australian Current System: A Budget-Based Approach6
Vertical Velocity Dynamics in the North Atlantic and Implications for AMOC6
On the Pathways of Wind-Driven Coastal Upwelling: Nonlinear Momentum Flux and Baroclinic Instability5
Propagation of Topographic Rossby Waves in the Deep Basin of the South China Sea Based on Abyssal Current Observations5
Seasonality of Upper-Ocean Vertical Eddy Buoyancy Flux in the Kuroshio Extension5
Energetics of Eddy–Mean Flow Interactions in the East Australian Current System5
Spatial Variability of Diapycnal Mixing in the South China Sea Inferred from Density Overturn Analysis5
Diapycnal displacement, diffusion, and distortion of tracers in the ocean5
Surface-to-Interior Transport Timescales and Ventilation Patterns in a Time-Dependent Circulation Driven by Sustained Climate Warming5
Dynamic Adjustment of Upwelling Circulation to Conservative Wave Effects over a Steep Shelf5
Sediment Resuspension on the Inner Shelf under Combined Internal Tides and Waves and Surface Waves: Field Observations and Modeling5
Intrinsically Episodic Antarctic Shelf Intrusions of Circumpolar Deep Water via Canyons5
On the Bimodality of the Wind-Wave Spectrum: Mean Square Slopes and Azimuthal Overlap Integral5
Deterministic Model of the Eddy Dynamics for a Midlatitude Ocean Model5
Open-Ocean Polynyas in the Cooperation Sea, Antarctica5
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
The Response of Large Diurnal Warm Layers to Short-Term Variability in Solar and Wind Forcing: Observations and Physical Modeling5
Vertical Structure of Baroclinic Instability in a Three-Layer Quasigeostrophic Model over a Sloping Bottom5
Transformations between Normal and Abnormal Mesoscale Eddies in the Bay of Bengal5
Limited Width of Tropical Cyclone–Induced Baroclinic Geostrophic Response5
Quantifying tidal impacts on Arctic sea ice: An unexpected mechanism for the regional delay of summer melting5
Breaking Internal Waves on Sloping Topography: Connecting Parcel Displacements to Overturn Size, Interior-Boundary Exchanges, and Mixing5
Moored Observations of Currents and Water Mass Properties between Talaud and Halmahera Islands at the Entrance of the Indonesian Seas5
Statistical Features of A Time-Averaged Global State Estimate: Strong Regional Variations and Implications for Sea Level and Heat Content Change5
Wind Dependencies of Deep Cycle Turbulence in the Equatorial Cold Tongues5
Estimating Spectral Fluxes in Quasi-Two-Dimensional Flows with Advective Structure Functions and Bessel Functions5
The Canary Intermediate Poleward Undercurrent: Not Another Poleward Undercurrent in an Eastern Boundary Upwelling System5
Observations of Intermittent Seamount-Trapped Waves and Topographic Rossby Waves around the Slope of a Low-Latitude Deep Seamount5
Observations of a Filamentous Intrusion and Vigorous Submesoscale Turbulence within a Cyclonic Mesoscale Eddy5
Inertial Effect and Its Dependency on the Topographic Geometries in Barotropic Channel Models under the Weakly Nonlinear Regime5
Low-Frequency Dynamic Ocean Response to Barometric-Pressure Loading5
Temporal Variability of Global Surface Eddy Diffusivities: Estimates and Machine Learning Prediction5
Topography Effects on the Seasonal Variability of Ocean Bottom Pressure in the North Pacific Ocean5
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
Large-Scale Distribution and Variations of Active Salt-Finger Double-Diffusion in the Western North Pacific5
Masthead4
Strong long-lived Kuroshio-shed anticyclonic eddies and their re-intensification in the northern South China Sea4
Roles of Surface Forcing in the Southern Ocean Temperature and Salinity Changes under Increasing CO2: Perspectives from Model Perturbation Experiments and a Theoretical Framework4
Effect of Wave Directions on Orientation and Magnitude of Surface Wind Stress under Typhoon Megi (2010)4
Minimum Warming in the South Indian Ocean Thermocline in a Warming Climate Linked to Freshening Processes4
On the Discrete Normal Modes of Quasigeostrophic Theory4
A Forward Energy Flux at Submesoscales Driven by Frontogenesis4
A Global Diagnosis of Eddy Potential Energy Budget in an Eddy-Permitting Ocean Model4
Interpreting Observed Interactions between Near-Inertial Waves and Mesoscale Eddies4
Thorpe Turbulence Scaling in Nighttime Convective Surface Layers in the North Indian Ocean4
Changes in Global Ocean Circulation due to Isopycnal Diffusion4
Attribution of the Subsurface Temperature Change in the Southern Hemisphere4
Three-Dimensional Structure of Subduction/Obduction in the North Pacific Ocean4
Interpreting Negative IOD Events Based on the Transfer Routes of Wave Energy in the Upper Ocean4
Revisiting Chapman and Lentz (1994): Trapping of a Coastal Density Front in the Presence of Baroclinic Instability4
Kinetic Energy Exchanges between a Two-Dimensional Front and Internal Waves4
An Eulerian Scheme for Identifying Fronts and Vortices in Quasi-Balanced Flows4
Lateral Circulation in an Elongated Curved Tidal Channel4
Bimonthly Variability in Zonal Velocity at Middepths of the Equatorial Indian Ocean4
Abundant Cold Anticyclonic Eddies and Warm Cyclonic Eddies in the Global Ocean4
Turbulent Thermal-Wind-Driven Coastal Upwelling: Current Observations and Dynamics4
Tidal Intrusion Fronts, Surface Convergence, and Mixing in an Estuary with Complex Topography4
A Simple Model for Multiple Equilibria in Ice-Covered Oceans4
The Long Lives of Subducted Spice and Vorticity Anomalies in the Subtropical Oceans4
Masthead4
Superinertial Internal Tides Propagating along the Coast: Dynamics and Energetics Revealed through Topographic Modes4
3D Structure of Striations in the North Pacific4
Sink of Eddy Energy by Submesoscale Sea Surface Temperature Variability in a Coupled Regional Model4
Hypsographic Control on the Diapycnal Flow in the Eastern Gotland Basin of the Baltic Sea4
Rogue Waves in the Southern North Sea—The Role of Modulational Instability4
Terdiurnal Radiational Tides4
Observations of upper-ocean kinetic energy transfers between near-inertial internal waves and low-frequency dynamics4
Upper–Lower Layer Coupling of Recurrent Circulation Patterns in the Gulf of Mexico4
Parameterizing Eddy Buoyancy Fluxes Across Prograde Shelf/Slope Fronts Using a Slope-Aware GEOMETRIC Closure4
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
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
Turbulent Ice–Ocean Boundary Layers in the Well-Mixed Regime: Insights from Direct Numerical Simulations4
A Three-Dimensional Inertial Model for Coastal Upwelling along Western Boundaries3
Winter–Summer Transition in the Southern South China Sea Western Boundary Current3
Reflection and Scattering of Low-Mode Internal Tides on the Continental Slope of the South China Sea3
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
Oceanic Lee Waves in a Linearly Sheared Flow3
Hurricane Sally (2020) Shifts the Ocean Thermal Structure across the Inner Core during Rapid Intensification over the Shelf3
The Earliest Stages of Wind Wave Generation in the Open Sea3
Baroclinic Turbulence above Rough Topography: The Vortex Gas and Topographic Turbulence Regimes3
Observations of Wave Energy Dissipation by Bottom Friction on Rocky Shores3
Spontaneous Emission of Internal Waves by a Radiative Instability3
Effect of the Variable Kuroshio Intrusion Pathway on Deep Flow in the Northern South China Sea3
Identification of Thermohaline Sheet and Its Spatial Structure in the Canada Basin3
A Scale-Aware Parameterization of Restratification Effect of Turbulent Thermal Wind Balance3
On the Upper-Ocean Vertical Eddy Heat Transport in the Kuroshio Extension. Part II: Effects of Air–Sea Interactions3
On the Instantaneous Salt Mixing due to Freshwater Boundary Fluxes3
Middepth Recipes3
Vertical Energy Fluxes Driven by the Interaction between Wave Groups and Langmuir Turbulence3
The Cross-Shelf Regime of a Wind-Driven Supercritical River Plume3
Interannual Variability and Trend of the Bering Strait Throughflow Gleaned from Satellite Altimeters3
Journal Information and Table of Contents3
Middepth Zonal Velocity in the Southern Tropical Indian Ocean: Striation-Like Structures and Their Dynamics3
Masthead3
Buoyancy Flux and Mixing Efficiency from Direct, Near-Bottom Turbulence Measurements in a Submarine Canyon3
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
Numerical Simulation of the Kuroshio Flowing over the Hirase Seamount in the Tokara Strait in Autumn: Tidal Vortex Shedding in a Baroclinic Jet3
“Eddy” Saturation of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current by Standing Waves3
Investigation of Sea Spray Effect on the Vertical Momentum Transport Using an Eulerian Multifluid-Type Model3
Inner-Core Sea Surface Cooling Induced by a Tropical Cyclone3
Incidence and Reflection of Offshore Subinertial and Barotropic Pressure Signals in Wide Shelf Seas3
The Polar Transition from Alpha to Beta Regions Set by a Surface Buoyancy Flux Inversion3
On the Propagation and Translational Adjustment of Isolated Vortices in Large-Scale Shear Flows3
Wind–Wave Interaction for Strong Winds3
Anisotropy of Surfzone Turbulence3
Stratification Breakdown in Antarctic Coastal Polynyas. Part I: Influence of Physical Factors on the Destratification Time Scale3
Frontogenesis, Mixing, and Stratification in Estuarine Channels with Curvature3
Dynamics and Scaling of a Small River Discharging into the Surf Zone3
The Diurnal Cycle of Entrainment and Detrainment in LES of the Southern Ocean Driven by Observed Surface Fluxes and Waves3
Scaling and Flow Structure of Langmuir Turbulence in Inertial Frames3
Observations of Internal Wave Interactions in a Southern Ocean Standing Meander3
Icelandic Low and Azores High Migrations Impact Florida Current Transport in Winter3
On the Significance of Ageostrophic Meridional Eddy-Induced Heat Flux in the Surface Ocean of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current3
How Winds and Ocean Currents Influence the Drift of Floating Objects3
Mechanisms of Offshore Solid and Liquid Freshwater Flux from the East Greenland Current3
Shear Instabilities and Stratified Turbulence in an Estuarine Fluid Mud3
The influence of high-frequency tidal processes on the shoreward transmission of low-frequency open-ocean signals3
Internal Tide Interactions with Submesoscale and Mesoscale Eddies in the Tropical Western Atlantic3
Observed Near-Inertial Waves Trapped in a Propagating Anticyclonic Eddy3
Kinetic Energy Cascade Induced by the Interaction of Mean Flow, Topography, and Mesoscale Eddies East of Taiwan: A Scale-to-Scale Analysis3
Diagnosing Scale-Dependent Energy Cycles in a High-Resolution Isopycnal Ocean Model3
Mesoscale Eddies and Near-Inertial Internal Waves Modulate Seasonal Variations of Vertical Shear Variance 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
Vertical Divergence of the Atmospheric Momentum Flux near the Sea Surface at a Coastal Site3
Moored Observations of the West Greenland Coastal Current along the Southwest Greenland Shelf3
Geostrophic Eddies Spread Near-Inertial Wave Energy to High Frequencies3
Dynamics of Bubble Plumes Produced by Breaking Waves3
Downward Propagation and Trapping of Near-Inertial Waves by a Westward-Moving Anticyclonic Eddy in the Subtropical Northwestern Pacific Ocean3
Surface Convergence Zones due to Lagrangian Residual Flow in Tidally Driven Estuaries2
Energy Conversion Rate from Subinertial Surface Tides to Internal Tides2
Corrigendum2
Imprint of Chaos on the Ocean Energy Cycle from an Eddying North Atlantic Ensemble2
Observational Evidence of Cold Filamentary Intensification in an Energetic Meander of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current2
Dynamics of a Standing Meander of the Subantarctic Front Diagnosed from Satellite Altimetry and Along-Stream Anomalies of Temperature and Salinity2
Moored Observations of the Currents and Transports of the Maluku Sea2
Estimates of Near-Inertial Wind Power Input Using Novel In Situ Wind Measurements from Minimet Surface Drifters in the Iceland Basin2
Near-Inertial Wave Interactions and Turbulence Production in a Kuroshio Anticyclonic Eddy2
Lagrangian Vertical Spreading and Its Relation to Diapycnal Diffusivity2
Modulation of Upper Ocean Vertical Temperature Structure and Heat Content by a Fast-Moving Tropical Cyclone2
The Barrier Layer Effect on the Heat and Freshwater Balance from Moored Observations in the Eastern Pacific Fresh Pool2
Journal Information and Table of Contents2
Characteristics of the Kinetic Energy Spectra in the Subpolar North Atlantic2
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