Journal of Physical Oceanography

Papers
(The TQCC of Journal of Physical Oceanography is 4. 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)
ArticleCitations
A Possible Hysteresis in the Arctic Ocean due to Release of Subsurface Heat during Sea Ice Retreat31
The Information Contained in Altimetric Sea Surface Height Frequency Spectra30
Observation of Near-Inertial Waves in the Bottom Boundary Layer of an Abyssal Seamount28
Observations of Internal Wave Interactions in a Southern Ocean Standing Meander28
Vertical Convergence of Turbulent and Double-Diffusive Heat Flux Drives Warming and Erosion of Antarctic Winter Water in Summer26
Thermal Imprints of Mesoscale Eddies in the Global Ocean22
Damping of Inertial Motions through the Radiation of Near-Inertial Waves in a Dipole Vortex in the Iceland Basin22
On the Significance of Ageostrophic Meridional Eddy-Induced Heat Flux in the Surface Ocean of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current20
Variability and Dynamics of the Kuroshio and Mindanao Current during the 2010/11 La Niña and in Late 201219
Masthead19
Sensitivities of the West Greenland Current to Greenland Ice Sheet Meltwater in a Mesoscale Ocean/Sea Ice Model19
Development of a sea-sediment coupled model incorporating ocean bottom heat flux18
The sea-surface heat flux at a coastal site18
Diapycnal displacement, diffusion, and distortion of tracers in the ocean17
Destratification and Restratification of the Spring Surface Boundary Layer in a Subtropical Front17
Observation of Abyssal Circulation to the West of the Luzon Strait, South China Sea17
Observations of Eddy-Modulated Turbulent Mixing in the Southern Bay of Bengal16
Unveiling the mysteries of SST evolutions in the equatorial Pacific at the onset of El Niño events16
Using Hydraulic Theory to Monitor Dense Overflows in a Parabolic Channel15
Masthead15
Fresh Water and Atmospheric Cooling Control on Density-Compensated Overturning in the Labrador Sea15
Inertial Effect and Its Dependency on the Topographic Geometries in Barotropic Channel Models under the Weakly Nonlinear Regime14
Generation and Evolution of Internal Solitary Waves in a Coastal Plain Estuary14
Investigation of Sea Spray Effect on the Vertical Momentum Transport Using an Eulerian Multifluid-Type Model14
Two-Dimensional Wavenumber Spectra on the Horizontal Submesoscale and Vertical Finescale13
Internal salt content: a useful framework for understanding the oceanic branch of the water cycle13
Near-inertial dissipation due to stratified flow over abyssal topography13
Observations of coherent transverse wakes in shoaling nonlinear internal waves13
Near-Surface Reflection and Nonlinear Effects of Low-Mode Internal Tides on a Continental Slope13
Second Baroclinic Mode Rossby Waves in the South Indian Ocean12
The Generation of Linear and Nonlinear Internal Waves Forced by Subinertial Tides over the Yermak Plateau, Arctic Ocean12
Masthead12
Leading-Mode Connections of the Interannual Variability in Upper-Ocean Salinity in the Tropical Indian Ocean12
Stirring of interior potential vorticity gradients as a formation mechanism for large subsurface-intensified eddies in the Beaufort Gyre12
Masthead11
Regimes and Transitions in the Basal Melting of Antarctic Ice Shelves11
A Review of Parameterizations for Enthalpy and Momentum Fluxes from Sea Spray in Tropical Cyclones11
Energy Cascade from Internal Solitary Waves to Turbulence via Near-N Waves in the Northern South China Sea11
Shear Instability in Internal Solitary Waves in the Northern South China Sea Induced by Multiscale Background Processes11
On the Representation of Mediterranean Overflow Waters in Global Climate Models11
Ocean Surface Salinity Response to Atmospheric River Precipitation in the California Current System10
Weakly Nonlinear Ekman Pumping in the Sri Lanka Dome and Southwest Monsoon Current10
Insights into the Mixing Efficiency of Submesoscale Centrifugal–Symmetric Instabilities10
A One-Dimensional Model for Investigating Scale-Separated Approaches to the Interaction of Oceanic Internal Waves10
A Four-Dimensional Survey of the Almeria–Oran Front by Underwater Gliders: Tracers and Circulation10
Influence of Wind on Subtidal Salt Intrusion and Stratification in Well-Mixed and Partially Stratified Estuaries10
The Effect of Southern Ocean Topography on the Global MOC and Abyssal Water Mass Distribution10
Submesoscale Eddies in the Upper Ocean of the Kuroshio Extension from High-resolution Simulation: Energy Budget10
Revisit of the Occurrence of the Kuroshio Large Meander South of Japan10
Diurnal variability of frontal dynamics, instability, and turbulence in a submesoscale upwelling filament10
Masthead10
Impact of El Niño–Southern Oscillation on the Benguela Upwelling9
Surface-to-Interior Transport Timescales and Ventilation Patterns in a Time-Dependent Circulation Driven by Sustained Climate Warming9
Spatial Variability of Diapycnal Mixing in the South China Sea Inferred from Density Overturn Analysis9
Upper-Ocean Processes and Sea Ice Production in the Southeastern Amundsen Sea Polynya in Austral Autumn9
A Deep Learning Model for Improved Wind and Consequent Wave Forecasts9
Mechanisms of Offshore Solid and Liquid Freshwater Flux from the East Greenland Current9
Forcing Space: An Alternative to Regime Diagrams for Predicting Characteristics of Turbulence in the Ocean Surface Mixing Layer9
Intrinsically Episodic Antarctic Shelf Intrusions of Circumpolar Deep Water via Canyons9
Observations of a Filamentous Intrusion and Vigorous Submesoscale Turbulence within a Cyclonic Mesoscale Eddy9
Intraseasonal Oscillatory Modes in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea9
Freshwater Input and Vertical Mixing in the Canada Basin’s Seasonal Halocline: 1975 versus 2006–129
Topography-Generated Submesoscale Coherent Vortices in the Kuroshio–Oyashio Extension Region from High-Resolution Simulations8
Partial Control of the Gulf of Mexico Dynamics by the Current Feedback to the Atmosphere8
Observations of Intermittent Seamount-Trapped Waves and Topographic Rossby Waves around the Slope of a Low-Latitude Deep Seamount8
Surface Quasigeostrophic Turbulence in Variable Stratification8
Low-Frequency Dynamic Ocean Response to Barometric-Pressure Loading8
Limited Width of Tropical Cyclone–Induced Baroclinic Geostrophic Response8
Temporal Variability of Global Surface Eddy Diffusivities: Estimates and Machine Learning Prediction8
Unraveling Interactions between Asymmetric Tidal Turbulence, Residual Circulation, and Salinity Dynamics in Short, Periodically Weakly Stratified Estuaries8
Eddy–Internal Wave Interactions and Their Contribution to Cross-Scale Energy Fluxes: A Case Study in the California Current8
Eddy–Internal Wave Interactions: Stimulated Cascades in Cross-Scale Kinetic Energy and Enstrophy Fluxes8
Internal Hydraulic Transition and Turbulent Mixing Observed in the Kuroshio over the I-Lan Ridge off Northeastern Taiwan8
Across-Shore Propagation of Subthermocline Eddies in the California Current System8
Intraseasonal Sea Level Variability in the Persian Gulf8
On the Consistent Parametric Description of the Wave Age Dependence of the Sea Surface Roughness8
Indian Ocean Subtropical Underwater and the Interannual Variability in Its Annual Subduction Rate Associated with the Southern Annular Mode7
Observations of Strongly Modulated Surface Wave and Wave Breaking Statistics at a Submesoscale Front7
Three Regimes of Internal Gravity Wave–Stable Vortex Interaction Classified by a Nondimensional Parameter δ: Scattering, Wheel-Trapping, and Spiral-Trapping with Vortex Deformation7
Unraveling the Impacts of Submesoscale Thermal and Current Feedbacks on the Low-Level Winds and Oceanic Submesoscale Currents7
Physical Drivers of Ocean Wave Attenuation in the Marginal Ice Zone7
Spatial and Subannual Variability of the Antarctic Slope Current in an Eddying Ocean–Sea Ice Model7
The Role of Bottom Friction in Mediating the Response of the Weddell Gyre Circulation to Changes in Surface Stress and Buoyancy Fluxes7
Contribution of Deep Vertical Velocity to Deficiency of Sverdrup Transport in the Low-Latitude North Pacific7
Double Diffusion, Shear Instabilities, and Heat Impacts of a Pacific Summer Water Intrusion in the Beaufort Sea7
Abyssal Slope Currents7
Impact of Evaporation and Precipitation on Estuarine Mixing7
Diurnal Warm Layers in the Ocean: Energetics, Nondimensional Scaling, and Parameterization7
The Potential Role of Bering Strait in the Dynamics of Multidecadal Variability in the North Atlantic: An Idealized Model Study7
Turbulence Generated through Critical Reflection of Internal Waves off the Seafloor due to Nontraditional Effects7
Diapycnal Mixing in the Subthermocline of the Mariana Ridge from High-Resolution Seismic Images7
Oceanic Advection Controls Mesoscale Mixed Layer Heat Budget and Air–Sea Heat Exchange in the Southern Ocean6
An Idealized Model Study of Eddy Energetics in the Western Boundary “Graveyard”6
Transformations between Normal and Abnormal Mesoscale Eddies in the Bay of Bengal6
Moored Observations of Currents and Water Mass Properties between Talaud and Halmahera Islands at the Entrance of the Indonesian Seas6
Controls of Topographic Rossby Wave Properties and Downslope Transport in Dense Overflows6
Variability and Sources of the Internal Wave Continuum Examined from Global Moored Velocity Records6
On the Release and Renewal of Freshwater in the Beaufort Gyre of the Arctic Ocean6
Divergence and Dispersion of Global Eddy Propagation from Satellite Altimetry6
Deep-Water Warming in the Gulf of Mexico from 2003 to 20196
Overlapping Boundary Layers in Coastal Oceans6
Reflection and Scattering of Low-Mode Internal Tides on the Continental Slope of the South China Sea6
Vertical Structure of Baroclinic Instability in a Three-Layer Quasigeostrophic Model over a Sloping Bottom6
Seasonal and Interannual Variability of Fronts and Their Impact on Chlorophyll-a in the Indonesian Seas6
Resolving the Horizontal Direction of Internal Tide Generation: Global Application for the M2 Tide’s First Mode6
High-resolution observations of the North Pacific transition layer from a Lagrangian float6
Winter Convective Mixing in the Northern Arabian Sea during Contrasting Monsoons6
The Relation between Exchange Flow and Diahaline Mixing in Estuaries6
Masthead5
Overturning Response to a Surface Wind Stress Doubling in an Eddying and a Non-Eddying Ocean5
Masthead5
Long-distance radiation of Rossby waves from the equatorial current system5
Energetics of Multiscale Interactions in the Agulhas Retroflection Current System5
Seasonality of Upper-Ocean Vertical Eddy Buoyancy Flux in the Kuroshio Extension5
Dynamical Controls on Bottom Water Transport and Transformation across the Antarctic Circumpolar Current5
Masthead5
Upper–Lower Layer Coupling of Recurrent Circulation Patterns in the Gulf of Mexico5
Vorticity in the Wake of Palau from Lagrangian Surface Drifters5
The impact of lee waves on the Southern Ocean circulation5
A Global Diagnosis of Eddy Potential Energy Budget in an Eddy-Permitting Ocean Model5
Initial and Transient Growth of Symmetric Instability5
Adjustment and extension of the Hansen and Rattray estuarine classification diagram5
Curvature Dynamics of a Coastal Barotropic Outflow Jet on a Slope5
Potential Vorticity and Instability in the Pacific Equatorial Undercurrent West of the Galápagos Archipelago5
Circular Asymmetry of Ocean Mesoscale Eddy5
Eddy Vertical Structure and Variability: Deepglider Observations in the North Atlantic5
Large-Scale Distribution and Variations of Active Salt-Finger Double-Diffusion in the Western North Pacific5
Energy and Momentum of a Density-Driven Overflow in the Samoan Passage5
Energetics of Eddy–Mean Flow Interactions in the East Australian Current System5
Seasonality and Spatial Dependence of Mesoscale and Submesoscale Ocean Currents from Along-Track Satellite Altimetry5
Interannual Variability of Barrier Layer in the Tropical Atlantic and Its Relationship with the Tropical Atlantic Modes5
Masthead5
Near-Resonances of Superinertial and Tidal Fluctuations at Islands5
A Shelf Water Cascading Event near Cape Hatteras5
Bathymetry Imposes a Global Pattern of Cross-Front Transport in the Southern Ocean5
The Eastern Mediterranean Boundary Current: Seasonality, Stability, and Spiral Formation5
The Wave-Coherent Stress and Turbulent Structure over Swell Waves5
Mesoscale Eddy Kinetic Energy Budgets and Transfers between Vertical Modes in the Agulhas Current5
Turbulent Mixing Variability in an Energetic Standing Meander of the Southern Ocean5
Seasonal Eddy Variability in the Northwestern Tropical Atlantic Ocean5
Wind Dependencies of Deep Cycle Turbulence in the Equatorial Cold Tongues5
Enhanced Near-Inertial Waves and Turbulent Diapycnal Mixing Observed in a Cold- and Warm-Core Eddy in the Kuroshio Extension Region5
Extending Residual-Mean Overturning Theory to the Topographically Localized Transport in the Southern Ocean5
Deep Learning–Based Ensemble Forecast and Predictability Analysis of the Kuroshio Intrusion into the South China Sea5
Ice Base Slope Effects on the Turbulent Ice Shelf–Ocean Boundary Current5
Nonlinear Dynamics of a Hysteresis Western Boundary Current Perturbed by a Mesoscale Eddy at a Gap with an Island5
Masthead5
Masthead5
Effect of Wave-Dependent Mechanisms on Storm Surge and Current Simulation during Three Extreme Weather Systems5
Intrathermocline Eddy with Lens-Shaped Low Potential Vorticity and Diabatic Forcing Mechanism in the South China Sea4
Diabatic Transformations along the Global Routes of the Middepth Meridional Overturning Circulation4
Subtidal to Supertidal Variability of Reynolds Stresses in a Midlatitude Stratified Inner Shelf4
Off-Equatorial Deep-Cycle Turbulence Forced by Tropical Instability Waves in the Equatorial Pacific4
Open-Ocean Polynyas in the Cooperation Sea, Antarctica4
Baroclinic Tidal Energetics Inferred from Satellite Altimetry4
Statistical and Dynamical Characteristics of Extreme Wave Crests Assessed with Field Measurements from the North Sea4
The observed North Equatorial Counter Current in the far western Pacific Ocean during the 2014-2016 El Niño4
The Cyclonic Mode of Arctic Ocean Circulation4
The shelf sources of estuarine inflow4
Main Component in Altimetry-Observed Response to a Tropical Cyclone4
Energy Flux into Near-Inertial Internal Waves Below the Surface Boundary Layer in the Global Ocean4
Predicting Turbulent Vertical Velocity in the Ocean Surface Layer under Mixed Convective and Wind/Wave Forcing4
Note on the Beam Structure in Step-Trapped Internal Tides4
Models of the Sea Surface Height Expression of the Internal-Wave Continuum4
A Perturbative Solution for Nonlinear Stratified Upwelling over a Frictional Slope4
Turbulent Thermal-Wind-Driven Coastal Upwelling: Current Observations and Dynamics4
Propagation of Topographic Rossby Waves in the Deep Basin of the South China Sea Based on Abyssal Current Observations4
Deterministic Model of the Eddy Dynamics for a Midlatitude Ocean Model4
Meddies and Their Sea Surface Expressions: Observations and Theory4
Anatomy of Mode-1 Internal Solitary Waves Derived From Seaglider Observations in the Northern South China Sea4
Shear Turbulence in the High-Wind Southern Ocean Using Direct Measurements4
Rapid spin up and spin down of flow along slopes4
Summer Anticyclonic Eddies Carrying Kuroshio Waters Observed by a Large CPIES Array West of the Luzon Strait4
On the Pathways of Wind-Driven Coastal Upwelling: Nonlinear Momentum Flux and Baroclinic Instability4
Oceanic Frontal Turbulence4
Near-field wind mixing and implications on parameterization from float observations4
Clarifying the Distinction between Steric and Baroclinic Sea Surface Height4
Local Mixing Determines Spatial Structure of Diahaline Exchange Flow in a Mesotidal Estuary: A Study of Extreme Runoff Conditions4
Saturation of the internal tide over the inner continental shelf. Part II: Parameterization4
Suppression of Mesoscale Eddy Mixing by Topographic PV Gradients4
MJO-Induced Intraseasonal Mixed Layer Depth Variability in the Equatorial Indian Ocean and Impacts on Subsurface Water Obduction4
The Canary Intermediate Poleward Undercurrent: Not Another Poleward Undercurrent in an Eastern Boundary Upwelling System4
Irreversible Mixing Induced by Geostrophic Turbulence over the Global Ocean4
Wave–Tide Interaction for a Strongly Modulated Wave Field4
Causal Mechanisms of Sea-level and Freshwater Content Change in the Beaufort Sea4
Masthead4
What controls the deep cycle? Proxies for equatorial turbulence.4
Stratified shear instabilities in diurnal warm layers4
Vertical Motions Driven by Geostrophic Stress in Surface Boundary Layer under a Finite Ekman Number Regime4
Thermodynamical Effects of Ocean Current Feedback in a Quasigeostrophic Coupled Model4
The Dynamics of a Barotropic Current Impinging on an Ice Front4
Why Is the Westward Rossby Wave Propagation from the California Coast “Too Fast”?4
Properties and Drivers of Marine Heat Waves in the Northern South China Sea4
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