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Barotropic Circulation

Barotropic Circulation is a type of ocean circulation characterized by horizontal flow that is depth-independent, in which pressure gradients arise solely from variations in sea surface height and the resultant currents are uniform throughout the water column.

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725

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Variants

Barotropic Flow

Parents

Publications

298

The Structure and Properties of African Wave Disturbances as Observed During Phase III of GATE

Richard J. Reed, Donald C. Norquist, Ernest E. Recker · Monthly Weather Review · 1977 · 548 citations · Full text

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Mechanism of Interannual to Decadal Variability of the North Atlantic Circulation

Carsten Eden, Jürgen Willebrand · Journal of Climate · 2001 · 494 citations · Full text

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Water mass modification in an Arctic fjord through cross‐shelf exchange: The seasonal hydrography of Kongsfjorden, Svalbard

Finlo Cottier, Vigdis Tverberg, Mark Inall et al. · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 2005 · 491 citations · Full text

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The Adriatic Sea General Circulation. Part II: Baroclinic Circulation Structure

A. Artegiani, E. Paschini, Aniello Russo et al. · Journal of Physical Oceanography · 1997 · 452 citations

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The Development of a Free-Surface Bryan–Cox–Semtner Ocean Model

Peter D. Killworth, David Webb, David Stainforth et al. · Journal of Physical Oceanography · 1991 · 355 citations

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Authors

725

  1. PD
    Peter D. Killworth

    National Oceanography Centre, United Kingdom

    6 publications · 633 citations

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  2. GT
    G. T. Csanady

    Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, United States

    4 publications · 282 citations

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  3. JP
    Joseph Pedlosky

    Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, United States

    4 publications · 86 citations

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  4. CE
    Carsten Eden

    Universität Hamburg, Germany

    4 publications · 775 citations

    4

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  5. CW
    Christopher W. Hughes

    National Oceanography Centre, United Kingdom

    4 publications · 210 citations

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Institutions

282

  1. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

    Falmouth, United States

    19 h-index

    34 publications

    1.6K citations

  2. Scripps Institution of Oceanography

    La Jolla, United States

    11 h-index

    14 publications

    1K citations

  3. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Cambridge, United States

    11 h-index

    17 publications

    911 citations

  4. Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology

    Yokosuka, Japan

    8 h-index

    20 publications

    582 citations

  5. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    8 h-index

    15 publications

    887 citations

  6. Oregon State University

    Corvallis, United States

    7 h-index

    13 publications

    687 citations

  7. Planetary Science Institute

    Tucson, United States

    7 h-index

    13 publications

    643 citations

  8. Ifremer

    Brest, France

    7 h-index

    9 publications

    427 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Physical Oceanography

    95 publications · 6.1K citations

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  2. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 47 publications · 3.5K citations

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  3. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans

    20 publications · 1K citations

    16

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  4. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

    11 publications · 554 citations

    11

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  5. Geophysical Research Letters

    13 publications · 420 citations

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