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Boundary Current Dynamics

Boundary Current Dynamics is a theoretical framework within physical oceanography that describes the mechanisms governing the formation, stability, and variability of oceanic boundary currents, distinguished by its focus on the interplay between baroclinic instabilities, wind-driven and thermohaline forcing, and frictional effects at basin margins in shaping deep and surface-intensified current systems.

517

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31.9K

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1.2K

Authors

400

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2017–2026

105

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Publications

517

Enhanced warming over the global subtropical western boundary currents

Lixin Wu, Wenju Cai, Liping Zhang et al. · Nature Climate Change · 2012 · 788 citations

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Climate change and wind intensification in coastal upwelling ecosystems

William J. Sydeman, Marisol García‐Reyes, David S. Schoeman et al. · Science · 2014 · 617 citations

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A sverdrup model of the depth-integrated flow for the world ocean allowing for island circulations

J. S. Godfrey · Geophysical & Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics · 1989 · 478 citations

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Observations of the Mindanao Current during the western equatorial Pacific Ocean circulation study

Roger Lukas, Eric Firing, Peter Hacker et al. · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 1991 · 392 citations

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Deepwater overflow through Luzon Strait

Tangdong Qu, James B. Girton, J. A. Whitehead · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 2006 · 368 citations · Full text

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Authors

1.2K

  1. RS
    Robert S. Pickart

    Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, United States

    21 publications · 1.6K citations

    20

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  2. MR
    Moninya Roughan

    UNSW Sydney, Australia

    19 publications · 1.1K citations

    18

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  3. RZ
    Rainer Zantopp

    University of Miami, United States

    13 publications · 1.3K citations

    13

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  4. WE
    William E. Johns

    University of Miami, United States

    12 publications · 976 citations

    12

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  5. JF
    Jürgen Fischer

    GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Germany

    11 publications · 909 citations

    11

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Institutions

400

  1. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

    Falmouth, United States

    42 h-index

    145 publications

    9.6K citations

  2. University of Miami

    Coral Gables, United States

    23 h-index

    65 publications

    3.6K citations

  3. UNSW Sydney

    Sydney, Australia

    22 h-index

    92 publications

    4.9K citations

  4. Scripps Institution of Oceanography

    La Jolla, United States

    20 h-index

    57 publications

    2.6K citations

  5. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    18 h-index

    52 publications

    2.5K citations

  6. GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel

    Kiel, Germany

    17 h-index

    56 publications

    5.2K citations

  7. Institut de Recherche pour le Développement

    Marseille, France

    16 h-index

    38 publications

    2K citations

  8. CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere

    Canberra, Australia

    16 h-index

    37 publications

    3.4K citations

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  1. Journal of Physical Oceanography

    130 publications · 7.6K citations

    50

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  2. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 59 publications · 5.4K citations

    36

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  3. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans

    49 publications · 2.4K citations

    27

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  4. 25

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  5. Geophysical Research Letters

    31 publications · 1.9K citations

    25

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