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Current Jets

Current Jets is a type of ocean surface current characterized by narrow, fast-flowing streams of water that develop within larger-scale circulation systems due to strong horizontal velocity gradients and wind or topographic forcing.

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Publications

135

The current emitted by highly conducting Taylor cones

Juan Fernández de la Mora, Ignacio G. Loscertales · Journal of Fluid Mechanics · 1994 · 883 citations

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An Equatorial Jet in the Indian Ocean

Klaus Wyrtki · Science · 1973 · 708 citations

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The nature of the cold filaments in the California Current system

P. Ted Strub, P. Michael Kosro, Adriana Huyer · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 1991 · 327 citations

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Large lakes: ecological structure and function

Choice Reviews Online · 1991 · 275 citations

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The North Atlantic Current

W. Krauss · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 1986 · 257 citations

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Authors

371

  1. PM
    P. Michael Kosro

    Oregon State University, United States

    4 publications · 539 citations

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  2. PL
    Philip L. Richardson

    Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, United States

    3 publications · 338 citations

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  3. RF
    Ryo Furue

    University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, United States

    3 publications · 107 citations

    3

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  4. RS
    Robert S. Pickart

    Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, United States

    3 publications · 294 citations

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  5. JW
    J. W. Lavelle

    NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, United States

    3 publications · 44 citations

    3

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Institutions

167

  1. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

    Falmouth, United States

    13 h-index

    29 publications

    1.9K citations

  2. NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory

    Seattle, United States

    7 h-index

    8 publications

    364 citations

  3. Scripps Institution of Oceanography

    La Jolla, United States

    5 h-index

    9 publications

    884 citations

  4. University of Colorado Boulder

    Boulder, United States

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    209 citations

  5. University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

    Honolulu, United States

    4 h-index

    10 publications

    440 citations

  6. University of California San Diego

    San Diego, United States

    4 h-index

    8 publications

    777 citations

  7. University of Miami

    Coral Gables, United States

    4 h-index

    12 publications

    930 citations

  8. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    85 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 27 publications · 2.4K citations

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  2. Journal of Physical Oceanography

    27 publications · 1.6K citations

    21

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  3. Geophysical Research Letters

    8 publications · 382 citations

    8

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  4. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans

    7 publications · 267 citations

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  5. Journal of Fluid Mechanics

    6 publications · 1.2K citations

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