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Oceanic Circulation Dynamics

Oceanic Circulation Dynamics is a theoretical framework within physical oceanography that characterizes the large-scale movement of seawater driven by thermohaline gradients and modulated by the Coriolis Force, distinguishing it from other oceanic motion models through its integrated treatment of rotational effects and density-driven flow.

974

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80.6K

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2.3K

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721

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2017–2026

114

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Ocean Circulation Dynamics

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Publications

974

Geophysical Fluid Dynamics

Joseph Pedlosky, S. Leibovich · Journal of Applied Mechanics · 1981 · 4.7K citations

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An oceanic general circulation model framed in hybrid isopycnic-Cartesian coordinates

Rainer Bleck · Ocean Modelling · 2002 · 1.4K citations

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Recent intensification of wind-driven circulation in the Pacific and the ongoing warming hiatus

Matthew H. England, Shayne McGregor, Paul Spence et al. · Nature Climate Change · 2014 · 1.4K citations · Full text

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Global Warming and the Weakening of the Tropical Circulation

Gabriel A. Vecchi, Brian J. Soden · Journal of Climate · 2007 · 1.3K citations · Full text

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Oceanic Isopycnal Mixing by Coordinate Rotation

M.H. Redi · Journal of Physical Oceanography · 1982 · 1K citations

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Authors

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  1. JC
    James C. McWilliams

    University of California, Los Angeles, United States

    14 publications · 1.6K citations

    14

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  2. HA
    Henk A. Dijkstra

    Utrecht University, Netherlands

    14 publications · 725 citations

    13

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  3. CW
    Carl Wunsch

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States

    13 publications · 1.1K citations

    13

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  4. RP
    Ricardo P. Matano

    Oregon State University, United States

    12 publications · 977 citations

    12

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  5. RX
    Rui Xin Huang

    Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, United States

    11 publications · 795 citations

    11

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Institutions

721

  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    41 h-index

    226 publications

    14.1K citations

  2. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

    Falmouth, United States

    35 h-index

    93 publications

    9.8K citations

  3. Scripps Institution of Oceanography

    La Jolla, United States

    32 h-index

    61 publications

    6.6K citations

  4. Institut de Recherche pour le Développement

    Marseille, France

    27 h-index

    103 publications

    6.1K citations

  5. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Cambridge, United States

    25 h-index

    57 publications

    4.9K citations

  6. NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory

    Princeton, United States

    21 h-index

    31 publications

    7.8K citations

  7. University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

    Honolulu, United States

    20 h-index

    58 publications

    7.3K citations

  8. Sorbonne Université

    Paris, France

    19 h-index

    36 publications

    1.7K citations

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  1. Journal of Physical Oceanography

    130 publications · 9.8K citations

    50

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  2. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 65 publications · 6K citations

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  3. Geophysical Research Letters

    53 publications · 3.4K citations

    31

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  4. Progress In Oceanography

    31 publications · 4.5K citations

    27

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  5. Paleoceanography

    22 publications · 2.3K citations

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