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Oceanic Fronts

Oceanic Fronts is a physical oceanographic phenomenon characterized by a sharp transition zone in sea surface temperature and salinity, distinguishing it from surrounding waters through strong horizontal gradients in density and velocity fields.

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Fronts in the Irish Sea

John H. Simpson, J.R. Hunter · Nature · 1974 · 1K citations

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Marine fronts at the continental shelves of austral South America

Hermes Mianzán, Raúl Guerrero, Marco Favero et al. · Journal of Marine Systems · 2003 · 883 citations

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Air–sea interaction over ocean fronts and eddies

Justin Small, Shang‐Ping Xie, Larry W. O’Neill et al. · Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans · 2008 · 832 citations · Full text

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Southern Ocean fronts from the Greenwich meridian to Tasmania

Igor M. Belkin, Arnold L. Gordon · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 1996 · 757 citations

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Equilibrium Structure and Dynamics of the California Current System

Patrick Marchesiello, James C. McWilliams, Alexander F. Shchepetkin · Journal of Physical Oceanography · 2003 · 604 citations · Full text

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    Igor M. Belkin

    University of Rhode Island, United States

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    Daniel L. Rudnick

    Scripps Institution of Oceanography, United States

    15 publications · 780 citations

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    Peter Cornillon

    University of Rhode Island, United States

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    Glen Gawarkiewicz

    Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, United States

    12 publications · 765 citations

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    Joaquı́n Tintoré

    Mediterranean Institute for Advanced Studies, Spain

    12 publications · 988 citations

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  1. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

    Falmouth, United States

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    101 publications

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  2. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

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    149 publications

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  3. Scripps Institution of Oceanography

    La Jolla, United States

    27 h-index

    84 publications

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  4. University of Rhode Island

    Kingston, United States

    24 h-index

    55 publications

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  5. University of California San Diego

    San Diego, United States

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    66 publications

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  6. Institut de Recherche pour le Développement

    Marseille, France

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    88 publications

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    Paris, France

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    Seattle, United States

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  3. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans

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