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Oceanic Wind-driven Circulation

Oceanic Wind-Driven Circulation is a theoretical framework in physical oceanography that describes the large-scale movement of surface ocean waters resulting from the direct action of wind stress on the sea surface, differentiated by its reliance on Ekman dynamics to explain the vertical and horizontal redistribution of momentum and mass in the upper ocean.

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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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Ocean Circulation Kinetic Energy: Reservoirs, Sources, and Sinks

Raffaele Ferrari, Carl Wunsch · Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics · 2008 · 1.1K citations

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The westward intensification of wind‐driven ocean currents

Henry Stommel · Transactions American Geophysical Union · 1948 · 994 citations

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ON THE WIND-DRIVEN OCEAN CIRCULATION

Walter Munk · Journal of Meteorology · 1950 · 944 citations · Full text

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The Ventilated Thermocline

James R. Luyten, Joseph Pedlosky, Henry Stommel · Journal of Physical Oceanography · 1983 · 851 citations

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  1. BQ
    Bo Qiu

    University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, United States

    9 publications · 661 citations

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  2. RC
    Robert C. Beardsley

    Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, United States

    9 publications · 455 citations

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  3. JP
    Joseph Pedlosky

    Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, United States

    8 publications · 1.2K citations

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  4. RX
    Rui Xin Huang

    Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, United States

    8 publications · 322 citations

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  5. JP
    Julian P. McCreary

    University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, United States

    7 publications · 636 citations

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Institutions

427

  1. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

    Falmouth, United States

    20 h-index

    58 publications

    5.4K citations

  2. Scripps Institution of Oceanography

    La Jolla, United States

    18 h-index

    29 publications

    2.9K citations

  3. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Cambridge, United States

    17 h-index

    26 publications

    3.4K citations

  4. University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

    Honolulu, United States

    16 h-index

    34 publications

    3.8K citations

  5. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    15 h-index

    38 publications

    2.1K citations

  6. University of Miami

    Coral Gables, United States

    13 h-index

    33 publications

    2K citations

  7. Oregon State University

    Corvallis, United States

    13 h-index

    39 publications

    1.9K citations

  8. Ocean University of China

    Qingdao, China

    11 h-index

    22 publications

    983 citations

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  1. Journal of Physical Oceanography

    120 publications · 7.1K citations

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  2. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 65 publications · 6.2K citations

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  3. Geophysical Research Letters

    18 publications · 1.9K citations

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  4. Continental Shelf Research

    21 publications · 1.3K citations

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  5. Journal of Marine Research

    19 publications · 873 citations

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