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Open-ocean Fronts

Open-Ocean Fronts is a physical oceanographic phenomenon characterized as a sharp transition zone in the open ocean, distinct from coastal or boundary-current fronts, where contrasting water masses meet, resulting in sustained gradients in temperature, salinity, and density across a relatively narrow region.

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Topographically Controlled Fronts in the Ocean and Their Biological Influence

Eric Wolanski, William M. Hamner · Science · 1988 · 463 citations

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Defining Southern Ocean fronts and their influence on biological and physical processes in a changing climate

Christopher Chapman, Mary‐Anne Lea, Amélie Meyer et al. · Nature Climate Change · 2020 · 253 citations

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Oceanic fronts around southern New Zealand

R. A. Heath · Deep Sea Research Part A Oceanographic Research Papers · 1981 · 115 citations

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Global patterns of ocean transparency: Implications for the new production of the open ocean

Marlon R. Lewis, Norman Kuring, Charles S. Yentsch · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 1988 · 109 citations

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Surface oceanic fronts between Africa and Antarctica

N. Penny Holliday, J.F. Read · Deep Sea Research Part I Oceanographic Research Papers · 1998 · 101 citations

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  1. DG
    David G. Ainley

    H.T. Harvey & Associates, United States

    2 publications · 101 citations

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  2. CA
    Christine A. Ribic

    University of Wisconsin–Madison, United States

    2 publications · 101 citations

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  3. DB
    Donald B. Olson

    University of Miami, United States

    1 publications · 16 citations

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  4. JR
    J.F. Read

    National Oceanography Centre, United Kingdom

    1 publications · 101 citations

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  5. JP
    Jesús Peña‐Izquierdo

    Institut de Ciències del Mar, Spain

    1 publications · 21 citations

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  1. H.T. Harvey & Associates

    Los Gatos, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    101 citations

  2. University of Tasmania

    Hobart, Australia

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    804 citations

  3. University of Wisconsin–Madison

    Madison, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    101 citations

  4. Australian Institute of Marine Science

    Townsville, Australia

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    524 citations

  5. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    375 citations

  6. California Institute of Technology

    Pasadena, United States

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    183 citations

  7. United States Geological Survey

    Reston, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    45 citations

  8. The University of Western Australia

    Perth, Australia

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    61 citations

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  1. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 3 publications · 235 citations

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  3. Antarctic Science

    2 publications · 82 citations

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