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Polar Stratification

Polar Stratification is a physical oceanographic phenomenon characterized by the layering of water masses in polar regions due to gradients in temperature and salinity, which collectively influence buoyancy and impede vertical mixing.

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<i>Ellipsometry and Polarized Light</i>

R. M. A. Azzam, N. M. Bashara, Stanley S. Ballard · Physics Today · 1978 · 4.3K citations

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On the meridional extent and fronts of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current

Alejandro H. Orsi, Thomas Whitworth, Worth D. Nowlin · Deep Sea Research Part I Oceanographic Research Papers · 1995 · 2.9K citations

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Electromagnetic waves in stratified media

J. Heading · Planetary and Space Science · 1963 · 803 citations

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Increasing ocean stratification over the past half-century

Guancheng Li, Lijing Cheng, Jiang Zhu et al. · Nature Climate Change · 2020 · 566 citations

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Residual-Mean Solutions for the Antarctic Circumpolar Current and Its Associated Overturning Circulation

John Marshall, Timour Radko · Journal of Physical Oceanography · 2003 · 472 citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. CI
    Calin Iulian Martin

    University of Vienna, Austria

    6 publications · 201 citations

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  2. JM
    John Marshall

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States

    5 publications · 680 citations

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  3. EC
    Eddy C. Carmack

    Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Canada

    4 publications · 553 citations

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  4. AF
    Andrew F. Thompson

    California Institute of Technology, United States

    4 publications · 134 citations

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  5. RJ
    Richard J. Reed

    University of Washington, United States

    4 publications · 162 citations

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394

  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    12 h-index

    41 publications

    7.3K citations

  2. Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung

    Bremerhaven, Germany

    12 h-index

    23 publications

    1.6K citations

  3. University of Bergen

    Bergen, Norway

    10 h-index

    15 publications

    1.1K citations

  4. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Cambridge, United States

    8 h-index

    15 publications

    1.6K citations

  5. National Oceanography Centre

    Southampton, United Kingdom

    7 h-index

    16 publications

    915 citations

  6. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

    Falmouth, United States

    7 h-index

    19 publications

    1.5K citations

  7. University of Gothenburg

    Gothenburg, Sweden

    7 h-index

    14 publications

    598 citations

  8. British Antarctic Survey

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    7 h-index

    16 publications

    1.4K citations

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  1. Journal of Physical Oceanography

    18 publications · 1.7K citations

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  2. Geophysical Research Letters

    16 publications · 1.1K citations

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  3. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 14 publications · 707 citations

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  4. Earth and Planetary Science Letters

    11 publications · 621 citations

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  5. Tellus A Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography

    12 publications · 409 citations

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