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Pycnocline Structure

Pycnocline Structure is a hydrographic construct that characterizes the vertical density gradient in stratified coastal and estuarine waters by defining the spatial and temporal organization of density discontinuities arising from combined salinity and temperature variations.

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Evidence for slow mixing across the pycnocline from an open-ocean tracer-release experiment

James R. Ledwell, Andrew Watson, Cliff S. Law · Nature · 1993 · 1K citations

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A Simple Predictive Model for the Structure of the Oceanic Pycnocline

Anand Gnanadesikan · Science · 1999 · 557 citations

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Numerical modeling of an estuary: A comprehensive skill assessment

John C. Warner, W. Rockwell Geyer, James A. Lerczak · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 2005 · 521 citations · Full text

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Global Abyssal Mixing Inferred from Lowered ADCP Shear and CTD Strain Profiles

Eric Kunze, Eric Firing, Julia M. Hummon et al. · Journal of Physical Oceanography · 2006 · 488 citations · Full text

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Observations of long Rossby waves in the northern tropical Pacific

William S. Kessler · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 1990 · 393 citations · Full text

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  1. AL
    Arnold L. Gordon

    Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, United States

    6 publications · 465 citations

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  2. MJ
    Michael J. McPhaden

    NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, United States

    5 publications · 378 citations

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  3. AJ
    Antonio J. Busalacchi

    University of Maryland, College Park, United States

    5 publications · 487 citations

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  4. IL
    Iossif Lozovatsky

    University of Notre Dame, United States

    5 publications · 95 citations

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  5. TS
    Toshio Suga

    Tohoku University, Japan

    5 publications · 441 citations

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  1. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

    Falmouth, United States

    21 h-index

    46 publications

    4.2K citations

  2. University of Washington

    Seattle, United States

    16 h-index

    27 publications

    1.5K citations

  3. Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology

    Yokosuka, Japan

    14 h-index

    28 publications

    973 citations

  4. Scripps Institution of Oceanography

    La Jolla, United States

    14 h-index

    30 publications

    2.5K citations

  5. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    13 h-index

    40 publications

    2.2K citations

  6. University of California San Diego

    San Diego, United States

    11 h-index

    18 publications

    1.6K citations

  7. Institut de Recherche pour le Développement

    Marseille, France

    10 h-index

    29 publications

    2K citations

  8. Oregon State University

    Corvallis, United States

    10 h-index

    21 publications

    1.1K citations

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  1. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 52 publications · 3.6K citations

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  2. Journal of Physical Oceanography

    54 publications · 3.8K citations

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  3. Geophysical Research Letters

    29 publications · 1.2K citations

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  4. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans

    24 publications · 1K citations

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  5. Limnology and Oceanography

    14 publications · 1.6K citations

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