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Surface Boundary Layer Dynamics

Surface Boundary Layer Dynamics is a physical oceanographic construct that characterizes the spatiotemporal evolution of fluid motion, stratification, and turbulent exchange processes in the uppermost layer of the ocean directly influenced by atmospheric forcing, distinguished from deeper boundary layer dynamics by its direct coupling to wind, buoyancy fluxes, and surface wave interactions in shelf sea environments.

322

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18.2K

Citations

893

Authors

378

Institutions

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2017–2026

47

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Publications

322

The Continental-Shelf Bottom Boundary Layer

William D. Grant, Ole Secher Madsen · Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics · 1986 · 622 citations

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Sea surface microlayers: A unified physicochemical and biological perspective of the air–ocean interface

Michael Cunliffe, Anja Engel, Sanja Frka et al. · Progress In Oceanography · 2012 · 473 citations · Full text

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Dynamics of Winds and Currents Coupled to Surface Waves

Peter P. Sullivan, James C. McWilliams · Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics · 2009 · 409 citations

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On the extension of the wind profile over homogeneous terrain beyond the surface boundary layer

Sven‐Erik Gryning, Ekaterina Batchvarova, Burghard Brümmer et al. · Boundary-Layer Meteorology · 2007 · 407 citations

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A global perspective on Langmuir turbulence in the ocean surface boundary layer

Stephen E. Belcher, A. L. M. Grant, Kirsty Hanley et al. · Geophysical Research Letters · 2012 · 377 citations · Full text

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Authors

893

  1. PP
    Peter P. Sullivan

    NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research, United States

    10 publications · 1.3K citations

    10

    h-index

  2. TK
    Tobias Kukulka

    University of Delaware, United States

    8 publications · 435 citations

    8

    h-index

  3. JC
    James C. McWilliams

    University of California, Los Angeles, United States

    7 publications · 1.2K citations

    7

    h-index

  4. VJ
    V. J. Modi

    University of British Columbia, Canada

    5 publications · 140 citations

    5

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  5. ED
    Eric D. Skyllingstad

    Oregon State University, United States

    4 publications · 217 citations

    4

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Institutions

378

  1. NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research

    Boulder, United States

    13 h-index

    23 publications

    2.5K citations

  2. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

    Falmouth, United States

    13 h-index

    25 publications

    1.2K citations

  3. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    12 h-index

    34 publications

    1.8K citations

  4. University of California, Los Angeles

    Los Angeles, United States

    10 h-index

    19 publications

    3.1K citations

  5. Oregon State University

    Corvallis, United States

    9 h-index

    22 publications

    1.5K citations

  6. University of Delaware

    Newark, United States

    9 h-index

    18 publications

    708 citations

  7. Uppsala University

    Uppsala, Sweden

    8 h-index

    12 publications

    938 citations

  8. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    8 h-index

    14 publications

    694 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Physical Oceanography

    45 publications · 3K citations

    26

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  2. Boundary-Layer Meteorology

    37 publications · 2.2K citations

    24

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  3. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 13 publications · 870 citations

    13

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  4. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

    16 publications · 1K citations

    13

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  5. Monthly Weather Review

    8 publications · 223 citations

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