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Sverdrup Balance

Sverdrup Balance is a theoretical framework in physical oceanography that relates the wind-driven, large-scale meridional transport of oceanic mass to the curl of the wind stress through the conservation of potential vorticity in the interior of ocean gyres.

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5.3K

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233

Authors

106

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2017–2026

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Publications

97

A Simple Model of the Decadal Response of the Ocean to Stochastic Wind Forcing*

Claude Frankignoul, Peter Müller, Eduardo Zorita · Journal of Physical Oceanography · 1997 · 236 citations

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The dynamical balance, transport and circulation of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current

Dirk Olbers, Daniel Borowski, Christoph Völker et al. · Antarctic Science · 2004 · 227 citations

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Relationship between the Subtropical Anticyclone and Diabatic Heating

Yimin Liu, Guoxiong Wu, Rongcai Ren · Journal of Climate · 2004 · 181 citations · Full text

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The Benguela Upwelling System: Quantifying the Sensitivity to Resolution and Coastal Wind Representation in a Global Climate Model*

Justin Small, Enrique Curchitser, Katherine Hedstrom et al. · Journal of Climate · 2015 · 165 citations

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Steric and wind‐induced changes in TOPEX/POSEIDON large‐scale sea surface topography observations

Detlef Stammer · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 1997 · 162 citations

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Authors

233

  1. CJ
    C. J. Koblinsky

    Goddard Space Flight Center, United States

    3 publications · 150 citations

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  2. CW
    Carl Wunsch

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States

    3 publications · 270 citations

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  3. DP
    David P. Stevens

    University of East Anglia, United Kingdom

    3 publications · 102 citations

    3

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  4. CW
    Chunzai Wang

    NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratories, United States

    3 publications · 138 citations

    3

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  5. MJ
    Michael J. McPhaden

    NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, United States

    3 publications · 106 citations

    3

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Institutions

106

  1. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

    Falmouth, United States

    9 h-index

    15 publications

    603 citations

  2. Scripps Institution of Oceanography

    La Jolla, United States

    5 h-index

    8 publications

    270 citations

  3. Florida State University

    Tallahassee, United States

    4 h-index

    11 publications

    347 citations

  4. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    4 h-index

    8 publications

    635 citations

  5. Second Institute of Oceanography

    Hangzhou, China

    4 h-index

    7 publications

    275 citations

  6. Sorbonne Université

    Paris, France

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    737 citations

  7. University of East Anglia

    Norwich, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    8 publications

    268 citations

  8. Stockholm University

    Stockholm, Sweden

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    94 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Physical Oceanography

    34 publications · 1.9K citations

    24

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  2. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 17 publications · 998 citations

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  3. Journal of Climate

    11 publications · 841 citations

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  4. Geophysical Research Letters

    6 publications · 228 citations

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  5. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans

    5 publications · 186 citations

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