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Western Boundary Current Variability

Western Boundary Current Variability is a geophysical phenomenon characterized by temporal fluctuations in the strength, position, and structure of western boundary currents within subtropical gyres, distinguishing it from basin-scale or interior ocean variability through its localization along the western limbs of ocean basins and its association with intense, narrow, and highly energetic flow dynamics.

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711

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256

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Enhanced warming over the global subtropical western boundary currents

Lixin Wu, Wenju Cai, Liping Zhang et al. · Nature Climate Change · 2012 · 788 citations

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Observations of the Mindanao Current during the western equatorial Pacific Ocean circulation study

Roger Lukas, Eric Firing, Peter Hacker et al. · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 1991 · 392 citations

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Western boundary currents regulated by interaction between ocean eddies and the atmosphere

Xiaohui Ma, Zhao Jing, Ping Chang et al. · Nature · 2016 · 345 citations

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Western Boundary Currents and Frontal Air–Sea Interaction: Gulf Stream and Kuroshio Extension

Kathryn A. Kelly, Justin Small, R. M. Samelson et al. · Journal of Climate · 2010 · 330 citations

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Construction of the adjoint MIT ocean general circulation model and application to Atlantic heat transport sensitivity

Jochem Marotzke, Ralf Giering, Kate Q. Zhang et al. · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 1999 · 287 citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. WE
    William E. Johns

    University of Miami, United States

    14 publications · 1K citations

    13

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  2. RS
    Robert S. Pickart

    Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, United States

    9 publications · 754 citations

    9

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  3. CS
    Christopher S. Meinen

    NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratories, United States

    9 publications · 333 citations

    9

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  4. SL
    Silvia L. Garzoli

    NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratories, United States

    8 publications · 301 citations

    8

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  5. TM
    Terrence M. Joyce

    Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, United States

    7 publications · 637 citations

    7

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Institutions

256

  1. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

    Falmouth, United States

    27 h-index

    68 publications

    5.8K citations

  2. University of Miami

    Coral Gables, United States

    22 h-index

    60 publications

    3.9K citations

  3. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    15 h-index

    39 publications

    2.7K citations

  4. NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratories

    Miami, United States

    15 h-index

    45 publications

    1.9K citations

  5. GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel

    Kiel, Germany

    13 h-index

    67 publications

    4.6K citations

  6. Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel

    Kiel, Germany

    12 h-index

    26 publications

    2.3K citations

  7. Ifremer

    Brest, France

    12 h-index

    19 publications

    1.1K citations

  8. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    11 h-index

    51 publications

    2.5K citations

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  1. Journal of Physical Oceanography

    48 publications · 2.5K citations

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  2. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 32 publications · 2.5K citations

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  3. 18

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  4. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans

    19 publications · 750 citations

    17

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  5. Geophysical Research Letters

    17 publications · 1K citations

    15

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