Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volume 53 (2023): Issue 12 (Dec 2023)

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The Journal of Physical Oceanography (JPO) publishes research related to the physics of the ocean and to processes operating at its boundaries. Observational, theoretical, and modeling studies are all welcome, especially those that focus on elucidating specific physical processes. Papers that investigate interactions with other components of the Earth system (e.g., ocean–atmosphere, physical–biological, and physical–chemical interactions) as well as studies of other fluid systems (e.g., lakes and laboratory tanks) are also invited, as long as their focus is on understanding the ocean or its role in the Earth system.

ISSN: 0022-3670; eISSN: 1520-0485

Jerome A. Smith, Scripps Institution of Oceanography

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Energetic stratified turbulence generated by Kuroshio-seamount interactions in Tokara Strait

Anne Takahashi

Ren-Chieh Lien

Eric Kunze

Barry Ma

Hirohiko Nakamura

Ayako Nishina

Eisuke Tsutsumi

Ryuichiro Inoue

Takeyoshi Nagai

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Takahiro Endoh

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-22-0242.1

Published Online:: 05 Dec 2023

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Generation and Evolution of Internal Solitary Waves in a Coastal Plain Estuary

Renjian Li

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Ming Li

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-23-0151.1

Published Online:: 04 Dec 2023

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The role of bottom friction in mediating the response of the Weddell Gyre circulation to changes in surface stress and buoyancy fluxes

Julia Neme

Matthew H. England

Andrew McC. Hogg

Hemant Khatri

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Stephen M. Griffies

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-23-0165.1

Published Online:: 04 Dec 2023

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Mechanisms of offshore solid and liquid freshwater flux from the East Greenland Current

Michael A. Spall

Stefanie Semper

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Kjetil Våge

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-23-0120.1

Published Online:: 29 Nov 2023

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Parameterizing eddy buoyancy fluxes across prograde shelf/slope fronts using a slope-aware GEOMETRIC closure

Huaiyu Wei

Yan Wang

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Julian Mak

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-23-0152.1

Published Online:: 29 Nov 2023

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Predicting surface oscillations in Lake Superior from normal mode dynamics

Samuel M. Kelly

Maqsood Mansur

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Erica Green

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-23-0079.1

Published Online:: 29 Nov 2023

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Observations of Intermittent Seamount-Trapped Waves and Topographic Rossby Waves around Slope of a Low-latitude Deep Seamount

Binbin Guo

Yeqiang Shu

Weiqiang Wang

Gaowen He

Qianyong Liang

Dongsheng Zhang

Lusha Yu

Jun Wang

Xiguang Deng

Yong Yang

Qiang Xie

Yinan Deng

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Danyi Su

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-22-0121.1

Published Online:: 23 Nov 2023

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Structures of Lateral flow and turbulence in a breaking tidal bore rushing through a curved channel of the Qiantang Estuary

Qianjiang Zhang

Cunhong Pan

Weifang Gu

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Feng Zhou

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-23-0044.1

Published Online:: 21 Nov 2023

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Sensitivity of internal-tide generation to stratification and its implication for deep overturning circulations

Veit Lüschow

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Jin-Song von Storch

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-23-0058.1

Published Online:: 20 Nov 2023

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Regional Abyssal Vorticity Balance in the Northeast South China Sea: External and Internal Dynamics of Abyssal Circulation

Hua Zheng

Xiao-Hua Zhu

Min Wang

Juntian Chen

Feng Nan

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Fei Yu

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-23-0060.1

Published Online:: 15 Nov 2023

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Initial and transient growth of symmetric instability

Satoshi Kimura

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-23-0048.1

Published Online:: 08 Nov 2023

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Spatiotemporal characteristics of the near-surface turbulent cascade at the submesoscale in the Drake Passage

P. F. Tedesco

L. E. Baker

A. C. Naveira Garabato

M. R. Mazloff

S. T. Gille

C. P. Caulfield

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A. Mashayek

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-23-0108.1

Published Online:: 08 Nov 2023

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Wave modulation in a strong tidal current and its impact on extreme waves

Trygve Halsne

Alvise Benetazzo

Francesco Barbariol

Kai Håkon Christensen

Ana Carrasco

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Øyvind Breivik

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-23-0051.1

Published Online:: 08 Nov 2023

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Surface-to-Interior Transport Timescales and Ventilation Patterns in a Time-Dependent Circulation Driven by Sustained Climate Warming

Y. Liu

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F. Primeau

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-23-0113.1

Published Online:: 06 Nov 2023

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The vertical structure of internal lee wave-driven benthic mixing hotspots

Ying He

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Toshiyuki Hibiya

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-22-0268.1

Published Online:: 01 Nov 2023

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On the contribution of transient diabatic processes to ocean heat transport and temperature variability

Claire K. Yung

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Ryan M. Holmes

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-23-0046.1

Published Online:: 31 Oct 2023

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Characteristics of the Kinetic Energy Spectra in the Subpolar North Atlantic

Junwei Chai

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Jian Zhao

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-22-0247.1

Published Online:: 27 Oct 2023

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Observations of tidally driven turbulence over steep, small-scale topography embedded in the Tasman slope

Olavo B. Marques

Matthew H. Alford

Robert Pinkel

Jennifer A. MacKinnon

Gunnar Voet

Jody M. Klymak

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Jonathan D. Nash

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-23-0038.1

Published Online:: 27 Oct 2023

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Topography-Generated Submesoscale Coherent Vortices in the Kuroshio-Oyashio Extension Region from High-Resolution Simulations

Ruichen Zhu

Haiyuan Yang

Zhaohui Chen

Zhiyou Jing

Zhiwei Zhang

Bingrong Sun

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Lixin Wu

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-23-0072.1

Published Online:: 26 Oct 2023

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Patterns, Transport, and Anisotropy of Salt Fingers in Shear

Justin M Brown

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Timour Radko

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-23-0049.1

Published Online:: 25 Oct 2023

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On The Vertical Structure Of Deep Ocean Subinertial Variability

John M. Toole

Ruth C. Musgrave

Elizabeth C. Fine

Jacob M. Steinberg

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Richard A. Krishfield

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-23-0011.1

Published Online:: 19 Oct 2023

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Probing the Nonlinear Interactions of Supertidal Internal Waves using a High-Resolution Regional Ocean Model

Joseph Skitka

Brian K. Arbic

Ritabrata Thakur

Dimitris Menemenlis

William R. Peltier

Yulin Pan

Kayhan Momeni

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Yuchen Ma

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-22-0236.1

Published Online:: 16 Oct 2023

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Tropical Cool-skin and Warm-layer Effects and their Impact on Surface Heat Fluxes

Yunwei Yan

Xiangzhou Song

Guihua Wang

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Xiaojing Li

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-23-0103.1

Published Online:: 16 Oct 2023

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Local mixing determines spatial structure of diahaline exchange flow in a mesotidal estuary – a study of extreme runoff conditions

Lloyd Reese

Ulf Gräwe

Knut Klingbeil

Xiangyu Li

Marvin Lorenz

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Hans Burchard

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-23-0052.1

Published Online:: 29 Sep 2023

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A rigorous derivation of the Water Mass Transformation framework, the relation between mixing and dia-surface exchange flow, and links to recent theories in estuarine research

Knut Klingbeil

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Erika Henell

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-23-0130.1

Published Online:: 25 Sep 2023

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Propagation Features of Diurnal Internal Tides West of the Luzon Strait Revealed by a Large PIES Array

Min Wang

Xiao-Hua Zhu

Hua Zheng

Juntian Chen

Ruixiang Zhao

Zhao-Jun Liu

Qiang Ren

Yansong Liu

Feng Nan

Fei Yu

Jianfeng Wang

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Qiang Li

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-22-0206.1

Published Online:: 14 Sep 2023

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Mixing processes at the southwestern entrance to the Japan/East Sea

Hemantha W. Wijesekera

Conrad A. Luecke

David W. Wang

Ewa Jarosz

Sergio DeRada

William J. Teague

Kyung-Il Chang

Jae Hak Lee

Hong-Sik Min

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SungHyun Nam

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-23-0061.1

Published Online:: 13 Sep 2023

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Bathymetry-aware mesoscale eddy parameterizations across upwelling slope fronts: A machine learning-augmented approach

Chenyue Xie

Huaiyu Wei

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Yan Wang

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-23-0017.1

Published Online:: 08 Sep 2023

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Temporal variability of the overturning circulation in the Arctic Ocean and the associated heat and freshwater transports during 2004-2010

Takamasa Tsubouchi

Wilken-Jon von Appen

Torsten Kanzow

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Laura de Steur

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-23-0056.1

Published Online:: 22 Aug 2023

Volume 53 (2023): Issue 12 (Dec 2023)

ARTICLES

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On the Exchange of Momentum over the Open Ocean

James B. Edson

Venkata Jampana

Robert A. Weller

Sebastien P. Bigorre

Albert J. Plueddemann

Christopher W. Fairall

Scott D. Miller

Larry Mahrt

Dean Vickers

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Hans Hersbach

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-12-0173.1

Published Online:: Aug 2013

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Global Patterns of Diapycnal Mixing from Measurements of the Turbulent Dissipation Rate

Amy F. Waterhouse

Jennifer A. MacKinnon

Jonathan D. Nash

Matthew H. Alford

Eric Kunze

Harper L. Simmons

Kurt L. Polzin

Louis C. St. Laurent

Oliver M. Sun

Robert Pinkel

Lynne D. Talley

Caitlin B. Whalen

Tycho N. Huussen

Glenn S. Carter

Ilker Fer

Stephanie Waterman

Alberto C. Naveira Garabato

Thomas B. Sanford

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Craig M. Lee

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-13-0104.1

Published Online:: Jul 2014

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Convection-Driven Melting near the Grounding Lines of Ice Shelves and Tidewater Glaciers

Adrian Jenkins

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-11-03.1

Published Online:: Dec 2011

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Satellite Observations of Mesoscale Eddy-Induced Ekman Pumping

Peter Gaube

Dudley B. Chelton

Roger M. Samelson

Michael G. Schlax

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Larry W. O’Neill

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-14-0032.1

Published Online:: Jan 2015

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An Estimate of the Lorenz Energy Cycle for the World Ocean Based on the STORM/NCEP Simulation

Jin-Song von Storch

Carsten Eden

Irina Fast

Helmuth Haak

Daniel Hernández-Deckers

Ernst Maier-Reimer

Jochem Marotzke

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Detlef Stammer

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-12-079.1

Published Online:: Dec 2012

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Energy Flux and Dissipation in Luzon Strait: Two Tales of Two Ridges

Matthew H. Alford

Jennifer A. MacKinnon

Jonathan D. Nash

Harper Simmons

Andy Pickering

Jody M. Klymak

Robert Pinkel

Oliver Sun

Luc Rainville

Ruth Musgrave

Tamara Beitzel

Ke-Hsien Fu

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Chung-Wei Lu

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-11-073.1

Published Online:: Nov 2011

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Submesoscale Cold Filaments in the Gulf Stream

Jonathan Gula

M. Jeroen Molemaker

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James C. McWilliams

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-14-0029.1

Published Online:: Oct 2014

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Mesoscale to Submesoscale Wavenumber Spectra in Drake Passage

Cesar B. Rocha

Teresa K. Chereskin

Sarah T. Gille

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Dimitris Menemenlis

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-15-0087.1

Published Online:: Feb 2016

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A Study of the Bottom Boundary Layer of the Florida Current

Georges L. Weatherly

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0485-2.1.54

Published Online:: Jan 1972

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Scales, Growth Rates, and Spectral Fluxes of Baroclinic Instability in the Ocean

Ross Tulloch

John Marshall

Chris Hill

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K. Shafer Smith

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/2011JPO4404.1

Published Online:: Jun 2011

Arctic Ocean Warming Contributes to Reduced Polar Ice Cap

Igor V. Polyakov

Leonid A. Timokhov

Vladimir A. Alexeev

Sheldon Bacon

Igor A. Dmitrenko

Louis Fortier

Ivan E. Frolov

Jean-Claude Gascard

Edmond Hansen

Vladimir V. Ivanov

Seymour Laxon

Cecilie Mauritzen

Don Perovich

Koji Shimada

Harper L. Simmons

Vladimir T. Sokolov

Michael Steele

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John Toole

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/2010JPO4339.1

Page(s):: 2743–2756

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Size Matters: Another Reason Why the Atlantic Is Saltier than the Pacific

C. S. Jones

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Paola Cessi

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-17-0075.1

Page(s):: 2843–2859

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Kinetic Energy Transfers between Mesoscale and Submesoscale Motions in the Open Ocean’s Upper Layers

Alberto C. Naveira Garabato

Xiaolong Yu

Jörn Callies

Roy Barkan

Kurt L. Polzin

Eleanor E. Frajka-Williams

Christian E. Buckingham

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Stephen M. Griffies

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-21-0099.1

Page(s):: 75–97

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Stability of a Double-Diffusive Interface in the Diffusive Convection Regime

J. R. Carpenter

T. Sommer

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A. Wüest

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-11-0118.1

Page(s):: 840–854

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Double Diffusion in Saline Powell Lake, British Columbia

Benjamin Scheifele

Rich Pawlowicz

Tobias Sommer

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Alfred Wüest

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-14-0070.1

Page(s):: 2893–2908

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Deep-Water Warming in the Gulf of Mexico from 2003 to 2019

José Ochoa

Vicente Ferreira-Bartrina

Julio Candela

Julio Sheinbaum

Manuel López

Paula Pérez-Brunius

Sharon Herzka

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Rainer M.W. Amon

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-19-0295.1

Page(s):: 1021–1035

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The WAM Model—A Third Generation Ocean Wave Prediction Model

The Wamdi Group

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0485(1988)018<1775:TWMTGO>2.0.CO;2

Page(s):: 1775–1810

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Geographical Variability of the First Baroclinic Rossby Radius of Deformation

Dudley B. Chelton

Roland A. deSzoeke

Michael G. Schlax

Karim El Naggar

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Nicolas Siwertz

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0485(1998)028<0433:GVOTFB>2.0.CO;2

Page(s):: 433–460

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How Much Arctic Fresh Water Participates in the Subpolar Overturning Circulation?

Isabela Le Bras

Fiamma Straneo

Morven Muilwijk

Lars H. Smedsrud

Feili Li

M. Susan Lozier

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N. Penny Holliday

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-20-0240.1

Page(s):: 955–973

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Global Patterns of Diapycnal Mixing from Measurements of the Turbulent Dissipation Rate

Amy F. Waterhouse

Jennifer A. MacKinnon

Jonathan D. Nash

Matthew H. Alford

Eric Kunze

Harper L. Simmons

Kurt L. Polzin

Louis C. St. Laurent

Oliver M. Sun

Robert Pinkel

Lynne D. Talley

Caitlin B. Whalen

Tycho N. Huussen

Glenn S. Carter

Ilker Fer

Stephanie Waterman

Alberto C. Naveira Garabato

Thomas B. Sanford

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Craig M. Lee

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-13-0104.1

Page(s):: 1854–1872

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