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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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Mixing and Transformation in a Deep Western Boundary Current: A Case Study

Carl P. Spingys, Alberto C. Naveira Garabato, Sonya Legg, Kurt L. Polzin, E. Povl Abrahamsen, Christian E. Buckingham, Alexander Forryan, and Eleanor E. Frajka-Williams

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-20-0132.1

Published Online:: 26 Jan 2021

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The Cyclonic Mode of Arctic Ocean Circulation

James Morison, Ron Kwok, Suzanne Dickinson, Roger Andersen, Cecilia Peralta-Ferriz, David Morison, Ignatius Rigor, Sarah Dewey, and John Guthrie

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-20-0190.1

Published Online:: 20 Jan 2021

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Wind-driven oscillations in Meridional Overturning Circulations near the Equator. Part II: Idealised simulations

Michael J. Bell, Adam T. Blaker, and Joel J.-M. Hirschi

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-19-0297.1

Published Online:: 14 Jan 2021

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The evolution and arrest of a turbulent stratified oceanic bottom boundary layer over a slope: Upslope regime and PV dynamics

XIAOZHOU RUAN, ANDREW F. THOMPSON, and JOHN R. TAYLOR

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-20-0168.1

Published Online:: 13 Jan 2021

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Near-inertial waves and turbulence driven by the growth of swell

Gregory L. Wagner, Gregory P. Chini, Ali Ramadhan, Basile Gallet, and Raffaele Ferrari

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-20-0178.1

Published Online:: 13 Jan 2021

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Skills and limitations of the adiabatic omega equation: how effective is it to retrieve oceanic vertical circulation at meso and submesoscale ?

Alice Pietri, Xavier Capet, Francesco d’Ovidio, Marina Levy, Julien Le Sommer, Jean-Marc Molines, and Hervé Giordani

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-20-0052.1

Published Online:: 13 Jan 2021

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Deep Eastern Boundary Currents: idealized models and dynamics

Xiaoting Yang, Eli Tziperman, and Kevin Speer

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-20-0227.1

Published Online:: 12 Jan 2021

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Near-surface Reflection and Nonlinear Effects of Low-mode Internal Tides on a Continental Slope

Xiaohui Xie and Dake Chen

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-20-0197.1

Published Online:: 12 Jan 2021

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An 8-yr meteotsunami climatology across northwest Europe: 2010–2017

David A Williams, David M Schultz, Kevin J Horsburgh, and Chris W Hughes

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-20-0175.1

Published Online:: 11 Jan 2021

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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, and N. Penny Holliday

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

Published Online:: 08 Jan 2021

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Interaction of nonlinear Ekman pumping, near-inertial oscillations and geostrophic turbulence in an idealized coupled model

Yanxu Chen, David Straub, and Louis-Philippe Nadeau

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-20-0268.1

Published Online:: 07 Jan 2021

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Modified View of Energy Budget Diagram and its Application to the Kuroshio extension region

TAKURO MATSUTA and YUKIO MASUMOTO

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-20-0124.1

Published Online:: 07 Jan 2021

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Overturning response to a surface wind stress doubling in an eddying and a non-eddying ocean

Veit Lüschow, Jochem Marotzke, and Jin-Song von Storch

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-20-0176.1

Published Online:: 07 Jan 2021

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Barotropic and baroclinic inverse kinetic energy cascade in the Antarctic Circumpolar Current

Hongjie Li and Yongsheng Xu

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-20-0053.1

Published Online:: 05 Jan 2021

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Convection and heat transfer in island (warm) wakes

Cátia C. Azevedo, Carolina M. L. Camargo, José Alves, and Rui M. A. Caldeira

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-20-0103.1

Published Online:: 30 Dec 2020

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Characteristics and Dynamics of Density Fronts over the Inner to Mid-shelf under Weak Wind Conditions

Xiaodong Wu, Falk Feddersen, and Sarah N. Giddings

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-20-0162.1

Published Online:: 29 Dec 2020

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The impact of topography and eddy parameterization on the simulated Southern Ocean circulation response to changes in surface wind stress

Hailu Kong and Malte F. Jansen

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-20-0142.1

Published Online:: 29 Dec 2020

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Mesoscale energy balance and air-sea interaction in the Kuroshio Extension: low-frequency versus high-frequency variability

Haiyuan Yang, Lixin Wu, Ping Chang, Bo Qiu, Zhao Jing, Qiuying Zhang, and Zhaohui Chen

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-20-0148.1

Published Online:: 29 Dec 2020

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Vertical Structure of the Beaufort Gyre Halocline and the Crucial Role of the Depth-Dependent Eddy Diffusivity

Jessica S. Kenigson, Renske Gelderloos, and Georgy E Manucharyan

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-20-0077.1

Published Online:: 29 Dec 2020

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The sloshing and diapycnal meridional overturning circulations in the Indian Ocean

Lei Han

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-20-0211.1

Published Online:: 28 Dec 2020

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Spectral wave energy dissipation due to under-ice turbulence

Agnieszka Herman

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-20-0171.1

Published Online:: 28 Dec 2020

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Study of ageostrophy during strong, nonlinear eddy-front interaction in the Gulf of Mexico

Luna Hiron, David S. Nolan, and Lynn K. Shay

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-20-0182.1

Published Online:: 28 Dec 2020

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Beta-plane arrested topographic wave as a linkage of open ocean forcing and mean shelf circulation

Hui Wu

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-20-0195.1

Published Online:: 23 Dec 2020

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Coastal Trapped Waves and other subinertial variability along the Southeast Greenland Coast in a realistic numerical simulation

Renske Gelderloos, Thomas W. N. Haine, and Mattia Almansi

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-20-0239.1

Published Online:: 23 Dec 2020

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Diagnosing diapycnal mixing from passive tracers

XIAOZHOU RUAN and RAFFAELE FERRARI

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-20-0194.1

Published Online:: 22 Dec 2020

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Evaluating Monin-Obukhov Scaling in the Unstable Oceanic Surface Layer

Zhihua Zheng, Ramsey R. Harcourt, and Eric A. D’Asaro

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-20-0201.1

Published Online:: 22 Dec 2020

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Is the surface salinity difference between the Atlantic and Indo–Pacific a signature of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation?

Johan Nilsson, David Ferreira, Tapio Schneider, and Robert C. J. Wills

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-20-0126.1

Published Online:: 22 Dec 2020

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Enhanced double-diffusive salt flux from the high-salinity core of Arabian Sea origin waters to the Bay of Bengal

Jenson V. George, P.N. Vinayachandran, and Anoop A. Nayak

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-20-0192.1

Published Online:: 17 Dec 2020

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Seasonal variability of subthermocline eddy kinetic energy east of the Philippines

Linlin Zhang, Yuchao Hui, Tangdong Qu, and Dunxin Hu

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-20-0101.1

Published Online:: 14 Dec 2020

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Relative Dispersion in the Antarctic Circumpolar Current

Dhruv Balwada, Joseph H. LaCasce, Kevin G. Speer, and Raffaele Ferrari

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-19-0243.1

Published Online:: 11 Dec 2020

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A Conceptual Model of Polar Overturning Circulations

Thomas W. N. Haine

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-20-0139.1

Published Online:: 10 Dec 2020

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The Grounding of Floating Objects in a Marginal Sea

R. Pawlowicz

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-20-0183.1

Published Online:: 08 Dec 2020

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Wind andWave-Driven Reynolds Stress and Velocity Shear in the Upper Ocean for Idealized MisalignedWind-Wave Conditions

Dong Wang and Tobias Kukulka

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-20-0157.1

Published Online:: 08 Dec 2020

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Turbulence driven by reflected internal tides in a supercritical submarine canyon

Madeleine M. Hamann, Matthew H. Alford, Andrew J. Lucas, Amy F. Waterhouse, and Gunnar Voet

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-20-0123.1

Published Online:: 07 Dec 2020

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Wind-driven Oscillations in the Meridional Overturning Circulation near the Equator. Part I: Numerical models

Adam T. Blaker, Joël J.-M. Hirschi, Michael J. Bell, and Amy Bokota

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-19-0296.1

Published Online:: 03 Dec 2020

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Internal tide structure and temporal variability on the reflective continental slope of southeastern Tasmania.

Olavo B. Marques, Matthew H. Alford, Rob Pinkel, Jennifer A. MacKinnon, Jody M. Klymak, Jonathan D. Nash, Amy F. Waterhouse, Samuel M. Kelly, Harper L. Simmons, and Dmitry Braznikov

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-20-0044.1

Published Online:: 01 Dec 2020

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Numerical Simulations of Melt-Driven Double-Diffusive Fluxes in a Turbulent Boundary Layer beneath an Ice Shelf

Leo Middleton, Catherine A. Vreugdenhil, Paul R. Holland, and John R. Taylor

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-20-0114.1

Published Online:: 01 Dec 2020

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Relative Dispersion on the Inner Shelf: Evidence of a Batchelor Regime

Matthew S. Spydell, Falk Feddersen, and Jamie MacMahan

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-20-0170.1

Published Online:: 25 Nov 2020

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Intra-annual Rossby waves destabilization as a potential driver of Low-Latitude Zonal Jets – Barotropic dynamics

Audrey Delpech, Claire Ménesguen, Yves Morel, Leif Thomas, Frédéric Marin, Sophie Cravatte, and Sylvie Le Gentil

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-20-0180.1

Published Online:: 12 Nov 2020

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Damping of climate-scale oceanic variability by mesoscale eddy turbulence

F. Sévellec, A. C. Naveira Garabato, and T. Huck

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-20-0141.1

Published Online:: 10 Nov 2020

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Energetics of a Rotating Wind-forced Horizontal Convection Model of a Reentrant Channel

Varvara E. Zemskova, Brian L. White, and Alberto Scotti

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-19-0169.1

Published Online:: 10 Feb 2020

Volume 51 (2021): Issue 2 (Jan 2021)

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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, and Craig M. Lee

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

Published Online:: Jul 2014

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Observation-Based Source Terms in the Third-Generation Wave Model WAVEWATCH III: Updates and Verification

Qingxiang Liu, W. Erick Rogers, Alexander V. Babanin, Ian R. Young, Leonel Romero, Stefan Zieger, Fangli Qiao, and Changlong Guan

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-18-0137.1

Published Online:: Feb 2019

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Satellite Observations of Mesoscale Eddy-Induced Ekman Pumping

Peter Gaube, Dudley B. Chelton, Roger M. Samelson, Michael G. Schlax, and Larry W. O’Neill

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

Published Online:: Jan 2015

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Interannual Variability of Equatorial Eastern Indian Ocean Upwelling: Local versus Remote Forcing

Gengxin Chen, Weiqing Han, Yuanlong Li, and Dongxiao Wang

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-15-0117.1

Published Online:: Mar 2016

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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, and Hans Hersbach

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

Published Online:: Aug 2013

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