Concept

Geostrophic current

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Global high‐resolution mapping of ocean circulation from TOPEX/Poseidon and ERS‐1 and ‐2

2000 · N. Ducet, P. Y. Le Traon, et al. · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 1,768

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Upper-level circulation in the South Atlantic Ocean

1991 · Ray G. Peterson, Lothar Stramma · Progress In Oceanography · 1,178

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On the total geostrophic circulation of the South Pacific Ocean: Flow patterns, tracers and transports

1986 · Joseph L. Reid · Progress In Oceanography · 940

Diagnostic Model and Analysis of the Surface Currents in the Tropical Pacific Ocean

2002 · Fabrice Bonjean, Gary S. E. Lagerloef · Journal of Physical Oceanography · 900

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Introduction to Geophysical Fluid Dynamics

1994 · Benoı̂t Cushman-Roisin · 794

Near-Inertial Wave Propagation In Geostrophic Shear

1985 · Eric Kunze · Journal of Physical Oceanography · 714

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Sea ice motion in response to geostrophic winds

1982 · A. S. Thorndike, R. Colony · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 618

Shaping of the Continental Rise by Deep Geostrophic Contour Currents

1966 · Bruce C. Heezen, Charles D. Hollister, et al. · Science · 522

Residual-Mean Solutions for the Antarctic Circumpolar Current and Its Associated Overturning Circulation

2003 · John Marshall, Timour Radko · Journal of Physical Oceanography · 469

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The shelf-sea fronts: implications of their existence and behaviour

1981 · J. H. Simpson · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences · 457

Beyond GOCE for the ocean circulation estimate: Synergetic use of altimetry, gravimetry, and in situ data provides new insight into geostrophic and Ekman currents

2014 · M.‐H. Rio, S. Mulet, et al. · Geophysical Research Letters · 454

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Seasonality in submesoscale turbulence

2015 · Jörn Callies, Raffaele Ferrari, et al. · Nature Communications · 448

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The Role of Mesoscale Eddies in the General Circulation of the Ocean—Numerical Experiments Using a Wind-Driven Quasi-Geostrophic Model

1978 · William R. Holland · Journal of Physical Oceanography · 447

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Drifter observations of coastal surface currents during CODE: The method and descriptive view

1985 · Russ E. Davis · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 436

Mesoscale structure of the mean East Australian Current System and its relationship with topography

2003 · K.R Ridgway, J.R Dunn · Progress In Oceanography · 434

The Geostrophic Momentum Approximation and the Semi-Geostrophic Equations

1975 · Brian J. Hoskins · Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences · 406

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On the total geostrophic circulation of the South Atlantic Ocean: Flow patterns, tracers, and transports

1989 · Joseph L. Reid · Progress In Oceanography · 385

Tropical Pacific near‐surface currents estimated from altimeter, wind, and drifter data

1999 · Gary S. E. Lagerloef, Gary T. Mitchum, et al. · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 380

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Annual and interannual variations of the Leeuwin Current at 32°S

2003 · Ming Feng, Gary Meyers, et al. · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 378

Mean Water and Current Structure during the Hawaii-to-Tahiti Shuttle Experiment

1984 · Klaus Wyrtki, Bernard Kilonsky · Journal of Physical Oceanography · 349

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Direct Evidence of an Oceanic Inverse Kinetic Energy Cascade from Satellite Altimetry

2005 · Robert B. Scott, Faming Wang · Journal of Physical Oceanography · 339

An objective method for computing advective surface velocities from sequential infrared satellite images

1986 · W. J. Emery, A. C. Thomas, et al. · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 338

The Large-Scale Environment of the Poleward-Flowing Leeuwin Current, Western Australia: Longshore Steric Height Gradients, Wind Stresses and Geostrophic Flow

1985 · J. S. Godfrey, K. R. Ridgway · Journal of Physical Oceanography · 321

The North Brazil Current retroflection: Seasonal structure and eddy variability

1990 · William E. Johns, Thomas N. Lee, et al. · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 318

The Wind- and Wave-Driven Inner-Shelf Circulation

2011 · Steven J. Lentz, Melanie R. Fewings · Annual Review of Marine Science · 313

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