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02 Dec 2013
Time and space variability of freshwater content, heat content and seasonal ice melt in the Arctic Ocean from 1991 to 2011
M. Korhonen, B. Rudels, M. Marnela, A. Wisotzki, and J. Zhao
Ocean Sci., 9, 1015–1055, https://doi.org/10.5194/os-9-1015-2013,https://doi.org/10.5194/os-9-1015-2013, 2013 | 65,407 views
17 Jan 2013
Evaluation of global monitoring and forecasting systems at Mercator Océan
J.-M. Lellouche, O. Le Galloudec, M. Drévillon, C. Régnier, E. Greiner, G. Garric, N. Ferry, C. Desportes, C.-E. Testut, C. Bricaud, R. Bourdallé-Badie, B. Tranchant, M. Benkiran, Y. Drillet, A. Daudin, and C. De Nicola
Ocean Sci., 9, 57–81, https://doi.org/10.5194/os-9-57-2013,https://doi.org/10.5194/os-9-57-2013, 2013 | 49,664 views
14 Nov 2013
Frontal structures in the West Spitsbergen Current margins
W. Walczowski
Ocean Sci., 9, 957–975, https://doi.org/10.5194/os-9-957-2013,https://doi.org/10.5194/os-9-957-2013, 2013 | 34,780 views
09 Sep 2013
Chaotic variability of the meridional overturning circulation on subannual to interannual timescales
J. J.-M. Hirschi, A. T. Blaker, B. Sinha, A. Coward, B. de Cuevas, S. Alderson, and G. Madec
Ocean Sci., 9, 805–823, https://doi.org/10.5194/os-9-805-2013,https://doi.org/10.5194/os-9-805-2013, 2013 | 34,394 views
06 Feb 2014
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Observed decline of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation 2004–2012
D. A. Smeed, G. D. McCarthy, S. A. Cunningham, E. Frajka-Williams, D. Rayner, W. E. Johns, C. S. Meinen, M. O. Baringer, B. I. Moat, A. Duchez, and H. L. Bryden
Ocean Sci., 10, 29–38, https://doi.org/10.5194/os-10-29-2014,https://doi.org/10.5194/os-10-29-2014, 2014 | 28,342 views
02 Feb 2021
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The transient sensitivity of sea level rise
Aslak Grinsted and Jens Hesselbjerg Christensen
Ocean Sci., 17, 181–186, https://doi.org/10.5194/os-17-181-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/os-17-181-2021, 2021 | 22,566 views
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18 Jan 2010
Density and Absolute Salinity of the Baltic Sea 2006–2009
R. Feistel, S. Weinreben, H. Wolf, S. Seitz, P. Spitzer, B. Adel, G. Nausch, B. Schneider, and D. G. Wright
Ocean Sci., 6, 3–24, https://doi.org/10.5194/os-6-3-2010,https://doi.org/10.5194/os-6-3-2010, 2010 | 21,854 views
20 Jun 2019
The ECMWF operational ensemble reanalysis–analysis system for ocean and sea ice: a description of the system and assessment
Hao Zuo, Magdalena Alonso Balmaseda, Steffen Tietsche, Kristian Mogensen, and Michael Mayer
Ocean Sci., 15, 779–808, https://doi.org/10.5194/os-15-779-2019,https://doi.org/10.5194/os-15-779-2019, 2019 | 21,117 views
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13 Jan 2015
Improved sea level record over the satellite altimetry era (1993–2010) from the Climate Change Initiative project
M. Ablain, A. Cazenave, G. Larnicol, M. Balmaseda, P. Cipollini, Y. Faugère, M. J. Fernandes, O. Henry, J. A. Johannessen, P. Knudsen, O. Andersen, J. Legeais, B. Meyssignac, N. Picot, M. Roca, S. Rudenko, M. G. Scharffenberg, D. Stammer, G. Timms, and J. Benveniste
Ocean Sci., 11, 67–82, https://doi.org/10.5194/os-11-67-2015,https://doi.org/10.5194/os-11-67-2015, 2015 | 20,611 views
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05 May 2009
The density of seawater as a function of salinity (5 to 70 g kg−1) and temperature (273.15 to 363.15 K)
F. J. Millero and F. Huang
Ocean Sci., 5, 91–100, https://doi.org/10.5194/os-5-91-2009,https://doi.org/10.5194/os-5-91-2009, 2009 | 19,873 views
22 Nov 2011
How well can we derive Global Ocean Indicators from Argo data?
K. von Schuckmann and P.-Y. Le Traon
Ocean Sci., 7, 783–791, https://doi.org/10.5194/os-7-783-2011,https://doi.org/10.5194/os-7-783-2011, 2011 | 19,484 views
05 May 2021
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FES2014 global ocean tide atlas: design and performance
Florent H. Lyard, Damien J. Allain, Mathilde Cancet, Loren Carrère, and Nicolas Picot
Ocean Sci., 17, 615–649, https://doi.org/10.5194/os-17-615-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/os-17-615-2021, 2021 | 19,082 views
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12 Oct 2012
Evaluation of Release-05 GRACE time-variable gravity coefficients over the ocean
D. P. Chambers and J. A. Bonin
Ocean Sci., 8, 859–868, https://doi.org/10.5194/os-8-859-2012,https://doi.org/10.5194/os-8-859-2012, 2012 | 18,620 views
05 Jul 2006
The circulation of the Persian Gulf: a numerical study
J. Kämpf and M. Sadrinasab
Ocean Sci., 2, 27–41, https://doi.org/10.5194/os-2-27-2006,https://doi.org/10.5194/os-2-27-2006, 2006 | 18,422 views
27 Aug 2015
Simulation of tsunami generation, propagation and coastal inundation in the Eastern Mediterranean
A. G. Samaras, Th. V. Karambas, and R. Archetti
Ocean Sci., 11, 643–655, https://doi.org/10.5194/os-11-643-2015,https://doi.org/10.5194/os-11-643-2015, 2015 | 18,334 views
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25 Feb 2010
Impact of global ocean model resolution on sea-level variability with emphasis on interannual time scales
T. Penduff, M. Juza, L. Brodeau, G. C. Smith, B. Barnier, J.-M. Molines, A.-M. Treguier, and G. Madec
Ocean Sci., 6, 269–284, https://doi.org/10.5194/os-6-269-2010,https://doi.org/10.5194/os-6-269-2010, 2010 | 18,177 views
15 Mar 2021
Water masses in the Atlantic Ocean: characteristics and distributions
Mian Liu and Toste Tanhua
Ocean Sci., 17, 463–486, https://doi.org/10.5194/os-17-463-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/os-17-463-2021, 2021 | 18,000 views
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04 Jan 2022
Plastics in the Indian Ocean – sources, transport, distribution, and impacts
Charitha Pattiaratchi, Mirjam van der Mheen, Cathleen Schlundt, Bhavani E. Narayanaswamy, Appalanaidu Sura, Sara Hajbane, Rachel White, Nimit Kumar, Michelle Fernandes, and Sarath Wijeratne
Ocean Sci., 18, 1–28, https://doi.org/10.5194/os-18-1-2022,https://doi.org/10.5194/os-18-1-2022, 2022 | 17,707 views
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26 Nov 2021
Progress in understanding of Indian Ocean circulation, variability, air–sea exchange, and impacts on biogeochemistry
Helen E. Phillips, Amit Tandon, Ryo Furue, Raleigh Hood, Caroline C. Ummenhofer, Jessica A. Benthuysen, Viviane Menezes, Shijian Hu, Ben Webber, Alejandra Sanchez-Franks, Deepak Cherian, Emily Shroyer, Ming Feng, Hemantha Wijesekera, Abhisek Chatterjee, Lisan Yu, Juliet Hermes, Raghu Murtugudde, Tomoki Tozuka, Danielle Su, Arvind Singh, Luca Centurioni, Satya Prakash, and Jerry Wiggert
Ocean Sci., 17, 1677–1751, https://doi.org/10.5194/os-17-1677-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/os-17-1677-2021, 2021 | 17,494 views
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26 Jul 2016
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Observed and simulated full-depth ocean heat-content changes for 1970–2005
Lijing Cheng, Kevin E. Trenberth, Matthew D. Palmer, Jiang Zhu, and John P. Abraham
Ocean Sci., 12, 925–935, https://doi.org/10.5194/os-12-925-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/os-12-925-2016, 2016 | 16,852 views
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15 Feb 2021
A 30-year reconstruction of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation shows no decline
Emma L. Worthington, Ben I. Moat, David A. Smeed, Jennifer V. Mecking, Robert Marsh, and Gerard D. McCarthy
Ocean Sci., 17, 285–299, https://doi.org/10.5194/os-17-285-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/os-17-285-2021, 2021 | 16,748 views
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01 Mar 2013
Global surface-ocean pCO2 and sea–air CO2 flux variability from an observation-driven ocean mixed-layer scheme
C. Rödenbeck, R. F. Keeling, D. C. E. Bakker, N. Metzl, A. Olsen, C. Sabine, and M. Heimann
Ocean Sci., 9, 193–216, https://doi.org/10.5194/os-9-193-2013,https://doi.org/10.5194/os-9-193-2013, 2013 | 16,350 views
06 Aug 2014
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Impact of a 30% reduction in Atlantic meridional overturning during 2009–2010
H. L. Bryden, B. A. King, G. D. McCarthy, and E. L. McDonagh
Ocean Sci., 10, 683–691, https://doi.org/10.5194/os-10-683-2014,https://doi.org/10.5194/os-10-683-2014, 2014 | 16,219 views
10 Jan 2013
The CORA dataset: validation and diagnostics of in-situ ocean temperature and salinity measurements
C. Cabanes, A. Grouazel, K. von Schuckmann, M. Hamon, V. Turpin, C. Coatanoan, F. Paris, S. Guinehut, C. Boone, N. Ferry, C. de Boyer Montégut, T. Carval, G. Reverdin, S. Pouliquen, and P.-Y. Le Traon
Ocean Sci., 9, 1–18, https://doi.org/10.5194/os-9-1-2013,https://doi.org/10.5194/os-9-1-2013, 2013 | 15,525 views
10 Dec 2009
Optical tools for ocean monitoring and research
C. Moore, A. Barnard, P. Fietzek, M. R. Lewis, H. M. Sosik, S. White, and O. Zielinski
Ocean Sci., 5, 661–684, https://doi.org/10.5194/os-5-661-2009,https://doi.org/10.5194/os-5-661-2009, 2009 | 15,500 views
18 May 2010
Biofouling protection for marine environmental sensors
L. Delauney, C. Compère, and M. Lehaitre
Ocean Sci., 6, 503–511, https://doi.org/10.5194/os-6-503-2010,https://doi.org/10.5194/os-6-503-2010, 2010 | 13,348 views
17 Jun 2009
A new assessment of the error budget of global mean sea level rate estimated by satellite altimetry over 1993–2008
M. Ablain, A. Cazenave, G. Valladeau, and S. Guinehut
Ocean Sci., 5, 193–201, https://doi.org/10.5194/os-5-193-2009,https://doi.org/10.5194/os-5-193-2009, 2009 | 13,049 views
25 Sep 2018
Recent updates to the Copernicus Marine Service global ocean monitoring and forecasting real-time 1∕12° high-resolution system
Jean-Michel Lellouche, Eric Greiner, Olivier Le Galloudec, Gilles Garric, Charly Regnier, Marie Drevillon, Mounir Benkiran, Charles-Emmanuel Testut, Romain Bourdalle-Badie, Florent Gasparin, Olga Hernandez, Bruno Levier, Yann Drillet, Elisabeth Remy, and Pierre-Yves Le Traon
Ocean Sci., 14, 1093–1126, https://doi.org/10.5194/os-14-1093-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/os-14-1093-2018, 2018 | 12,556 views
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30 Oct 2013
The circulation of Icelandic waters – a modelling study
K. Logemann, J. Ólafsson, Á. Snorrason, H. Valdimarsson, and G. Marteinsdóttir
Ocean Sci., 9, 931–955, https://doi.org/10.5194/os-9-931-2013,https://doi.org/10.5194/os-9-931-2013, 2013 | 12,133 views
04 Jan 2018
The density–salinity relation of standard seawater
Hannes Schmidt, Steffen Seitz, Egon Hassel, and Henning Wolf
Ocean Sci., 14, 15–40, https://doi.org/10.5194/os-14-15-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/os-14-15-2018, 2018 | 12,019 views
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09 Sep 2016
DUACS DT2014: the new multi-mission altimeter data set reprocessed over 20 years
Marie-Isabelle Pujol, Yannice Faugère, Guillaume Taburet, Stéphanie Dupuy, Camille Pelloquin, Michael Ablain, and Nicolas Picot
Ocean Sci., 12, 1067–1090, https://doi.org/10.5194/os-12-1067-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/os-12-1067-2016, 2016 | 11,876 views
23 Jul 2020
Pending recovery in the strength of the meridional overturning circulation at 26° N
Ben I. Moat, David A. Smeed, Eleanor Frajka-Williams, Damien G. Desbruyères, Claudie Beaulieu, William E. Johns, Darren Rayner, Alejandra Sanchez-Franks, Molly O. Baringer, Denis Volkov, Laura C. Jackson, and Harry L. Bryden
Ocean Sci., 16, 863–874, https://doi.org/10.5194/os-16-863-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/os-16-863-2020, 2020 | 11,846 views
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21 Dec 2012
A global algorithm for estimating Absolute Salinity
T. J. McDougall, D. R. Jackett, F. J. Millero, R. Pawlowicz, and P. M. Barker
Ocean Sci., 8, 1123–1134, https://doi.org/10.5194/os-8-1123-2012,https://doi.org/10.5194/os-8-1123-2012, 2012 | 11,833 views
10 May 2017
The Coastal Observing System for Northern and Arctic Seas (COSYNA)
Burkard Baschek, Friedhelm Schroeder, Holger Brix, Rolf Riethmüller, Thomas H. Badewien, Gisbert Breitbach, Bernd Brügge, Franciscus Colijn, Roland Doerffer, Christiane Eschenbach, Jana Friedrich, Philipp Fischer, Stefan Garthe, Jochen Horstmann, Hajo Krasemann, Katja Metfies, Lucas Merckelbach, Nino Ohle, Wilhelm Petersen, Daniel Pröfrock, Rüdiger Röttgers, Michael Schlüter, Jan Schulz, Johannes Schulz-Stellenfleth, Emil Stanev, Joanna Staneva, Christian Winter, Kai Wirtz, Jochen Wollschläger, Oliver Zielinski, and Friedwart Ziemer
Ocean Sci., 13, 379–410, https://doi.org/10.5194/os-13-379-2017,https://doi.org/10.5194/os-13-379-2017, 2017 | 11,751 views
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15 Aug 2012
TOPAZ4: an ocean-sea ice data assimilation system for the North Atlantic and Arctic
P. Sakov, F. Counillon, L. Bertino, K. A. Lisæter, P. R. Oke, and A. Korablev
Ocean Sci., 8, 633–656, https://doi.org/10.5194/os-8-633-2012,https://doi.org/10.5194/os-8-633-2012, 2012 | 11,726 views
10 Jul 2012
On the influence of wind and waves on underwater irradiance fluctuations
M. Hieronymi and A. Macke
Ocean Sci., 8, 455–471, https://doi.org/10.5194/os-8-455-2012,https://doi.org/10.5194/os-8-455-2012, 2012 | 11,421 views
01 Jun 2011
The effects of biogeochemical processes on oceanic conductivity/salinity/density relationships and the characterization of real seawater
R. Pawlowicz, D. G. Wright, and F. J. Millero
Ocean Sci., 7, 363–387, https://doi.org/10.5194/os-7-363-2011,https://doi.org/10.5194/os-7-363-2011, 2011 | 11,404 views
24 Jun 2014
Consistency of the current global ocean observing systems from an Argo perspective
K. von Schuckmann, J.-B. Sallée, D. Chambers, P.-Y. Le Traon, C. Cabanes, F. Gaillard, S. Speich, and M. Hamon
Ocean Sci., 10, 547–557, https://doi.org/10.5194/os-10-547-2014,https://doi.org/10.5194/os-10-547-2014, 2014 | 11,244 views
06 Sep 2013
The Mediterranean Sea system: a review and an introduction to the special issue
T. Tanhua, D. Hainbucher, K. Schroeder, V. Cardin, M. Álvarez, and G. Civitarese
Ocean Sci., 9, 789–803, https://doi.org/10.5194/os-9-789-2013,https://doi.org/10.5194/os-9-789-2013, 2013 | 11,184 views
04 Oct 2011
Spectrophotometric high-precision seawater pH determination for use in underway measuring systems
S. Aßmann, C. Frank, and A. Körtzinger
Ocean Sci., 7, 597–607, https://doi.org/10.5194/os-7-597-2011,https://doi.org/10.5194/os-7-597-2011, 2011 | 11,132 views
30 Oct 2020
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Beaching patterns of plastic debris along the Indian Ocean rim
Mirjam van der Mheen, Erik van Sebille, and Charitha Pattiaratchi
Ocean Sci., 16, 1317–1336, https://doi.org/10.5194/os-16-1317-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/os-16-1317-2020, 2020 | 11,104 views
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11 Dec 2013
A new method for continuous measurements of oceanic and atmospheric N2O, CO and CO2: performance of off-axis integrated cavity output spectroscopy (OA-ICOS) coupled to non-dispersive infrared detection (NDIR)
D. L. Arévalo-Martínez, M. Beyer, M. Krumbholz, I. Piller, A. Kock, T. Steinhoff, A. Körtzinger, and H. W. Bange
Ocean Sci., 9, 1071–1087, https://doi.org/10.5194/os-9-1071-2013,https://doi.org/10.5194/os-9-1071-2013, 2013 | 11,000 views
01 Feb 2010
Thermodynamic properties of sea air
R. Feistel, D. G. Wright, H.-J. Kretzschmar, E. Hagen, S. Herrmann, and R. Span
Ocean Sci., 6, 91–141, https://doi.org/10.5194/os-6-91-2010,https://doi.org/10.5194/os-6-91-2010, 2010 | 10,945 views
13 Jan 2021
Antarctic Bottom Water and North Atlantic Deep Water in CMIP6 models
Céline Heuzé
Ocean Sci., 17, 59–90, https://doi.org/10.5194/os-17-59-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/os-17-59-2021, 2021 | 10,734 views
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06 May 2014
Physical forcing and physical/biochemical variability of the Mediterranean Sea: a review of unresolved issues and directions for future research
P. Malanotte-Rizzoli, V. Artale, G. L. Borzelli-Eusebi, S. Brenner, A. Crise, M. Gacic, N. Kress, S. Marullo, M. Ribera d'Alcalà, S. Sofianos, T. Tanhua, A. Theocharis, M. Alvarez, Y. Ashkenazy, A. Bergamasco, V. Cardin, S. Carniel, G. Civitarese, F. D'Ortenzio, J. Font, E. Garcia-Ladona, J. M. Garcia-Lafuente, A. Gogou, M. Gregoire, D. Hainbucher, H. Kontoyannis, V. Kovacevic, E. Kraskapoulou, G. Kroskos, A. Incarbona, M. G. Mazzocchi, M. Orlic, E. Ozsoy, A. Pascual, P.-M. Poulain, W. Roether, A. Rubino, K. Schroeder, J. Siokou-Frangou, E. Souvermezoglou, M. Sprovieri, J. Tintoré, and G. Triantafyllou
Ocean Sci., 10, 281–322, https://doi.org/10.5194/os-10-281-2014,https://doi.org/10.5194/os-10-281-2014, 2014 | 10,444 views
07 Dec 2009
A review of the role of submarine canyons in deep-ocean exchange with the shelf
S. E. Allen and X. Durrieu de Madron
Ocean Sci., 5, 607–620, https://doi.org/10.5194/os-5-607-2009,https://doi.org/10.5194/os-5-607-2009, 2009 | 10,392 views
28 Aug 2019
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CO2 effects on diatoms: a synthesis of more than a decade of ocean acidification experiments with natural communities
Lennart Thomas Bach and Jan Taucher
Ocean Sci., 15, 1159–1175, https://doi.org/10.5194/os-15-1159-2019,https://doi.org/10.5194/os-15-1159-2019, 2019 | 10,199 views
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30 Jul 2013
Comparing historical and modern methods of sea surface temperature measurement – Part 1: Review of methods, field comparisons and dataset adjustments
J. B. R. Matthews
Ocean Sci., 9, 683–694, https://doi.org/10.5194/os-9-683-2013,https://doi.org/10.5194/os-9-683-2013, 2013 | 10,165 views
12 Sep 2019
DUACS DT2018: 25 years of reprocessed sea level altimetry products
Guillaume Taburet, Antonio Sanchez-Roman, Maxime Ballarotta, Marie-Isabelle Pujol, Jean-François Legeais, Florent Fournier, Yannice Faugere, and Gerald Dibarboure
Ocean Sci., 15, 1207–1224, https://doi.org/10.5194/os-15-1207-2019,https://doi.org/10.5194/os-15-1207-2019, 2019 | 10,053 views
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