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Co-editors-in-chief: Karen J. Heywood, Mario Hoppema, Bernadette Sloyan & Anne Marie Treguier
eISSN: OS 1812-0792, OSD 1812-0822

Ocean Science (OS) is a not-for-profit international open-access scientific journal dedicated to the publication and discussion of research articles, short communications, and review papers on all aspects of ocean science: experimental, theoretical, and laboratory. The primary objective is to publish a very high-quality scientific journal with free Internet-based access for researchers and other interested people throughout the world.

IF value: 4.311
IF4.311
IF 5-year value: 4.041
IF 5-year4.041
CiteScore value: 6.3
CiteScore6.3
h5-index value: 31
h5-index31
Highlight articles
20 Feb 2023
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On the ocean's response to enhanced Greenland runoff in model experiments: relevance of mesoscale dynamics and atmospheric coupling
Torge Martin and Arne Biastoch
Ocean Sci., 19, 141–167, https://doi.org/10.5194/os-19-141-2023,https://doi.org/10.5194/os-19-141-2023, 2023
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16 Jan 2023
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Regionalizing the sea-level budget with machine learning techniques
Carolina M. L. Camargo, Riccardo E. M. Riva, Tim H. J. Hermans, Eike M. Schütt, Marta Marcos, Ismael Hernandez-Carrasco, and Aimée B. A. Slangen
Ocean Sci., 19, 17–41, https://doi.org/10.5194/os-19-17-2023,https://doi.org/10.5194/os-19-17-2023, 2023
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21 Nov 2022
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Internal tides off the Amazon shelf during two contrasted seasons: interactions with background circulation and SSH imprints
Michel Tchilibou, Ariane Koch-Larrouy, Simon Barbot, Florent Lyard, Yves Morel, Julien Jouanno, and Rosemary Morrow
Ocean Sci., 18, 1591–1618, https://doi.org/10.5194/os-18-1591-2022,https://doi.org/10.5194/os-18-1591-2022, 2022
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21 Oct 2022
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Exceptional freshening and cooling in the eastern subpolar North Atlantic caused by reduced Labrador Sea surface heat loss
Alan D. Fox, Patricia Handmann, Christina Schmidt, Neil Fraser, Siren Rühs, Alejandra Sanchez-Franks, Torge Martin, Marilena Oltmanns, Clare Johnson, Willi Rath, N. Penny Holliday, Arne Biastoch, Stuart A. Cunningham, and Igor Yashayaev
Ocean Sci., 18, 1507–1533, https://doi.org/10.5194/os-18-1507-2022,https://doi.org/10.5194/os-18-1507-2022, 2022
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20 Oct 2022
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Detecting the most effective cleanup locations using network theory to reduce marine plastic debris: a case study in the Galapagos Marine Reserve
Stefanie L. Ypma, Quinten Bohte, Alexander Forryan, Alberto C. Naveira Garabato, Andy Donnelly, and Erik van Sebille
Ocean Sci., 18, 1477–1490, https://doi.org/10.5194/os-18-1477-2022,https://doi.org/10.5194/os-18-1477-2022, 2022
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Recent papers
23 Mar 2023
Revisiting the global mean ocean mass budget over 2005–2020
Anne Barnoud, Julia Pfeffer, Anny Cazenave, Robin Fraudeau, Victor Rousseau, and Michaël Ablain
Ocean Sci., 19, 321–334, https://doi.org/10.5194/os-19-321-2023,https://doi.org/10.5194/os-19-321-2023, 2023
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23 Mar 2023
Internal tides off the Amazon shelf Part I : importance for the structuring of ocean temperature during two contrasted seasons
Fernand Assene, Ariane Koch-Larrouy, Isabelle Dadou, Michel Tchilibou, Guillaume Morvan, Jérôme Chanut, Vincent Vantrepotte, Damien Allain, and Trung-Kien Tran
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2023-418,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2023-418, 2023
Preprint under review for OS (discussion: open, 0 comments)
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21 Mar 2023
A numerical study on meltwater feedback in the coupled Arctic Sea ice-ocean system
Haohao Zhang, Xuezhi Bai, and Kaiwen Wang
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2023-477,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2023-477, 2023
Preprint under review for OS (discussion: open, 0 comments)
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17 Mar 2023
Effects of including the adjoint sea ice rheology on estimating Arctic Ocean–sea ice state
Guokun Lyu, Armin Koehl, Xinrong Wu, Meng Zhou, and Detlef Stammer
Ocean Sci., 19, 305–319, https://doi.org/10.5194/os-19-305-2023,https://doi.org/10.5194/os-19-305-2023, 2023
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17 Mar 2023
Variability of coastal downwelling circulation in response to high-resolution regional atmospheric forcing off the Pearl River Estuary
Wenfeng Lai and Jianping Gan
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2023-318,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2023-318, 2023
Preprint under review for OS (discussion: open, 0 comments)
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