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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 scientific journal dedicated to the publication and public discussion of studies investigating the ocean's physical, biogeochemical and biological and ecosystem properties and processes. Ocean Science publishes studies with important implications for our understanding of the state and behaviour of the ocean, its impacts on and responses to climate, including coupling at the ocean–atmosphere, ocean–sea ice–ice sheet and ocean–coast (land) interfaces.

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News

02 Aug 2023 Ocean Science Jubilee: reviews and perspectives – call for papers

In 2024–2025 Ocean Science will turn 20 years old. To celebrate this jubilee, we plan a special collection of "reviews and perspectives" papers, looking back at how ocean sciences have advanced over the last 20 years and looking forward to how they might advance over the next 20 years. Please read more.

02 Aug 2023 Ocean Science Jubilee: reviews and perspectives – call for papers

In 2024–2025 Ocean Science will turn 20 years old. To celebrate this jubilee, we plan a special collection of "reviews and perspectives" papers, looking back at how ocean sciences have advanced over the last 20 years and looking forward to how they might advance over the next 20 years. Please read more.

30 Jun 2023 Release of journal metrics 2022

The journal metrics 2022 were released. Please find further information on the journal metrics page.

30 Jun 2023 Release of journal metrics 2022

The journal metrics 2022 were released. Please find further information on the journal metrics page.

Highlight articles

28 Jun 2023
| Highlight paper
Dense water formation in the eastern Mediterranean under a global warming scenario
Iván M. Parras-Berrocal, Rubén Vázquez, William Cabos, Dimitry V. Sein, Oscar Álvarez, Miguel Bruno, and Alfredo Izquierdo
Ocean Sci., 19, 941–952, https://doi.org/10.5194/os-19-941-2023,https://doi.org/10.5194/os-19-941-2023, 2023
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06 Jun 2023
| Highlight paper
Seasonal overturning variability in the eastern North Atlantic subpolar gyre: a Lagrangian perspective
Oliver John Tooth, Helen Louise Johnson, Chris Wilson, and Dafydd Gwyn Evans
Ocean Sci., 19, 769–791, https://doi.org/10.5194/os-19-769-2023,https://doi.org/10.5194/os-19-769-2023, 2023
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12 May 2023
| Highlight paper
Response of the sea surface temperature to heatwaves during the France 2022 meteorological summer
Thibault Guinaldo, Aurore Voldoire, Robin Waldman, Stéphane Saux Picart, and Hervé Roquet
Ocean Sci., 19, 629–647, https://doi.org/10.5194/os-19-629-2023,https://doi.org/10.5194/os-19-629-2023, 2023
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20 Feb 2023
| Highlight paper
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
| Highlight paper
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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Scheduled special issues

01 Sep 2023–31 Dec 2024 | Antonio Ricchi, Giovanni Liguori, Matjaz Licer, Milena Menna, Clea Denamiel, Aida Alvera-Azcárate, Joanna Staneva, and John C. Warner | Information
01 Aug 2023–30 Jun 2025 | OS editors | Coordinator: Karen J. Heywood | Information
12 May 2023–28 Feb 2024 | Alexander Barth, Julien Brajard, Matjaz Licer, Xiaofeng Li, Ana Ruescas, and Aida Alvera-Azcárate | Information
01 Jan 2023–31 Oct 2024 | John M. Huthnance, Agustín Sánchez-Arcilla, Manuel Espino Infantes, Joanna Staneva, Sandro Carniel, and Davide Bonaldo | Information
01 Jan 2023–indefinite | OS editors | Coordinator: Charles Stock | Information

Recent papers

21 Sep 2023
Evaluating altimetry-derived surface currents on the south Greenland shelf with surface drifters
Arthur Coquereau and Nicholas P. Foukal
Ocean Sci., 19, 1393–1411, https://doi.org/10.5194/os-19-1393-2023,https://doi.org/10.5194/os-19-1393-2023, 2023
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20 Sep 2023
Biophysical coupling of seasonal chlorophyll-a bloom variations and phytoplankton assemblages across the Peninsula Front in the Bransfield Strait
Marta Veny, Borja Aguiar-González, Ángeles Marrero-Díaz, Tania Pereira-Vázquez, and Ángel Rodríguez-Santana
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2023-2051,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2023-2051, 2023
Preprint under review for OS (discussion: open, 0 comments)
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18 Sep 2023
The salinity anomalies due to the biogeochemical processes in the Bohai Sea
Fengying Ji and Xunjun Xiong
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2023-2107,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2023-2107, 2023
Preprint under review for OS (discussion: open, 0 comments)
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15 Sep 2023
Bivariate sea-ice assimilation for global-ocean analysis–reanalysis
Andrea Cipollone, Deep Sankar Banerjee, Doroteaciro Iovino, Ali Aydogdu, and Simona Masina
Ocean Sci., 19, 1375–1392, https://doi.org/10.5194/os-19-1375-2023,https://doi.org/10.5194/os-19-1375-2023, 2023
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14 Sep 2023
Numerical investigation of interaction between anticyclonic eddy and semidiurnal internal tide in the northeastern South China Sea
Liming Fan, Hui Sun, Qingxuan Yang, and Jianing Li
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2023-1914,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2023-1914, 2023
Preprint under review for OS (discussion: open, 0 comments)
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