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Physical Oceanography

Submit your research

Author guidelines

Editor guidelines

Peer review

Publishing fees

Journal notices

Editor's Choice Article

Meet the team at OSM 2026

Author Guidelines

Research Topic Spotlight

Frontiers FAIR² now open!

Editors

ming li

borja aguiar-gonzález

alvise benetazzo

pavel berloff

Articles

Defining an Appropriate Range of Scales for Application of the Gradient Richardson Number, with Implications for Observations of Stratified Shear Turbulence at Laboratory and Ocean Scales

A Significant Wave Height Prediction Method Combining VMD Decomposition and the GVSAO-CNN-BiGRU-SA Model

Wave characteristics and wave energy resource assessment of the waters bordering China

Oceanward surface transport from the NW African upwelling zone by coastal jet detachment and filaments

Research Topics

Extreme Seas: Next-Generation Forecasting of Significant Wave Height

Charting the Course – Perspectives from Leaders in Marine Science

In memory of William Kurt Dewar: Exploring the dynamics of oceanic boundary currents (e.g., the Gulf Stream) and their impact on weather

Physical Processes in the Southern Ocean: Dynamics, Interactions, and Climate Change