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Scope

The Journal of Physical Oceanography (JPO) (ISSN: 0022-3670; eISSN: 1520-0485) publishes research related to the physics of the ocean and to processes operating at its boundaries. Observational, theoretical, and modeling studies are all welcome, especially those that focus on elucidating specific physical processes. Papers that investigate interactions with other components of the Earth system (e.g., ocean–atmosphere, physical–biological, and physical–chemical interactions) as well as studies of other fluid systems (e.g., lakes and laboratory tanks) are also invited, as long as their focus is on understanding the ocean or its role in the Earth system.

2025 Impact Factor: 2.9³

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Editors and Staff Contacts

Chief Editor

Jerome A. Smith, Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Editors

Hidenori Aiki, Nagoya University
Maarten Buijsman, University of Southern Mississippi
Jörn Callies, California Institute of Technology
Paola Cessi, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Gregory Foltz, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Sam Kelly, University of Minnesota Duluth
Jody Klymak, University of Victoria
Yueng-Djern Lenn, Bangor University
Andrew Stewart, University of California, Los Angeles
Jacob Wenegrat, University of Maryland
Daniel Whitt, NASA Ames Research Center

Associate Editors

Noel G. Brizuela, Max Planck Institute for Meteorology

Robert Chant, Rutgers University

Eric A. D'Asaro, University of Washington

Mara Freilich, Brown University

Johannes Gemmrich, University of Victoria

Peter R. Gent, National Center for Atmospheric Research

Jonathan Gula, Université de Bretagne Occidentale

Robert Hallberg, NOAA/Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory

Kenneth Hughes, University of Waikato

Delphine Hypolite, University of California, Los Angeles

Leah Johnson, Applied Physics Lab, University of Washington

Tobias Kukulka, University of Delaware

Trevor McDougall, University of New South Wales

André Palóczy, National Oceanography Centre

Helen Phillips, University of Tasmania

Francis Poulin, University of Waterloo

Cesar Rocha, University of São Paulo

Leonel Romero, University of Connecticut

Roger M. Samelson, Oregon State University

Callum Shakespeare, Australian National University

Saulo M. Soares, Scripps Institution of Oceanography

David Straub, McGill University

Leif Thomas, Stanford University

Gunnar Voet, Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Christopher Pitt Wolfe, Stony Brook University

Alexander Yankovsky, University of South Carolina

Elizabeth Yankovsky, Yale University

Varvara (Barbara) Zemskova, University of Waterloo

Peer Review Support Staff

Cristina Barletta, Assistant to Jerome A. Smith

Aylin Arruda, Assistant to Paola Cessi and Andrew Stewart

Jane Foley, Assistant to Hidenori Aiki, Gregory Foltz and Yueng-Djern Lenn
Colleen Gaffney, Assistant to Jody Klymak
Tom Justice, Assistant to Sam Kelly, Jacob Wenegrat, and Daniel Whitt
Andrea Schein, Assistant to Maarten Buijsman and Jörn Callies

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