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Recent Progress in Ocean Fronts
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Recent Progress in Ocean Fronts

A special issue of Oceans (ISSN 2673-1924).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 March 2026 | Viewed by 1012

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Dr. Miaohua Mao

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Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yantai 264003, China
Interests: numerical model; hydrodynamics; wave dynamics; wave–current interaction; coastal circulation; physical modeling; ocean dynamics; water exchange; lagoon; coastal engineering
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Dr. Weijie Liu

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Ocean College, Zhejiang University, Zhoushan, China
Interests: Bragg resonance of water waves; coastal engineering; hydraulic engineering; wave hydrodynamics; Boussinesq wave model; fringing reefs; infra-gravity waves; wave runup
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Dr. María Paz Chidichimo

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1. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina
2. Instituto de Investigación e Ingeniería Ambiental 3iA, Escuela de Hábitat y Sostenibilidad, Universidad Nacional de San Martín (UNSAM), Buenos Aires, Argentina
Interests: physical oceanography; ocean circulation; climate change; western boundary currents; Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC); South Atlantic Ocean; Antarctic circumpolar current

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Ocean fronts, together with other dynamic processes such as circulations, eddies, and internal waves, exert significant effects on ocean dynamics, ecology, and biogeochemical processes. This Special Issue aims to develop an understanding of the forming mechanisms, structures, functions, and dynamics of ocean fronts, including hydrodynamics, air–sea interactions, energy and material transports, the biogeochemical cycle, and biological processes. Detailed studies provide a foundation for describing how ocean fronts and other processes interact, and for understanding the variations in the characteristics and effects of ocean fronts on event-level, seasonal, and interannual time scales. Manuscripts focusing on ocean fronts, including structures, dynamics, interactions, and processes, are welcome. Furthermore, all approaches to studying ocean fronts (e.g., in situ observations, satellite remote sensing, numerical modelling, and artificial intelligence) are relevant. Remarkable technical developments for ocean remote sensing technologies have provided views of some new ocean fronts that were previously unnoticed, so papers addressing temporal aspects spanning past, present, and future changes are welcome. This Special Issue also particularly encourages studies on ocean fronts in coastal areas, which can aid in deepening the understanding of land-sea interactions and the connections between coastal and open oceans.

Prof. Dr. Miaohua Mao
Dr. Weijie Liu
Dr. María Paz Chidichimo
Guest Editors

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  • ocean fronts
  • hydrodynamics
  • air–sea interactions
  • biogeochemical cycle
  • land–sea interactions

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The Track-Long Scale Response Modes of Sea Surface Temperature Identified by the Western North Pacific Typhoons
by Rui Liu, Liang Sun, Haihua Liu, Mengyuan Xu, Gaopeng Lu, Xiuting Wang and Youfang Yan
Oceans 2026, 7(1), 7; https://doi.org/10.3390/oceans7010007 - 8 Jan 2026
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Although previous studies composited response of sea surface temperature (SST) to typhoon sea surface wind (SSW) forcing around typhoon center, how SST responded spatiotemporally along the typhoon track over the ocean remains unclear. Through Empirical Orthogonal Function (EOF) analysis, several isolated typhoons in [...] Read more.
Although previous studies composited response of sea surface temperature (SST) to typhoon sea surface wind (SSW) forcing around typhoon center, how SST responded spatiotemporally along the typhoon track over the ocean remains unclear. Through Empirical Orthogonal Function (EOF) analysis, several isolated typhoons in the Western North Pacific (WNP) from 2021 to 2024 were investigated. Two SSW forcing modes and two SST response modes were identified. The first SSW mode spatially reflects the overall distribution of SSW along the track, centering at its maturation position. And the first SST mode exhibits a high spatial correlation (|R|>0.85) with this SSW mode. The second SSW mode displays a distinct track-long scale dipole pattern along the path of the typhoon, representing its intensity variation during the “development–maturation–decay” lifecycle. Similarly, the second SST response mode shows a significant but lower correlation with this second SSW mode. Both corresponding SST response modes typically lag behind their respective wind-forcing by approximately 2 to 4 days, indicating that these SST response modes are direct reactions to SSW forcing. These cases implies that two track-long scale SSW modes are generally present during the lifecycle of typhoons and that their corresponding SST responses are dominated accordingly. Full article
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Coastal Circulation and Eddies Generation in the Southwest Mexican Pacific
by Federico Angel Velázquez-Muñoz, Raul Candelario Cruz-Gómez and Cesar Monzon
Oceans 2026, 7(1), 6; https://doi.org/10.3390/oceans7010006 - 8 Jan 2026
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We use 29 years of altimeter-derived sea level anomalies and geostrophic velocities (1993–2021) from the Copernicus Marine Service to identify the Mexican Coastal Current (MCC) and to examine how it interacts with the coastline. Variance-ellipse and empirical orthogonal function analyses isolate a narrow [...] Read more.
We use 29 years of altimeter-derived sea level anomalies and geostrophic velocities (1993–2021) from the Copernicus Marine Service to identify the Mexican Coastal Current (MCC) and to examine how it interacts with the coastline. Variance-ellipse and empirical orthogonal function analyses isolate a narrow alongshore jet with a mean width of about 95 km and average speeds near 0.3 m s−1 that reverses direction semiannually: poleward in June and July and equatorward in the rest of the year. When the MCC impinges on broad concavities in the coast, the boundary layer separates, forming recirculation cells that intensify and detach as coherent eddies. These near-shore eddies have similar radii (from ∼30 km) and relative vorticity of ±0.5×10−5s−1 at the beginning of their generation, and they propagate offshore once the current weakens. A simple numerical model reproduces the observed behavior and suggests that eddy formation is controlled by flow separation rather than generic instability. The semiannual change in direction of the MCC indicate a link with the larger-scale North Equatorial Countercurrent and Costa Rica Coastal Current systems of the eastern tropical Pacific. Full article
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