Volume 26 | Number 1 | March 2013
Special issue on Upper Ocean Processes:
Peter Niiler's Contributions and Inspirations

Special Issue Features | Regular Issue Feature | Departments | 
On the Cover | Special Issue Guest Editors | Special Issue Sponsor

Addendum | Tributes to Peter Niiler

SPECIAL ISSUE FEATURES

FROM THE GUEST EDITORS | Introduction to the Special Issue on Upper Ocean Processes:
Peter Niiler's Contributions and Inspirations
L. Centurioni and D.-K. Lee. 2013. Oceanography 26(1):25–27, http://dx.doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2013.01.

The Wintertime Subtropical Current in the Northwestern Pacific
D.-K. Lee and L. Centurioni. 2013. Oceanography 26(1):28–37, http://dx.doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2013.02.

Mediterranean Surface Currents Measured with Drifters: From Basin to Subinertial Scales
P.-M. Poulain, A. Bussani, R. Gerin, R. Jungwirth, E. Mauri, M. Menna, and G. Notarstefano. 2013. Oceanography 26(1):38–47, http://dx.doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2013.03.

Surpact: A SMOS Surface Wave Rider for Air-Sea Interaction
G. Reverdin, S. Morisset, D. Bourras, N. Martin, A. Lourenço, J. Boutin, C. Caudoux, J. Font, and J. Salvador. 2013. Oceanography 26(1):48–57, http://dx.doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2013.04.

Extent and Energetics of the Hawaiian Lee Countercurrent
R. Lumpkin and P.J. Flament. 2013. Oceanography 26(1):58–65, http://dx.doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2013.05.

Structure and Evolution of the Cold Dome off Northeastern Taiwan: A Numerical Study
G. Gopalakrishnan, B.D. Cornuelle, G. Gawarkiewicz, and J.L. McClean. 2013. Oceanography 26(1):66–79, http://dx.doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2013.06.

Closure of the Global Overturning Circulation Through the Indian, Pacific, and Southern Oceans: Schematics and Transports
L.D. Talley. 2013. Oceanography 26(1):80–97, http://dx.doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2013.07.

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REGULAR ISSUE FEATURE

Concept Mapping Workshops: Helping Ocean Scientists Represent and Communicate Science
A. deCharon, L. Duguay, J. McDonnell, C. Peach, C. Companion, C. Herren, P. Harcourt, T. Repa, C. Ferraro, P. Kwon, S. Lichtenwalner, E. Simms, and L. Whitley. 2013. Oceanography 26(1):98–105, http://dx.doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2013.08.

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DEPARTMENTS

QUARTERDECK | More Electronic Formats of Oceanography Available Soon
E.S. Kappel. 2013. Oceanography 26(1):5, http://dx.doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2013.09.

FROM THE PRESIDENT | Shifting Waters
M.R. Abbott. 2013. Oceanography 26(1):7, http://dx.doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2013.10.

RIP CURRENT—NEWS IN OCEANOGRAPHY |
Superstorm Sandy: A Series of Unfortunate Events?
C.H. Greene, J.A. Francis, and B.C. Monger. 2013. Oceanography 26(1):8–9, http://dx.doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2013.11.

COMMENTARY | Enhancing the Ocean Observing System to Meet Restoration
Challenges in the Gulf of Mexico
S.A. Murawski and W.T. Hogarth. 2013. Oceanography 26(1):10–16, http://dx.doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2013.12.

RIPPLE MARKS—THE STORY BEHIND THE STORY | The Forgotten Forests: Mangroves' Future Hangs in the Balance Between Land and Sea • Plug Your Power Cord Into the Seafloor? Seabed Bacteria Function as Live Electric Cables • Living Light on the Deep-Sea Floor: Bioluminescence Also Shines in the Benthos
C.L. Dybas. 2013. Oceanography 26(1):18–23, http://dx.doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2013.13.

THE OCEANOGRAPHY CLASSROOM | Words Are Important
T. Garrison. 2013. Oceanography 26(1):106–107, http://dx.doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2013.14.

BOOK REVIEW | Diversity of Hydrothermal Systems on Slow Spreading Ocean Ridges
Reviewed by J. Alt. 2013. Oceanography 26(1):108–109, http://dx.doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2013.15.

CAREER PROFILES—OPTIONS AND INSIGHTS | Jon Kaye, Program Officer, Marine Microbiology Initiative, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation • Nick Drenzek, Principal Researcher, Statoil, Bergen, Norway
2013. Oceanography 26(1):110–112.

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ON THE COVER

		FRONT COVER | Low Res pdf (749 KB) (top) RMS of eddy kinetic energy from drifter velocity observations at 15 m depth binned at 1/3° × 1/3° resolution. The map was obtained from over 16,000 drifters deployed between 1979 and 2012. (bottom) Average zonal currents from drifter velocity observations at 15 m depth binned at 1/3° × 1/3° resolution. The map was obtained from over 16,000 drifters deployed between 1979 and 2012.
		BACK COVER | Low Res pdf (749 KB) Peter Niiler checking the assembly of a TRISTAR drifter.

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SPECIAL ISSUE GUEST EDITORS

Luca Centurioni | Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Dong-Kyu Lee | Pusan National University

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SPECIAL ISSUE SPONSOR

Production of this issue of Oceanography was supported by the US Office of Naval Research.

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