| Circulation and currents in the southwestern East/Japan Sea: Overview and review KI Chang, WJ Teague, SJ Lyu, HT Perkins, DK Lee, DR Watts, YB Kim, ... Progress in Oceanography 61 (2-4), 105-156, 2004 | 249 | 2004 |
| Mean antarctic circumpolar current transport measured in drake passage KA Donohue, KL Tracey, DR Watts, MP Chidichimo, TK Chereskin Geophysical Research Letters 43 (22), 11,760-11,767, 2016 | 241 | 2016 |
| Gulf Stream structure, transport, and recirculation near 68 W WE Johns, TJ Shay, JM Bane, DR Watts Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans 100 (C1), 817-838, 1995 | 214 | 1995 |
| Vertical structure and transport on a transect across the North Atlantic Current near 42 N: Time series and mean CS Meinen, DR Watts Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans 105 (C9), 21869-21891, 2000 | 188 | 2000 |
| A two-dimensional gravest empirical mode determined from hydrographic observations in the Subantarctic Front DR Watts, C Sun, S Rintoul Journal of Physical Oceanography 31 (8), 2186-2209, 2001 | 173 | 2001 |
| Measuring dynamic heights with inverted echo sounders: Results from MODE DR Watts, HT Rossby Journal of Physical Oceanography 7 (3), 345-358, 1977 | 159 | 1977 |
| Deep-ocean bottom pressure measurement: Drift removal and performance DR Watts, H Kontoyiannis | 151 | 1990 |
| A circumpolar gravest empirical mode for the Southern Ocean hydrography C Sun, DR Watts Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans 106 (C2), 2833-2855, 2001 | 132 | 2001 |
| Observations of Kuroshio flow variations in the East China Sea M Andres, M Wimbush, JH Park, KI Chang, BH Lim, DR Watts, H Ichikawa, ... Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans 113 (C5), 2008 | 128 | 2008 |
| On Gulf stream meander characteristics near Cape Hatteras KL Tracey, DR Watts Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans 91 (C6), 7587-7602, 1986 | 126 | 1986 |
| Eddy–mean flow interaction in the Gulf Stream at 68 W. Part I: Eddy energetics M Cronin, DR Watts Journal of physical oceanography 26 (10), 2107-2131, 1996 | 124 | 1996 |
| Mapping circulation in the Kuroshio Extension with an array of current and pressure recording inverted echo sounders KA Donohue, DR Watts, KL Tracey, AD Greene, M Kennelly Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology 27 (3), 507-527, 2010 | 120 | 2010 |
| Gulf Stream meanders: Observations on propagation and growth DR Watts, WE Johns Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans 87 (C12), 9467-9476, 1982 | 115 | 1982 |
| Observations of the subtropical mode water evolution from the Kuroshio Extension System Study B Qiu, P Hacker, S Chen, KA Donohue, DR Watts, H Mitsudera, NG Hogg, ... Journal of Physical Oceanography 36 (3), 457-473, 2006 | 107 | 2006 |
| Deep western boundary current variability at Cape Hatteras RS Pickart, DR Watts | 106 | 1990 |
| Gulf Stream path and thermocline structure near 74 W and 68 W DR Watts, KL Tracey, JM Bane, TJ Shay Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans 100 (C9), 18291-18312, 1995 | 105 | 1995 |
| A test of geostrophy in the Gulf Stream E Johns, DR Watts, HT Rossby Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans 94 (C3), 3211-3222, 1989 | 104 | 1989 |
| The Kuroshio Extension and its recirculation gyres SR Jayne, NG Hogg, SN Waterman, L Rainville, KA Donohue, DR Watts, ... Deep sea research part I: oceanographic research papers 56 (12), 2088-2099, 2009 | 102 | 2009 |
| Internal tides in the southwestern Japan/East Sea JH Park, DR Watts Journal of Physical Oceanography 36 (1), 22-34, 2006 | 101 | 2006 |
| Acoustic measurements of wind speed and precipitation over a continental shelf DD Lemon, DM Farmer, DR Watts Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans 89 (C3), 3462-3472, 1984 | 94 | 1984 |
