GENERAL INTEREST

Cromwell, D. "Ocean Circulation." New Scientist 166.2239 (20 May 2000), Inside Science supplement 130: 1–4. A summary of what is known about ocean currents and current research efforts to learn more.

González, F. I. "Tsunami!" Scientific American 280.5 (May1999): 56–65. Detailed explanations of how tsunamis form and behave, and a review of their worldwide impacts.

Krajik, K. "Message in a Bottle." Smithsonian 32.4 (July 2001): 36–47. An oceanographer studies ocean currents by tracking the paths taken by rubber duckies, tennis shoes, and other floating objects.
http://www.smithsonianmag.si.edu/smithsonian/issues01/jul01/beachcombing.html

Kunzig, R. "In Deep Water." Discover 17.12 (December 1996): 86–96. An interesting account of ocean circulation, its link to climate, and the scientists that are unraveling these mysteries.

Kunzig, R. "The Physics of...Deep-sea Animals: They Love the Pressure." Discover 22.8 (August 2001): 26–27. Deep-sea organisms feel the squeeze under the pressure of the deep sea.

Linn, A. "Oh, what a Spin We're in, Thanks to the Coriolis Effect." Smithsonian 13.11 (February 1983): 66–73. A detailed explanation of the Coriolis effect and a look at some of its consequences.

Matthews, R. "Wacky Water." New Scientist 154.2087 (21 June 1997): 40–43. Plain water, so familiar to us all, still holds secrets.

IN DEPTH

Johnson, G. C., B. M. Sloyan, W. S. Kessler and K. E. McTaggart. "Direct Measurements of Upper Ocean Currents and Water Properties Across the Tropical Pacific During the 1990s." Progress in Oceanography 52.1 (2002): 31–61.

Koeve, W. and H. W. Ducklow. "JGOFS Synthesis and Modeling: The North Atlantic Ocean." Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography 48.10 (2001): 2141–2154.
http://www.ingenta.com/isis/browsing/AllIssues/ingenta?journal=pubinfobike://els/09670645

Reid, J. L. "On the Total Geostrophic Circulation of the Indian Ocean: Flow Patterns, Tracers, and Transports." Progress in Oceanography 56.1 (2003): 137–186.
http://www.ingenta.com/isis/browsing/AllIssues/ingenta?journal=pubinfobike://els/09670645

Wunsch, C. and D. Stammer. "Satellite Altimetry, the Marine Geoid, and the Oceanic General Circulation." Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences 48 (2001): 219–253.