An Introduction to the Special Issue on Internal Waves
By Louis St. Laurent , Matthew H. Alford , and Terri Paluszkiewicz

Global Modeling of Internal Tides Within an Eddying Ocean General Circulation Model
By Brian K. Arbic , James G. Richman, Jay F. Shriver , Patrick G. Timko , E. Joseph Metzger, and Alan J. Wallcraft

Simulating the Long-Range Swell of Internal Waves Generated by Ocean Storms
By Harper L. Simmons and Matthew H. Alford |

Mapping Low-Mode Internal Tides from Multisatellite Altimetry
By Zhongxiang Zhao, Matthew H. Alford , and James B. Girton

Power Estimates Associated With Internal Tides From the Monterey Bay Area
By Steven M. Jachec

Regional Models of Internal Tides
By Glenn S. Carter , Oliver B. Fringer, and Edward D. Zaron

Internal Waves on the Washington Continental Shelf
By Matthew H. Alford , John B. Mickett , Shuang Zhang , Parker MacCready , Zhongxiang Zhao , and Jan Newton

Are Any Coastal Internal Tides Predictable?
By Jonathan D. Nash, Emily L. Shroyer, Samuel M. Kelly , Mark E. Inall , Timothy F. Duda, Murray D. Levine, Nicole L. Jones , and Ruth C. Musgrave

Internal Solitary Waves in the Red Sea: An Unfolding Mystery
By José C.B. da Silva , Jorge M. Magalhães , Theo Gerkema , and Leo R.M. Maas

The Generation of Nonlinear Internal Waves
By Christopher R. Jackson , José C.B. da Silva, and Gus Jeans

Energy Release Through Internal Wave Breaking
By Hans van Haren and Louis Gostiaux

Examining Breaking Internal Waves on a Shelf Slope Using Numerical Simulations
By Subhas K. Venayagamoorthy and Oliver B. Fringer

Ocean Mixing by Kelvin-Helmholtz Instability
By William D. Smyth and James N. Moum

The Direct Breaking of Internal Waves at Steep Topography
By Jody M. Klymak , Sonya Legg, Matthew H. Alford, Maarten Buijsman , Robert Pinkel, and Jonathan D. Nash

Breaking Topographic Lee Waves in a Tidal Channel in Luzon Strait
By Robert Pinkel , Maarten Buijsman , and Jody M. Klymak

Mine Waste Disposal in the Ocean: An Introduction
By Gregg J. Brunskill

Metal Dispersion Resulting from Mining Activities in Coastal Environments: A Pathways Approach
By Randolph A. Koski

Gold Mining and Submarine Tailings Disposal: Review and Case Study
By Evan Edinger

Journey to the Center of the Gyre: The Fate of the Tohoku Tsunami Debris Field
By Amal Bagulayan, Jinae N. Bartlett-Roa, Amanda L. Carter, Bryce G. Inman, Eric M. Keen, Eric C. Orenstein, Nastassia V. Patin, Kirk N.S. Sato, Elizabeth C. Sibert, Anne E. Simonis, Amy M. Van Cise, and Peter J.S. Franks

Tsunamis: Are We Underestimating the Risk?
By Eddie Bernard

QUARTERDECK • Many Thanks to Oceanography Guest Editors—Past, Present, and Future
By Ellen S. Kappel

AWARDS • The 2012 Ocean Sciences Meeting Student Awards
Awards: The 2012 Ocean Sciences Meeting Student Awards. 2012. Oceanography 25(2):6.

FROM THE PRESIDENT • The 2012 Ocean Sciences Meeting
By Mike Roman

RIP CURRENT – NEWS IN OCEANOGRAPHY • An Arctic Wild Card in the Weather
By Charles H. Greene and Bruce C. Monger

RIPPLE MARKS • Savannas of the Sea | Spirit of the Wetlands: Conservation of Cranes Leads to Protection of Asia's Most Extensive Wetlands | Cometh the (Mercury-Laden) Fog
By Cheryl Lyn Dybas

COMMENTARY • Engineering Literacy for Undergraduates in Marine Science: A Case for Hands On
By Emmanuel Boss and James Loftin

THE OCEANOGRAPHY CLASSROOM • Why Do Today What Will Be Even Better Tomorrow?
By Simon Boxall

CAREER PROFILES • Options and Insights
Career profiles—Options and insights. 2012. Oceanography 25(2):224–226.

OCEAN POLICY • US-Cuba Scientific Collaboration: Emerging Issues and Opportunities in Marine and Related Environmental Sciences
By Gary Machlis , Thomas A. Frankovich, Pedro M. Alcolado, Erik García-Machado, Aida Caridad Hernández-Zanuy , Robert E. Hueter, Nancy Knowlton, Erick Perera , and John W. Tunnell Jr.

Matthew Alford, University of Washington

Terri Paluszkiewicz, Office of Naval Research

Louis St. Laurent, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

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