Shuyi Chen

Mesoscale and tropical meteorology, atmospheric convection, air-sea interactions, coupled atmosphere-wave-ocean modeling of tropical cyclones, coastal meteorology, and numerical weather prediction.

Chen, S. S., J. F. Price, W. Zhao, M. A. Donelan, and E. J. Walsh, 2007: The CBLAST-Hurricane Program and the next-generation fully coupled atmosphere-wave-ocean models for hurricane research and prediction.  Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc, 88, 311-317.

Houze, R. A. Jr., S. S. Chen, B. F. Smull, W.-C. Lee, M. M. Bell, 2007: Hurricane intensity and eyewall replacement. Science, 315, 1235-1239.

Rogers, R., M. Black, S. S. Chen, and R. Black, 2007: Evaluating microphysical parameterization schemes for use in hurricane environments. Part I; Comparisons with observations. J. Atmos. Sci., 64, in press. (Available at http://orca.rsmas.miami.edu/~schen/publications/)

Chen, S. S., J. Knaff, F. D. Marks, 2006: Effect of vertical wind shear and storm motion on tropical cyclone rainfall asymmetry deduced from TRMM. Mon. Wea. Rev., 134, 3190-3208.

Houze, R. A. Jr., S. S. Chen, and co-authors, 2006: The Hurricane Rainband and Intensity Change Experiment (RAINEX): Observations and modeling of Hurricanes Katrina, Ophelia, and Rita (2005). Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc, 87, 1503-1521.

Dorman, C. E., C. A. Friehe, D. Khelif, A. Scotti, J. Edson, R. C. Bearsley, S. S. Chen, 2006: Winter atmospheric conditions over the Japan/East Sea: Structure and impact of severe cold-air outbreaks. Oceanography, 19, 3.

Mechem, D. B., S. S. Chen, and R. A. Houze, Jr., 2006: Momentum transport processes in the stratiform regions of mesoscale convective systems over the western Pacific warm pool, Quat. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 132A, 709-736.

Lonfat, M., F. D. Marks, S. S. Chen, 2004: Precipitation distribution in tropical cyclones using the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) microwave imager: A global perspective. Mon. Wea. Rev., 132, 1645-1660.

Stensrud, D. J., H. E. Brooks, S. S. Chen, and P. J. Rebber, 2004: Editorial. Weather and Forecasting, 19, 3-4.

Rogers, R., S. S. Chen, J. E. Tenerelli, and H. E. Willoughby, 2003: A numerical study of the impact of vertical shear on the distribution of rainfall in Hurricane Bonnie (1998), Mon. Wea. Rev., 131, 1577-1599.

Mechem, D. B., R. A. Houze, and S. S. Chen, 2002: Layer inflow into precipitating convection over the western tropical Pacific, Quat. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 128, 1997-2030.

Chen, S. S., W. Zhao, J. E. Tenerelli, R. H. Evans, V. Halliwell, 2001: Impact of the Pathfinder sea surface temperature on atmospheric forcing in the Japan/East Sea, Geophys. Res. Lett., 28, No. 24, 4539-4542.

Houze, R. A. Jr., S. S. Chen, D. Kingsmill, Y. Serra, S. E. Yuter, 2000: Convection over the Pacific warm pool in relation to the atmospheric Kelvin-Rossby wave. J. Atmos. Sci., 57, 3058-3089.

Mooers, C. N. K., H. S. Kang, and S. S. Chen, 2000: Several aspects of the simulated response of the Japan (East) Sea to synoptic atmospheric forcing due to Siberian cold air outbreaks, La Mer, 38, 233-243.

Su, H., C. S. Bretherton, and S. S. Chen, 2000: Self-Aggregation and Large-Scale Control of Tropical Deep Convection: A Modeling Study. J. Atmos. Sci. 57, 1797-1816.

Su, H., S. S. Chen, and C. S. Bretherton, 1999: Three-Dimension week-long Simulations of TOGA COARE Convective Systems Using the MM5 Mesoscale Model. J. Atmos. Sci., 56, 23262344.

Chen, S. S., and R. A. Houze, Jr., 1997a: Diurnal variation and lifecycle of deep convective systems over the tropical Pacific warm pool. Quat. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 123, 357-388.

Chen, S. S., and R. A. Houze, Jr., 1997b: Interannual variability of deep convection over the tropical warm pool. J. Geophys. Res., 102, 25,783-25,795.

Chen, S. S., R. A. Houze, Jr. and B. E. Mapes, 1996:  Multiscale variability of deep convection in relation to large-scale circulation in TOGA COARE. J. Atmos. Sci., 53, 1380-1409.

Chen, S. S., R. A. Houze, Jr., B. E. Mapes, S. Brodzik, and S. Yuter, 1995: TOGA COARE satellite data summaries available via World Wide Web. Bull. American Meteor. Soc., 76, 329-333.

Chen, S. S., and W. M. Frank, 1993: A numerical study of the genesis of extratropical  convective mesovortices. Part I: Evolution and Dynamics. J. Atmos. Sci., 50, 2401 - 2426.

Doviak, R. J., S. S. Chen, and D. R. Christie, 1991: A thunderstorm generated solitary wave observation compared with nonlinear wave theory for a compressible fluid. J. Atmos. Sci., 48, 87-111.