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  • 2015 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

Roger M. Samelson is affiliated with Oregon State University in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with particular focus on Oceanography and Atmospheric Science as major subfields.

The scientist has contributed to key topics including:

  • Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
  • Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing
  • Climate Variability and Models
  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
  • Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Tree Root and Stability Studies

Among recent papers, Samelson has authored or co-authored works such as:

  • "The motion of trees in the wind: a data synthesis," 2021, Biogeosciences
  • "Spatial Patterns and Trends of Summertime Low Cloudiness for the Pacific Northwest, 1996-2017," 2020, Geophysical Research Letters
  • "The Effects of Uncorrelated Measurement Noise on SWOT Estimates of Sea Surface Height, Velocity, and Vorticity," 2022, Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology
  • "Wind Drift in a Homogeneous Equilibrium Sea," 2022, Journal of Physical Oceanography
  • "Fog and Low-Level Stratus in Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Simulations of the Northern California Current System Upwelling Season," 2021, Monthly Weather Review

Frequent co-authors working alongside Samelson include:

  • Eric D. Skyllingstad
  • Dudley B. Chelton
  • J. Thomas Farrar
  • Eric A. D'Asaro
  • Larry W. O'Neill

The scientist has published regularly in several academic venues. Notably, their work appears in:

  • Journal of Physical Oceanography
  • Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology
  • Monthly Weather Review
  • Biogeosciences
  • Geophysical Research Letters

Roger M. Samelson's work is situated within Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with 22 publications in the former and 11 in the latter, demonstrating a concentration in oceanographic and atmospheric processes.

In recognition of their contributions to the field, Samelson was named a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union in 2015.

Best Publications

  • Global observations of nonlinear mesoscale eddies

    Dudley B. Chelton;Michael G. Schlax;Roger M. Samelson

  • Global observations of large oceanic eddies

    Dudley B. Chelton;Michael G. Schlax;Roger M. Samelson;Roland A. de Szoeke

  • The Influence of Nonlinear Mesoscale Eddies on Near-Surface Oceanic Chlorophyll

    Dudley B. Chelton;Peter Gaube;Michael G. Schlax;Jeffrey J. Early

  • Satellite Observations of Mesoscale Eddy-Induced Ekman Pumping

    Peter Gaube;Dudley B. Chelton;Roger M. Samelson;Michael G. Schlax

  • Western Boundary Currents and Frontal Air–Sea Interaction: Gulf Stream and Kuroshio Extension

    Kathryn A. Kelly;R. Justin Small;R. M. Samelson;Bo Qiu

  • Summertime Coupling between Sea Surface Temperature and Wind Stress in the California Current System

    Dudley B. Chelton;Michael G. Schlax;Roger M. Samelson

  • The Evolution and Propagation of Quasigeostrophic Ocean Eddies

    Jeffrey J. Early;R. M. Samelson;Dudley B. Chelton

  • FLuid exchange across a meandering jet

    R. M. Samelson

  • Lagrangian Transport in Geophysical Jets and Waves: The Dynamical Systems Approach

    R.M. Samelson;Stephen Wiggins

  • Large-scale circulation with small diapycnal diffusion: The two-thermocline limit

    R. M. Samelson;Geoffrey K. Vallis

  • The latmix summer campaign: Submesoscale stirring in the upper ocean

    Andrey Y. Shcherbina;Miles A. Sundermeyer;Eric Kunze;Eric A. D'Asaro

  • Fresh-Water Fluxes via Pacific and Arctic Outflows Across the Canadian Polar Shelf

    Humfrey Melling;Tom A. Agnew;Kelly K. Falkner;David A. Greenberg

  • Dynamical Analysis of the Boundary Layer and Surface Wind Responses to Mesoscale SST Perturbations

    Larry W. O’Neill;Steven K. Esbensen;Nicolai Thum;Roger M. Samelson

  • Supercritical Marine-Layer Flow along a Smoothly Varying Coastline

    R. M. Samelson

  • Large-Scale Circulation with Locally Enhanced Vertical Mixing

    R. M. Samelson

  • Instability of the Chaotic ENSO: The Growth-Phase Predictability Barrier

    Roger M. Samelson;E. L. I. Tziperman

  • Effects of mesoscale sea-surface temperature fronts on the marine atmospheric boundary layer

    Eric D. Skyllingstad;Dean Vickers;Larry Mahrt;Roger Samelson

  • On the Coupling of Wind Stress and Sea Surface Temperature

    R. M. Samelson;E. D. Skyllingstad;D. B. Chelton;S. K. Esbensen

  • Numerical simulation of air-sea coupling during coastal upwelling

    Natalie Perlin;Eric D. Skyllingstad;Roger M. Samelson;Philip L. Barbour

  • Mesoscale Simulation of Supercritical, Subcritical, and Transcritical Flow along Coastal Topography

    Stephen D. Burk;Tracy Haack;R. M. Samelson

  • Lectures on Geophysical Fluid Dynamics

    Roger M. Samelson

  • The CLIMODE Field Campaign Observing the Cycle of Convection and Restratification over the Gulf Stream

    L. Thomas;L. Talley;K. Silverthorne;E. Skyllingstad

Frequent Co-Authors

Dudley B. Chelton
Dudley B. Chelton Oregon State University
John S. Allen
John S. Allen Oregon State University
Roger Temam
Roger Temam Indiana University
Gary D. Egbert
Gary D. Egbert Oregon State University
Andreas Münchow
Andreas Münchow University of Delaware
Humfrey Melling
Humfrey Melling Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Joseph Pedlosky
Joseph Pedlosky Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Craig M. Lee
Craig M. Lee University of Washington
James C. McWilliams
James C. McWilliams University of California, Los Angeles
Geoffrey K. Vallis
Geoffrey K. Vallis University of Exeter

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