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Shuyi S. Chen is affiliated with the University of Washington in the United States and works primarily within the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Their research emphasizes Atmospheric Science, Oceanography, and Global and Planetary Change, with additional focus on Earth-Surface Processes and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment.

Their main research topics include Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research, Climate variability and models, Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations, Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing, Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes, Coastal and Marine Dynamics, and Precipitation Measurement and Analysis.

Shuyi S. Chen has contributed to several peer-reviewed publications. Notable recent papers include:

  • A 20-Year Climatology of Madden-Julian Oscillation Convection: Large-Scale Precipitation Tracking From TRMM-GPM Rainfall (2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres)
  • Pathways to Better Prediction of the MJO: 2. Impacts of Atmosphere-Ocean Coupling on the Upper Ocean and MJO Propagation (2022, Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems)
  • Hurricane Observations by Uncrewed Systems (2023, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society)
  • Towards integrated modeling of the long-term impacts of oil spills (2021, Marine Policy)
  • Sea-State-Dependent Sea Spray and Air-Sea Heat Fluxes in Tropical Cyclones: A New Parameterization for Fully Coupled Atmosphere-Wave-Ocean Models (2022, Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences)

The scientist frequently publishes in venues such as:

  • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems
  • Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences
  • Weather and Forecasting
  • Journal of Climate

Collaborations form a significant part of their research. Frequent co-authors include Brandon W. Kerns, Ajda Savarin, Edoardo Mazza, Chidong Zhang, and Gregory R. Foltz.

Best Publications

  • Prediction of Landfalling Hurricanes with the Advanced Hurricane WRF Model

    Christopher Davis;Wei Wang;Shuyi S. Chen;Yongsheng Chen

  • Diurnal variation and life‐cycle of deep convective systems over the tropical pacific warm pool

    Shuyi S. Chen;Robert A. Houze

  • Effects of Vertical Wind Shear and Storm Motion on Tropical Cyclone Rainfall Asymmetries Deduced from TRMM

    Shuyi S. Chen;John A. Knaff;Frank D. Marks

  • Precipitation Distribution in Tropical Cyclones Using the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) Microwave Imager: A Global Perspective

    Manuel Lonfat;Frank D. Marks;Shuyi S. Chen

  • Multiscale variability of deep convection in relation to large-scale circulation in TOGA COARE

    Shuyi S. Chen;Robert A. Houze;Brian E. Mapes

  • The CBLAST-Hurricane program and the next-generation fully coupled atmosphere–wave–ocean models for hurricane research and prediction

    Shuyi S. Chen;James F. Price;Wei Zhao;Mark A. Donelan

  • Hurricane Intensity and Eyewall Replacement

    Robert A. Houze;Shuyi S. Chen;Bradley F. Smull;Wen Chau Lee

  • A Numerical Study of the Impact of Vertical Shear on the Distribution of Rainfall in Hurricane Bonnie (1998)

    Robert Rogers;Shuyi Chen;Joseph Tenerelli;Hugh Willoughby

  • Ocean convergence and the dispersion of flotsam.

    Eric A. D’Asaro;Andrey Y. Shcherbina;Jody M. Klymak;Jeroen Molemaker

  • Submesoscale dispersion in the vicinity of the Deepwater Horizon spill.

    Andrew C. Poje;Tamay M. Özgökmen;Bruce L. Lipphardt;Brian K. Haus

  • An ocean coupling potential intensity index for tropical cyclones

    I.-I. Lin;I.-I. Lin;Peter G. Black;James F. Price;C.-Y. Yang

  • Directional Wind-Wave Coupling in Fully Coupled Atmosphere-Wave-Ocean Models: Results from CBLAST-Hurricane

    Shuyi S. Chen;Wei Zhao;Mark A. Donelan;Hendrik L. Tolman

  • THE HURRICANE RAINBAND AND INTENSITY CHANGE EXPERIMENT Observations and Modeling of Hurricanes Katrina, Ophelia, and Rita

    Robert A. Houze;Shuyi S. Chen;Wen-Chau Lee;Robert F. Rogers

  • A Numerical Study of the Genesis of Extratropical Convective Mesovortices. Part I: Evolution and Dynamics

    Shuyi S. Chen;William M. Frank

  • Modeling waves and wind stress

    M. A. Donelan;M. Curcic;S. S. Chen;A. K. Magnusson

  • Impact of typhoons on the ocean in the pacific

    E.A. D'Asaro;P. G. Black;L. R. Centurioni;Y.-T. Chang

  • Convection over the Pacific Warm Pool in relation to the Atmospheric Kelvin-Rossby Wave

    Robert A. Houze;Shuyi S. Chen;David E. Kingsmill;Yolande Serra

  • The impact of microphysical schemes on hurricane intensity and track

    Wei Kuo Tao;Jainn Jong Shi;Jainn Jong Shi;Shuyi S. Chen;Stephen Lang

  • Convectively Generated Potential Vorticity in Rainbands and Formation of the Secondary Eyewall in Hurricane Rita of 2005

    Falko Judt;Shuyi S. Chen

  • Ocean surface waves in Hurricane Ike (2008) and Superstorm Sandy (2012): Coupled model predictions and observations

    Shuyi S. Chen;Milan Curcic

  • An Evaluation of Microphysics Fields from Mesoscale Model Simulations of Tropical Cyclones. Part I: Comparisons with Observations

    Robert F. Rogers;Michael L. Black;Shuyi S. Chen;Robert A. Black

Frequent Co-Authors

Tamay M. Özgökmen
Tamay M. Özgökmen University of Miami
Robert A. Houze
Robert A. Houze University of Washington
Brian K. Haus
Brian K. Haus University of Miami
Eric A. D'Asaro
Eric A. D'Asaro University of Washington
Annalisa Griffa
Annalisa Griffa National Research Council (CNR)
Mark A. Donelan
Mark A. Donelan University of Miami
Patrick J. Hogan
Patrick J. Hogan United States Naval Research Laboratory
Robert F. Rogers
Robert F. Rogers Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory
Arthur J. Mariano
Arthur J. Mariano University of Miami
I-I Lin
I-I Lin National Taiwan University

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