Papers

Papers about or using UMWM.

• Detelich, C. E., U. G. Schneck, A. G. Hayes, M. Curcic, R. V. Palermo, A. D. Ashton, J. T. Perron, J. M. Lora, and J. Steckloff, 2026: Modeling the seasonality of wind-driven hydrocarbon waves in Titan’s polar lakes, J. Geophys. Res. Planets, 131(5), e2026JE009693, doi:10.1029/2026JE009693. Link

• Schneck, U. G., C. E. Detelich, M. Curcic, A. D. Ashton, A. G. Hayes, and J. T. Perron, 2026: Modeling wind-driven waves on other planets: Applications to Mars, Titan, and exoplanets, J. Geophys. Res. Planets, 131(4), e2025JE009490, doi:10.1029/2025JE009490. Link

• Barr, B. W. and S. S. Chen, 2025: Impacts of seastate-dependent sea spray heat fluxes on tropical cyclone structure and intensity in fully coupled atmosphere-wave-ocean model simulations, J. Adv. Model. Earth Syst., 17(7), e2024MS004550, doi:10.1029/2024MS004550. Link

• Barr, B. W., S. S. Chen, and C. W. Fairall, 2023: Sea-state-dependent sea spray and air-sea heat fluxes in tropical cyclones: A new parameterization for fully coupled atmosphere-wave-ocean models, J. Atmos. Sci., 80(4), 933-960, doi:10.1175/JAS-D-22-0126.1. Link

• Haza A. C., N. Paldor, T. M. Özgökmen, M. Curcic, S. S. Chen, and G. Jacobs, 2019: Wind-based estimations of ocean surface currents from massive clusters of drifters in the Gulf of Mexico, J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 124, doi:10.1029/2018JC014813. PDF.

• Li, G., M. Curcic, M. Iskandarani, S. S. Chen, and O. M. Knio, 2019: Uncertainty propagation in coupled atmosphere-wave-ocean system: A study of Hurricane Earl (2010), Mon. Wea. Rev., 147, 221-245, doi:10.1175/MWR-D-17-0371.1. PDF

• Haza, A., E. D’Asaro, H. Cheng, S. S. Chen, M. Curcic, C. Guigand, H. S. Huntley, G. Jacobs, G. Novelli, T. M. Özgökmen, A. C. Poje, E. Ryan, and A. Scherbina, 2018: Drogue-loss detection for surface drifters during the Lagrangian Submesoscale Experiment (LASER), J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol., 35(4), 705-725, doi:10.1175/JTECH-D-17-0143.1. PDF

• Dietrich, J. C., A. Muhammad, M. Curcic, A. Fathi, C. N. Dawson, S. S. Chen, and R. A. Luettich Jr., 2018: Sensitivity of storm surge predictions to atmospheric forcing during Hurricane Isaac, J. Waterway, Port, Coastal, Ocean Eng., 144(1): 04017035. PDF

• Kim, E., M. Lance, M. Curcic, S. S. Chen, C. Phillips, and P. Veers, 2016: On the use of coupled wind, wave, and current fields in the simulation of loads on bottom-supported offshore wind turbines during hurricanes, Technical Report NREL/TP–5000-65283, National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO, United States, doi:10.2172/1266702. Link

• Judt, F., S. S. Chen, and M. Curcic, 2016: Atmospheric forcing of the upper ocean transport in the Gulf of Mexico: From seasonal to diurnal scales, J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 121, 4416-4433, doi:10.1002/2015JC011555. PDF

• Curcic, M., S. S. Chen, and T. M. Ozgökmen, 2016: Hurricane-induced ocean waves and Stokes drift and their impacts on surface transport and dispersion in the Gulf of Mexico, Geophys. Res. Lett., 43, 2773–2781, doi:10.1002/2015GL067619. PDF

• Zhu, P., Y. Wang, S. S. Chen, M. Curcic, and C. Gao, 2016: Impact of storm-induced cooling of sea surface temperature on large turbulent eddies and vertical turbulent transport in the atmospheric boundary layer of Hurricane Isaac, J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 121, 861–876, doi:10.1002/2015JC011320. PDF

• Chen, S. S. and M. Curcic, 2016: Ocean surface waves in Hurricane Ike (2008) and Superstorm Sandy (2012): Coupled modeling and observations, Oce. Mod., 103, 161-176. doi:10.1016/j.ocemod.2015.08.005. PDF

• Curcic, M., 2015: Explicit air-sea momentum exchange in coupled atmosphere-wave-ocean modeling of tropical cyclones, Ph.D. Thesis, University of Miami. Link

• Banfield, D., M. A. Donelan, and L. Cavaleri, 2015: Winds, waves and shorelines from ancient martian seas, Icarus, 250, 368-383, doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2014.12.001. Link

• Reichl, B. G., T. Hara, and I. Ginis, 2014: Sea state dependence of the wind stress over the ocean under hurricane winds, J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 119, 30-51, doi:10.1002/2013JC009289. Link

• Curcic M., E. Kim, L. Manuel, S. S. Chen, M. A. Donelan, J. Michalakes, 2013: Coupled atmosphere-wave-ocean modeling to characterize hurricane load cases for offshore wind turbines, 51st AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, January 2013, Grapevine TX, doi:10.2514/6.2013-198. PDF

• Donelan, M. A., M. Curcic, S. S. Chen, and A. K. Magnusson, 2012: Modeling waves and wind stress, J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 117, C00J23, doi:10.1029/2011JC007787. PDF