Publications

Refereed Publications

2020 - present

Clayson, C. A. and J. B. Roberts, 2021: SeaFlux V3: An updated satellite-based data set of ocean-atmosphere turbulent fluxes. Remote Sensing, submitted.

Ferris, L., D. Gong, S. Merrifield, C. A. Clayson, and L. St. Laurent, 2021: Correctable bias in surface boundary layer scalings of shear turbulence in the Southern Ocean. J. Phys. Oceangr., submitted.

Robertson, F. R., J. B. Roberts, M. G. Bosilovich, A. Bentamy, C. A. Clayson, K. Fennig, M. Schroder, H. Tomita, G. P. Compo, M. Gutenstein, H. Hersbach, C. Kobayashi, L. Ricciardulli, P. Sardeshmukh, L. C. Slivinski, 2020: Uncertainties in ocean latent heat flux variations over recent decades in satellite-based estimates and reduced observation reanalyses. J. Climate, Vol. 33(19), 8415-8437 doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-19-0954.1.

Gentemann, C., C. A. Clayson, S. Brown, T. Lee, R. Parfitt, J. T. Farrar, M. Bourassa, P. J. Minnett, H. Seo, S. Gille, and V. Zlotnicki, 2020: FluxSat: Measuring the ocean-atmosphere turbulent exchange of heat and moisture from space. Rem. Sens., 12(11), 1796, doi.org/10.3390/rs12111796.

2016 - 2019

Roberts, J. B., C. A. Clayson, and F. Robertson, 2019: Improving near-surface retrievals of surface humidity over the global oceans from passive microwave observations, Earth and Space Science, revised.

Clayson, C. A. and J. B. Edson, 2019: Diurnal surface flux variability over western boundary currents. Geophysical Research Letters, in revision.

Gallager, S. M., A. Apprill, C. A. Clayson, J. Gebbie, M. E. Hahn, H. Kite-Powell, K. Kostel, A. P. Michel, C. M. Reddy and C. Ward, 2019: Understanding marine microplastics: An oceanographic perspective. Oceanography, submitted.

Clayson, C. A., J. B. Edson, A. Paget, R. Graham, and B. Greenwood, 2019: The effects of rainfall on the atmosphere and ocean during SPURS-2. Oceanography, accepted.

Rainville, L., L. R. Centurioni, W. E. Asher, C. A. Clayson, K. Drushka, J. B. Edson, B. A. Hodges, V. Hormann, J. T. Farrar, J. J. Schanze, and A. Y. Shcherbina, 2019: Novel and flexible approach to access the open ocean: Uses of sailing Research Vessel Lady Amber during SPURS-2. Oceanography, accepted.

Cronin, M. F., C. L. Gentemann, J. B. Edson, I. Ueki, M. Bourassa, S. Brown, C. A. Clayson, C. Fairall, T. Farrar, S. T. Gille, S. Gulev, S. Josey, S. Kato, M. Katsumata, E. Kent, M. Krug, P. Minnett, R. Parfitt, R. T. Pinker, P. W. Stackhouse, Jr., S. Swart, H. Tomita, D. Vandemark, R. A. Weller, K. Yoneyama, L. Yu, D. Zhang, 2019: Air-sea fluxes with a focus on heat and moment. Frontiers in Marine Science (for OceanObs ’19), in press.

Bentamy, A., J. F. piollé, A. Grouazel, F. Paul, H. Azelmat, P. P. Mathieu, K. V. Schuchmann, S. Sathyendranah, H. E. King, R. Danielson, I. Esau, J. Johannessen, S. Gulev, C. A. Clayson, R. Pinker, S. Grodsky , M. Bourassa, S. R. Smith, K. Haines, Maria Valdivieso, C. Merchant, B. Chapron, A. Anderson, R. Hollmann, and J. Simon, 2018: Towards Improvement of the Estimation of Turbulent Heat Flux over Global Oceans. Remote Sensing of the Environment, Vol. 201, pp. 186-218.

2011 - 2015

Bogdanoff, A. S., D. L. Westphal, J. R. Campbell, J. A. Cummings, E. J. Hyer, J. S. Reid, and C. A. Clayson, 2015: Sensitivity of infrared sea surface temperature retrievals to the vertical distribution of airborne dust aerosol. Remote Sensing of Environment, Vol. 159, doi:10.1016/j.rse.2014.12.002.

Luneva, M. V., C. A. Clayson, and M. S. Dubovikov, 2015: Assessment of mixed layer mesoscale parameterization in eddy resolving simulations. Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics, DOI: 10.1080/03091929.2015.1041023.

L’Ecuyer, T., H. K. Beaudoing, M. Rodell, W. Olson, B. Lin, S. Kato, C. A. Clayson, E. Wood, J. Sheffield, R. Adler, G. Huffman, M. Bosilovich, G. Gu, F. Robertson, P. Houser, D. Chambers, J. Famiglietti, E. Fetzer, W. T. Liu, X. Gao, C. A. Schlosser, E. Clark, D. Lettenmeier, and M. Hilburn, 2015: The observed state of the energy budget in the early 21^st century. Journal of Climate, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00556.1.

Rodell, M., H. K. Beaudoing, T. S. L’Ecuyer, W. S. Olson, J. S. Famigliettie, P. R. Houser, R. Adler, M. Bosilovich, C. A. Clayson, D. Chambers, E. Clark, E. J. Fetzer, X. Gao, G. Gu, K. Hilburn, G. Huffman, D. P. Lettenmaier, W. T. Liu, F. R. Robertson, C. A. Schlosser, J. Sheffield, E. F. Wood, 2015: The observed state of the water cycle in the early 21^st century. Journal of Climate, http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00555.1.

Clayson, C. A., and A. Bogdanoff, 2013: The effect of diurnal sea surface temperature warming on climatological air-sea fluxes. Journal of Climate, Vol. 26, pp. 2546-2556.

Bourassa, M. A., S. T. Gille, C. Bitz, D. Carlson, I. Cerovecki, C. A. Clayson, M. F. Cronin, W. M. Drennan, C. W. Fairall, R. N. Hoffman, G. Magnusdottir, R. T. Pinker, I. A. Renfrew, M. Serreze, K. Speer, L. D. Talley, and G. A. Wick, 2013: High-Latitude ocean and sea ice surface fluxes: Challenges for climate research. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, Vol. 94, pp. 403-423.

Stephens, G. L., J. Li, M. Wild, C. A. Clayson, N. Loeb, S. Kato, T. L’Ecuyer, P. W. Stackhouse Jr., M. Lebsock and T. Andrews, 2012: An update on Earth’s energy balance in light of the latest global observations. Nature Geoscience, Vol. 5, pp. 691-696.

Kantha, L., S. Carniel, C. A. Clayson, and M. Sclavo, 2011: On the use of a simple primary productivity model to assess the skill of a physical ocean model. Oceanological and Hydrobiological Studies, Vol. 40, pp. 86-95.

Liu, J., J. A. Curry, C. A, Clayson, and M. A. Bourassa, 2011: High-resolution satellite surface latent heat fluxes in North Atlantic hurricanes. Monthly Weather Review, Vol. 139, pp. 2735-2747.

Roberts, J. B., F. R. Robertson, C. A. Clayson, and M. G. Bosilovich, 2011: Characterization of turbulent latent and sensible heat flux exchange between the atmosphere and ocean in MERRA. Journal of Climate, Vol. 25, pp. 821-838.

2006 - 2010

Roberts, J. B., C. A. Clayson, F. R. Robertson, and D. L. Jackson, 2010: Predicting near-surface atmospheric variables from special sensor microwave/imager using neural networks with a first guess approach. Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 115, D19113.

Romanou, A., G. Tselioudis, C. S. Zerefos, C. A. Clayson, J. A. Curry, and A. Andersson, 2010: Evaporation-precipitation variability over the Mediterranean and the Black Seas from satellite and reanalysis estimates. Journal of Climate, Vol.23, pp. 5268-5287.

Krishnamurti, T. N., R. Krishnamurti, A. D. Sagadevan, A. Chakreborty, W. K. Dewar, C. A. Clayson, and J. F. Tull, 2009: Space-time structures of earthquakes. Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics, Vol. 105, pp. 69-83.

Fairall, C., B. Barnier, D. I. Berry, M. A. Bourassa, F. Bradley, C. A. Clayson, G. deLeeuw, W. M. Drennan, J. B. Edson, S. T. Gille, S. K. Gulev, E. C. Kent, W. R. McGillis, G. D. Quartly, V. Ryabinin, S. R. Smith, R. A. Weller, M. J. Yelland, H.-M. Zhang, 2009: Observations to quantify air-sea fluxes and their role in climate variability and predictability. Community White Paper, Ocean Obs ’09.

Jordan, M. R., T. N. Krishnamurti, and C. A. Clayson, 2008: Investigating the utility of using cross-oceanic training sets for superensemble forecasting of eastern Pacific tropical cyclone track and intensity. Weather and Forecasting, Vol. 23, pp. 516-522.

Clayson, C. A., M. Luneva, and P. Cunningham, 2008: Downwelling and upwelling regimes: connections between surface fronts and abyssal circulation. Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans, Vol. 45, pp. 165-186.

Clayson, C.A. and L. H. Kantha, 2008: On turbulence and mixing in the free atmosphere. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, Vol. 25, pp. 833 - 852.

Jordan, M. R. and C. A. Clayson, 2008: Evaluating the usefulness of a new set of hurricane classification indices. Monthly Weather Review, Vol. 136, pp. 5234-5238.

Jordan, M. R. and C. A. Clayson, 2008: A new approach to using wind speed for prediction of tropical cyclone generated storm surge. Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 35, L13802, doi:10.1029/2008GL033564.

Clayson, C. A. and D. Weitlich, 2007: Variability of tropical diurnal sea surface temperature. Journal of Climate, Vol. 20, pp. 334-352.

Krishnamurti, T. N., A. Chakraborty, R. Krishnamurti, W. K. Dewar, and C. A. Clayson, 2007: Passage of intraseasonal waves in the subsurface oceans. Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 34, L14712.

Kantha, L. H., and C. A. Clayson, 2007: On leakage of energy from turbulence to internal waves in the oceanic mixed layer. Ocean Dynamics, Vol. 57, pp. 151-156.

Krishnamurti, T. N., A. Chakraborty, R. Krishnamurti, W. K. Dewar, and C. A. Clayson, 2006: Seasonal prediction of sea surface temperature anomalies using a suite of 13 coupled atmosphere-ocean models. Journal of Climate, Vol. 19, pp. 6069-6088.

Luneva, M. V., and C. A. Clayson, 2006: Connections between surface fluxes and the deep circulation in the Sea of Japan. Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 32, L24602.

2005 - 2000

Carniel, S., Sclavo, M., L. H. Kantha, and C. A. Clayson, 2005: Surface gravity waves and mixing in the upper ocean. Il Nuovo Cimento. Vol. 28, 33 – 54.

Clayson, C. A. and D. Weitlich, 2005: Interannual variability of tropical Pacific diurnal sea surface temperature warming and nighttime cooling. Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 2, L21604, doi:10.1029/2005GL023786.

Curry, J. A., A. Bentamy, M. A. Bourassa, D. Bourras, E. F. Bradley, M. Brunke, S. Castro, S. H. Chou, C. A. Clayson, W. J. Emery, L. Eymard, C. W. Fairall, M. Kubota, B. Lin, W. Perrie, R. A. Reeder, I. A. Renfrew, W. B. Rossow, J. Schulz, S. R. Smith, P. J. Webster, G. A. Wick, and X. Zeng, 2004: SEAFLUX. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, Vol. 85, pp. 409-424.

Clayson, C. A., and M. Luneva, 2004: Deep convection in the Japan (East) Sea: A modeling perspective. Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 31, L17303.

Kantha, L. H. and C. A. Clayson, 2004: On the effect of surface gravity waves on mixing in an oceanic mixed layer model. Ocean Modelling, Vol. 6, pp. 101-124.

Clayson, C. A., and A. A. Chen, 2002: Sensitivity of a coupled single-column model in the Tropics to treatment of the interfacial parameterizations. Journal of Climate, Vol. 15, pp. 1805-1831.

Clayson, C. A., B. Strahl, and J. Schrage, 2002: 2-3 day convective variability in the Tropical Western Pacific. Monthly Weather Review, Vol. 130, pp. 529-548.

Schrage, J. M., C. A. Clayson, and B. Stralh, 2001: Statistical properties of episodes of enhanced 2-3 day convection in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. Journal of Climate, Vol. 14, pp. 3482-3494.

1999 - 1992

Curry, J.A., C. A. Clayson, W. B. Rossow, G. Considine, G. Liu, R.S. Sheu, P. J. Webster, and Y.C. Zhang, 1999. High-resolution satellite-derived dataset of the surface fluxes of heat, freshwater, and momentum for the TOGA COARE IO. Bulletin of American Meteorological Society, Vol. 80, pp. 2059-2080.

Clayson, C. A., and L. H. Kantha, 1999: Turbulent kinetic energy and its dissipation rate in the equatorial mixed layer. Journal of Physical Oceanography, Vol. 29, pp. 2146-2166.

Clayson, C. A., and J. A. Curry, 1996: Determination of surface turbulent fluxes for TOGA COARE: Comparison of satellite retrievals and in situ measurements. Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 101, pp. 28515-28528.

Clayson, C.A., J. A. Curry, and C. W. Fairall, 1996: Evaluation of turbulent fluxes at the ocean surface using surface renewal theory. Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 101, pp. 28,503-28,513.

Webster, P. J., C. A. Clayson, and J. A. Curry, 1996: Clouds, radiation, and the diurnal cycle of sea surface temperature in the tropical western Pacific. Journal of Climate, Vol. 9, pp. 1712-1730.

Liu, G., J. A. Curry, and C. A. Clayson, 1995: Study of tropical cyclogenesis using satellite data. Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics, Vol. 56, pp. 111-123.

Kantha, L. H., and C. A. Clayson, 1994: An improved mixed layer model for geophysical applications. Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 99, pp. 25235-25266.

Emery, W. J., C. Fowler, and C. A. Clayson, 1992: Satellite image-derived Gulf Stream currents compared with numerical model results. Journal of Atmospheric Oceanic Technology, Vol. 9, pp. 286-304.

Books / Book Chapters

Books

Kantha, L. H., and C.A. Clayson, 2000: Numerical Models of Oceans and Oceanic Processes. International Geophysics Series, Volume 66. Foreword by Kirk Bryan. Academic Press, pp. 940.

Kantha, L. H., and C.A. Clayson, 2000: Small Scale Processes in Geophysical Flows. International Geophysics Series, Volume 67. Foreword by Walter Munk. Academic Press, pp. 888.

Overland, J. E., S. Solo, L. H. Kantha, and C.A. Clayson, 1999: Thermal stratification and mixing on the Bering Shelf, in Dynamics of the Bering Sea, T. Loughlin and K. Ohtani, eds. University of Alaska Sea Grant, Alaska.

Kantha, L. H. and C. A. Clayson, 2002: Ocean Mixed Layer, in Encyclopedia of Atmospheric Sciences, J. R. Holton, J. A. Pyle, and J. A. Curry, eds. Elsevier Science, 2002.

Highlighted publications

Through the Looking-Glass of the Sea Surface - Oceanus Magazine
Calculating Evaporation from the Ocean - Oceanus Magazine
Through the ocean darkly - Open Access Government
Comments on EPA’s Proposed New Source Performance Standards for Electric Generating Units: Understanding the Role of the Ocean in Climate Science