{"id":27,"date":"2017-03-23T13:19:09","date_gmt":"2017-03-23T17:19:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/staff\/template-blue-prepop\/?page_id=27"},"modified":"2026-01-15T13:33:35","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T17:33:35","slug":"publications","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/staff\/kchen\/publications\/","title":{"rendered":"Publications"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<h1>Publications<\/h1>\n<p><strong>PAPERS IN REFEREED JOURNALS AND BOOKS <\/strong>(* student or postdoc advised)<strong>: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Rheuban, J. E., H. H. Kim, <strong>K. Chen<\/strong>, I. D. Lima, D. C. McCorkle, A. P. M. Michel, Z. A. Wang, A. V. Subhas: Carbonate system site selection characteristics for Ocean Alkalinity Enhancement in the US Northeast Shelf and Slope, <em>Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences, <\/em>130, e2025JG009063<em>.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Subhas, A. V., J. E. Rheuban, Z. A. Wang, D. C. McCorkle, A. P. Michel, L. Marx, C. L. Dean, K. Morkeski, M. G. Hayden, M. Burkitt-Gray, F. Elder, Y. Guo, H. H. Kim, and <strong>K. Chen<\/strong>, 2025: A tracer study for the development of in-water monitoring, reporting, and verification (MRV) of ship-based ocean alkalinity enhancement, <em>Biogeosciences<\/em>, 22, 5511-5534.<\/p>\n<p>Guo*, Y., <strong>K. Chen<\/strong>, A. V. Subhas, J. E. Rheuban, Z. A. Wang, D. C. McCorkle, A. Michel, and H. H. Kim, 2025: Site selection for ocean alkalinity enhancement informed by passive tracer simulations. <em>Communications Earth &amp; Environment<\/em>, 6, 535<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chen, K.<\/strong>, 2025: Understanding and predicting Northwest Atlantic Shelf temperature variability. <em>Geophysical Research Letters<\/em>, 52, e2025GL115653 (invited commentary).<\/p>\n<p>Yang, J., and <strong>K. Chen<\/strong>, 2025: Profound Changes in Seasonal Cycle of Sea Level along the East Coast of United States, <em>Geophysical Research Letters, <\/em>52, e2024GL112273.<\/p>\n<p>Taenzer, L., <strong>K. Chen<\/strong>, A. Plueddemann, and G. Gawarkiewicz, 2025: Seasonal Salinification of the US Northeast Continental Shelf Cold Pool Driven by Imbalance between Cross-Shelf Fluxes and Mixing, <em>Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans<\/em>, 130, e2024JC021270.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chen, K.<\/strong>, and J. Yang, 2024: What Drives the Mean Along-shelf Flow in the Northwest Atlantic Coastal Ocean, <em>Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans<\/em>, 129, e2024JC021079.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chen, K., <\/strong>2024: A Hotspot and Mechanism for Enhanced Bottom Intrusion on the Southern New England Shelf, <em>Environmental Research Communications<\/em>, 6, 071008.<\/p>\n<p>Castillo-Trujillo*, A. C., Y.-O. Kwon, P. Fratantoni, <strong>K. Chen<\/strong>, H. Seo, M. A. Alexander, and V. S. Saba, 2023: An evaluation of eight global ocean reanalyses for the Northeast U.S. Continental shelf. <em>Progress in Oceanography<\/em>, 219, 103126.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chen, K.<\/strong>, Gawarkiewicz, G., and Yang, J., 2022: Mesoscale and submesoscale shelf-ocean exchanges initialize an advective Marine Heatwave. <i>Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans<\/i>, 127, e2021JC017927.<\/p>\n<p>Hernandez, C., D. Richardson, I. Rypina, <strong>K. Chen<\/strong>, K. Marancik, K. Shulzitski, J. Llopiz, 2022: Support for the Slope Sea as a major spawning ground for Atlantic bluefin tuna: evidence from larval abundance, growth rates, and particle-tracking simulations, <em>Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences<\/em>, 79(5): 814-824.<\/p>\n<p>Yao, Z., <strong>K. Chen<\/strong>, Y. Ding, X. Lin, X. Bao, and L. Qiao, 2021: Unusual Cross-Shelf Transport Driven by the Changes of Wind Pattern in a Marginal Sea. <em>Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans<\/em>, 126, e2021JC017526.<\/p>\n<p>Chen*, Z., Y.-O. Kwon, <strong>K. Chen<\/strong>, P. Fratantoni, G. Gawarkiewicz, T. M. Joyce, T. J. Miller, J. A. Nye, V. S. Saba, and B. C. Stock, 2021: Seasonal Prediction of Bottom Temperature on the Northeast U.S. Continental Shelf. <em>Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans<\/em>, 126, e2021JC017187.<\/p>\n<p>Yang, J., and <strong>K. Chen<\/strong>, 2021: The Role of Wind Stress in Driving the Along-Shelf Flow in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean. <em>Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans<\/em>, 126<strong>,<\/strong> e2020JC016757.<\/p>\n<p>Schlegel*, R. W., E. C. J. Oliver, and <strong>K. Chen<\/strong>, 2021: Drivers of Marine Heatwaves in the Northwest Atlantic: The Role of Air-Sea Interaction During Onset and Decline. <em>Frontiers in Marine Science<\/em>, 8.<\/p>\n<p>Ning*, J., <strong>K. Chen<\/strong>, and P. Gaube, 2021: Diverse Variability of Surface Chlorophyll During the Evolution of Gulf Stream Rings. <em>Geophysical Research Letters<\/em>, 48<strong>,<\/strong> e2020GL091461.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chen, K.<\/strong>, P. Gaube, and E. Pall\u00e0s-Sanz, 2020: On the vertical velocity and nutrient delivery in warm core rings. <em>Journal of Physical Oceanography<\/em>, 50, 1557-1582.<\/p>\n<p>Jacox, M. G., M. A. Alexander, S. Siedlecki, <strong>K. Chen<\/strong>, and 30 other co-authors, 2020: Seasonal-to-interannual prediction of U.S. coastal marine ecosystems: Forecast methods, mechanisms of predictability, and priority developments. <em>Progress in Oceanography<\/em>, 183, 102307.<\/p>\n<p>Chen*, Z., Y.-O. Kwon, <strong>K. Chen<\/strong>, P. Fratantoni, G. Gawarkiewicz, and T. Joyce, 2020: Long-term SST Variability over the Northwest Atlantic Continental Shelf and Slope. <em>Geophysical Research Letters,<\/em>47, e2019GL085455.<\/p>\n<p>Gawarkiewicz, G., <strong>K. Chen<\/strong>, J. Forsyth, F. Bahr, A. M. Mercer, A. Ellertson, P. Fratantoni, H. Seim, S. Haines, and L. Han, 2019: Characteristics of an Advective Marine Heatwave in the Middle Atlantic Bight in Early 2017. <em>Frontiers in Marine Science <\/em>(special collection &#8220;<em>Advances in Understanding Marine Heatwaves and Their Impacts<\/em>&#8220;), 6, doi: 10.3389\/fmars.2019.00712.<\/p>\n<p>Rypina, I. I., <strong>K. Chen<\/strong>, C. M. Hern\u00e1ndez, L. J. Pratt, and J. K. Llopiz, 2019: Investigating the suitability of the Slope Sea for Atlantic bluefin tuna spawning using a high-resolution ocean circulation model. <em>ICES Journal of Marine Science<\/em>, doi 10.1093\/icesjms\/fsz079.<\/p>\n<p>Gan, B., Y.-O. Kwon, T. M. Joyce, <strong>K. Chen<\/strong>, and L. Wu, 2019: Influence of the Kuroshio Interannual Variability on the Summertime Precipitation over the East China Sea and Adjacent Area. <em>Journal of Climate<\/em>, 32<strong>,<\/strong> 2185-2205.<\/p>\n<p>Forsyth, J., G. Gawarkiewicz, M. Andres, and <strong>K. Chen<\/strong>, 2018: The Interannual Variability of the Breakdown of Fall Stratification on the New Jersey Shelf. <em>Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans<\/em>, 123<strong>,<\/strong> 6503-6520.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chen, K.<\/strong>, and Y.-O. Kwon, 2018: Does Pacific Variability Influence the Northwest Atlantic Shelf Temperature? <em>Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans<\/em>, 123<strong>,<\/strong> 4110-4131.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chen, K.<\/strong>, G. Gawarkiewicz, and A. J. Plueddemann, 2018: Atmospheric and Offshore Forcing of Temperature Variability at the Shelf break: Observations from the OOI Pioneer Array. <em>Oceanography<\/em>, 31<strong>,<\/strong> 72-79.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chen, K.<\/strong>, Y.-O. Kwon, and G. Gawarkiewicz, 2016: Interannual variability of winter-spring temperature in the Middle Atlantic Bight: Relative contributions of atmospheric and oceanic processes. <em>Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans<\/em>, 121<strong>,<\/strong> 4209-4227. (EOS research spotlight)<\/p>\n<p>Li, Y., R. He, <strong>K. Chen<\/strong>, and D. J. McGillicuddy Jr., 2015: Variational data assimilative modeling of the Gulf of Maine in spring and summer 2010. <em>Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans<\/em>, 120<strong>,<\/strong> 3522-3541.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chen, K.<\/strong>, and R. He, 2015: Mean circulation in the coastal ocean off northeastern North America from a regional-scale ocean model. <em>Ocean Sci.<\/em>, <strong>11,<\/strong> 503-517.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chen, K.<\/strong>, G. Gawarkiewicz, Y.-O. Kwon, and W. G. Zhang, 2015: The role of atmospheric forcing versus ocean advection during the extreme warming of the Northeast U.S. continental shelf in 2012. <em>Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans<\/em>, 120<strong>,<\/strong> 4324-4339. (cover article)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chen, K.<\/strong>, R. He, B. S. Powell, G. G. Gawarkiewicz, A. M. Moore, and H. G. Arango, 2014b: Data assimilative modeling investigation of Gulf Stream Warm Core Ring interaction with continental shelf and slope circulation. <em>Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans<\/em>, 119<strong>,<\/strong> 5968-5991.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chen, K.<\/strong>, G. G. Gawarkiewicz, S. J. Lentz, and J. M. Bane, 2014a: Diagnosing the warming of the Northeastern U.S. Coastal Ocean in 2012: A linkage between the atmospheric jet stream variability and ocean response. <em>Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans<\/em>, 119<strong>,<\/strong> 218-227.<\/p>\n<p>He, R., <strong>K. Chen<\/strong>, K. Fennel, G. G. Gawarkiewicz, and D. J. McGillicuddy Jr, 2011: Seasonal and interannual variability of physical and biological dynamics at the shelfbreak front of the Middle Atlantic Bight: nutrient supply mechanisms. <em>Biogeosciences<\/em>, 8<strong>,<\/strong> 2935-2946.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chen, K.<\/strong>, and R. He, 2010: Numerical Investigation of the Middle Atlantic Bight Shelfbreak Frontal Circulation Using a High-Resolution Ocean Hindcast Model. <em>Journal of Physical Oceanography<\/em>, 40, 949-964.<\/p>\n<p>He, R., <strong>K. Chen<\/strong>, T. Moore, and M. Li, 2010: Mesoscale variations of sea surface temperature and ocean color patterns at the Mid-Atlantic Bight shelfbreak. <em>Geophysical Research Letters<\/em>, 37<strong>,<\/strong> doi:10.1029\/2010gl042658.<\/p>\n<p><strong>OTHER PUBLICATIONS:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Benthuysen, J. A., E. C. Oliver, <strong>K. Chen<\/strong>, and T. Wernberg, 2020: Editorial: Advances in Understanding Marine Heatwaves and Their Impacts. <em>Frontiers in Marine Science<\/em>, doi: 10.3389\/fmars.2020.00147<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Publications PAPERS IN REFEREED JOURNALS AND BOOKS (* student or postdoc advised): Rheuban, J. E., H. H. Kim, K. Chen, I. D. Lima, D. C. McCorkle, A. P. M. Michel, Z. A. Wang, A. V. 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