Selected publications

Samelson, R. M., 2022.  Wind drift in a homogeneous equilibrium sea.  J. Phys. Oceanogr., 52, 1945-1967. doi: 10.1175/JPO-D-22-0017.1.

Samelson, R. M., 2020.  Turbulent universality and the drift velocity at the interface between two homogeneous fluids.  Phys. Fl., 32, 082107. doi: 10.1063/5.0019733.

Samelson, R. M., L. W. O’Neill, D. B. Chelton, E. D. Skyllingstad, P. L. Barbour, and S. M. Durski, 2020.  Surface stress and atmospheric boundary layer response to mesoscale SST structure in coupled simulations of the northern California Current System.  Mon. Wea. Rev., 148, 259–287. doi: 10.1175/MWR-D-19-0200.1

Rodriguez, E., M. Bourassa, D. Chelton, J. T. Farrar, D. Long, D. Perkovic-Martin, and R. Samelson, 2019.  The Winds and Currents Mission Concept.  Front. Mar. Sci. 6:438. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2019.00438.

Orimolade, A. P., B. R. Furevik, G. Noer, O. T. Gudmestad, and R. M. Samelson, 2016.  Waves in polar lows.  J. Geophy. Res., 121, 6470–6481, doi:10.1002/2016JC012086.

Gaube, P., D. B. Chelton, R. M. Samelson, M. G. Schlax, and L. W. O’Neill, 2015. Satellite observations of mesoscale eddy-induced Ekman pumping.  J. Phys. Oceanogr., 45,  104-132. doi: 10.1175/JPO-D-14-0032.1

Perlin, N., S.P. de Szoeke, D. B. Chelton, R. M. Samelson, E. D. Skyllingstad, and L. W. O’Neill, 2014.  Modeling the atmospheric boundary layer response to mesoscale sea-surface temperature. Mon. Wea. Rev., 142, 4284-4307. doi: ht10.1175/MWR-D-13-00332.1