Authors in bold indicate members of the Seo Lab.
Under Review/Revision or In Preparation
- Renkl, C., H. Seo, A. J. Miller, Marine heatwave impacts on landfalling atmospheric river on the U.S. West Coast. In prep
- Barr, B. W., H. Seo, C. Sauvage, C. A. Clayson, and J. B. Edson.
Understanding interfacial and sea spray heat fluxes in high winds using direct covariance air-sea flux observations.
In prep
- Yang, S., H. Bae, M.-S. Park, M. Bourassa, C. C. Nam, S. Cocke, D. W. Shin, B. W. Barr, H. Seo, D.-H. Cha, M.-H. Kwon, D. Kim, K.-Y. Jung, and B.-M. Kim.
Sea spray effects on typhoon prediction in the Yellow and East China Seas: Case studies using a coupled atmosphere-ocean-wave model for Lingling (2019) and Maysak (2020).
Environmental Research Letters, Under Review
2025
- Cho, A., H. Song, H. Seo, R. Sun, M. R. Mazloff, A. C. Subramanian, B. D. Cornuelle, and A. J. Miller, 2024:
Dynamic and Thermodynamic coupling between the Atmosphere and Ocean near the Kuroshio Current and Extension System.
Ocean Modell., 194, 102496, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocemod.2024.10249 PDF
2024
- Sauvage, C., H. Seo, B. W. Barr, J. B. Edison, and C. A. Clayson, 2024:
Misaligned Wind-Waves Behind Atmospheric Cold Fronts.
J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 129, e2024JC021162. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JC021162, PDF
- Shinoda, T., T. G. Jensen, Z. Lachkar, Y. Masumoto, and H. Seo., 2024:
Modeling the Indian Ocean, Intraseasonal variability in the Indian Ocean region. The Indian Ocean and its role in the global climate system. Elsevier Publishing, Editors: C. C. Ummenhofer and R. R. Hood. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-822698-8.00013, PDF
2023
- Steffen, J. D., H. Seo, C. A. Clayson, S. Pei, and T. Shionda, 2023:
Impacts of Tidal Mixing on Diurnal to Intraseasonal Air-Sea Interactions in the Maritime Continent.
Deep-Sea Res. II, 212, 105343. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2023.105343, PDF
- Castillo-Trujillo A. C., Y.-O. Kwon, P. Fratantoni, K. Chen, H. Seo, M. A. Alexander, and V. S. Saba, 2023:
An evaluation of eight global ocean reanalyses for the Northeast U.S. continental shelf.
Prog. Oceanogr, 219, 103126. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2023.103126, PDF
- Clayson, C. A., C. A. DeMott, S. P. de Szoeke, P. Chang, G. R. Foltz, R. Krishnamurthy, T. Lee, A. Molod, D. G. Ortiz-Suslow, J. Pullen, D. H. Richter, H. Seo, P. C. Taylor, E. Thompson, B. V. Bôas, C. J. Zappa, and P. Zuidema, 2023:
A New Paradigm for Observing and Modeling of Air-Sea Interactions to Advance Earth System Prediction. A US CLIVAR Report, US CLIVAR Project Office, 86 pp. https://doi.org/10.5065/24j7-w583 PDF
- Beaudin, E., E. Di Lorenzo, A. J. Miller, H. Seo, and Y. Joh, 2023:
Impact of Extratropical Northeast Pacific SST on U.S. West Coast Precipitation.
Geophys. Res. Lett., 50, e2022GL102354. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022GL102354 PDF
- Sauvage, C., H. Seo, C. A. Clayson, and J. B. Edson, 2023:
Improving wave-based air-sea momentum flux parameterization in mixed seas.
J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 128, e2022JC019277. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022JC019277 PDF
- Seo, H., L. W. O’Neill, M. A. Bourassa, A. Czaja, K. Drushka, J. B. Edson, B. Fox-Kemper, I. Frenger, S. T. Gille, B. P. Kirtman, S. Minobe, A. G. Pendergrass, L. Renault, M. J. Roberts, N. Schneider, R. J. Small, A. Stoffelen, and Q. Wang, 2023:
Ocean Mesoscale and Frontal-scale Ocean-Atmosphere Interactions and Influence on Large-scale Climate: A Review.
J. Climate, 36, 1981–2013. https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-21-0982.1 PDF
2021
- Kwak, K., H. Song, J. Marshall, H. Seo, and D. McGillicuddy, Jr., 2021:
Suppressed pCO2 in the Southern Ocean due to the interaction between current and wind.,
J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 126, e2021JC017884. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JC017884 PDF
- Shinoda, T., S. Pei, W. Wang, J. X. Fu, R.-C. Lien, H. Seo, A. Soloviev., 2021:
Climate Process Team: Improvement of ocean component of NOAA Climate Forecast System relevant to Madden-Julian Oscillation simulations.,
J. of Adv. Model. Earth Syst., 13, e2021MS002658. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021MS002658 PDF
- Seo, H., H. Song, L. W. O’Neill, M. R. Mazloff, and B. D. Cornuelle., 2021:
Impacts of ocean currents on the South Indian Ocean extratropical storm track through the relative wind effect.,
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Climate Process Team: Improvement of ocean component of NOAA Climate Forecast System relevant to Madden-Julian Oscillation simulations.
J. of Adv. Model. Earth Syst., 13, e2021MS002658. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021MS002658 PDF
- Seo, H., H. Song, L. W. O’Neill, M. R. Mazloff, and B. D. Cornuelle, 2021:
Impacts of ocean currents on the South Indian Ocean extratropical storm track through the relative wind effect.,
J. Climate, 34, 9093–9113. https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-21-0142.1 PDF
- Pei, S., T. Shinoda, J. Steffen, and H. Seo., 2021:
Substantial Sea Surface Temperature cooling in the Banda Sea associated with the Madden-Julian Oscillation in the boreal winter of 2015.,
J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 126, e2021JC017226. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JC017226 PDF
- Shroyer, E., and Co-authors including H. Seo., 2021:
Bay of Bengal Intraseasonal Oscillation and the 2018 Monsoon Onset.
Bull. Amer. Met. Soc., 102(10), E1936–E1951. https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-20-0113.1 PDF
- Bartusek, S. T., H. Seo, C. C. Ummenhofer, and J. D. Steffen, 2021:
The role of nearshore air-sea interactions for landfalling atmospheric rivers on the U.S. West Coast.
Geophs. Res. Lett., 48, e2020GL091388. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GL091388 PDF
See also WHOI Research News*
- Sun, R., A. C. Subramanian, B. D. Cornuelle, M. R. Mazloff, A. J. Miller, F. M. Ralph, H. Seo, and I. Hoteit, 2021:
The role of air-sea interactions in atmospheric river events: Case studies using the SKRIPS regional coupled model.
J. Geophys. Res.: Atmosphere, 126, e2020JD032885. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JD032885 PDF
2020
- Liang, Y.-C., M.-H. Lo, C.-W. Lan, H. Seo, C. C. Ummenhofer, S. Yeager, R.-J. Wu, and J. D. Steffen, 2020:
Amplified Seasonal Cycle in Hydroclimate over the Amazon River Basin and its Plume Region.
Nature Comms., 11, 4390. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18187-0 PDF
- Yuan, X., C. C. Ummenhofer, H. Seo, and Z. Su,
Relative contributions of heat flux and wind stress on the spatiotemporal upper-ocean variability in the tropical Indian Ocean.
- Yuan, X., C. C. Ummenhofer, H. Seo, and Z. Su, 2020
Relative contributions of heat flux and wind stress on the spatiotemporal upper-ocean variability in the tropical Indian Ocean.
Env. Res. Lett., 15, 084047. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ab9f7f PDF
- Gentemann, C., C. A. Clayson, S. Brown, T. Lee, R. Parfitt, J. T. Farrar, M. Bourassa, P. J. Minnett, H. Seo, S. T. Gille, and V. Zlotnicki, 2020:
FluxSat: Measuring the ocean-atmosphere turbulent exchange of heat and moisture from space.
Remote Sens., 12, 1796. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs12111796 PDF
- Sprintall, J., K. A. Reed, A. H. Butler, G. R. Foltz, S. G. Penny, and H. Seo, 2020:
Best Practice Strategies for Process Studies designed to Improve Climate Modelling.
Bull. Amer. Met. Soc., 101, E1842–E1850. https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-19-0263.1 PDF
- Song, H., J. Marshall, D. J. McGillicuddy Jr., and H. Seo, 2020:
The impact of the current-wind interaction on the vertical processes in the Southern Ocean.
J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 125, e2020JC016046. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JC016046 PDF
- Gopalakrishnan, G., A. C. Subramanian, A. J. Miller, H. Seo, and D. Sengupta, 2020:
Estimation and prediction of the upper ocean circulation in the Bay of Bengal.
Deep-Sea Res. II, 172, 104721. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2019.104721 PDF
- Hagos, S., G. R. Foltz, C. Zhang, E. Thompson, H. Seo, S. Chen, A. Capotondi, K. A. Reed, C. DeMott, and A. Protat, 2020:
Atmospheric Convection and Air-Sea Interactions over the Tropical Oceans: Scientific Progress, Challenges, and Opportunities.
Bull. Amer. Met. Soc., 101, E253–E258. https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-19-0261.1 PDF
- Kwon, Y.-O., H. Seo, C. C. Ummenhofer, and T. M. Joyce, 2020:
Impact of Multidecadal Variability in Atlantic SST on Winter Atmospheric Blocking.
J. Climate, 33, 867–892. https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-19-0324.1 PDF
- Prend, C. J., H. Seo, R. A. Weller, and J. T. Farrar., 2020:
Impact of freshwater plumes on intraseasonal upper ocean variability in the Bay of Bengal.
- Prend, C. J., H. Seo, R. A. Weller, and J. T. Farrar, 2020:
Impact of freshwater plumes on intraseasonal upper ocean variability in the Bay of Bengal.
Deep-Sea Res. II, 161, 63–71. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2018.09.007 PDF
- Joyce, T. M., Y.-O. Kwon, H. Seo, and C. C. Ummenhofer, 2020:
Meridional Gulf Stream shifts can influence wintertime variability in the North Atlantic Storm Track and Greenland Blocking.
Geophys. Res. Lett., 46, 1702–1708. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018GL081087 PDF
- Weller, R. A., J. T. Farrar, H. Seo, C. J. Prend, D. Sengupta, J. Sree Lekha, M. Ravichandran, and R. Venkatesen, 2020:
Moored observations of the surface meteorology and air-sea fluxes in the northern Bay of Bengal in 2015.
J. Climate, 32, 549–573. https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-18-0413.1 PDF
2019
- Seo, H., A. C. Subramanian, H. Song, and J. S. Chowdary, 2019:
Coupled effects of ocean current on wind stress in the Bay of Bengal: Eddy energetics and upper ocean stratification.
Deep-Sea Res. II, 168, 104617. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2019.07.005 PDF
2018
- Parfitt, R. and H. Seo, 2018:
A New Framework for Near-Surface Wind Convergence over the Kuroshio Extension and Gulf Stream in Wintertime: The Role of Atmospheric Fronts.
Geophys. Res. Lett., 45, 9909–9918. https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-18-0413.1 PDF
See also US CLIVAR Research Highlight.
- Pullen, J., R. Allard, H. Seo, A. J. Miller, S. Chen, L. P. Pezzi, T. Smith, P. Chu, J. Alves, and R. Caldeira, 2018:
Coupled ocean-atmosphere forecasting at short and medium time scales.
J. Mar. Res., 75, 877-921. 10.1357/002224017823523991 PDF
- Jin, X, Y.-O. Kwon, C. C. Ummenhofer, H. Seo, Y. Kosaka, and J. S. Wright, 2018:
Distinct mechanisms of decadal subsurface heat content variations in the eastern and western Indian Ocean modulated by tropical Pacific SST,
J. Climate, 31, 7751-7769. https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-18-0184.1 PDF
- Jin, X., Y.-O. Kwon, C. C. Ummenhofer, H. Seo, F. U. Schwarzkopf, A. Biastoch, C. W. Böning, and J. S. Wright, 2018:
Influences of Pacific Climate Variability on Decadal Subsurface Ocean Heat Content Variations in the Indian Ocean.
J. Climate, 31, 4157-4174. https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-17-0654.1 PDF
- Kwon, Y.-O., A. Camacho, C. Martinez-Zayas, and H. Seo, 2018:
North Atlantic Eddy-driven Jet and Blocking Variability in the Community Earth System Model Version 1 Large Ensemble Simulations.
Clim. Dyn., 51, 3275-3289. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-018-4078-6 PDF
2017
- Seo, H., Y.-O. Kwon, T. M. Joyce, and C. C. Ummenhofer, 2017:
On the predominant nonlinear response of the extratropical atmosphere to meridional shift of the Gulf Stream.
J. Climate, 30, 9679-9702. https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-16-0707.1 PDF
- Morrow, R., L.-L. Fu, T. Farrar, H. Seo, P.-Y. Le Traon, 2017:
Ocean eddies and mesoscale variability. Satellite Altimetry Over Oceans and Land Surfaces,
*In D. Stammer and A. Cazenave, editors, Satellite Altimetry Over Ocean and Land Surfaces. CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group, Satellite Altimetry Over Oceans and Land Surfaces.
- Centurioni, L. R., and Co-authors including H. Seo, 2017:
Northern Arabian Sea Circulation-Autonomous Research (NASCar): A Research Initiative Based on Autonomous Sensors.
Oceanography, 30, 74-87. https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2017.224 PDF
- Ummenhofer, C. C., H. Seo, Y-O. Kwon, R. Parfitt, S. Brands, and T. M. Joyce, 2017:
Emerging European winter precipitation pattern
linked to atmospheric circulation changes over the North Atlantic region in recent decades.
Geophys. Res. Lett., 44, 8557–8566. https://doi.org/10.1002/2017GL074188 PDF
- Seo, H., 2017:
Distinct influence of air-sea interactions mediated by mesoscale sea surface temperature and surface current in the Arabian Sea.
J. Climate, 30, 8061-8079. https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-16-0834.1 PDF
- Miller, A. J., M. Collins, S. Gualdi, T. G. Jensen, V. Misra, L. P. Pezzi, D. W. Pierce, D. Putrasahan, H. Seo, and Y.-H. Tseng, 2017:
Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere-Hydrology Modeling and Predictions,
J. Mar. Res., 75, 361-402. DOI:10.1357/002224017821836770 PDF
- Parfitt, R., A. Czaja, and H. Seo, 2017:
A simple diagnostic for the detection of atmospheric fronts,
Geophys. Res. Lett., 44, 4351–4358. https://doi.org/10.1002/2017GL073662 PDF
- Jongaramrungruang, S., H. Seo, and C. C. Ummenhofer, 2017:
Intraseasonal rainfall variability in the Bay of Bengal during the Summer Monsoon: Coupling with the ocean and modulation by the Indian Ocean Dipole.
Atmos. Sci. Lett., 18, 88–95. https://doi.org/10.1002/asl.729 PDF
2016
- Chowdary, J. S., G. Srinivas, T. S. Fousiya, A. Parekh, C. Gnanaseelan, H. Seo, and J. A. MacKinnon, 2016:
Representation of Bay of Bengal Upper-Ocean Salinity in General Circulation Models.
Oceanography, 29, 38–49. https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2016.37 PDF
- Seo, H., A. J. Miller, and J. R. Norris, 2016:
Eddy-wind interaction in the California Current System: dynamics and impacts,
J. Phys. Oceanogr., 46, 439-459. https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-15-0086.1 PDF
- Brink, K. H. and H. Seo, 2016:
Continental Shelf Baroclinic Instability 2: Oscillating wind forcing,
J. Phys. Oceanogr., 46, 569-582. https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-15-0048.1 PDF
2015
- Oltmanns, M., F. Straneo, H. Seo, G. W. K. Moore, 2015:
The role of wave dynamics and small-scale topography for downslope wind events in southeast Greenland.
J. Atmos. Sci., 72, 2786-2805. https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-14-0257.1 PDF
- Cavanaugh, N., T. Allen, A. Subramanian, B. Mapes, H. Seo, and A. J. Miller, 2015:
The Skill of Tropical Linear Inverse Models in Hindcasting the Madden-Julian Oscillation.
Clim. Dyn., 44, 897-906. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-014-2181-x PDF
2014
- Seo, H., A. C. Subramanian, A. J. Miller, and N. R. Cavanaugh, 2014:
Coupled impacts of the diurnal cycle of sea surface temperature on the Madden-Julian Oscillation.
J. Climate, 27, 8422-8443. https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00141.1 PDF
- Park, J.-Y., J.-S. Kug, H. Seo, and J. Bader, 2014:
Impact of bio-physical feedbacks on the tropical climate in coupled and uncoupled GCMs.
Clim. Dyn., 43, 1811-1827. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-013-2009-0 PDF
- Seo, H., Y.-O. Kwon, and J.-J. Park, 2014:
On the effect of the East/Japan Sea SST variability on the North Pacific atmospheric circulation in a regional climate model.
J. Geophys. Res.-Atmospheres, 119, 418-444. https://doi.org/10.1002/2013JD020523 PDF
- Subramanian, A, M. Jochum, A. J. Miller, R. Neale, H. Seo, D. Waliser, and R. Murtugudde, 2014:
The MJO and Global warming: A study in CCSM4.
Climate Dyn., 42, 2019-2031. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-013-1846-1 PDF
2013
- Seo, H., and J. Yang, 2013:
Dynamical response of the Arctic atmospheric boundary layer process to uncertainties in sea ice concentration.
J. Geophys. Res-Atmospheres, 118, 12,383-12,402. https://doi.org/10.1002/2013JD020312 PDF
- Putrasahan, D. A. J. Miller, and H. Seo, 2013:
Regional coupled ocean-atmosphere downscaling in the Southeast Pacific: Impacts on upwelling, mesoscale air-sea fluxes, and ocean eddies.
Ocean Dynam., 63, 463-488. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10236-013-0608-2 PDF
- Seo, H., and S.-P. Xie, 2013:
Impact of ocean warm layer thickness on the intensity of hurricane Katrina in a regional coupled model.
Meteor. Atmos. Phys., 122, 19-32. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00703-013-0275-3 PDF
- Putrasahan, D. A. J. Miller, and H. Seo, 2013:
Isolating Mesoscale Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Interactions in the Kuroshio Extension Region.
Dyn. Atmos. Oceans., 63, 60-78. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dynatmoce.2013.04.001 PDF
2012
- Seo, H., K. H. Brink, C. E. Dorman, D. Koracin, and C. A. Edwards, 2012
What determines the spatial pattern in summer upwelling trends on the U.S. West Coast?
J. Geophys. Res.-Oceans, 117, C08012. https://doi.org/10.1029/2012JC008016 PDF
- Alexander, M.A., H. Seo, S.-P. Xie, and J.D. Scott, 2012:
ENSO’s impact on the gap wind regions of the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean.
J. Climate, 25, 3549-3565. https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00320.1 PDF
2011
- Seo, H., and S.-P. Xie, 2011:
Response and Impact of Equatorial Ocean Dynamics and Tropical Instability Waves in the Tropical Atlantic under Global Warming: A regional coupled downscaling study.
J. Geophys. Res.-Oceans, 116, C03026. https://doi.org/10.1029/2010JC006670 PDF
2009
- Seo, H., S.-P. Xie, R. Murtugudde, M. Jochum, and A. J. Miller, 2009:
Seasonal effects of Indian Ocean freshwater forcing in a regional coupled model.
J. Climate, 22, 6577-6596. ttps://doi.org/10.1175/2009JCLI2990.1 PDF
2008
- Seo, H., R. Murtugudde, M. Jochum, and A. J. Miller, 2008:
Modeling of Mesoscale Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Interaction and its Feedback to Ocean in the Western Arabian Sea.
Ocean Modell., 25,120-131. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocemod.2008.07.003 PDF
- Seo, H., M. Jochum, R. Murtugudde, A. J. Miller, and J. O. Roads, 2008:
Precipitation from African Easterly Waves in a Coupled Model of the Tropical Atlantic.
J. Climate, 21, 1417-1431. https://doi.org/10.1175/2007JCLI1906.1 PDF
- Small, R. J., S. de Szoeke, S. P. Xie, L. O’Neill, H. Seo, Q. Song, P. Cornillon, M. Spall, and S. Minobe, 2008:
Air-Sea Interaction over Ocean Fronts and Eddies.
Dyn. Atmos. Oceans., 45, 274-319. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dynatmoce.2008.01.001 PDF
2007
- Seo, H., M. Jochum, R. Murtugudde, A. J. Miller, and J. O. Roads, 2007:
Feedback of Tropical Instability Wave – induced Atmospheric Variability onto the Ocean.
J. Climate, 20, 5842-5855. https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI4330.1 PDF
- Seo, H., A. J. Miller and J. O. Roads, 2007:
The Scripps Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Regional (SCOAR) model, with applications in the eastern Pacific Sector.
J. Climate, 20, 381-402. https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI4016.1 PDF
2006
- Seo, H., M. Jochum, R. Murtugudde, and A. J. Miller, 2006:
Effect of Ocean Mesoscale Variability on the Mean State of Tropical Atlantic Climate.
Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L09606. https://doi.org/10.1029/2005GL025651 PDF
- Seo, H., 2007:
Mesoscale Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Interaction,
Ph.D. Dissertation, University of California, San Diego,
https://escholarship.org/uc/item/8w71d1hk
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