Leonard J. Pietrafesa

Two-Way Coupling of the National Water Model (NWM) and Semi-Implicit Cross-Scale Hydroscience Integrated System Model (SCHISM) for Enhanced Coastal Discharge Predictions

HYDROLOGY, 11(9).

Improving Numerical Model Predicted Float Trajectories by Deep Learning

EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCE, 9(9).

Quantifying Aggravated Threats to Stormwater Management Ponds by Tropical Cyclone Storm Surge and Inundation under Climate Change Scenarios

CLIMATE, 10(10).

Spectral analysis of a time series: From an additive perspective to a multiplicative perspective

APPLIED AND COMPUTATIONAL HARMONIC ANALYSIS, 63, 94–112.

Frequency and Characteristics of Inland Advecting Sea Breezes in the Southeast United States

ATMOSPHERE, 12(8).

Dynamical Ocean Responses to Typhoon Malakas (2016) in the Vicinity of Taiwan

JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-OCEANS, 126(2).

Coastal Flooding and Inundation and Inland Flooding due to Downstream Blocking

JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING, 7(10).

SAR Observation and Numerical Simulation of Mountain Lee Waves Near Kuril Islands Forced by an Extratropical Cyclone

IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON GEOSCIENCE AND REMOTE SENSING, 54(12), 7157–7165.

Sea Fetch Observed by Synthetic Aperture Radar

IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON GEOSCIENCE AND REMOTE SENSING, 55(1), 272–279.

The ideal response of a Gulf of Mexico estuary plume to wind forcing: Its connection with salt flux and a Lagrangian view

JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-OCEANS, 116.

Deep-water bathymetric features imaged by spaceborne SAR in the Gulf Stream region

GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS, 37.

Winds and the orientation of a coastal plane estuary plume

GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS, 37.

Measuring Storm Surge with an Airborne Wide-Swath Radar Altimeter

JOURNAL OF ATMOSPHERIC AND OCEANIC TECHNOLOGY, 26(10), 2200–2215.

Winter winds and river discharge determine juvenile southern flounder (Paralichthys lethostigma) recruitment and distribution in North Carolina estuaries

JOURNAL OF SEA RESEARCH, Vol. 64, pp. 15–25.

A numerical study of storm surge in the Cape Fear River Estuary and adjacent coast

JOURNAL OF COASTAL RESEARCH, 24(4C), 159–167.

Correcting the errors in the initial conditions and wind stress in storm surge simulation using an adjoint optimal technique

Ocean Modelling (Oxford, England), 18(3-4), 175–193.

Effect of bathymetric curvature on gulf stream instability in the vicinity of the Charleston Bump

JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY, 37(3), 452–475.

Modeling of the Cape Fear River Estuary plume

ESTUARIES AND COASTS, 30(4), 698–709.

On coastal ocean systems, coupled model architectures, products and services: Morphing from observations to operations and applications

MARINE TECHNOLOGY SOCIETY JOURNAL, 41(1), 44–52.

Sensitivity of wind waves to hurricane wind characteristics

OCEAN MODELLING, 18(1), 37–52.

Water quality gradients across Albemarle-Pamlico estuarine system: Seasonal variations and model applications

JOURNAL OF COASTAL RESEARCH, 23(1), 213–229.

Water quality responses to simulated flow and nutrient reductions in the Cape Fear River Estuary and adjacent coastal region, North Carolina

ECOLOGICAL MODELLING, 212(3-4), 200–217.

A new architecture for coastal inundation and flood warning prediction

MARINE TECHNOLOGY SOCIETY JOURNAL, 40(4), 71–77.

A numerical study on hurricane-induced storm surge and inundation in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina

JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-OCEANS, 111(C8).

A real-time hurricane surface wind forecasting model: Formulation and verification

MONTHLY WEATHER REVIEW, 134(5), 1355–1370.

Concern about gag rules

Continental slope sea level and flow variability induced by lateral movements of the Gulf Stream in the Middle Atlantic Bight

[Review of ]. PROGRESS IN OCEANOGRAPHY, 70(2-4), 196–212.

Dissolved oxygen stratification in two micro-tidal partially-mixed estuaries

ESTUARINE COASTAL AND SHELF SCIENCE, 70(3), 423–437.

Tropical cyclone induced asymmetry of sea level surge and fall and its presentation in a storm surge model with parametric wind fields

OCEAN MODELLING, 14(1-2), 81–101.

Climatology and interannual variability of North Atlantic hurricane tracks

JOURNAL OF CLIMATE, 18(24), 5370–5381.

Relationship between western North Pacific typhoon activity and Tibetan Plateau winter and spring snow cover

Geophysical Research Letters, 32(16).

The effect of Atlantic sea surface temperature dipole mode on hurricanes: Implications for the 2004 Atlantic hurricane season

Geophysical Research Letters, 32(3).

Incorporation of a mass-conserving inundation scheme into a three dimensional storm surge model

JOURNAL OF COASTAL RESEARCH, 20(4), 1209–1223.

A numerical study of storm surge and inundation in the Croatan-Albemarle-Pamlico Estuary System

ESTUARINE COASTAL AND SHELF SCIENCE, 59(1), 121–137.

A numerical study of wave-current interaction through surface and bottom stresses: Coastal ocean response to Hurricane Fran of 1996

JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-OCEANS, 108(C2).

North Carolina State University coastal and estuary storm surge and flood prediction system

In C. A. B. E. Tiezzi & J. L. Uso (Eds.), Ecosystems and Sustainable Development IV (pp. 101–110). Southampton; Boston: WIT Press.

Evidence of the Gulf Stream's influence on tropical cyclone intensity

GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS, 29(16).

Flux of larval fish around Cape Hatteras

LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY, 47(1), 165–175.

Interannual and decadal variability of landfalling tropical cyclones in the southeast coastal states of the United States

ADVANCES IN ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES, 19(4), 677–686.

Springtime hydrography of the southern Middle Atlantic Bight and the onset of seasonal stratification

DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART II-TOPICAL STUDIES IN OCEANOGRAPHY, 49(20), 4297–4329.

The winter/spring 1996 OMP current, meteorological, sea state and coastal sea level fields

DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART II-TOPICAL STUDIES IN OCEANOGRAPHY, 49(20), 4331–4354.

A numerical study of wave-current interaction through surface and bottom stresses: Wind-driven circulation in the South Atlantic Bight under uniform winds

JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-OCEANS, 106(C8), 16841–16855.

On the mass and salt budgets for a region of the continental shelf in the southern Mid-Atlantic Bight

JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-OCEANS, 106(C12), 31263–31282.

Physical oceanographic processes affecting inflow/outflow through Beaufort Inlet, North Carolina

Journal of Coastal Research, 16(4), 1111–1125.

Analysis of oceanic internal waves from airborne SAR images

Journal of Coastal Research, 15(4), 884–891.

Subinertial response of the Gulf Stream system to Hurricane Fran of 1996

GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS, 26(23), 3457–3460.

Systemwide modeling of wind and density driven circulation in Croatan-Albemarle-Pamlico Estuary System part I: Model configuration and testing

Journal of Coastal Research, 15(4), 1163–1177.

Baroclinically driven estuarine flow: A perturbation approach

JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-OCEANS, 103(C12), 27893–27903.

Evidence and mechanism of Hurricane Fran induced cooling in the Charleston trough

GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS, 25(6), 769–772.

Priorities of the academic community for the National Weather Service

BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY, 79(5), 761–763.

The Columbia River Plume Study: Subtidal variability in the velocity and salinity fields

JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-OCEANS, 103(C5), 10339–10368.

The use of pre-storm boundary-layer baroclinicity in determining and operationally implementing the Atlantic surface cyclone intensification index

BOUNDARY-LAYER METEOROLOGY, 89(2), 211–224.

Interaction between surface wind and ocean circulation in the Carolina Capes in a coupled low-order model

CONTINENTAL SHELF RESEARCH, 17(12), 1483–1511.

Numerical modelling and computer visualization of the storm surge in and around the Croatan-Albemarle-Pamlico Estuary system produced by Hurricane Emily of August 1993

Mausam, 48(4), 567–578.