Leonard Pietrafesa

Wu, Z., Tan, Z.-M., & Pietrafesa, L. (2023). Spectral analysis of a time series: From an additive perspective to a multiplicative perspective. APPLIED AND COMPUTATIONAL HARMONIC ANALYSIS, 63, 94–112. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acha.2022.11.005

Shen, D., Bao, S., Pietrafesa, L. J., & Gayes, P. (2022). Improving Numerical Model Predicted Float Trajectories by Deep Learning. EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCE, 9(9). https://doi.org/10.1029/2022EA002362

Zhang, H., Shen, D., Bao, S., Pietrafesa, L., Gayes, P. T., & Majidzadeh, H. (2022). Quantifying Aggravated Threats to Stormwater Management Ponds by Tropical Cyclone Storm Surge and Inundation under Climate Change Scenarios. CLIMATE, 10(10). https://doi.org/10.3390/cli10100157

Shen, D., Li, X., Wang, J., Bao, S., & Pietrafesa, L. J. (2021). Dynamical Ocean Responses to Typhoon Malakas (2016) in the Vicinity of Taiwan. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-OCEANS, 126(2). https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JC016663

Viner, B., Noble, S., Qian, J.-H., Werth, D., Gayes, P., Pietrafesa, L., & Bao, S. (2021). Frequency and Characteristics of Inland Advecting Sea Breezes in the Southeast United States. ATMOSPHERE, 12(8). https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos12080950

Pietrafesa, L. J., Zhang, H., Bao, S., Gayes, P. T., & Hallstrom, J. O. (2019). Coastal Flooding and Inundation and Inland Flooding due to Downstream Blocking. JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING, 7(10). https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse7100336

Li, X., Zheng, W., Yang, X., & Pietrafesa, L. J. (2017). Sea Fetch Observed by Synthetic Aperture Radar. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON GEOSCIENCE AND REMOTE SENSING, 55(1), 272–279. https://doi.org/10.1109/tgrs.2016.2605670

Xu, Q., Li, X., Bao, S., & Pietrafesa, L. J. (2016). 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. https://doi.org/10.1109/tgrs.2016.2596678

Xia, M., Xie, L., Pietrafesa, L. J., & Whitney, M. M. (2011). 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. https://doi.org/10.1029/2010jc006689

Li, X., Yang, X., Zheng, Q., Pietrafesa, L. J., Pichel, W. G., Li, Z., & Li, X. (2010). Deep-water bathymetric features imaged by spaceborne SAR in the Gulf Stream region. GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS, 37. https://doi.org/10.1029/2010gl044406

Xia, M., Xie, L., & Pietrafesa, L. J. (2010). Winds and the orientation of a coastal plane estuary plume. GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS, 37. https://doi.org/10.1029/2010gl044494

Taylor, J. C., Miller, J. M., Pietrafesa, L. J., Dickey, D. A., & Ross, S. W. (2010). 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. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seares.2009.09.006

Wright, C. W., Walsh, E. J., Krabill, W. B., Shaffer, W. A., Baig, S. R., Peng, M., … Beckley, B. D. (2009). Measuring Storm Surge with an Airborne Wide-Swath Radar Altimeter. JOURNAL OF ATMOSPHERIC AND OCEANIC TECHNOLOGY, 26(10), 2200–2215. https://doi.org/10.1175/2009JTECHO627.1

Xia, M., Xie, L., Pietrafesa, L. J., & Peng, M. (2008). A numerical study of storm surge in the Cape Fear River Estuary and adjacent coast. JOURNAL OF COASTAL RESEARCH, 24(4C), 159–167. https://doi.org/10.2112/06-0795.1

Lin, J., Xie, L., Pietrafesa, L. J., Xu, H., Woods, W., Mallin, M. A., & Durako, M. J. (2008). 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. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2007.10.026

Peng, S. Q., Xie, L., & Pietrafesa, L. J. (2007). 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. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocemod.2007.04.002

Xie, L., Liu, X., & Pietrafesa, L. J. (2007). Effect of bathymetric curvature on gulf stream instability in the vicinity of the Charleston Bump. JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY, 37(3), 452–475. https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO2995.1

Xia, M., Xie, L., & Pietrafesa, L. J. (2007). Modeling of the Cape Fear River Estuary plume. ESTUARIES AND COASTS, 30(4), 698–709. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02841966

Pietrafesa, L. J., Buckley, E. B., Peng, M., Bao, S., Liu, H., Peng, S., … Dickey, D. A. (2007). 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. https://doi.org/10.4031/002533207787442268

Liu, H., Xie, L., Pietrafesa, L. J., & Bao, S. (2007). Sensitivity of wind waves to hurricane wind characteristics. OCEAN MODELLING, 18(1), 37–52. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocemod.2007.03.004

Lin, J., Xie, L., Pietrafesa, L. J., Ramus, J. S., & Paerl, H. W. (2007). Water quality gradients across Albemarle-Pamlico estuarine system: Seasonal variations and model applications. JOURNAL OF COASTAL RESEARCH, 23(1), 213–229. https://doi.org/10.2112/05-0507.1

Pietrafesa, L. J., Kelleher, K., Karl, T., Davidson, M., Peng, M., Bao, S., … Xia, M. (2006). A new architecture for coastal inundation and flood warning prediction. MARINE TECHNOLOGY SOCIETY JOURNAL, 40(4), 71–77. https://doi.org/10.4031/002533206787353205

Peng, M., Xie, L., & Pietrafesa, L. J. (2006). A numerical study on hurricane-induced storm surge and inundation in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-OCEANS, 111(C8). https://doi.org/10.1029/2004jc002755

Xie, L., Bao, S. W., Pietrafesa, L. J., Foley, K., & Fuentes, M. (2006). A real-time hurricane surface wind forecasting model: Formulation and verification. MONTHLY WEATHER REVIEW, 134(5), 1355–1370. https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR3126.1

Pietrafesa, L. (2006). Concern about gag rules. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.312.5777.1137d

Boehm, E., Hopkins, T. S., Pietrafesa, L. J., & Churchill, J. H. (2006). [Review of Continental slope sea level and flow variability induced by lateral movements of the Gulf Stream in the Middle Atlantic Bight]. PROGRESS IN OCEANOGRAPHY, 70(2-4), 196–212. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2006.07.005

Lin, J., Xie, L., Pietrafesa, L. J., Shen, J., Mallin, M. A., & Durako, M. J. (2006). Dissolved oxygen stratification in two micro-tidal partially-mixed estuaries. ESTUARINE COASTAL AND SHELF SCIENCE, 70(3), 423–437. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2006.06.032

Peng, M., Xie, L., & Pietrafesa, L. J. (2006). 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. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocemod.2006.03.004

Xie, L., Yan, T. Z., Pietrafesa, L. J., Morrison, J. M., & Karl, T. (2005). Climatology and interannual variability of North Atlantic hurricane tracks. JOURNAL OF CLIMATE, 18(24), 5370–5381. https://doi.org/10.1175/jcli3560.1

Xie, L., Yan, T. Z., Pietrafesa, L. J., Karl, T., & Xu, X. D. (2005). Relationship between western North Pacific typhoon activity and Tibetan Plateau winter and spring snow cover. Geophysical Research Letters, 32(16).

Xie, L., Yan, T. Z., & Pietrafesa, L. (2005). The  effect of Atlantic sea surface temperature dipole mode on hurricanes: Implications for the 2004 Atlantic hurricane season. Geophysical Research Letters, 32(3).

Peng, M. C., Xie, L., & Pietrafesa, L. J. (2004). A numerical study of storm surge and inundation in the Croatan-Albemarle-Pamlico Estuary System. ESTUARINE COASTAL AND SHELF SCIENCE, 59(1), 121–137. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2003.07.010

Xie, L., Pietrafesa, L. J., & Peng, M. C. (2004). Incorporation of a mass-conserving inundation scheme into a three dimensional storm surge model. JOURNAL OF COASTAL RESEARCH, 20(4), 1209–1223. https://doi.org/10.2112/03-0084r.1

Xie, L., Pietrafesa, L. J., & Wu, K. (2003). 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). https://doi.org/10.1029/2001jc001078

Pietrafesa, L. J., Xie, L., Dickey, D. A., Peng, M., & Yan, S. (2003). 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.

Bright, R. J., Xie, L., & Pietrafesa, L. J. (2002). Evidence of the Gulf Stream's influence on tropical cyclone intensity. GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS, 29(16). https://doi.org/10.1029/2002gl014920

Grothues, T. M., Cowen, R. K., Pietrafesa, L. J., Bignami, F., Weatherly, G. L., & Flagg, C. N. (2002). Flux of larval fish around Cape Hatteras. LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY, 47(1), 165–175. https://doi.org/10.4319/lo.2002.47.1.0165

Xie, L., Pietrafesa, L. J., & Wu, K. J. (2002). 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. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00376-002-0007-y

Flagg, C. N., Pietrafesa, L. J., & Weatherly, G. L. (2002). 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. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0967-0645(02)00121-2

Pietrafesa, L. J., Flagg, C. N., Xie, L., Weatherly, G. L., & Morrison, J. M. (2002). 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. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0967-0645(02)00166-2

Xie, L. A., Wu, K. J., Pietrafesa, L., & Zhang, C. (2001). 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. https://doi.org/10.1029/2000JC000292

Kim, Y. Y., Weatherly, G. L., & Pietrafesa, L. J. (2001). 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. https://doi.org/10.1029/2000JC000738

Logan, D. G., Morrison, J. M., Pietrafesa, L. J., Hopkins, T. S., & Churchill, J. (2000). Physical oceanographic processes affecting inflow/outflow through Beaufort Inlet, North Carolina. Journal of Coastal Research, 16(4), 1111–1125.

Li, X. F., Morrison, J., Pietrafesa, L., & Ochadlick, A. (1999). Analysis of oceanic internal waves from airborne SAR images. Journal of Coastal Research, 15(4), 884–891.

Xie, L., Pietrafesa, L. J., & Zhang, C. (1999). Subinertial response of the Gulf Stream system to Hurricane Fran of 1996. GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS, 26(23), 3457–3460. https://doi.org/10.1029/1999GL002359

Xie, L., & Pietrafesa, L. J. (1999). 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.

Driscoll, E. A., Janowitz, G. S., & Pietrafesa, L. J. (1998). Baroclinically driven estuarine flow: A perturbation approach. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-OCEANS, 103(C12), 27893–27903. https://doi.org/10.1029/98JC02376

Xie, L., Pietrafesa, L. J., Bohm, E., Zhang, C., & Li, X. (1998). Evidence and mechanism of Hurricane Fran induced cooling in the Charleston trough. GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS, 25(6), 769–772. https://doi.org/10.1029/98GL00180

Dutton, J. A., Pietrafesa, L. J., & Snow, J. T. (1998). Priorities of the academic community for the National Weather Service. BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY, 79(5), 761–763. https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0477(1998)079<0761:POTACF>2.0.CO;2

Hickey, B. M., Pietrafesa, L. J., Jay, D. A., & Boicourt, W. C. (1998). The Columbia River Plume Study: Subtidal variability in the velocity and salinity fields. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-OCEANS, 103(C5), 10339–10368. https://doi.org/10.1029/97JC03290

Cione, J. J., Neuherz, R. A., Raman, S., Pietrafesa, L. J., Keeter, K., & Li, X. F. (1998). 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. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1001773019199

Xie, L., Pietrafesa, L. J., & Raman, S. (1997). Interaction between surface wind and ocean circulation in the Carolina Capes in a coupled low-order model. CONTINENTAL SHELF RESEARCH, 17(12), 1483–1511. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0278-4343(97)00024-1

Pietrafesa, L. J., Xie, L., Morrison, J., Janowitz, G. S., Pelissier, J., Keeter, K., & Neuherz, R. A. (1997). 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.