Chen, X. and C. M. Rozoff, 2025: Large-eddy simulation of internal boundary layers and near-surface wind estimation during hurricane landfalls. Geophys. Res. Lett., 52, e2025GL114816. [Media coverage]
Chen, X. and F. D. Marks, 2024: Parameterizations of boundary layer mass fluxes in high-wind conditions for tropical cyclone simulations. J. Atmos. Sci., 81, 77-91.
Rios-Berrios, R., P. M. Finocchio, J. J. Alland, X. Chen, M. S. Fischer, S. N. Stevenson, and D. Tao, 2024: A review of the effects of vertical wind shear on tropical cyclone structure and intensity. J. Atmos. Sci., 81, 713-741.
Hazelton, A., X. Chen, G. J. Alaka, Jr., G. Alvey, S. Gopalakrishnan, and F. D. Marks, 2024: Sensitivity of HAFS-B tropical cyclone forecasts to planetary boundary layer and microphysics parameterizations, Wea. Forecasting, 39, 655-678.
Chen, X., A. Hazelton, F. D. Marks, G. J. Alaka, and C. Zhang, 2023: Performance of an improved TKE-based eddy-diffusivity mass-flux (EDMF) PBL scheme in 2021 hurricane forecasts from Hurricane Analysis and Forecast System. Wea. Forecasting, 38, 321-336.
Fischer, M. S., P. D. Reasor, B. H. Tang, K. L. Corbosiero, R. D. Torn, and X. Chen, 2023: A tale of two vortex evolutions: Using a high-resolution ensemble to assess the impacts of ventilation on a tropical cyclone rapid intensification event. Mon. Wea. Rev., 151, 297-320.
Chen, X., C. M. Rozoff, R. F. Rogers, K. L. Corbosiero, D. Tao, J.-F. Gu, F. Judt, E. A. Hendricks, Y. Wang, M. M. Bell, D. P. Stern, K. D. Musgrave, J. A. Knaff, and J. Kaplan, 2023: Research advances on internal processes affecting tropical cyclone intensity change from 2018-2022. Tropical Cyclone Research and Review.
Ko, M.-C., X. Chen, M. Kubat, and S. Gopalakrishnan, 2023: The development of a consensus machine learning model for hurricane rapid intensification forecasts with Hurricane Weather Research and Forecasting (HWRF) data. Wea. Forecasting, 38, 1253-1270.
Chen, X., 2022: How do planetary boundary layer schemes perform in hurricane conditions: A comparison with large‐eddy simulations. J. Adv. Model. Earth Syst., 14, e2022MS003088.
Chen, X., G. H. Bryan, A. Hazelton, F. D. Marks, and P. Fitzpatrick, 2022: Evaluation and improvement of a TKE-based eddy-diffusivity mass-flux (EDMF) planetary boundary layer scheme in hurricane conditions. Wea. Forecasting, 37, 935-951.
Chen, X. and G. H. Bryan, 2021: Role of advection of parameterized turbulence kinetic energy in tropical cyclone simulations. J. Atmos. Sci., 78(11), 3559-3574.
Chen, X., G. H. Bryan, J. A. Zhang, F. D. Marks, and J. J. Cione, 2021: A framework for simulating the tropical-cyclone boundary layer using large- eddy simulation and its use in evaluating PBL parameterizations. J. Atmos. Sci., 78(11), 3593-3611.
Chen, X., J.-F. Gu, J. A. Zhang, F. D. Marks, R. F. Rogers, and J. J. Cione, 2021: Boundary layer recovery and precipitation symmetrization preceding rapid intensification of tropical cyclones under shear. J. Atmos. Sci., 78, 1523-1544.
Chen, X., M. Xue, B. Zhou, J. Fang, J. A. Zhang, and F. D. Marks, 2021: Effect of scale-aware planetary boundary layer schemes on tropical cyclone intensification and structural changes in the gray zone. Mon. Wea. Rev., 149, 2079-2095.
Chen, X., J. A. Zhang, F. D. Marks, 2019: A thermodynamic pathway leading to rapid intensification of tropical cyclones in shear. Geophys. Res. Lett., 46, 9241– 9251.
Chen, X., M. Xue, and J. Fang, 2018: Rapid intensification of Typhoon Mujigae (2015) under different sea surface temperatures: Structural changes leading to rapid intensification. J. Atmos. Sci., 75, 4313-4335.
Chen, X., Y. Wang, J. Fang, and M. Xue, 2018: A numerical study on rapid intensification of Typhoon Vicente (2012) in the South China Sea. Part II: Inner-core processes. J. Atmos. Sci., 75, 235-255.