(Selected publications since 1996)

Global observations of oceanic Rossby waves. Science, 272, 234-238, 1996. (Chelton, D.B., and M.G. Schlax.)

The speed of observed and theoretical long extra tropical planetary waves. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 27, 1946-1966, 1997. (Killsworth P.D., D.B. Chelton, and R.A. deSzoeke.)

Geophysical variability of the first baroclinic Rossby radius of deformation. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 28, 433-460, 1998. (Chelton, D.B., R.A. deSzoeke, M.G. Schlax, K. El Nagger and N. Siwertz.)

Satellite microwave SST observations of transequatorial tropical instability waves. Geophys. Res. Lett., 27, 1239-1242, 2000. (Chelton, D. B., F. J. Wentz, C. L. Gentemann, R. A. de Szoeke and M. G. Schlax.)

Satellite observations of the wind jets off the Pacific coast of Central America, Part I: Case studies and statistical characteristics. Mon. Wea. Rev., 128, 1993-2018, 2000. (Chelton, D. B., M. H. Freilich and S. K. Esbensen.)

Satellite observations of the wind jets off the Pacific coast of Central America, Part II: Regional relationships and dynamical considerations. Mon. Wea. Rev., 128, 2019-2043, 2000. (Chelton, D. B., M. H. Freilich and S. K. Esbensen.)

Observations of coupling between surface wind stress and sea surface temperature in the eastern Tropical Pacific. J. Climate, 14, 1479-1498, 2001. (Chelton, D. B., S. K. Esbensen, M. G. Schlax, N. Thum, M. H. Freilich, F. J. Wentz, C. L. Gentemann, M. J. McPhaden and P. S. Schopf.)

Sampling errors in wind fields constructed from single and tandem scatterometer datasets. J. Atmos. Oceanic Tech., 18, 1014-1036, 2001. (Schlax, M. G., D. B. Chelton and M. H. Freilich.)

Equatorially trapped Rossby waves in the presence of meridionally sheared baroclinic flow in the Pacific Ocean. Prog. Oceanogr., 56, 323-380, 2003. (Chelton, D. B., M. G. Schlax, J. M. Lyman, and G. C. Johnson.)

Observations of SST-induced perturbations of the wind stress field over the Southern Ocean on seasonal time scales. J. Climate, 16, 2340-2354, 2003. (O'Neill, L. W., D. B. Chelton and S. K. Esbensen.)

The accuracies of smoothed sea surface height fields constructed from tandem altimeter datasets. J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol., 20, 1276-1302, 2003. (Chelton, D. B., and M. G. Schlax.)

The accuracies of crossover and parallel-track estimates of geostrophic velocities from TOPEX/POSEIDON and Jason altimeter data. J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol., 20, 1196-1211, 2003. (Schlax, M. G., and D. B. Chelton.)

Satellite measurements reveal persistent small-scale features in ocean winds. Science, 303, 978-983, 2004. (Chelton, D. B., M. G. Schlax, M. H. Freilich and R. F. Milliff)

Scatterometer-based assessment of 10-m wind analyses from the operational ECMWF and NCEP numerical weather prediction models. Mon Wea. Rev., 133, 409-429, 2005 (Chelton, D. B., and M. H. Freilich)

The impact of SST specification on ECMWF surface wind stress fields in the eastern tropical Pacific. J. Climate, 18, 530-550, 2005. (Chelton, D. B.)

Tropical instability waves as a resonance between equatorial Rossby waves. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 35, 232-254, 2005. (Lyman, J. M., D. B. Chelton, R. A. de Szoeke and R. M. Samelson)

The effects of wind forcing and background mean currents on the latitudinal structure of equatorial Rossby waves. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 2005, 35, 666-682. (Perez, R. C., D. B. Chelton and R. N. Miller)

High-resolution satellite observations of SST modification of the marine atmospheric boundary layer over the Agulhas Return Current. J. Climate, 2005, 18, 2706-2723. (O'Neill, L. W., D. B. Chelton, S. K. Esbensen and F. J. Wentz)

Global high-resolution satellite observations of sea-surface temperature for numerical weather prediction and climate research. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 2005, 86, 1097-1115. (Chelton, D. B., and F. J. Wentz)

On the coupling of wind stress and sea surface temperature. J. Climate, 2006, 19, 1557-1566. (Samelson, R. M., E. D. Skyllingstad, D. B. Chelton, S. K. Esbensen, L. W. O'Neill, and N. Thum)

An assessment of the sea surface temperature influence on surface wind stress in numerical weather prediction and climate models. J. Climate, 2006, 19, 2743-2762. (Maloney, E. D., and D. B. Chelton)

On the use of QuikSCAT scatterometer measurements of surface winds for marine weather prediction. Mon. Wea. Rev., 2006, 134, 2055-2071. (Chelton, D. B., M. H. Freilich, J. M. Sienkiewicz, and J. M. Von Ahn)

A satellite-derived climatology of global ocean winds. Rem. Sens. Environ., 2006, 104, doi:10.1016/j.rse.2006.06.017. (Risien, C. M., and D. B. Chelton)

Summertime coupling between sea surface temperature and wind stress in the Californi Current System. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 2007, 37, 495-517. (Chelton, D. B., M. G. Schlax, and R. M. Samelson)

Global observations of large ocean eddies. Geophys. Res. Lett., 2007, 34, L15606, doi:10.1029/2007GL030812. (Chelton, D. B., M. G. Schlax, R. M. Samelson and R. A. de Szoeke)

Daily High-Resolution-Blended Analyses for Sea Surface Temperature. J. Climate, 2007, 20, 5473-5496. (Reynolds, R. W., T. M. Smith, C. Liu, D. B. Chelton, K. S. Smith, and M. G. Schlax)

Air-sea interaction from U.S. west coast summertime forecasts. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 2008, 38, 2414-2437. (Haack, T., D. Chelton, J. Pullen, J. Doyle, and M. Schlax)

Global climatology of wind stress and wind stress derivative fields from 7 years of QuikSCAT scatterometer data. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 2008, 38, 2379-2413. (Risien, C. M., and D. B. Chelton)

The influence of mesoscale eddies on the detection of quasi-zonal jets in the ocean. Geophys. Res. Lett., 2008, 35, L24602, doi:10.1029/2008GL035998. (Schlax, M. G., and D. B. Chelton)

Coupling between sea-surface temperature and and low-level winds in mesoscale numerical models. J. Climate, 2009, 22, 146-164. (Song, Q., D. B. Chelton, S. K. Esbensen, N. Thum, and L. W. O'Neill)