publications

Peer-reviewed journal articles, book chapters, and selected conference proceedings, in reverse-chronological order. Group members are highlighted. Use the box below to filter by keyword, topic tag, or year.

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2026

  1. Optics
    Leveraging deep learning-based foundation models for optical turbulence (\(C_n^2\)) estimation under data scarcity
    S Basu
    Applied Optics, 2026
  2. ML
    S2G-DI: A Deep Learning Framework for Generating High-Resolution Wind Gust Fields from Sparse Mesonet Observations
    H Baki, M Pierzyna, and S Basu
    Artificial Intelligence for the Earth Systems, 2026
    under revision
  3. Wind
    Impact of atmospheric turbulence on performance and loads of wind turbines: Knowledge gaps and research challenges
    B Kosović, S Basu, J Berg, and 7 more authors
    Wind Energy Science, 2026
  4. Wind
    A Chebyshev polynomial-based wind speed profile characterization framework: Applications in mesoscale model evaluation
    H Baki and S Basu
    Wind Energy, 2026

2025

  1. Optics
    Analysis of atmospheric turbulence dynamics during the total solar eclipse with AI-based sensing
    M Vorontsov, E Polnau, S Hammel, and 2 more authors
    Journal of the Optical Society of America A, 2025
  2. Optics
    OTCliM: generating a near-surface climatology of optical turbulence strength (\(C_n^2\)) using gradient boosting
    M Pierzyna, S Basu, and R Saathof
    Artificial Intelligence for the Earth Systems, 2025
  3. Wind
    Modelling frontal low-level jets and associated extreme wind power ramps over the North Sea
    H Baki, S Basu, and G. L. Lavidas
    Wind Energy Science, 2025
  4. Proc.
    Uncertainty-aware optimization in engineered systems via gradient boosting and differential evolution
    D Roy Sarkar, S Basu, L Manuel, and 1 more author
    In Proc. 33rd European Safety and Reliability Conference (ESREL) and 33rd SRA-E Conference, 2025
    NASA and DNV UQ Challenge

2024

  1. Wind
    Estimating the offshore wind power potential of Portugal by utilizing gray-zone atmospheric modeling
    H Baki, S Basu, and G. L. Lavidas
    Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy, 2024
  2. ML
    Estimating high-resolution profiles of wind speeds from a global reanalysis dataset using TabNet
    H Baki and S Basu
    Environmental Data Science, 2024
  3. Optics
    Intercomparison of flux, gradient, and variance-based optical turbulence (\(C_n^2\)) parameterizations
    M Pierzyna, O Hartogensis, S Basu, and 1 more author
    Applied Optics, 2024

2023

  1. Mesoscale
    Quantifying the impacts of the angle of attack on the morphology of atmospheric von Kármán vortex streets
    S. Annis, M G Badas, A Horváth, and 1 more author
    J. Geophysical Research – A, 2023
  2. Optics
    \(\Pi\)-ML: A dimensional analysis-based machine learning parameterization of optical turbulence in the atmospheric surface layer
    M Pierzyna, R Saathof, and S Basu
    Optics Letters, 2023
  3. Wind
    Quantifying the impacts of synoptic weather patterns on North Sea wind power production and ramp events under a changing climate
    B R Cheneka, S J Watson, and S Basu
    Energy and Climate Change, 2023
  4. ML
    A decision tree-based measure-correlate-predict approach for peak wind gust estimation from a global reanalysis dataset
    S Kartal, S Basu, and S J Watson
    Wind Energy Science, 2023
  5. Proc.
    A multi-physics ensemble modeling framework for reliable \(C_n^2\)estimation
    M Pierzyna, R Saathof, and S Basu
    In Environmental Effects on Light Propagation and Adaptive Systems VI, 2023

2022

  1. Wind
    Grand Challenges: wind energy research needs for a global energy transition
    P Veers, K Dykes, S Basu, and 11 more authors
    Wind Energy Science, 2022
  2. ABL
    A novel approach for deriving the stable boundary layer height and eddy viscosity profiles from the Ekman equations
    S Basu and A A M Holtslag
    Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 2022
  3. ML
    Automated identification of “Dunkelflaute" events: A convolutional neural network-based autoencoder approach
    B Li, S Basu, and S J Watson
    Artificial Intelligence for the Earth Systems, 2022
  4. Optics
    Revisiting and revising Tatarskii’s formulation for the temperature structure parameter (\(C_T^2\)) in atmospheric flows
    S Basu and A A M Holtslag
    Environmental Fluid Mechanics, 2022
  5. Chapter
    Vertical wind speed profiles in atmospheric boundary layer flows
    S Basu
    In Wind Energy Engineering, 2nd Edition, 2022
    ISBN 9780323993531

2021

  1. ABL
    Turbulent Prandtl number and characteristic length scales in stably stratified flows: steady-state analytical solutions
    S Basu and A A M Holtslag
    Environmental Fluid Mechanics, 2021
  2. Wind
    A brief climatology of Dunkelflaute events over and surrounding the North and Baltic sea areas
    B Li, S Basu, S J Watson, and 1 more author
    Energies, 2021
  3. Wind
    Associating synoptic-scale weather patterns with aggregated offshore wind power production and ramps
    B R Cheneka, S J Watson, and S Basu
    Energies, 2021
  4. Wind
    A simulation study on risks to wind turbine arrays from thunderstorm downbursts in different atmospheric stability conditions
    N-Y Lu, L Manuel, P H Hawbecker, and 1 more author
    Energies, 2021
  5. ABL
    On the dissipation rate of temperature fluctuations in stably stratified flows
    S Basu, A W DeMarco, and P He
    Environmental Fluid Mechanics, 2021
  6. ABL
    Parameterizing the energy dissipation rate in stably stratified flows
    S Basu, P He, and A W DeMarco
    Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 2021
  7. Wind
    Mesoscale modeling of a ‘Dunkelflaute’ event
    B Li, S Basu, S J Watson, and 1 more author
    Wind Energy, 2021

2020

  1. Wind
    A simple methodology to detect and quantify wind power ramps
    B R Cheneka, S J Watson, and S Basu
    Wind Energy Science, 2020
  2. LES
    Addressing the grid-size sensitivity issue in large-eddy simulations of stable boundary layers
    Y Dai, S Basu, B Maronga, and 1 more author
    Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 2020
  3. Optics
    Mesoscale modelling of optical turbulence in the atmosphere: the need for ultrahigh vertical grid resolution
    S Basu, J Osborn, P He, and 1 more author
    Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2020
  4. LES
    Intercomparison of Large-Eddy Simulations of the Antarctic Boundary Layer for Very Stable Stratification
    F Couvreux, E Bazile, and others
    Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 2020
  5. Optics
    Image shift due to atmospheric refraction: Prediction by numerical weather modeling and machine learning
    W Al-Younis, C Nevarez, M Abdullah-Al-Mamun, and 2 more authors
    Optical Engineering, 2020
  6. Wind
    Automated classification of simulated wind field patterns from multi-physics ensemble forecasts
    P Durán, S Basu, C Meißner, and 1 more author
    Wind Energy, 2020
  7. Proc.
    Day-ahead wind power predictions at regional scales: Post-processing operational weather forecasts with a hybrid neural network
    S Basu, S J Watson, B R Cheneka, and 1 more author
    In 17th International Conference on the European Energy Market (EEM20), 2020
  8. Proc.
    Probabilistic wind power forecasting combining deep learning architectures
    E Lacoa Arends, S J Watson, S Basu, and 1 more author
    In 17th International Conference on the European Energy Market (EEM20), 2020
  9. Proc.
    Quantifying the predictability of a ‘Dunkelflaute’ event by utilizing a mesoscale model
    B Li, S Basu, S J Watson, and 1 more author
    In Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 2020
  10. Proc.
    The impact of weather patterns on offshore wind power production
    B R Cheneka, S J Watson, and S Basu
    In Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 2020

2019

  1. Wind
    On wind turbine loads during thunderstorm downbursts in contrasting atmospheric stability regimes
    N.-Y. Lu, P H Hawbecker, S Basu, and 1 more author
    Energies, 2019
  2. Wind
    On wind turbine loads during evening transition period
    N.-Y. Lu, S Basu, and L. Manuel
    Wind Energy, 2019
  3. ABL
    A hybrid profile-gradient approach for the estimation of surface fluxes
    S Basu
    Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 2019

2018

  1. Wind
    A simple recipe for estimating atmospheric stability solely based on surface‐layer wind speed profile
    S Basu
    Wind Energy, 2018
  2. Wind
    On the tails of the wind ramp distributions
    A W DeMarco and S Basu
    Wind Energy, 2018
  3. Wind
    Investigating the impact of atmospheric stability on thunderstorm outflow winds and turbulence
    P H Hawbecker, S Basu, and L Manuel
    Wind Energy Science, 2018

2017

  1. Wind
    Realistic simulations of the July 1, 2011 severe wind event over the Buffalo Ridge Wind Farm
    P H Hawbecker, S Basu, and L Manuel
    Wind Energy, 2017
  2. Dynamics
    Estimating higher-order structure functions from geophysical turbulence time-series: Confronting the curse of the limited sample size
    A W DeMarco and S Basu
    Physical Review E, 2017
  3. Optics
    Simulating an extreme over-the-horizon optical propagation event over lake Michigan using a coupled mesoscale modeling and ray tracing framework
    S Basu
    Optical Engineering, 2017
  4. LES
    A cautionary note on the usage of Monin-Obukhov similarity theory in very high-resolution large-eddy simulations
    S Basu and A Lacser
    Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 2017
  5. Proc.
    Wind turbine loads during the evening transition period
    N-Y Lu, S Basu, and L Manuel
    In 35th Wind Energy Symposium, AIAA SciTech Forum, 2017
    AIAA 2017-0681

2016

  1. Optics
    Utilizing the Kantorovich metric for the validation of optical turbulence predictions
    Y Wang and S Basu
    Optics Letters, 2016
  2. Optics
    Using an artificial neural network approach to estimate surface-layer optical turbulence at Mauna Loa, Hawaii
    Y Wang and S Basu
    Optics Letters, 2016
  3. Optics
    Extending a surface-layer \(C_n^2\)model for strongly stratified conditions utilizing a numerically generated turbulence dataset
    P H He and S Basu
    Optics Express, 2016

2015

  1. Mesoscale
    Extended self-similarity of atmospheric boundary layer wind fields in mesoscale regime: Is it real?
    V P Kiliyanpilakkil and S Basu
    Europhysics Letters (EPL), 2015
  2. Optics
    A simple approach for estimating the refractive index structure parameter (\(C_n^2\)) profile in the atmosphere
    S Basu
    Optics Letters, 2015
  3. Mesoscale
    Buoyancy effects on the scaling characteristics of atmospheric boundary layer wind fields in the mesoscale range
    V. P. Kiliyanpilakkil, S Basu, A. Ruiz-Columbié, and 4 more authors
    Physical Review E, 2015
  4. ABL
    Development of similarity relationships for energy dissipation rate and temperature structure parameter in stably stratified flows: a direct numerical simulation approach
    P H He and S Basu
    Environmental Fluid Mechanics, 2015
  5. Optics
    Influence of heterogeneous refractivity on optical wave propagation in coastal environments
    P H He, C G Nunalee, S Basu, and 3 more authors
    Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics, 2015
  6. Wind
    Toward isolation of salient features in stable boundary layer wind fields that influence loads on wind turbines
    J Park, L Manuel, and S Basu
    Energies, 2015
  7. Mesoscale
    High resolution numerical modeling of mesoscale island wakes and sensitivity to static topographic relief data
    C. G. Nunalee, A. Horváth, and S Basu
    Geoscientific Model Development, 2015
  8. Dynamics
    Direct numerical simulation of intermittent turbulence under stably stratified conditions
    P H He and S Basu
    Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics, 2015
  9. Optics
    Mapping optical ray trajectories through island wake vortices
    C G Nunalee, P H He, S Basu, and 3 more authors
    Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics, 2015

2014

  1. LES
    The impact of radiation on the GABLS3 large-eddy simulation through the night and during the morning transition
    J M Edwards, S Basu, F C Bosveld, and 1 more author
    Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 2014
  2. Mesoscale
    On the periodicity of atmospheric von Kármán vortex streets
    C G Nunalee and S Basu
    Environmental Fluid Mechanics, 2014

2013

  1. ABL
    Observational support for the stability dependence of the bulk Richardson number across the stable boundary layer
    S Basu, A A M Holtslag, L. Caporaso, and 2 more authors
    Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 2013
  2. Wind
    Mesoscale modeling of coastal low-level jets: Implications for offshore wind resource estimation
    C G Nunalee and S Basu
    Wind Energy, 2013
  3. ABL
    Improving stable boundary layer height estimation using a stability-dependent critical bulk Richardson number-based approach
    H Richardson, S Basu, and A A M Holtslag
    Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 2013
  4. Wind
    Large-eddy simulation of stable boundary layer turbulence and estimation of associated wind turbine loads
    J Park, S Basu, and L Manuel
    Wind Energy, 2013
  5. ABL
    Stable atmospheric boundary layers and diurnal cycles: challenges for weather and climate models
    A A M Holtslag, G Svensson, P Baas, and 2 more authors
    Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 2013

2012

  1. ABL
    The minimum wind speed for sustainable turbulence in the nocturnal boundary layer
    B. J. H. Wiel, A. F. Moene, H. J. J. Jonker, and 5 more authors
    Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 2012
  2. Wind
    On space-time resolution of inflow representations for wind turbine loads analysis
    C Sim, S Basu, and L Manuel
    Energies, 2012
  3. Chapter
    Turbulent flow modeling
    S Basu
    In Handbook of Environmental Fluid Dynamics, Volume Two, 2012
    ISBN 978-1-4665-5601-0

2011

  1. ABL
    Comments on “An extremum solution of the Monin-Obukhov similarity equations”
    B. J. H. Wiel, S Basu, A. F. Moene, and 3 more authors
    Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 2011
  2. Optics
    Estimating water use by Giant Reed along the Rio Grande using a large aperture scintillometer
    P. H. Gowda, J. A. Goolsby, C. Yang, and 3 more authors
    Subtropical Plant Science, 2011

2010

  1. ABL
    Local scaling characteristics of Antarctic surface layer turbulence
    S Basu, A. Ruiz-Columbié, J. A. Phillipson, and 1 more author
    The Cryosphere, 2010
  2. Wind
    The WRF model forecast-derived low-level wind shear climatology over the United States Great Plains
    B Storm and S Basu
    Energies, 2010

2009

  1. LES
    Can the dynamic eddy-viscosity class of subgrid-scale models capture inertial-range properties of Burgers turbulence?
    S Basu
    Journal of Turbulence, 2009
  2. Wind
    Evaluation of the Weather Research and Forecasting model on forecasting low-level jets: Implications for wind energy
    B Storm, J Dudhia, S Basu, and 2 more authors
    Wind Energy, 2009

2008

  1. ABL
    Dynamic LES modeling of a diurnal cycle
    S Basu, J.-F. Vinuesa, and A Swift
    Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 2008
  2. ABL
    An inconvenient ‘truth’ about using sensible heat flux as a surface boundary condition in models under stably stratified regimes
    S Basu, A A M Holtslag, B J H Wiel, and 2 more authors
    Acta Geophysica, 2008

2007

  1. Dynamics
    Estimating intermittency exponent in neutrally stratified atmospheric surface layer flows: A robust framework based on magnitude cumulant and surrogate analyses
    S Basu, E. Foufoula-Georgiou, B. Lashermes, and 1 more author
    Physics of Fluids, 2007
  2. ABL
    The diurnal evolution of \textsuperscript222Rn and its progeny in the atmospheric boundary layer during the Wangara experiment
    J-F. Vinuesa, S Basu, and S. Galmarini
    Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2007
  3. LES
    Comparison of dynamic subgrid-scale models for simulations of neutrally buoyant shear-driven atmospheric boundary layer flows
    W C Anderson, S Basu, and C Letchford
    Environmental Fluid Mechanics, 2007

2006

  1. LES
    Large-eddy simulation of stably stratified atmospheric boundary layer turbulence: a locally-averaged scale-dependent dynamic modeling approach
    S Basu and F Porté-Agel
    Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 2006
  2. LES
    Subgrid-scale modeling of reacting scalar fluxes in large-eddy simulations of atmospheric boundary layers
    J.-F. Vinuesa, F. Porté-Agel, S Basu, and 1 more author
    Environmental Fluid Mechanics, 2006
  3. LES
    Revisiting the local scaling hypothesis in stably stratified atmospheric boundary layer turbulence: an integration of field and laboratory measurements with large-eddy simulations
    S Basu, F Porté-Agel, E. Foufoula-Georgiou, and 2 more authors
    Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 2006

2005

  1. ABL
    A new metric for comparing precipitation patterns with an application to ensemble forecasts
    V Venugopal, S Basu, and E. Foufoula-Georgiou
    Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmosphere, 2005

2004

  1. LES
    Synthetic turbulence, fractal interpolation and large-eddy simulation
    S Basu, E. Foufoula-Georgiou, and F Porté-Agel
    Physical Review E, 2004

2002

  1. Dynamics
    Predictability of atmospheric boundary-layer flows as a function of scale
    S Basu, E. Foufoula-Georgiou, and F Porté-Agel
    Geophysical Research Letters, 2002
  2. Dynamics
    Detection of nonlinearity and chaoticity in time series using the transportation distance function
    S Basu and E. Foufoula-Georgiou
    Physics Letters A, 2002
  3. ABL
    Prediction of gas-phase adsorption isotherms using neural nets
    S Basu, P. F. Henshaw, N. Biswas, and 1 more author
    The Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering, 2002

1999

  1. ABL
    Discussion on “Equilibrium gaseous adsorption at different temperature” by A. R. Khan, R. Ataullah, and A. Al-Haddad
    S Basu, P. F. Henshaw, and N. Biswas
    Journal of Environmental Engineering, ASCE, 1999