Peter C. Chu

Distinguished Professor and Chair

Department of Oceanography
Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA  93943

Climate Change

Chu, P.C., H.-C. Li, C.-W. Fan, and Y.-H. Chen, 2012: Speleothem evidence for temporal-spatial variation in east Asian summer monsoon since medieval warm period. Journal of Quaternary Science, 27 (9), 901-910.

Xue, Y., R. Vasic, Z. Janjic, Y.M. Liu, and P. C. Chu, 2012: The impact of spring subsurface soil temperature anomaly in the Western U.S. on North American summer precipitation –a case study using regional climate model downscaling. Journal of Geophysical Research; Atmosphere, 117, D11103, doi:10.1029/2012JD017692.

Chu, P.C., 2011: Global upper ocean heat content and climate variability. Ocean Dynamics, 61 (8), 1189-1204.

Park, S., P.C. Chu, J.-H. Lee, 2011: Interannual-to-interdecadal variability of the Yellow Sea Cold Water Mass in  1967–2008: Characteristics and seasonal forcings. Journal of Marine Systems, 87 (1),  90-101.

Fiorino, S.T., R. M. Randall, R. J. Bartell, A.D. Downs, P.C. Chu, and C. W. Fan, 2011: Climate change: anticipated effects on high energy laser weapon systems in maritime environments. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 50, 153-166.

Chu, P.C., 2010: Observational studies on association between eastward equatorial jet and Indian Ocean dipole. Journal of Oceanography, 66, 429-434.

Chu, P. C., 2009: Statistical characteristics of the global surface current speeds obtained from satellite altimeter and scatterometer data. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, 2 (1), 27-32.

Hou, S., J. Chappellaz, J. Jouzel, P. Chu, V. Masson-Delmotte, D. Qin, D. Raynaud, P. Mayewski, V. Lipenkov, and S. Kang, 2007: Summer temperature trend over the past two millennia using air content in himalayan ice. Climate of the Past, 3, 89-95.

Park, S., and P.C. Chu, 2006: Interannual SST variability in the Japan/East Sea and relationship with environmental variables. Journal of Oceanography, 62, 115-132.

Sun, J.l., P.C. Chu, and Q. Liu, 2006: The role of the halted baroclinic mode at the central equatorial Pacific in El Nino event. Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 23, 45-53.

Cai, W.J., and P.C. Chu, 1998: A thermal oscillation under a restorative forcing. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 124, 793-809.

Cai, W.J., and P.C. Chu, 1996: Ocean climate drift and interdecadal oscillation due to a change in thermal damping.  Journal of Climate, 11, 2821-2833.

Chu, P.C., 1993: Generation of low frequency unstable modes in a coupled equatorial troposphere and ocean mixed layer. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 50, 731-749.

Chu, P.C., and R.W. Garwood, Jr., 1991: On the two-phase thermodynamics of the coupled cloud-ocean mixed layer. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 96, 3425-3436.