Peter C. Chu

Distinguished Professor and Chair

Department of Oceanography
Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA  93943

Geophysical Fluid Dynamics

Chu, P.C., 2015: Ekman spiral in horizontally inhomogeneous ocean with varying eddy viscosity. Pure and Applied Geophysics, 172, doi: 10.1007/s00024-015-1063-4.

Yuan, D-L, Z-C Zhang, P. C. Chu, and W. K. Dewar, 2014: Geostrophic circulation in the tropical north Pacific Ocean based on Argo profiles. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 44, 558-574.

Ivanov, L. M., and P.C. Chu, 2007: On stochastic stability of regional ocean models to finite-amplitude perturbations of initial conditions. Dynamics of Atmosphere and Oceans, 43, (3-4), 199-225.

Ivanov, L. M., and P.C. Chu, 2007: On stochastic stability of regional ocean models with uncertainty in wind forcing.  Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics, 14, 655-670. 

Chu, P.C., and L.M. Ivanov, 2005: Statistical characteristics of irreversible predictability time in regional ocean models. Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics, 12, 1-10.

Chu, P.C., L.M. Ivanov, L.H. Kantha, T.M. Margolina, and O.M. Melnichenko, and Y.A, Poberenzhny, 2004: Lagrangian predictabilty of high-resolution regional ocean models. Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics, 11, 47-66.

Chu, P.C., 2002: C-vector for identification of oceanic secondary circulation across Arctic fronts in Fram Strait. Geophysical Research Letters, 29, 10.1029/2002GLO15978.

Chu, P.C., L.M. Ivanov, C.W. Fan, 2002: Backward Fokker-Planck equation for determining model valid prediction period. Journal of Geophysical Research; Oceans, 107, C6, 10.1029/2001JC000879.

Chu, P.C., L. Ivanov, L. Kantha, O. Melnichenko, and Y. Poberezhny, 2002: Power law decay in model predictability skill. Geophysical Research Letters,  29 (15), 10.1029/2002GLO14891.

Chu, P.C., 1999: Two kinds of predictability in Lorenz system. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 56, 1427-1432.

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, 1998: Oceanic responses to gradual transitions of equator-to-pole temperature gradients. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 124, 2817-2828.

Cai, W.J., and P.C. Chu, 1997: Effects of convective instability due to incompatibility between ocean dynamics and surface forcing. Annales Geophysicae, 15, 1,067-1,075.

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.