Peter C. Chu

Distinguished Professor and Chair

Department of Oceanography
Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA  93943

Global and Regional Ocean Circulations

Chu, P.C., 2018: World ocean isopycnal level absolute geostrophic velocity (WOIL-V) inverted from GDEM with the P-Vector method. Data, 3 (1), 1; doi:10.3390/data3010001.

Chu, P.C., and C. W. Fan, 2017: Synoptic monthly gridded global and regional four dimensional WOD and GTSPP (T, S, u, v) fields with the optimal spectral decomposition (OSD) and P-vector methods. Geoscience Data Journal, 4, 50-71, https://doi.org/10.1002/gdj3.48.

 Chu, P.C., and C.W. Fan, 2015: Absolute geostrophic velocity inverted from World Ocean Atlas 2013 (WOAV13) with the P-vector method. Geoscience Data Journal, 2, 78-82, doi: 10.1002/gdj3.31.

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.

Zhang, Z.C., D.L. Yuan, and P.C. Chu, 2013: Geostrophic meridional transport in tropical Northwest Pacific based on Argo profiles. Chinese Journal of Oceanology and Limnology, 31 (3), 656-664.

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.

Chu, P.C., 2008: Probability distribution function of the upper equatorial Pacific current speeds. Geophysical Research Letters, 35, doi: 10.1029/2008GL033669.

Chu, P.C., R.F. Li, and C.W. Fan, 2003: Determination of the current system on isopycnal surface between Mindanao and New Guinea from GDEM. Chinese Journal of Oceanology and Limnology,  21, 193-213.

Chu, P.C., R.F. Li, and X.B. You, 2002: Northwest Pacific subtropical contercurrent on isopycnal surface in Summer. Geophysical Research Letters,  29, 10.1029/2002GLO14831.

Chu, P.C., B.B. Ma, and Y.C. Chen, 2002: South China Sea thermohaline structure and circulation. Acta Oceanologia Sinica, 21, 227-261.

Chu, P.C., G.H. Wang, and Y.C. Chen, 2002: Japan/East Sea (JES) circulation and thermohaline structure, Part 3, Autocorrelation Functions. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 32, 3596-3615.

Chu, P.C., J. Lan, and C.W. Fan, 2001: Japan/East Sea (JES) circulation and thermohaline structure, Part 2, A variational P-vector method. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 31, 2886-2902.

Chu, P.C., J. Lan, and C.W. Fan, 2001: Japan/East Sea (JES) circulation and thermohaline structure, Part 1, Climatology. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 31, 244-271.

Chu, P.C., and R.F. Li, 2000: South China Sea isopycnal surface circulations. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 30, 2419-2438.

Chu, P.C., N.L. Edmons, and C.W. Fan, 1999: Dynamical mechanisms for the South China Sea seasonal circulation and thermohaline variabilities. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 29, 2971-2989.

Steger, J., C.A. Collins, and P.C. Chu, 1998: Circulation in the Archipelago de Colon (Galapagos Islands), November 1993. Deep Sea Research, II, 45, 1093-1114.