Peter C. Chu

Distinguished Professor and Chair

Department of Oceanography
Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA  93943

 

 

Optimal Spectral Decomposition (OSD)

- Ocean Data Assimilation Method –

 

Chu, P.C., T. Margolina, D. Rodriguez, C.-W. Fan, L. M. Ivanov, 2018: Spatial and temporal variability of the California Current identified from the synoptic monthly gridded World Ocean Database (WOD). Deep Sea Research, II, in press.

 

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., C.W. Fan, and T. Margolina, 2016: Ocean spectral data assimilation without background error covariance matrix.  Ocean Dynamics, 66: 1143-1163, DOI 10.1007/s10236-016-0971-x.

 

 Chu, P.C., R.T. Tokmakian, C.W. Fan, and C.L. Sun, 2015: Optimal spectral decomposition (OSD) for ocean data assimilation. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 32, 828-841.

 

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

 

Chu, P.C., L.M. Ivanov, T.P. Korzhova, T.M. Margolina, and O.M. Melnichenko, 2003: Analysis of sparse and noisy ocean current data using flow decomposition. Part 2: Application to Eulerian and Lagrangian data. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 20, 492-512.

 

 Chu, P.C., L.M. Ivanov, T.P. Korzhova, T.M. Margolina, and O.M. Melnichenko, 2003: Analysis of sparse and noisy ocean current data using flow decomposition. Part 1: Theory. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology,  20 (4), 478-491.