Peter C. Chu
Distinguished Professor and Chair
Department
of Oceanography
Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA 93943
Thesis Supervision
in time reversed order
Peter has supervised (am supervising) 87 theses. All the thesis research is wholly dedicated to Naval Ocean Analysis and Prediction with a broad spectrum from basic research to operational application toward objective analysis on ocean observational (in-situ and remotely sensed) data and accurate prediction on ocean environment such as circulation, waves, and thermohaline structure on local, regional, and global scales. It also includes the impact of ocean environment on decision making to support Naval Operations such as mine warfare, undersea warfare, and antisubmarine warfare. Many of the theses were published in highly reputable peer-reviewed journals, proceedings, and book chapters; presented at national and international conference; and obtained various Awards for military applications.
Thesis/Dissertation
Adviser:
(87) Fizherbert Santos, Impact of Tropical Cyclone on Underwater Acoustic Parameters in the South China Sea. MS in Meteorology and Oceanography, June 2024.
(86) Jasmine DePompeo,
Impact of Tropical Cyclone on
Underwater Acoustic Parameters in the East China Sea. MS in Meteorology
and Oceanography, June 2024.
(85) Vinicius Santos Pessanha, Seabed Morphological Prediction with Application to Mobility and Burial of Munitions. PhD in Physical Oceanography, December 2022 (Sponsor: DoD SERDP).
(84) Alaina Ramsaur, Impact of Navy Glider and
Profiling Float Data on the Navy Coastal Ocean Model (NCOM) in the Northeast
Atlantic Ocean. MS in
Meteorology and Oceanography, June 2022 (Sponsor: FNMOC, co-adviser:
Lee L. Wynn, FNMOC).
(83) Vinicius Santos Pessanha, Modeling of Morphological Responses to a Storm Event During TREX13. MS in Meteorology and Oceanography, December 2019 (Sponsor: DoD SERDP).
(82) Eric B. Wishnie, Performance Prediction of Near Surface Optical Detection in the East Asian Marginal Seas. MS in Meteorology and Oceanography, December 2017 (Sponsor: OPNAV-N97).
(81) Andrew West, Optical Detection in the Yellow Sea from Glider Observation and Numerical Model. MS in Meteorology and Oceanography, December 2017 (Sponsor: OPNAV-N97).
(80) Albert M. Yudono, Effect of Ocean Interannual Variability on Acoustic Propagation in the Philippine Sea and South China Sea. MS in Meteorology and Oceanography, June 2017 (Sponsor: OPNAV-N2N6, co-adviser: Tetyana Margolina).
(79) Murat Kucukosmanoglu, Effect of Interannual Variability of the Acoustic Propagation in the Mediterranean Sea Identified from a Synoptic Monthly Gridded Database as Compared with GDEM, MS in Meteorology and Oceanography, December 2016 (Sponsor: OPNAV-N2N6, co-adviser: Tetyana Margolina).
(78) Coleen McDonald, Effect of Interannual Variability of the Acoustic Propagation in the Yellow Sea Identified from a Synoptic Monthly Gridded Database as Compared with GDEM. MS in Meteorology and Oceanography, September 2016 (Sponsor: OPNAV-N2N6, co-adviser: Tetyana Margolina).
(77) DyAnna Rodriguez, Interannual Variability of the California Current System and Optical Characteristics from Prolonged Data. MS in Meteorology and Oceanography, June 2016 (Sponsor: ONR/CRUSER & NEPTUNE, NPS Foundation, co-adviser: Tetyana Margolina).
(76) Alexander J. Cullen, Hydrographic and Optical Characteristics Adriatic Sea. MS in Meteorology and Oceanography, June 2016 (Sponsor: ONR/CRUSER & NEPTUNE, NPS Foundation, co-adviser: Tetyana Margolina).
(75) Brian Breshears, Hydrographic and Optical Characteristics of East Asian Marginal Seas. MS in Meteorology and Oceanography, June 2016 (Sponsor: ONR/CRUSER & NEPTUNE, NPS Foundation, co-adviser: Tetyana Margolina).
(74) Ross F. Hammerer, Environmental Effects on Underwater Optical Transmission in the Arabian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman (restricted). MS in Physical Oceanography, March 2016 (Sponsor: ONR/CRUSER & NEPTUNE, NPS Foundation, co-adviser: Tetyana Margolina).
(73) Loney R. Cason
III, Continuous Acoustic Sensing with an Unmanned Air Vehicle System
(Aqua-Quad) for Anti-Submarine Warfare in a High Threat Area. MS in
Physical Oceanography, December 2015 (Sponsor: ONR/NPS CRUSER) LT Cason obtained the Surface Navy Association Award for
Academic Excellence in Surface Warfare Research.
(72) Hyewon Choi, East Sea Spatial and Temporal Variability of Thermohaline Structure and Circulation Identified from Observational (T, S) Profiles. MS in Physical Oceanography, December 2015 (Sponsor: ONR/CRUSER, co-adviser: Chenwu Fan).
(71) Nuri Karaaslan, East Mediterranean Sea Spatial and Temporal Variability of Thermohaline Structure and Circulation Identified from Observational (T, S) Data. MS in Meteorology and Oceanography, December 2015 (Sponsor: ONR/CRUSER, co-adviser: Chenwu Fan).
(70) Sean M. Sharp, Impact
of Time-Varying Sound
Speed Profiles on ASW
Detection Ranges in the Strait of Hormuz (Secret), MS in Undersea Warfare,
September 2015 [Co-Adviser: Ronald E. Betsch (NAVO)] (Sponsor: NAVO).
(69) Ramon P Martinez, Bio-Optical and Hydrographic Characteristics of the Western Pacific Ocean for Undersea Warfare Using Seaglider Data. MS in Meteorology and Oceanography, December 2014 [Co-Adviser: Ronald E. Betsch (NAVO)] (Sponsor: ONR/NPS CRUSER).
(68) Vance Villarreal, Relationship between Sonic Layer Depth and Mixed Layer Depth Identified from Navy Seaglider Data. MS in Physical Oceanography, September 2014 [Second Readers: Chenwu Fan, Ronald E. Betsch (NAVO)] (Sponsors: ONR/NPS CRUSER, Naval Oceanographic Office).
(67) Jooeon Shim, Optimal Estimation of Glider’s Underwater Trajectory with Depth-Dependent Correction Using Navy Coastal Ocean Model with Application to Antisubmarine Warfare. MS in Physical Oceanography, September 2014 [Second Readers: Chenwu Fan, Ronald E. Betsch (NAVO)] (Sponsors: ONR/NPS CRUSER, Naval Oceanographic Office). LCDR Shim obtained Outstanding Thesis Award.
(66) James R. Fritz, Computer Aided Detection of Rapid, Overt, Airborne, Reconnaissance (ROAR) Data with the Capability of Removing Oceanic Noises (restricted). MS in Meteorology and Oceanography, December 2013 [Co-Advisers: Chenwu Fan, Ronald E. Betsch (NAVO)] (Sponsor: Naval Oceanographic Office).
(65) Thai Q. Phung, Analysis of Bioluminescence and Optical Variability in the Arabian Gulf and Gulf of Oman for Naval Operations (restricted). MS in Meteorology and Oceanography, June 2013 [Co-Advisers: Chenwu Fan, Ronald E. Betsch (NAVO)] (Sponsor: Naval Oceanographic Office).
(64) Paul Kutia, Intelligence fused Oceanography for ASW using Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (UUV) (Secret). MS in Meteorology and Oceanography, March 2013 [Co-Adviser: RADM Jerry Ellis] (Sponsors: ONR/NPS CRUSER, Naval Oceanographic Office).
(63) Emre Gulher, Interannual Variability of the Black Sea Hydrodynamics and Chlorophyll-a Concentration with Connection to Wind Forcing. MS in Physical Oceanography, March 2013 [Co-Advisers: Ming-Jer Huang and Ronald E. Betsch (NAVO)] (Sponsor: Naval Oceanographic Office).
(62) Patrick Earls, New Bottom Roughness Calculation from Multibeam Echo Sounders for Mine Warfare. MS in Physical Oceanography, September 2012 [Co-Advisers: Ronald E. Betsch and Roger Meridith (NAVO)] (Sponsor: Naval Oceanographic Office).
(61) Kristi Colpo, Joint Sensing/Sampling
Optimization for Surface Mine Detection with High-resolution NCOM Drift Model.
MS in Meteorology and Oceanography, September 2012 [Co-Advisers: Thomos Wettgren (NUWC-NPT) and Ronald E. Betsch (NAVO)] (Sponsor:
ONR).
Kristi Colpo obtained NPS
Meteorology and Oceanography Award, 2012.
(60) Timothy Knapp, Development of the Acoustic Resurvey Planning Model with Joint Optimization of sampling and Sensing (restricted). MS in Meteorology and Oceanography, September 2012 [Co-Adviser: Ronald E. Betsch (NAVO)] (Sponsor: Naval Oceanographic Office).
(59) Scott Miller, Smart Voyage Planning Model
Sensitivity Analysis Using Ocean and Atmospheric
Models Including Ensemble Methods. MS in Meteorology and Oceanography,
September 2012 [Co-Adviser: James Hanson (NRL)] (Sponsor: Naval Oceanographic
Office).
Part of the thesis will be published in a
peer-reviewed journal:
Chu, P.C., S.E. Miller, and J.A. Hanson, 2014: Fuel-saving ship route using the
Navy's ensemble meteorological and oceanic forecasts. Journal of Defense
Modeling and Simulation, the Society for Modeling and Simulation International.
(58) Jason Gispson, Application of Mine Burial Expert System to Mine Warfare Doctrine (restricted). MS in Meteorology and Oceanography, June 2012 [Co-Advisers: Ronald E. Betsch, and Pete Flescher (NAVO)] (Sponsor: Naval Oceanographic Office).
(57) Joses Yau, Localization of Surface or Near-Surface Drifting Mines for Unmanned Systems
in the Persian Gulf. MS in Physical Oceanography, June 2012 [Co-Adviser:
Assistant Professor Timothy Chung (Department of Systems Engineering), Second
Reader: Ronald E. Betsch (NAVO)] (Sponsor: ONR).
Joses Yau obtained two awards for his thesis
research:
Naval Postgraduate School Outstanding Academic Achievement Award for
International Student
NAVSEA Warfare Centers Division Newport Award for Excellence in Undersea
Warfare Systems Technology
(56) Bryan Hong, An Effective Noise Filtering Method for Mine Detection. MS in Meteorology and Oceanography, September 2011 [Co-Adviser: Ronald E. Betsch (NAVO)] (Sponsors: ONR, Naval Oceanographic Office).
(55) Christopher Beuligmann,
Mine Burial Expert System for Change of Mine Warfare Doctrine. MS in Physical
Oceanography, September 2011 [Co-Advisers: Ronald E. Betsch, and Pete Flescher
(NAVO)] (Sponsor: Naval Oceanographic Office).
Christopher Beuligmann
obtained the Surface Navy Association Award in September 2011 for Academic
Excellence in Surface Warfare for his thesis research.
(54) Samantha Poteete, Navy's N-Layer Magnetic Model with Application to Naval Magnetic Demining. MS in Meteorology and Oceanography, September 2010 [Co-Advisers: Ronald E. Betsch and Roger Meridith (NAVO)] (Sponsor: Naval Oceanographic Office).
(53) Jillene Bushnell, Tail Separation and
Density Effects on the Underwater Trajectory of the JDAM. MS in Meteorology and
Oceanography, December 2009 [Co-Adviser: Brian Almquist (ONR)] (Sponsor: ONR).
Part of the thesis was published in a peer-reviewed
journal:
Chu, P.C., J.M. Bushnell, C.W. Fan, and K.P. Watson, 2011: Modeling of
underwater bomb trajectory for mine clearance. Journal
of Defense Modeling and Simulation, 8 (1) 25-36;
and a proceeding paper:
Chu, P.C., J.M. Bushnell, and K.P. Watson, 2010: Tail separation and density
effects on the underwater trajectory of the JDAM. Ninth Monterey
International Symposium on Technology and Mine Probhesis
research.</:
Chu, P.C., and N.S. Wheatley, 2011:
Temporal and spatial variability of bottom sedimentation for survey
periodicity. Coastal Processes II, WIT Press (ISBN: 1743-3541), 203- 214.
(50) Hartwell
Coke, Route Survey Periodicity for Mine Warfare. MS in Meteorology and
Oceanography, September 2009 [Co-Adviser: Ronald E. Betsch (NAVO)]. This thesis
is unclassified with secret appendix (Sponsor: Naval Oceanographic Office).
Hartwell Coke obtained the Naval Undersea Warfare
Center Newport Division Award for Excellence in Undersea Warfare for his thesis
research.
(49)
David Hudson, Similarity Analysis of Littoral Environments between Korean and
U.S. Coasts for Mine Warfare. (Secret) MS in Meteorology and Oceanography,
September 2008 [Co-Adviser: Ronald E. Betsch (NAVO)] (Sponsor: Naval
Oceanographic Office).
David Hudson obtained an award from the National
Defense Industrial Association (NDIA) for his thesis research.
(48)
Haris Rana, Spatial and Temporal Variability of the Indian Ocean Surface
Currents Determined from Satellite Data with Application to Naval Operation. MS
in Physical Oceanography, June 2008 [Co-Adviser: Charles Sun (NOAA/NODC)]
(Sponsor: NOAA/NODC).
(47)
Travis Clem, Oceanographic Effects on Maritime Threats: Mine and Oil Spills in
the Strait of Hormuz. MS in Meteorology and Oceanography, March 2007
[Co-Adviser: Steven Haeger (NAVO)] (Sponsor: Naval Oceanographic Office).
Part of the thesis was presented in two
international conferences:
(a) 26th International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics, Perugia,
Italy, July 2-13, 2007
(b) 7th Conference on Coastal Atmospheric and Oceanic Prediction and
Processes, American Meteorological Society, San Diego, California, September
10-14, 2007.
(46)
Charles Williams, Environmental Impact on the Northern Persian Gulf Chemical
Spill and Mine Drift on Iraqi's Oil Terminals Using the Navy's
Ocean-Atmospheric Physical and Chemical Models. MS in Meteorology and
Oceanography, March 2007 [Co-Adviser: Steven Haeger (NAVO)] (Sponsor: Naval
Oceanographic Office).
(45)
Chung-Ping Hsieh, Effect of Internal Solitary Waves on the Mine Detection in
Western Philippine Sea East of Taiwan. MS in Physical Oceanography, December
2006 [Co-Adviser: Mel Wagstaff (NAVO)] (Sponsor: Naval Oceanographic Office).
Part of the thesis was published in three
peer-reviewed journals:
(a) Chu, P.C., and C. P. Hsieh, 2007: Change of multifractal thermal
characteristics in the western Philippine Sea upper layer during internal wave
soliton propagation. Journal of Oceanography, 63, 927-939.
(b) Chu, P.C., and C. P. Hsieh, 2007: Multifractal thermal characteristics in
the western Philippine Sea upper layer. Indian Journal of Marine Sciences, 36,
141-151.
(c) Chu, P.C., and C. P. Hsieh, 2010: Effect of internal solitary waves on
underwater acoustic propagation. Marine Technology Society Journal, 44
(5), 10-16.
(44) Kuofeng Cheng, Typhoon Effects on the South China Sea Wave
Characteristics during Winter Monsoon. MS in Physical Oceanography, March 2006
(Sponsor: ONR and Naval Oceanographic Office).
Part of
the thesis was published in two peer-reviewed journals:
(a) Chu, P.C., and K.F. Cheng, 2007: Effect of wave boundary layer on the
sea-to-air dimethylsulfide transfer velocity during
typhoon passage. Journal of Marine Systems, 66, 122-129.
(b) Chu, P.C., and K.F. Cheng, 2008: South China Sea wave characteristics
during Typhoon Muifa passage in winter 2004. Journal
of Oceanography, 64, 1-21.
(43)
Charles Allen, Mine Drop Experiments with Operational Mine Shapes. MS in
Meteorology and Oceanography, March 2006 [Co-Adviser: Pete Fleischer (NAVO)]
(Sponsors: ONR and Naval Oceanographic Office).
Part of the thesis was published as a proceeding paper:
Chu, P. C., C. Allen, and P. Fleischer, 2006: Non-cylindrical
mine impact experiment. Seventh Monterey International Symposium on
Technology and Mine Problems, DVD-ROM, 10 pages.
(42)
Greg Ray, Bomb Strike Experiments for Mine Countermeasure. MS in Meteorology
and Oceanography, March 2006 [Co-Adviser: Pete Fleischer (NAVO)] (Sponsors: ONR
and Naval Oceanographic Office).
Part of the thesis was published in a book chapter:
Chu, P. C., and G. Ray, 2006: Prediction of high-speed rigid body maneuvering
in air-water-sediment. Advances in Fluid Mechanics, 6, edited by M.
Rahman and C. A. Brebbia, WITPress
(ISBN-1-84564-163-9), 43-52;
and as a proceeding paper:
Chu, P. C., G. Ray, P. Fleischer, and P. Gefken,
2006: Bomb strike experiment for mine countermeasure.
Seventh Monterey International Symposium on Technology and Mine Problems,
DVD-ROM, 10 pages.
(41)
Guillermo Amezaga, Impact of GFO satellite and ocean nowcast/forecast systems
for Naval anti-submarine warfare (ASW). MS in Meteorology and Oceanography,
March 2006 [Co-Adviser: Eric Gottshall (ONR)] (Sponsor: SPAWAR).
Part of the thesis was published in a peer-reviewed journal:
Chu, P.C., G.R. Amezaga, E.L. Gottshall, and S.D. Cwalina, 2007: Ocean
nowcast/forecast systems for improvement of Naval undersea capabilities. Marine
Technology Society Journal, 41 (2), 23-30.
and two proceeding papers:
(a) Chu, P.C., G. Amezaga, E.L. Gottshall, and D.S. Cwalina, 2005: Assessment
of ocean prediction model for Naval operations using acoustic preset,
OCEANS2005, IEEE/Marine Technology Society, DVD-ROM, 10 pages.
(b) Chu, P.C., G. Amezaga, E.L. Gottshall, and D.S. Cwalina, 2005: Impact of
GFO satellite on naval antisubmarine warfare. NATO RTB-SPSM01 Specialists
Meetings on Emerging and Future Technologies for Space Based Operations Support
to NATO Military Operations, DVD-ROM, 20 pages.
(39) Kleanthis Kyriakidis, Baroclinicity, Forcing Mechanism, and
Prediction of Chemical Propagation of San Diego Bay and Their Effects on Naval
Applications. MS in Physical Oceanography (with Distinction), June 2005
[Co-Adviser: Steven Haeger (NAVO)] (Sponsor: Naval Oceanographic Office).
Kleanthis Kyriakidis obtained Naval Postgraduate
School Outstanding Academic Achievement Award for International Student
Part of the thesis was published in a book chapter:
Chu, P.C., K. Kyriakidis, and M. Ward, 2006: Chapter 6 Two chemical dispersion
regimes in tidal-dominated San Diego Bay. Coastal Environmental and Water
Quality, edited by Y. Jun Xu and Vijay P. Singh, Water Resources Publications
(ISBN-13: 978-1-887201-47-6), 69-90.
(38)
Steven Mancini, Sensitivity of Satellite Data Assimilation on Naval
Anti-Submarine Warfare Weapon Systems. MS in Meteorology and Oceanography,
September 2004 [Co-Adviser: Charlie Brown (NRL)] (Sponsors: SPAWAR and Naval
Oceanographic Office).
Part of the thesis was published in a peer-reviewed journal:
Chu, P.C., S. Mancini, E.L. Gottshall, D.S. Cwalina, C. N. Brown, 2007:
Sensitivity of satellite altimetry data assimilation on weapon acoustic preset
using MODAS. IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering, 32, 453-468.
(37)
Michael Cornelius, Effect of a Suspended Sediment Layer on Acoustic Imagery. MS
in Meteorology and Oceanography, June 2004 [Co-Adviser: Mel Wagstaff (NAVO)]
(Sponsor: Naval Oceanographic Office).
Part of the thesis was published in two peer-reviewed journals:
(a) Chu, P.C., M. Cornelius, and M. Wagstaff, 2005: Suspended sediment effect
on buried mine detection using CASS/GRAB model. U. S. Navy Journal of
Underwater Acoustics, 55, 307-318.
(b) Chu, P.C., M. Cornelius, and M. Wagstaff, 2005: Effects of suspended
sediment on acoustic detection using reverberation. Marine Technology Society
Journal, 39 (2), 105-109.
(36)
Albert Armstrong, Prediction of Instantaneous Currents in San Diego Bay for
Naval Applications. MS in Meteorology and Oceanography, June 2004 [Co-Adviser:
Steven Haeger (NAVO)] (Sponsor: Naval Oceanographic Office).
(31)
Rodrigo Obino, Simulation of Bohai Sea circulation
and thermohaline structure using COHERENS model. MS in Physical Oceanography,
June 2002 [Co-Adviser: Steven Haeger (NAVO)] (Sponsor: Naval Oceanographic
Office).
(30)
Nick Vares, Environmental Variability on Acoustic Prediction Using CASS-GRAB
(restricted). MS in Physical Oceanography, June 2002 [Co-Adviser: Steven Haeger
(NAVO)] (Sponsor: Naval
Oceanographic Office).
Part of the thesis was published in a peer-reviewed journal:
Chu, P.C., and N.A. Vares, Uncertainty in shallow sea acoustic detection due to
environmental variability. U.S. Navy Journal of Underwater Acoustics, 54,
347-367.
(29) Anthony Gilles, Mine Drop
Experiment. MS in Meteorology and Oceanography, September 2002 [Co-Adviser:
Steven Haeger (NAVO)] (Sponsors:
ONR and Naval Oceanographic Office).
Part of the thesis was published in two peer-reviewed journals:
(a) Chu, P.C., A. Gilles, and C.W. Fan, 2005: Experiment of falling cylinder
through the water column. Experimental and Thermal Fluid Sciences, 29,
555-568.
(b) Chu, P.C., C.W. Fan, A.D. Evans, and A. Gilles, 2004: Triple coordinate
transforms for prediction of falling cylinder through the water column. Journal
of Applied Mechanics, 71, 292-298.
a book chapter
Chu, P.C., A.F. Gilles, C. W. Fan, J. Lan, and P. Fleischer, 2002: Hydrodynamics
of falling cylinder in water column. Advances in Fluid Mechanics, 4,
WIT Press (ISBN-1-85312-910-0) edited by M. Rahman, R. Verhoeven, and C.A. Brebbia, 163-181.
two proceeding papers:
(a) Chu, P.C., C.W. Fan, A.D. Evans, A. Gilles, and P. Fleischer, 2003: Three-dimensional
hydrodynamic model for prediction of falling cylinder through the water column.
OCEANS2003, IEEE/Marine Technology Society Conference Proceedings, DVD-ROM, 10
pages.
(b) Chu, P.C., A. Gilles, C.W. Fan, and P. Fleischer, 2002: Hydrodynamics
of falling mine in water column. Fifth International Symposium on
Technology and Mine Problem, Mine Warfare Association, Monterey, in CD-ROM, 10
pages.
(28) Michael Roth, A Coastal Air-Ocean Coupled System (CAOCS) for East Asian Marginal Seas Prediction. MS in Meteorology and Oceanography, September 2001 [Co-Adviser: Steven Haeger (NAVO)] (Sponsor: Naval Oceanographic Office).
(27)
Carlos Cintron, Environmental Impact on Mine Hunting in the Yellow Sea Using
the CASS-GRAB Model. MS in Physical Oceanography, March 2001 [Co-Adviser:
Steven Haeger (NAVO)] (Sponsor: Naval Oceanographic Office).
Part of the thesis was published in a book chapter:
Chu, P.C., C.J. Cintron, S.D. Haeger, D. Schneider, R.E. Keenan, and D.N. Fox,
2002: Yellow Sea
acoustic uncertainty caused by hydrodynamic data errors. Impact of
Littoral Environment Variability on Acoustic Prediction and Sonar Performance,
edited by N.G. Pace and F. B. Jensen. Kluwar Academic
Publisher (ISBN-10-1402008163), Boston, 563-570.
(26)
Timothy Smith, Validation of the Mine Impact Burial Model Using Experimental
Data. MS in Meteorology and Oceanography, September 2000 [Co-Adviser: Steven
Haeger (NAVO)] (Sponsors: ONR and Naval Oceanographic Office).
Part of the thesis was published as a proceeding paper:
Chu, P.C., A. Evans, T.A. Gilles, T. Smith, and V. Taber, 2004: Development of
Navy3D mine impact burial prediction model (IMPACT35). Fifth International
Symposium on Technology and Mine Problem, Mine Warfare Association, Monterey,
California, in CD-ROM, 10 pages.
(25)
Hilbert Strauhs, A Numerical Study on Japan/East Sea
Circulation and Thermohaline Structure. MS in Physical Oceanography. September
1999 {Co-Adviser: Michael Carron (NAVO)] (Sponsor: Naval Oceanographic Office).
(24)
Victoria Taber, Environmental Sensitivity Studies on Mine Impact Burial
Prediction Model. MS in Meteorology and Oceanography, March 1999 [Co-Adviser:
Steven Haeger (NAVO)] (Sponsor: Naval Oceanographic Office).
Part of the thesis was published as two proceeding papers:
(a) Chu, P.C., A. Evans, T.A. Gilles, T. Smith, and V. Taber, 2004: Development
of Navy3D mine impact burial prediction model (IMPACT35). Fifth
International Symposium on Technology and Mine Problem, Mine Warfare
Association, Monterey, California, in CD-ROM, 10 pages.
(b)Chu, P.C., V. Taber, and S. Haeger, 2000: Environmental sensitivity studies
on mine impact burial prediction model. Fourth International Symposium on
Technology and Mine Problem, Mine Warfare Association, Monterey, California, 10
pages.
(23) Bin-Bing Ma, Seasonal and Interannual
Thermohaline Variability Determined by the Navy MOODS Data. MS in Physical
Oceanography, September 1998. (Sponsors: ONR and Naval Oceanographic Office).
Part of the thesis was published in a peer-reviewed
journal:
Chu, P.C., B.-B. Ma, and Y.C. Chen, 2002: South
China Sea thermohaline structure and circulation. Acta
Oceanoligia Sinica, 21, 227-261.
(22) Joseph Veneziano, Hurricane Effects on the
South China Sea Thermal Structure. MS in Meteorology and Oceanography, March
1998 [Co-Adviser: Steven Haeger (NAVO)] (Sponsor: Naval Oceanographic Office).
Part of the thesis was published in a peer-reviewed
journal:
Chu, P.C., J.M. Veneziano, and C.W. Fan, 2000:
Response of the South China Sea to tropical cyclone Ernie 1996. Journal of
Geophysical Research, 105, 13991-14009.
(21) Akira Kuninaka,
Air-Sea Interactions and Water Mass Structure of the East China Sea and Yellow
Sea. MS in Physical Oceanography, December 1997 (Sponsors: ONR and Naval
Oceanographic Office).
Part of the thesis was published in a peer-reviewed
journal:
Chu, P.C., Y.C. Chen, A. Kuninaka,
2005: Seasonal variability of the East China/Yellow Sea surface buoyancy flux
and thermohaline structure. Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 22, 1-20.
(20) Eric Gottshall, Environmental Effects on Naval
Warfare Simulations. (restricted) MS in Meteorology and Oceanography, December
1997 (Sponsor: Naval Oceanographic Office).
Part of the thesis was published in four
peer-reviewed journals:
(a) Chu, P.C., S. Mancini, E.L. Gottshall, D.S.
Cwalina, C. N. Brown, 2007: Sensitivity of satellite altimetry data
assimilation on weapon acoustic preset using MODAS. IEEE Journal of Oceanic
Engineering, 32, 453-468.
(b) Chu, P.C., G.R. Amezaga, E.L. Gottshall, and
S.D. Cwalina, 2007: Ocean nowcast/forecast systems for improvement of Naval
undersea capabilities. Marine Technology Society Journal, 41 (2), 23-30.
(c) Chu, P.C., M.D. Perry, E.L. Gottshall, and D.S.
Cwalina, 2004: Satellite data assimilation for improvement of Naval undersea
capability. Marine Technology Society Journal, 38 (1), 11-23.
(d) Chu, P.C., M.D. Perry, E.L. Gottshall, and D.S.
Cwalina, 2004: Satellite data assimilation for weapon acoustic preset program.
U.S. Navy Journal of Underwater Acoustics, 54, 347-367.
and published as two proceeding papers:
(a) Chu, P.C., G. Amezaga, E.L. Gottshall, and D.S.
Cwalina, 2005: Assessment of ocean prediction model for Naval operations using
acoustic preset. OCEANS2005, IEEE/Marine Technology Society, DVD-ROM, 10 pages.
(b) Chu, P.C., G. Amezaga, E.L. Gottshall, and D.S.
Cwalina, 2006: Impact of GFO satellite on naval antisubmarine warfare. NATO
RTB-SPSM01 Specialists Meetings on Emerging and Future Technologies for Space
Based Operations Support to NATO Military Operations, DVD-ROM, 20 pages.
(19) Greg M.
Jimenez, Diurnal Variation over the Tropical Monsoon Regions during
Northern Summer. MS in Meteorology and Physical Oceanography, March 1997
(Sponsors: ONR and Naval Oceanographic Office).
(18) Michael Nicklin, A Study of the Relationship
between South Asian Monsoon Convection and Tropical Upper Easterly Jet Using
INSAT Data. MS in Meteorology and Oceanography, December 1996 (Sponsors: ONR
and Naval Oceanographic Office).
(17) Nate Edmons, South China Sea Ocean Circulation
Simulated by a Primitive Equation Model. MS in Physical Oceanography, September
1996 [Co-Adviser: Steven Haeger (NAVO)] (Sponsors: ONR and Naval Oceanographic
Office).
Part of the thesis was published in two
peer-reviewed journals:
(a) Chu, P.C., N.L. Edmons, and C.W. Fan, 1999:
Dynamical mechanisms for the South China seasonal circulation and thermohaline
variability. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 29, 2971-2989.
(b) Chu, P.C., and N.L. Edmons, 1999: A
three-dimensional numerical simulation of the South China Sea circulation and
thermohaline structure. Chinese Journal of Atmospheric Sciences, 22,
481-503.
(16) Hsing-Jia Tseng, South China Sea Warm-Core and
Cold-Core Eddies Detected from the Navy ‘s Master Oceanographic
Observation Data Set (MOODS). MS in Physical Oceanography, September 1995
[Co-Adviser: Steven Haeger (NAVO)] (Sponsors: ONR and Naval Oceanographic
Office).
Part of the thesis was published in a peer-reviewed
journal:
Chu, P.C., H.C. Tseng, C.P. Chang, and J.M. Chen,
1997: South China Sea warm pool detected from the Navy ‘s Master
Oceanographic Observation Data Set (MOODS). Journal of Geophysical Research, 102,
15761-15771.
(15) Susan Wells, Temporal and Spatial
Decorrelation Scales of the Yellow Sea Thermal Fields. MS in Meteorology and
Oceanography, September 1994 [Co-Adviser: Michael Carron (NAVO)] (Sponsor:
Naval Oceanographic Office).
Part of the thesis was published in a peer-reviewed
journal:
Chu, P.C., S.K. Wells, S.D. Haeger, C.
Szczechowski, and M. Carron, 1997: Temporal and spatial scales of the Yellow
Sea thermal variability. Journal of Geophysical Research, 102,
5655-5668.
(14) Charles Fralick, Yellow Sea Thermal Structure.
MS in Meteorology and Oceanography, September 1994 [Co-Adviser: Steven Haeger
(NAVO)] (Sponsor: Naval Oceanographic Office).
Part of the thesis was published in a peer-reviewed
journal: Chu, P.C., C.R. Fralick, S.D. Haeger, and M. Carron, 1997: A
parametric model for the Yellow Sea
thermal variability. Journal of Geophysical
Research, 102, 10499-10508.
(13) Ching-Chung Li, Numerical Simulation of Seasonal
Circulation in the South China Sea. MS in Physical Oceanography, March 1994
[Co-Adviser: Dong S. Ko (NRL)] (Sponsors: ONR and Naval Oceanographic Office).
Part of the thesis was published as a proceeding
paper:
Chu, P.C., C.C. Li, D.S. Ko, and C.N.K. Mooers,
1994: Response of the South China Sea to seasonal monsoon forcing. Second
International Conference of Air-Sea Interaction and Meteorology and
Oceanography of the Coastal Zones, American Meteorological Society, 214-215.
(12) John Kent, Air-sea interaction patterns in the
equatorial Pacific. MS in Physical Oceanography and Meteorology, December 1993
(Sponsor: Naval Oceanographic Office).
(11) Gonzalo Montenegron,
Three Dimensional Vorticity Field in the California
Current System. MS in Physical Oceanography, March 1993 (Sponsor: Naval
Oceanographic Office).
(10) Wei-Szu Li, Using the C-Vector Method to
Derive Three Dimensional Circulation Pattern near the
East Greenland Polar Front. MS in Physical Oceanography, December 1992
(Sponsor: NSF).
Part of the thesis was presented at the Third
Symposium on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography, American Meteorological Society , Portland, Oregon, 29 September - 2 October 1992.
(9) You-Hen Kuo, Errors Caused by Incompatible Wind
and Buoyancy Forcing in the Ocean General Circulation Models. MS in
Meteorology, December 1992 (Sponsor: NSF).
Part of the thesis was published as a proceeding
paper:
Chu, P.C. and Y.H. Kuo, 1993: South Atlantic three dimensional pseudo-vorticity field computed from
hydrographic and surface atmospheric data sets. Southern Hemisphere Meteorology
and Oceanography, 4, 52-53.
(8) Konstandinidis,
Simon. C-Vector Derived Three Dimensional Circulation
in Farallones National Marine Sanctuary, MS in
Physical Oceanography, December 1992 (Sponsor: NSF).
Part of the thesis was presented at the American
Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, 7-11 December 1992.
(7) Robert S. Steadley.
Thermodynamic Air/Ocean Feedback Mechanisms in the Equatorial Pacific. MS in
Meteorology and Oceanography, September 1992 (Sponsor: NSF).
Part of the thesis was presented at the Tenth
Symposium on Turbulence and Diffusion, American Meteorological Society,
Portland, Oregon, 29 September - 2 October 1992.
(6) T.C. Yin. Test of a Convective Cloud Model with
Soundings during the TCM-90 Field Experiment. MS in Meteorology, March 1992
(Sponsor: NSF).
Part of the thesis was presented at the Tenth
Symposium on Turbulence and Diffusion, American Meteorological Society,
Portland, Oregon, 29 September - 2 October 1992.
(5) Gregory D. Crabtree. Computer Simulation of
Acoustic Fluctuations due to Fine Scale Temperature Perturbations Measured by
Thermistor Chain. MS in Meteorology and Oceanography, March 1992 (Sponsor:
NSF).
(4) Pao-Kun Wu. Cloud Effect on Ocean MixedLlayer in the Northern Pacific Ocean. MS in Physical
Oceanography, June 1991 (Sponsor: NSF).
Part of the thesis was presented at the American
Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, Atlanta,
Georgia, 5-10 January 1992.
(3) Ching-Mao Tsai. Sub-mesoscale Eddies in California Current. MS
in Physical Oceanography, June 1990 (Sponsor: NPS Direct Fund).
Part of the thesis was presented at the American
Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, 4-8 December 1989.
(2) Ahmet Tucker. Evaporation Effect on the
Mediterranean Sea Mixed Layer Dynamics, MS in Physical Oceanography, September
1988 (Sponsor: NPS Direct Fund).
(1) M. Scott Livezey. Discrete Precipitation
Effects on Seasonal Mixed Layer Dynamics in the North Pacific. MS in
Meteorology and Oceanography, September 1988 (Sponsor: NPS Direct Fund).
PhD Committees
(14) Tsu-Wei Tan,
(13) Kyle B. Franklin, Spatial Variability
of Evaporation Duct and Its Impact on Electromagnetic Wave Propagation.
Ph. D. Dissertation, Meteorology, September 2019.
(12) C.-H. Yang, Development of a Locomotion
Interface for Portable VE Systems Using an Inertial/Magnetic Sensor Based System and a Ranging Measurement System. Ph. D.
Dissertation, MOVES, March 2014.
(11) Daniel Eleuterio, Evolution of the Startocumulus Topped Boundary Layer
and the Role of Entrainment in the Coastal Zone. Ph. D. Dissertation,
Meteorology, September 2003.
(10) Michelle Whisenhant,
Planetary Boundary layer Paramterization for COAMPS.
Ph. D. Dissertation, Meteorology, September 2003.
(9) David Titley, Intensification and Structure
Change of Super Typhoon Flo Related to the Large-Scale Environment. Ph. D.
Dissertation, Meteorology, June 1998.
(8) Hong Boem Hur
(External Committee Member), Water mass formation and seasonal variations in
the Yellow and East China Seas and effect on the density driven circulation.
Ph.D. Dissertation, the University of Southern Mississippi.
(7) Chen-Kuo Yu, "A theorem of anisotropic
absorbers", Ph.D. Dissertation, Electric and Computer Engineering, March
1997.
(6) A. Russ Parson, On the Barents Sea polar front
in summer and interpretations of the associated regional oceanography using an
Arctic Ocean general circulation model, Ph.D
dissertation in Physical Oceanography, September 1995.
(5) Rogerio Chumbinho,
Kinematics and dynamics of a cyclonic eddy off Pt. Arena, California, Ph.D dissertation in Physical
Oceanography, December 1994.
(4) Casey Church, Topics in long shore currents, Ph.D dissertation in Physical
Oceanography, September 1993.
(3) Christopher Prazuck,
Anomalous diurnal currents in the vicinity of the Yermak
Plateau, Ph.D dissertation
in Physical Oceanography, June 1991.
(2) Peter Guest, A numerical, analytical and
observational study of the effect of clouds on surface wind and wind stress
during the central Arctic winter, Ph.D
dissertation in Meteorology, March 1992.
(1) Moshe Marom, Interferometric synthetic aperture
radar imaging of ocean surface currents and wavefields, Ph.D dissertation in Physical Oceanography, June
1990.