Peter C. Chu

Distinguished Professor

Department of Oceanography
Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA  93943

THERMOHALINE STRUCTURE

Chu, P.C., and C.W. Fan, 2023: Global climatological data of ocean thermohaline parameters derived from WOA18. Scientific Data, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02308-7.

Chu, P.C., and C.W. Fan, 2020: World ocean thermocline weakening and isothermal layer warming. Applied Sciences, 10 (22), 8185; https://doi.org/10.3390/app10228185

Chu, P.C., and C.W. Fan, 2019: Global ocean synoptic thermocline gradient, isothermal-layer depth, and other upper ocean parameters.� Scientific Data, 6, Article number 119. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-019-0125-3

Park, S., and P.C. Chu, 2007: Synoptic distributions of thermal surface mixed layer and thermocline in the southern Yellow and East China Seas. Journal of Oceanography,  63, 1021-1028. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10872-007-0085-7

Chu, P.C., Y.C. Chen, and A. Kuninaka, 2005: Seasonal variability of the East China/Yellow Sea surface buoyancy flux and thermohaline structure. Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 22, 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02930865

Chu, P.C., and G.H. Wang, 2003: Seasonal variability of thermohaline front in the central South China Sea. Journal of Oceanography,� 59, 65-78. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1022868407012

Chu, P.C., and J. Lan, 2003: Extremely strong thermohaline sources/sinks generated by diagnostic initialization. Geophysical Research Letters, 30 (6), https://doi.org/10.1029/2002GL016525

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. https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0485(2002)032<3596:JSTSAC>2.0.CO;2

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. https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0485(2001)031<2886:JSTSAC>2.0.CO;2

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. https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0485(2001)031<0244:JSTSAC>2.0.CO;2

Liu, Q.,Y. Jia, P. Liu, Q. Wang, and P.C. Chu, 2001: Seasonal and intra-seasonal thermocline variability in the central South China Sea. Geophysical Research Letters, 28, 4467-4470. https://doi.org/10.1029/2001GL013185

Chu, P.C., Q.Q. Wang, and R.H. Bourke, 1999: A geometric model for Beaufort/Chukchi Sea thermohaline structure. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 16, 613-632. https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0426(1999)016<0613:AGMFTB>2.0.CO;2

Chu, P.C., S.H. Lu, and Y.C. Chen, 1999: A coastal atmosphere-ocean coupled system (CAOCS) evaluated using an airborne expandable bathythermograph (AXBT) data set. Journal of Oceanography, 55, 543-558. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1007847609139

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. https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0485(1999)029<2971:DMFTSC>2.0.CO;2

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 the Atmospheric Sciences, 22, 481-503.