Julian P. McCreary, Jr.

Professor of Oceanography

International Pacific Research Center
School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology
University of Hawaii
Honolulu, Hawaii  96822

Phone: (808) 956-2216
Fax: (808) 956-9425
Email:

Education

  • 1977 - Ph.D., Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego.
  • 1968 - M.S., Stanford University, Palo Alto, California
  • 1966 - B.S., Pomona College, Pomona, California
     

Research Interests

  • Equatorial ocean dynamics
  • Coastal ocean dynamics
  • Ocean circulation
  • Coupled ocean-atmosphere models of climate dynamics
  • Ecosystem modelling

Professional Experience

   University of Hawaii, School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology

  • Professor, Physical Oceanography, Department of Oceanography, 1999–present
  • Director, International Pacific Research Center, 1999–2008

    Nova University Oceanographic Center, Florida

  • Dean, 1991–'99
  • Director, 1981–'91
  • Acting Director, 1980–'81
  • Professor, 1981–'99
  • Associate Professor, 1979–'81
  • Assistant Professor, 1977–'79

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  • Research Assistant, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, San Diego, California, 1972–'77
  • Instructor, Lincoln University, Pennsylvania, 1968–'72

Editorial Service

  • Editor, Journal of Physical Oceanography, 1995–2001
  • Science Editor, TOGA Notes, 1989–'95
  • Editor, Journal of Geophysical Research, 1989–'95; Senior Editor, 1992–'95
  • Associate Editor, Journal of Physical Oceanography, 1984
  • Associate Editor, Journal of Geophysical Research, 1982

Awards and Honors

  • 2006        AGU Fellow Committee
  • 2003        Fellow, American Meteorological Society
  • 2001        Henry G. Houghton Lecturer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • 1999        Fellow, American Geophysical Union
  • 1996        Sverdrup Gold Medal from the American Meteorological Society for
                     "fundamental contributions to the physical understanding of upper-ocean
                     dynamics, including El Niρo, the Equatorial Undercurrent, the ocean
                     mixed layer, and eastern boundary currents''
  • 1987        H. Burr Steinbach Visiting Scholar, Woods Hole Oceanographic Inst.
  • 1982–84 Visiting Fellow at Wolfson College, Oxford University, Oxford, England
  • 1981        Editor's Award from the American Meteorological Society for
                    "providing observative, constructive, and thought-provoking reviews on
                     numerous manuscripts submitted to the Journal of Physical Oceanography''

Selected Publications

  • Schott, F.A., S.-P. Xie, and J.P. McCreary: Indian Ocean circulation and climate variability. Review of Geophysics, in press.
  • Solomon, A., S.-I. Shin, M.A. Alexander, and J.P. McCreary: The relative importance of tropical variability forced from the North Pacific through ocean pathways. Clim. Dyn., in press.
  • Natarov, A., K. Richards, and J.P. McCreary, 2008: Two-dimensional instabilities of time-dependent zonal flows: Linear shear. J. Fluid Mech., 599, 29–50.
  • Qu, T., Y. Du, J.P. McCreary, Jr., G. Meyers, and T. Yamagata, 2008: Buffering Effect and its Related Ocean Dynamics in the Indonesian Throughflow Region. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 38 (2), 503-516.
  • Yu, Z. , J.P. McCreary, M. Yaremchuk, and R. Furue, 2008: Subsurface salinity balance in the South China Sea. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 38 (2), 527–539.
  • Furue, R., J.P. McCreary, Z. Yu, and D. Wang, 2007: Dynamics of the Southern Tsuchiya Jet. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 37 (3), 531–553.
  • McCreary, J.P., T. Miyama, R. Furue, T. Jensen, H.-W. Kang, B. Bang, and T. Qu, 2007: Interactions between the Indonesian Throughflow and circulations in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. Progr. in Oceanography, 75 (1), 70–114.
  • Yu, Z., S. Shen, J.P. McCreary, M. Yaremchuk, and R. Furue, 2007: South China Sea Throughflow as Evidenced by Satellite Images and Numerical Experiments. Geophys. Res. Lett., 34, L01601, doi:10.1029/2006GL028103.
  • Han, W., T. Shinoda. L.-L. Fu, and J.P. McCreary, 2006: Impact of atmospheric intraseasonal oscillations on the Indian Ocean dipole during the 1990s. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 36 (4), 670-690. 
  • Miyama, T., J.P. McCreary, D. Sengupta, and R. Senan, 2006: Dynamics of biweekly oscillations in the equatorial Indian Ocean. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 36 (5), 827–846 DOI: 10.1175/JPO2897.1.
  • Nonaka, M., J.P. McCreary, and S.-P. Xie, 2006: Influence of midlatitude winds on the stratification of the equatorial thermocline. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 36 (2), 222–237 DOI: 10.1175/JPO2845.1.
  • Annamalai, H., J. Potemra, R. Murtugudde, and J.P. McCreary, 2005: Effect of preconditioning on the extreme climate events in the tropical Indian Ocean. J. Climate, 18, 3450–3469.
  • Annamalai, H., S.-P. Xie, J.P. McCreary, and R. Murtugudde, 2005: Impact of Indian Ocean sea surface temperature on developing El Niρo. J. Climate, 18, 302–319.
  • Vinayachandran, P.N., J.P. McCreary, Jr., R.R. Hood, and K.E. Kohler, 2005: A numerical investigation of the phytoplankton bloom in the Bay of Bengal during Northeast Monsoon. J. Geophys. Res., 110, C12001, doi:10.1029/2005JC002966.
  • Yaremchuk, M., Z. Yu, and J. McCreary, 2005: River discharge into the Bay of Bengal in an inverse ocean model. Geophys. Res. Lett., 111, L16605, doi:10.1029/2005GL023750.
  • Ascani, F., D. Wang, D.W. Moore, E. Firing, and J.P. McCreary, 2004: Comment on 'A theory of equatorial deep jets'. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 34, 1781–1790.
  • Schott, F.A., J.P. McCreary, and G.C. Johnson, 2004: Shallow overturning circulations of the tropical-subtropical oceans. In Earth Climate: The Ocean-Atmosphere Interaction, C. Wang, S.-P. Xie and J.A. Carton (eds.), AGU Geophysical Monograph Series, 147, 261–304.
  • Yu, Z., and J.P. McCreary, 2004: Assessing precipitation products in the Indian Ocean using an ocean model. J. Geophys. Res.-Oceans, 109, C05013, doi:10.1029/2003JC002106.
  • Fu, X., B. Wang, T. Li, and J.P. McCreary, 2003: Coupling between northward propagating, intraseasonal oscillations and sea-surface temperature in the Indian Ocean. J. Atmos. Sci., 15, 1733–1753.
  • Hood, R.R., K.E. Kohler, J.P. McCreary, and S.L. Smith, 2003: A four-dimensional validation of a coupled physical-biological model of the Arabian Sea. Deep-Sea Research II, 50, 2917–2945.
  • Miyama, T., J.P. McCreary, T.G. Jensen, J. Loschnigg, S. Godfrey, and A. Ishida, 2003: Structure and dynamics of the Indian-Ocean cross-equatorial cell. Deep Sea Research, 50, 2023–2048.
  • Perigaud, C., and J.P. McCreary, Jr., 2003: Influence of interannual rainfall anomalies on sea level variations in the tropical Indian Ocean. J. Geophys. Res.-Oceans, 108 (C10), 3335, doi:10.1029/2003JC001857.
  • Perigaud, C., J.P. McCreary, and K.Q. Zhang, 2003: Impact of interannual rainfall anomalies on Indian Ocean salinity and temperature variability. J. Geophys. Res.-Oceans, 108 (C10), 3319, doi:10.1029/2002JC001699.
  • Solomon, A., J. P. McCreary, R. Kleeman, and B. Klinger, 2003: Interannual and decadal variability in an intermediate coupled model of the Pacific region. J. Climate, 16 (3), 383–405. IPRC-179.
  • Klinger, B.A., J.P. McCreary, and R. Kleeman, 2002: The relationship between oscillating subtropical wind stress and equatorial temperature. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 32, 1507–1521.
  • McCreary, J.P., P. Lu, and Z. Yu, 2002: Dynamics of the Pacific subsurface countercurrents. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 32, 2379–2404.
  • Nonaka, M., S.-P. Xie, and J.P. McCreary, 2002: Decadal variations in the subtropical cells and equatorial pacific SST. Geophys. Res. Lett., 29, 1116, doi 10.1029/2001GL013676.
  • Xie, S.-P., H. Annamalai, F.A. Schott, and J.P. McCreary, 2002: Structure and mechanisms of South Indian Ocean climate variability. J. Climate, 15, 864–878.
  • Han, W., and J.P. McCreary, 2001: Modelling salinity distributions in the Indian Ocean. J. Geophys. Res., 106, 859–877.
  • Han, W., J.P. McCreary, and K.E. Kohler, 2001: Influence of precipitation minus evaporation and Bay of Bengal rivers on dynamics, thermodynamics, and mixed-layer physics in the upper Indian Ocean. J. Geophys. Res., 106, 6895–6916.
  • McCreary, J.P., and P. Lu, 2001: Influence of the Indonesian Throughflow on the circulation of intermediate water in the Pacific Ocean. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 31, 932–942.
  • McCreary, J.P., K.E. Kohler, R.R. Hood, S. Smith, J. Kindle, A. Fischer, and R.A. Weller, 2001: Influences of diurnal and intraseasonal forcing on mixed-layer and biological variability in the central Arabian Sea. J. Geophys. Res., 106, 7139–7155.
  • Schott, F., and J.P. McCreary, 2001: The monsoon circulation of the Indian Ocean. Prog. Oceanogr., 51, 1–123.
  • Murtugudde, R., J.P. McCreary, and A.J. Busalacchi, 2000: Oceanic processes associated with anomalous events in the Indian Ocean with relevance to 1997-1998. J. Geophys. Res., 105, 3295–3306.
  • Yu, Z., J.P. McCreary, W.S. Kessler, and K.A. Kelly, 2000: Influence of equatorial dynamics on the Pacific North Equatorial Countercurrent. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 30, 3179–3190.
  • Han, W., J.P. McCreary, D.L.T. Anderson, and A.J. Mariano, 1999: Dynamics of the eastern surface jets in the equatorial Indian Ocean. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 29, 2191–2209.
  • Kleeman, R., J.P. McCreary, and B.A. Klinger, 1999: A mechanism for generating ENSO decadal variability. Geophys. Res. Lett., 26, 1743-1746.
  • Servain, J., I. Wainer, J.P. McCreary, and A. Dessier, 1999: Relationship between the equatorial and meridional modes of climatic variability in the tropical Atlantic. Geophys. Res. Lett., 26, 485–488.
  • Lu, P., J.P. McCreary, and B.A. Klinger, 1998: Meridional circulation cells and the source waters of the Pacific Equatorial Undercurrent. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 28, 62–84.
  • McCreary, J.P., S. Zhang, and S.R. Shetye, 1997: Coastal circulations driven by river outflow in a variable-density 1½-layer model. J. Geophys. Res., 102, 15,535–15,554.
  • Yu, Z., P.S. Schopf, and J.P. McCreary, 1997: On the annual cycle in the eastern Pacific Ocean. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 27, 309–324.
  • Lu, P., and J.P. McCreary, 1996: Influence of the ITCZ on the flow of thermocline water from the subtropical to the equatorial Pacific Ocean. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 25, 3076–3088.
  • McCreary, J.P., W. Han, D. Shankar, and S.R. Shetye, 1996: Dynamics of the East India Coastal Current: Part 2, numerical solutions. J. Geophys. Res., 101, 13,993–14,010.
  • McCreary, J.P., K.E. Kohler, R.R. Hood, and D.B. Olson, 1996: A four-component ecosystem model of biological activity in the Arabian Sea. Prog. Oceanogr., 37, 117–165.
  • Shankar, D., J.P. McCreary, W. Han, and S.R. Shetye, 1996: Dynamics of the East India Coastal Current: Part 1, analytic solutions forced by interior Ekman pumping and local alongshore winds. J. Geophys. Res., 101, 13,975–13,991.
  • Fukamachi, Y., J.P. McCreary, and J.A. Proehl, 1995: Instability of density fronts in layered and continuously stratified models. J. Geophys. Res., 100, 2559–2577.
  • Yu, Z., J.P. McCreary, and J.A. Proeh, 1995: On the meridional asymmetry and energetics of tropical instability waves. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 25, 2998–3007.
  • McCreary, J.P., and P. Lu, 1994: On the interaction between the subtropical and equatorial ocean circulation: the Subtropical Cell. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 24, 466–497.
  • Kessler, W.S., and J.P. McCreary, 1993: The annual wind-driven Rossby wave in the subthermocline equatorial Pacific. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 23, 1192–1207.
  • McCreary, J.P., P.K. Kundu, and R. Molinari, 1993: A numerical investigation of dynamics, thermodynamics and mixed-layer processes in the Indian Ocean. Prog. Oceanogr., 31, 181–244.
  • McCreary, J.P., Y. Fukamachi, and P. Lu, 1992: A nonlinear mechanism for maintaining coastally trapped eastern boundary currents. J. Geophys. Res., 97, 5677–5672.
  • McCreary, J.P., and Z. Yu, 1992: Equatorial dynamics in a 2½-layer model. Prog. Oceanogr., 29, 61–132.
  • McCreary, J.P., and D.L.T. Anderson, 1991. An overview of coupled models of El Niρo and the Southern Oscillation. J. Geophys. Res., 96, 3125–3150.
  • McCreary, J.P., Y. Fukamachi, and P.K. Kundu, 1991: A numerical investigation of jets and eddies near an eastern ocean boundary. J. Geophys. Res., 96, 2515–2534.
  • Moore, D.W., and J.P. McCreary, 1990: Excitation of intermediate-frequency equatorial waves at a western boundary: with application to observations from the western Indian Ocean. J. Geophys. Res., 95, 5219–5231.
  • McCreary, J.P., and P.K. Kundu, 1989: A numerical investigation of sea surface temperature variability in the Arabian Sea. J. Geophys. Res., 94, 16,097–16,114.
  • McCreary, J.P., H.S. Lee, and D.B. Enfield, 1989: The response of the coastal ocean to strong offshore winds: with application to circulations in the Gulfs of Tehuantepec and Papagayo. J. Mar. Res., 47, 81–109.
  • McCreary, J.P., and P.K. Kundu, 1988: A numerical investigation of the Somali Current during the Southwest Monsoon. J. Mar. Res., 46, 25–58.
  • McCreary, J.P., P.K. Kundu, and S.-Y. Chao, 1988: On the dynamics of the California Current system. J. Mar. Res., 45, 1–32.
  • McCreary, J.P., 1987: A model of deep equatorial jets. In: Further Progress in Equatorial Oceanography, E.J. Katz and J.M. Witte, Eds., Nova Univ. Press, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, 385–396.
  • McCreary, J.P., and P.K. Kundu, 1987: On the dynamics of the throughflow from the Pacific into the Indian Ocean. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 16, 2191–2198.
  • McCreary, J.P., 1986: Coupled ocean-atmosphere model of El Niρo and the Southern Oscillation. In: Large-scale Transport Processes in Oceans and Atmospheres, J. Willebrand and D.L.T. Anderson, Eds., Dordrecht, Holland: D. Reidel, 247–280.
  • McCreary, J.P., S.R. Shetye, and P.K. Kundu, 1986: Thermohaline forcing of eastern boundary currents: with application to the circulation off the west coast of Australia. J. Mar. Res., 44, 71–92.
  • McCreary, J.P., and R. Lukas, 1986: The response of the equatorial ocean to a moving wind field. J. Geophys. Res., 91, 11,691–11,705.
  • Anderson, D.L.T., and J.P. McCreary, 1985: A note on the role of the Indian Ocean in a coupled atmosphere-ocean model of El Niρo and the Southern Oscillation. J. Atmos. Sci., 42, 2439–2442.
  • Anderson, D.L.T., and J.P. McCreary, 1985: Slowly propagating disturbances in a simple coupled ocean-atmosphere system. J. Atmos. Sci., 42, 615–629.
  • Kundu, P.K., and J.P. McCreary, 1985: Western boundary circulation driven by an alongshore wind: with application to the Somali Current system. J. Mar. Res., 43, 493–516.
  • Rothstein, L., D.W. Moore, and J.P. McCreary, 1985: Interior reflections of a periodically forced equatorial Kelvin wave. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 15, 985–996.
  • McCreary, J.P., 1985: Modeling equatorial ocean circulation. Ann. Rev. Fluid Mech., 17, 359–409.
  • McCreary, J.P., and D.L.T. Anderson, 1985: Simple models of El Niρo and the Southern Oscillation. In: Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Models, Proc. Int. Liege Colloq. Ocean Hydrodyn., J.C.J. Nihoul, Ed., 16th, Amsterdam: Elsevier, 345–370.
  • McCreary, J.P., and S-Y. Chao, 1985: Three-dimensional shelf circulation along an eastern ocean boundary. J. Mar. Res., 43, 13–76.
  • McCreary, J.P., 1984: Equatorial Beams. J. Mar. Res., 42, 395–430.
  • McCreary, J.P., and D.L.T. Anderson, 1984: A simple model of El Niρo and the Southern Oscillation. Mon. Wea. Rev., 112, 934–946.
  • McCreary, J.P., J. Picaut, and D.W. Moore, 1984: Effects of remote annual forcing in the eastern tropical Atlantic Ocean. J. Mar. Res., 42 (2), 45–81.
  • McCreary, J.P., 1983: A model of tropical ocean-atmosphere interaction. Mon. Wea. Rev., 3 (2), 370–387.
  • Kundu, P.K., S.-Y. Chao, and J.P. McCreary, 1983: Coastal currents and inertio-gravity waves. Deep-Sea Res., 30, 1059–1082.
  • Chao, S.-Y., and J.P. McCreary, 1982: A numerical study of the Kuroshio south of Japan. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 12, 679–693.
  • McCreary, J.P., 1981: A linear stratified ocean model of the Coastal Undercurrent. Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. Lond., 302A, 385–413.
  • McCreary, J.P., 1981: A linear stratified ocean model of the Equatorial Undercurrent. Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. Lond., 298A, 603–635.
  • McCreary, J.P., D.W. Moore, and J.M. Witte, Eds., 1981: Recent Progress in Equatorial Oceanography: A Report of the Final Meeting of SCOR Working Group 47 in Venice Italy, April 27–30, 1981. Nova/NYIT Press, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, 466 pp.
  • Leetmaa, A., J.P. McCreary, and D.W. Moore, 1980: Equatorial currents: Observations and theory. In: Evolution of Physical Oceanography: Scientific Surveys in Honor of Henry Stommel. B.A. Warren and C. Wunsch, Eds., M.I.T., Press, Cambridge, MA, 184–196.
  • McCreary, J.P., 1980: A model of the Equatorial Undercurrent, the Coastal Undercurrent and deep equatorial jets. Ocean Modelling, 34, 1–5.
  • McCreary, J.P., 1980: Modelling wind-driven ocean circulation. JIMAR 80-0029, HIG
  • McCreary, J.P., 1978: Eastern ocean response to changing wind systems. Review Papers, FINE Workshop Proceedings (held at S.I.O., La Jolla, California, Summer 1977).
  • McCreary, J.P., and W.B. White, 1978: On a theory of the Kuroshio meander. Deep-Sea Res., 26A, 317–320.
  • Moore, D.W., P. Hisard, J.P. McCreary, J. Merle, J.J. O'Brien, J. Picaut, J. Verstraete, and C. Wunsch, 1978: Equatorial adjustment in the eastern Atlantic. Geophys. Res. Lett., 5, 637–640.
  • McCreary, J.P., 1976: Eastern tropical ocean response to changing wind systems: with application to El Niρo. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 6, 632–645.
  • White, W.B., and J.P. McCreary, 1976: On the formation of the Kuroshio meander and its relationship to the large-scale ocean circulation. Deep-Sea Res., 23, 33–47.
  • White, W.B., and J.P. McCreary, 1975: Eastern intensification of ocean spin-down: Application to El Niρo. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 4, 295–303.