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Zuojun Yu Associate ResearcherAffiliate Researcher, Oceanography [Past Staff] International Pacific Research Center School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology University of Hawaii Honolulu, Hawaii 96822 Email: Webpage: http://iprc.soest.hawaii.edu/users/zuojun/ |
Education
- 1992 - Ph.D. (Physical Oceanography), Nova Southeastern University, USA
- 1984 - M.S. (Tropical Meteorology), Zhongshan University, China
- 1982 - B.S. (Marine Meteorology), Ocean University of Qingdao, China
Research Interests
- Simulation of large-scale ocean circulations
- Ocean surface-mixed-layer dynamics
- Eddy-mean flow interaction
- Evaluation of data-assimilation products and forcing fields for driving ocean models
- Ecosystem modeling, with a focus on oxygen minimum zones at depth
Professional Experience
- Associate Researcher, IPRC, SOEST, University of Hawaii, July 2000 – July 2015
- Research Scientist, JISAO, University of Washington, October 1996 – June 2000
- Research Associate, JCESS, University of Maryland, Octover 1994 – 1996
- Research Associate/Research Scientist, USRA, NASA/Goddard Space
Flight Center, Maryland, October 1992 – 1994 - Research Assistant, Nova Southeastern University, Florida, USA, September 1986 – 1992
- Research Scientist, Zhongshan University, Guangdong, China, December 1984 – 1986
- Research Assistant, Zhongshan University, Guangdong, China, February 1982 – 1984
Refereed Publications
- McCreary, J.P., Z. Yu, R.R. Hood, P.N. Vinayachandran, R. Furue, A. Ishida, and K.J. Richards, 2013: Dynamics of the Indian-Ocean oxygen minimum zones. Prog. Oceanogr., 112-113, 15-37, doi:10.1016/j.pocean.2013.03.002. IPRC-969.
- Furue, R., J.P. McCreary, and Z. Yu, 2009: Dynamics of the northern Tsuchiya Jet. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 39 (9), 2024-2051.
- Yaremchuk, M., J. McCreary, Z. Yu, and R. Furue, 2009: The South China Sea throughflow retrieved from climatological data. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 39 (3), 753-767.
- 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.
- 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.
- Yu, Z., and J. Potemra, 2006: Generation mechanism for the intraseasonal variability in the Indo-Australian basin. J. Geophys. Res.-Oceans, 111, C01013, doi:10.1029/2005JC003023.
- 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.
- 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.
- Yu, Z., N. Maximenko, S.-P. Xie, and M. Nonaka, 2003: On the termination of the Hawaiian Lee Countercurrent. Geophys. Res. Lett., 30 (5), 1215, doi:10.1029/2002GL016710.
- McCreary, J.P., P. Lu, and Z. Yu, 2002: Dynamics of the Pacific subsurface countercurrents. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 32, 2379-2404.
- Yu, Z., 2001: Validating precipitation products using an ocean model. Dynamics of Atmospheric and Oceanic Circulations and Climate, Edited by the Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, 521-529.
- 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.
- Yu, Z., and D.W. Moore, 2000: Validating the NSCAT winds in the vicinity of the Pacific Intertropical Convergence Zone. Geophys. Res. Lett., 27, 2121-2124.
- Kelly, K.A., S. Dickinson, and Z. Yu, 1999: NSCAT tropical wind stress maps: implications for improving ocean modeling, J. Geophys. Res., 104, 11,291-11,310.
- Yu, Z., and P.S. Schopf, 1997: Vertical Eddy Mixing in the Tropical Upper Ocean: its influence on zonal currents . J. Phys. Oceanogr., 27, 1447-1458.
- 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.
- Yu, Z., J.P. McCreary, and J.A. Proehl, 1995: Meridional Asymmetry and Energetics of Tropical Instability Waves, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 25, 2997-3007.
- McCreary J.P., and Z. Yu., 1992: Equatorial Dynamics in a 2½ -layer Model, Prog. in Oceanogr., 29, 61-132.