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Zuojun Yu

Associate Researcher
Affiliate Researcher, Oceanography

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

Phone: (808) 956-8175
Fax: (808) 956-9425
Email:
Webpage: http://www.soest.hawaii.edu/~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–present
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

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.