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Author:

Hamilton, Holly Laurielle

Title:

Relationships between rainfall characteristics and environmental predictors in the West African Region

Graduate Program:

Meteorology

Keywords:

Precipitation
West African Monsoon
topography
African Easterly Waves
African Easterly Jet
rainfall
mesoscale convective systems
regional modeling
Weather and Research Forecasting model
WRF

File:

Download HAMILTON-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Jenni Evans, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Jensen, Anders Alstrup

Title:

Modeling ice particle aspect ratio evolution during riming

Graduate Program:

Meteorology

Keywords:

ice
microphysics
modeling
rime
riming
snowflake

File:

Download jensen_dissertation_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Jerry Y Harrington, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Johannes Verlinde, Committee Member
Eugene Edmund Clothiaux, Committee Member
Miriam Arak Freedman, Committee Member
Hugh Morrison, Special Member

Author:

Melhauser, Christopher Lee

Title:

Practical Predictability of Tropical Cyclones: Hurricanes Karl (2010), Sandy (2012), and Edouard (2014)

Graduate Program:

Meteorology

Keywords:

tropical cyclones
predictability
numerical weather prediction
data assimilation
airborne radar
diurnal cycle

File:

Download Melhauser_Dissertation_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Fuqing Zhang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Fuqing Zhang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Eugene Edmund Clothiaux, Committee Member
Jerry Y Harrington, Committee Member
Steven J Greybush, Committee Member
Zhibiao Zhao, Committee Member

Author:

Tobin, Dana Marie

Title:

Polarimetric and Thermodynamic Observations of Hydrometeor Refreezing

Graduate Program:

Meteorology

Keywords:

ice pellets
microphysics
refreezing
polarimetric
dual-polarization
radar
wet-bulb temperature

File:

Download 1-Tobin_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Matthew Robert Kumjian, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jerry Y Harrington, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Yvette Pamela Richardson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Stauffer, Ryan Michael

Title:

Linkages among U.S. Ozonesonde Profile Variability, Meteorology, and Surface Ozone Measurements based on Self-Organizing Map Clustering

Graduate Program:

Meteorology

Keywords:

Ozone
Radiosondes
Climatology
Meteorology

File:

Download Stauffer_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Anne Mee Thompson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
William Henry Brune, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
George Spencer Young, Committee Member
John Harlim, Committee Member

Author:

Jiang, Zhiyuan

Title:

Retrieving Maximum Dimension, Aspect Ratio, and Orientation of Ice Particles from Their Two-Dimensional Projections

Graduate Program:

Meteorology

Keywords:

ice particle
two-dimensional projection
maximum dimension
aspect ratio
orientation
measurement

File:

Download MS_thesis_Zhiyuan.pdf

Committee Members:

Johannes Verlinde, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Elliott, Kyle A

Title:

Combining Radar and Aircraft Observations to Investigate the Kinematic and Microphysical Properties of the 20 May 2011 Squall Line

Graduate Program:

Meteorology

Keywords:

radar
aircraft
meteorology
squall line
midlatitude
dual-wavelength ratio
reflectivity
correlation coefficient
Cloud Imaging Probe
Rear Inflow Jet
thermodynamics
microphysics
mesoscale
sublimation
aggregation
vapor deposition
MC3E

File:

Download MS_Thesis_Kyle_Elliott.pdf

Committee Members:

Matthew Robert Kumjian, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Katona, Branden Thomas

Title:

Assessing the Influence of Topography on Convective Storm Environments Using High-resolution Operational Model Output

Graduate Program:

Meteorology

Keywords:

convection
topography
severe storms
storms
convective environments

File:

Download btkatona_MS_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Paul Markowski, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Yvette Pamela Richardson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Matthew Robert Kumjian, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Hanson, Glen Steven

Title:

Impact of Assimilating Surface Pressure Observations from Smartphones on a Regional, High Resolution Ensemble Forecast: Observing System Simulation Experiments

Graduate Program:

Meteorology

Keywords:

data assimilation
EnKF
smartphone
surface pressure

File:

Download Hanson_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Steven J Greybush, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Creedon, Ryan P

Title:

Seasonal and regional variability in turbulence below the mixed layer in the North Pacific Ocean

Graduate Program:

Meteorology

Keywords:

meteorology
oceanography
turbulence
diffusivity
mixed layer
Richardson number

File:

Download 1-Creedon_Thesis_v10_Grad_formatted.pdf

Committee Members:

Raymond Gabriel Najjar Jr., Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Meghan F Cronin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Marcelo Chamecki, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Johannes Verlinde, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor