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Author:: Libardoni, Alex Gordon
Title:: Improving Constraints on Climate System Properties with Additional Data and New Methods
Graduate Program:: Meteorology
Keywords:: Climate sensitivity
Ocean diffusivity
Aerosol forcing
Transient climate response
Climate models
Climate change
Internal climate variability
Climate model evaluation
Climate model calibration
Uncertainty quantification
Radial basis functions
Climate sensitivity
Ocean diffusivity
Aerosol forcing
Transient climate response
Climate models
Climate change
Internal climate variability
Climate model evaluation
Climate model calibration
Uncertainty quantification
Radial basis functions
File:: Download AGLibardoni-Dissertation_FINAL.pdf
Committee Members:: Chris Eliot Forest, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Souza Freire Grion, Livia
Title:: CHARACTERIZATION AND MODELING OF ATMOSPHERIC FLOW WITHIN AND ABOVE PLANT CANOPIES
Graduate Program:: Meteorology
Keywords:: canopy flows
atmospheric boundary layer
atmospheric turbulence
File:: Download LiviaSouzaFreireGrion-Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Marcelo Chamecki, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chris E. Forest, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jose D. Fuentes, Committee Member
Xiaofeng Liu, Committee Member
NA, Outside Member

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Author:: Diaz Isaac, Liza Ivelisse
Title:: EVALUATION OF ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT AND ITS IMPACT ON CO2 MIXING RATIOS
Graduate Program:: Meteorology
Keywords:: Carbon Dioxide
Atmospheric Transport Errors
Ensemble
WRF
Multi-Physics
Genetic Algorithm
Simulated Annealing
Calibration
Down-Selection
Atmospheric Inversion
File:: Download PhD_Dissertation_LizaDiazIsaac_2017_FINAL.pdf
Committee Members:: Kenneth J. Davis, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kenneth J. Davis, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Fuqing Zhang, Committee Member
Chris E. Forest, Committee Member
Andrew Carleton, Outside Member
Thomas Lauvaux, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Natasha Miles, Committee Member

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Author:: Walker, Amanda Mae
Title:: A FISCALLY-BASED SCALE FOR TROPICAL CYCLONE STORM SURGE
Graduate Program:: Meteorology
Keywords:: storm surge
meteorology
tropical meteorology
hurricane
tropical cyclone
scale
kuykendall scale
inundation
File:: Download Masters_Thesis_-_Amanda_Mae_Walker.pdf
Committee Members:: Dr. David Titley, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr. Michael Mann, Committee Member
Dr. Raymond Najjar, Committee Member

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Author:: Goss, Michael
Title:: On the Impact of the MJO and ENSO Convection on the Extratropical Circulation and Temperature Fields
Graduate Program:: Meteorology
Keywords:: MJO
Madden Julian Osciallation
ENSO
El Nino/Southern Oscillation
PNA
Pacific/North American Pattern
Large scale dynamics
Tropical-Extratropical Interactions
Arctic warming
File:: Download Draft_Final.pdf
Committee Members:: Steven B. Feldstein, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Steven B. Feldstein, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Sukyoung Lee, Committee Member
Peter R. Bannon, Committee Member
Andrew Carleton, Outside Member

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Author:: Dennis, Eli James
Title:: Exploring the Sensitivity of Convection Initiation to Grid Spacing in Convection-Allowing NAM Simulations
Graduate Program:: Meteorology
Keywords:: Convection initiation
NWP
File:: Download Dennis_Thesis_revised.pdf
Committee Members:: Yvette P. Richardson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Paul M. Markowski, Committee Member
David J. Stensrud, Committee Member

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Author:: Anderson-Frey, Alexandra Kate
Title:: Statistical Examination of Tornado Report and Warning Near-Storm Environments
Graduate Program:: Meteorology
Keywords:: tornado
quasi-linear convective system
supercell
convection
forecasting
self-organizing maps
kernel density estimation
near-storm environment
File:: Download Anderson-Frey_-_Dissertation_Final.pdf
Committee Members:: Yvette Pamela Richardson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Yvette Pamela Richardson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Paul Markowski, Committee Member
David Jonathan Stensrud, Committee Member
Andrew Mark Carleton, Outside Member

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Author:: Loeffler, Scott David
Title:: Dual-polarization signatures in nonsupercell tornadic storms
Graduate Program:: Meteorology
Keywords:: Severe storms
Radar
Polarimetric radar
Tornadoes
File:: Download MS_Thesis_Scott_Loeffler.pdf
Committee Members:: Matthew Robert Kumjian, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Paul Markowski, Committee Member
Yvette Pamela Richardson, Committee Member

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Author:: Colbert, Michael Robert
Title:: Exploring the Sensitivity of Convective Storm Characteristics and Dynamics to Grid Spacing in Convection-Allowing North American Mesoscale Forecast System Simulations
Graduate Program:: Meteorology
Keywords:: NAM
numerical weather prediction
severe weather
convection
tornadoes
resolution
grid spacing
supercells
CAM
convection-allowing models
File:: Download colbert_MS_thesis_2017_upload.pdf
Committee Members:: Paul Markowski, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Yvette Richardson, Committee Member
David Stensrud, Committee Member

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Author:: Chen, Bicheng
Title:: The characteristics and modelling of oil dispersion in the ocean mixed layer from underwater blowout spill accidents
Graduate Program:: Meteorology
Keywords:: oil transport
ocean mixed layer
turbulence
LES
ENDLESS
File:: Download Chen_dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Marcelo Chamecki, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chris E. Forest, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Marcelo Chamecki, Committee Member
Sukyoung Lee, Committee Member
Francesco Costanzo, Outside Member

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