1. Diagnosing Trends in Tropical Pacific Sea Surface Temperatures Using a Heuristic Atmospheric Longwave Emissivity Model Open Access Author: Milcarek, Colton Title: Diagnosing Trends in Tropical Pacific Sea Surface Temperatures Using a Heuristic Atmospheric Longwave Emissivity Model Graduate Program: Meteorology and Atmospheric Science Keywords: emissivityradiative transferatmospheric dynamicsclimate changewalker circulationatmospheric thermodynamics File: Download thesis_final_SU21.pdf Committee Members: Sukyoung Lee, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorEugene Edmund Clothiaux, Committee MemberJerry Y Harrington, Committee MemberDavid J. Stensrud, Program Head/Chair