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201. Assessing the uncertainties of future changes in ice sheets and polar climate related to internal climate variability and climate model structural uncertainties

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Open Access
Author:
Tsai, Chii-yun
Title:
Assessing the uncertainties of future changes in ice sheets and polar climate related to internal climate variability and climate model structural uncertainties
Graduate Program:
Meteorology
Keywords:
ice sheet
climate modeling
ice sheet modeling
uncertainty
internal climate variability
atmospheric science
statistical model
model structural uncertainty
climate
future climate change
polar climate
File:
Download Tsai_Dissertation_final.pdf
Committee Members:
Chris Eliot Forest, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chris Eliot Forest, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David Pollard, Committee Member
Steven J Greybush, Committee Member
Murali Haran, Outside Member

202. Formation of Arctic mixed-phase stratocumulus clouds in advecting air masses

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Open Access
Author:
Simpfendoerfer, Lucien Felix
Title:
Formation of Arctic mixed-phase stratocumulus clouds in advecting air masses
Graduate Program:
Meteorology
Keywords:
Arctic
Arctic Amplification
Stratocumulus
Atmospheric radiative transfer
Single Column Model
Cloud-top humidity inversions
Formation of Arctic stratocumulus
Climate change
Cloud-driven mixed layers
Mixed layers
Arctic clouds
Arctic climate
Altocumulus
Layered cloud
File:
Download MS_Thesis_Simpfendoerfer_FINAL.pdf
Committee Members:
Johannes Verlinde, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

203. Southern Ocean Mesoscale Eddy-Mean Flow Interaction, Mixed Layer Dynamics, and Their Relationships with the Southern Annular Mode

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Open Access
Author:
Li, Qian
Title:
Southern Ocean Mesoscale Eddy-Mean Flow Interaction, Mixed Layer Dynamics, and Their Relationships with the Southern Annular Mode
Graduate Program:
Meteorology
Keywords:
Southern Ocean Dynamics
Ocean Mesoscale Dynamics
Ocean Mixed Layer Dynamics
Jet-Scale Overturning Circulation
Antarctic Circumpolar Current
Southern Annular Mode
File:
Download Li_Dissertation_Final.pdf
Committee Members:
Sukyoung Lee, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sukyoung Lee, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Raymond Gabriel Najjar Jr., Committee Member
Peter R. Bannon, Committee Member
David Pollard, Outside Member

204. KORUS-AQ hydrogen oxides chemistry of diverse tropospheric environments

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Open Access
Author:
Brosius, Alexandra Leontire
Title:
KORUS-AQ hydrogen oxides chemistry of diverse tropospheric environments
Graduate Program:
Meteorology
Keywords:
Atmospheric oxidation
HOx chemistry
ozone
air quality
field work
KORUS-AQ
atmospheric science
pollution
aircraft campaign
Korea
troposphere
ATHOS
File:
Download Brosius-MS-thesis_Nov-submission.pdf
Committee Members:
William Henry Brune, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Matthew Robert Kumjian, Committee Member
Gregory S Jenkins, Committee Member

206. ENSEMBLE SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS OF ICE FLOW SIMULATIONS WITH DIFFERENT PARAMETRIC MODEL UNCERTAINTIES

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Open Access
Author:
Li, Wenjie
Title:
ENSEMBLE SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS OF ICE FLOW SIMULATIONS WITH DIFFERENT PARAMETRIC MODEL UNCERTAINTIES
Graduate Program:
Meteorology
Keywords:
ensemble sensitivity
ice flow
basal shear stress
File:
Download Thesis_final_Wendall_0919.pdf
Committee Members:
Fuqing Zhang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Richard B Alley, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Byron Richard Parizek, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Johannes Verlinde, Committee Member

208. Radar measurements and simulations of ice crystal growth in Arctic mixed-phase clouds

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Open Access
Author:
Schrom, Robert Stephen
Title:
Radar measurements and simulations of ice crystal growth in Arctic mixed-phase clouds
Graduate Program:
Meteorology
Keywords:
Radar
Ice crystals
Scattering
Microphysics
File:
Download dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Matthew Robert Kumjian, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Matthew Robert Kumjian, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Johannes Verlinde, Committee Member
Eugene Edmund Clothiaux, Committee Member
Kultegin Aydin, Outside Member
Jerry Y Harrington, Committee Member

209. Understanding the oxidation of biogenic volatile organic compounds in the Amazon rainforest: field observations and model results

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Open Access
Author:
Wei, Dandan
Title:
Understanding the oxidation of biogenic volatile organic compounds in the Amazon rainforest: field observations and model results
Graduate Program:
Meteorology
Keywords:
Biogenic organic compounds
Amazon rainforest
Ozone
Isoprene
atmospheric oxidation
hydroxyl radicals
turbulent mixing
File:
Download Penn_State_University_Thesis_v2.pdf
Committee Members:
Jose D. Fuentes, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jose D. Fuentes, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
William H. Brune, Committee Member
Thomas Lauvaux, Committee Member
Miriam Freedman maf43@psu.edu, Outside Member
John Orlando, Special Member

210. Using Dual-Polarization Radar Information to Investigate Clear-Air Atmospheric Phenomena

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Open Access
Author:
Banghoff, John
Title:
Using Dual-Polarization Radar Information to Investigate Clear-Air Atmospheric Phenomena
Graduate Program:
Meteorology
Keywords:
Radar
Meteorology
Boundary Layer
Remote Sensing
Dual-Polarization Radar
Horizontal Convective Rolls
Cellular Convection
Clear-Air
File:
Download Banghoff_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
David Jonathan Stensrud, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Matthew Robert Kumjian, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
George Spencer Young, Committee Member