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1. Toward Multi-proxy Reconstructions of Hydroclimate over the Contiguous United States from A.D. 500 to Present

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Open Access
Author:
Brouillette, Daniel Joseph
Title:
Toward Multi-proxy Reconstructions of Hydroclimate over the Contiguous United States from A.D. 500 to Present
Graduate Program:
Meteorology
Keywords:
drought
climate variability
hydroclimate
climate
reconstruction
United States
Holocene
PDSI
proxy
File:
Download DanielJBrouillette_MSThesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Michael Mann, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

3. On water resources, downscaling and the chance of future precipitation in the Florida Everglades

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Open Access
Author:
Goldberger, Sreece Dawn
Title:
On water resources, downscaling and the chance of future precipitation in the Florida Everglades
Graduate Program:
Meteorology
Keywords:
Downscaling
Florida
RegCM
precipitation
File:
Download Thesis_Goldberger.pdf
Committee Members:
Michael Mann, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jose Dolores Fuentes, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
David W Titley, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

4. Improving Numerical Weather Forecasts of Tropical Cyclones Through a Better Understanding of Surface and Boundary Layer Processes

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Open Access
Author:
Green, Benjamin Weiss
Title:
Improving Numerical Weather Forecasts of Tropical Cyclones Through a Better Understanding of Surface and Boundary Layer Processes
Graduate Program:
Meteorology
Keywords:
Tropical cyclones
hurricanes
air-sea interaction
numerical weather prediction
weather forecasting
File:
Download bwgPhd_v4_FINAL.pdf
Committee Members:
Fuqing Zhang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Fuqing Zhang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Raymond Gabriel Najjar Jr., Committee Member
Marcelo Chamecki, Committee Member
Jinchao Xu, Special Member
Christopher Davis, Special Member

6. A Sub-km-gridlength Ensemble for Representing Mesogamma Hazard-prediction Uncertainty in the Stable Boundary Layer over Complex Terrain

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Open Access
Author:
Wendoloski, Eric B
Title:
A Sub-km-gridlength Ensemble for Representing Mesogamma Hazard-prediction Uncertainty in the Stable Boundary Layer over Complex Terrain
Graduate Program:
Meteorology
Keywords:
Numerical Weather Prediction
Ensemble Modeling
Stable Boundary Layer
Complex Terrain
Nittany Valley
File:
Download MS_Thesis_Eric_Wendoloski.pdf
Committee Members:
David R Stauffer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

7. Gravity waves in moist baroclinic jet-front systems

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Open Access
Author:
Wei, Junhong
Title:
Gravity waves in moist baroclinic jet-front systems
Graduate Program:
Meteorology
Keywords:
Flow Imbalance
Gravity Waves
Moist Baroclinic Jet-Front Systems
Ray Tracing
Spectral Characteristics
Airborne Measurements
File:
Download JunhongWei.pdf
Committee Members:
Fuqing Zhang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Fuqing Zhang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Steven B Feldstein, Committee Member
Peter R Bannon, Committee Member
Qiang Du, Committee Member

8. dynamics and predictability of tropical cyclones under vertical wind shear

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Open Access
Author:
Tao, Dandan
Title:
dynamics and predictability of tropical cyclones under vertical wind shear
Graduate Program:
Meteorology
Keywords:
vertical wind shear
tropical cyclones
predictability
precession
alignment
rapid intensification
File:
Download dissertation_DandanTao.pdf
Committee Members:
Fuqing Zhang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jenni Evans, Committee Member
Yvette Pamela Richardson, Committee Member
Zhibiao Zhao, Committee Member
Richard Rotunno, Special Member

9. Field Campaign Decision Making in Atmospheric Science Using an Automated Decision Algorithm

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Open Access
Author:
Hanlon, Christopher James
Title:
Field Campaign Decision Making in Atmospheric Science Using an Automated Decision Algorithm
Graduate Program:
Meteorology
Keywords:
decision algorithm
probabilistic forecasting
optimization
dynamic programming
logistic regression
genetic algorithm
File:
Download Hanlon-Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
George Young, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Johannes Verlinde, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Martin Patrick Tingley, Committee Member
Paul Griffin, Committee Member