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Author:: Wieczorek, Rebecca A.
Title:: Weathering responses to rapid climate change: analysis of a high resolution osmium isotope record at the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: PETM
osmium
Spitsbergen
Arctic
weathering
File:: Download Thesis_final_draft6.pdf
Committee Members:: Matthew Scott Fantle, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Lee Kump, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: VanderBerg, Justin
Title:: Modeling the Impacts of Arctic Climate Change on Access and Development
Graduate Program:: Geography
Keywords:: Arctic
Climate Change
Economics
Development
Access
Accessibility
Infrastructure
Scenario Analysis
Location Analysis
File:: Download VanderBerg_2013_Dissertation_Finalv3.pdf
Committee Members:: William Ewart Easterling Iii, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andrew Mark Carleton, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Anthony Kelmelis, Committee Member
Dr Anastasia Shcherbakova, Special Member

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Author:: Kerby, Jeffrey T
Title:: Phenology in a chancing Arctic: Linking trophic interactions across scales
Graduate Program:: Ecology
Keywords:: Phenology
mismatch
Arctic
Greenland
Rangifer
Reindeer
Climate Change
Phenocam
File:: Download Jeff_Kerby_PhD_Dissertation_20_Nov_2015.pdf
Committee Members:: Eric S Post, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eric S Post, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Erica A H Smithwick, Committee Member
Douglas Miller, Committee Member
Tyler Wagner, Committee Member

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Author:: Cahoon, Sean Michael
Title:: The biophysical and carbon-climate feedbacks of shrub expansion in the Arctic
Graduate Program:: Ecology
Keywords:: Arctic
Betula nana
climate change
CO2 exchange
Poa pratensis
shrub expansion
File:: Download Cahoon_dissertation_Nov19_2015.pdf
Committee Members:: Eric S Post, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eric S Post, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David Eissenstat, Committee Member
Armen Ricardo Kemanian, Committee Member
Matthew David Hurteau, Committee Member

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Author:: Watts, David Ami
Title:: ARCTIC VEGETATION RESPONSES TO GLOBAL CHANGE: REPRODUCTION, GROWTH, AND CONSEQUENCES FOR BIODIVERSITY
Graduate Program:: Ecology
Keywords:: climate change
global change
seed ecology
biodiversity
ecosystem function
clonal plants
genotyping
plant herbivore interactions
Greenland
Arctic
tundra
File:: Download DAW_dissertation_final.pdf
Committee Members:: Eric S Post, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eric S Post, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Tomas A Carlo-Joglar, Committee Member
Margot Wilkinson Kaye, Committee Member
Erica A H Smithwick, Outside Member
Tracy Lee Langkilde, Committee Member

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Author:: John, Christian Lee
Title:: Against the Spring Wave: Ungulate Migration Phenology in a Changing Arctic
Graduate Program:: Ecology
Keywords:: Migration
Phenology
Arctic
Climate Change
Caribou
Remote Sensing
File:: Download Thesis_ChristianJohn_FINAL.pdf
Committee Members:: Eric Post, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Douglas Alan Miller, Committee Member
Erica A H Smithwick, Committee Member

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Author:: Lai, Hui Wen
Title:: An observation and modeling study of Arctic multilayered mixed-phase boundary layer clouds
Graduate Program:: Meteorology
Keywords:: Arctic
Boundary layer meteorology
Large eddy simulation
Mixed-phase clouds
Roll clouds
File:: Download MSthesis_final_Lai.pdf
Committee Members:: Eugene E. Clothiaux, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Fuqing Zhang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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

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Author:: Di Domenico, Nicolle
Title:: Quantifying the Spatiotemporal Inundation Patterns of Tundra Polygonal Ground and Its Relationship with Arctic Climate
Graduate Program:: Geography (MS)
Keywords:: geomorphology
Arctic
polygonal ground
geography
remote sensing
machine learning
climate change
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Committee Members:: Shujie Wang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Manzhu Yu, Committee Member
Brian King, Program Head/Chair
Elizabeth Herndon, Special Signatory

Open Access

Author:: Lin, Stephanie
Title:: Effects of Turbulence on Halogens Causing Ozone Depletion
Graduate Program:: Meteorology and Atmospheric Science (MS)
Keywords:: Arctic
Halogens
Chemistry
Ozone
Meteorology
File:: Download LinStephanie_mastersthesis_final_revised.pdf
Committee Members:: Jose Dolores Fuentes, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
William Henry Brune, Committee Member
David Stensrud, Program Head/Chair
Jerry Y Harrington, Committee Member
Miriam Arak Freedman, Committee Member

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