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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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:

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Committee Members:

Johannes Verlinde, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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

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

Author:

Staskiewicz, Samantha

Title:

Investigating Mid-Latitude Atmospheric Variability Due to Arctic Sea Ice Loss Using Self-Organizing Maps

Graduate Program:

Meteorology and Atmospheric Science (MS)

Keywords:

Atmospheric Variability
Sea Ice
Arctic
Climate Change
North America
Self-Organizing Maps
SOMs
Machine Learning

File:

Download Staskiewicz_Thesis_2021-_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

David Stensrud, Program Head/Chair
Melissa Marie Gervais, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chris E Forest, Committee Member
Colin M. Zarzycki, Committee Member

Author:

Liew, Min

Title:

Permafrost Degradation and Coastal Erosion and Their Potential Impacts on Civil Infrastructure in the Arctic

Graduate Program:

Civil Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

permafrost
erosion
degradation
thermo-hydro-mechanical
infrastructure
thaw
consolidation
Arctic
coastal
settlement

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Committee Members:

Patrick Fox, Major Field Member
Chris McComb, Outside Unit & Field Member
Ming Xiao, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Richard Alley, Outside Field Member
Tieyuan Zhu, Outside Unit Member
Patrick Fox, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Del Vecchio, Joanmarie

Title:

Appalachian pasts, Arctic futures: permafrost landscape response to warming

Graduate Program:

Geosciences (PHD)

Keywords:

geomorphology
permafrost
periglacial
cosmogenic
radiocarbon
morphometry
Arctic
Alaska
Appalachia
Last Glacial Maximum

File:

Download DelVecchio_dissertation_2021.pdf

Committee Members:

Sarah Ivory, Major Field Member
Erica Smithwick, Outside Unit & Field Member
Elizabeth Hajek, Major Field Member
Roman DiBiase, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Mark Patzkowsky, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Ritchie, Michelle

Title:

A Novel Framework for the Development of a Spatial Social-Ecological Systems Model of Climate Change Adaptation: An Arctic Case Study Application in North Central Iceland

Graduate Program:

Geography (PHD)

Keywords:

human-environment geography
social-ecological systems
Arctic
climate change
adaptation

File:

Download Ritchie_Dissertation_2021.pdf

Committee Members:

William Easterling, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Erica Smithwick, Co-Chair of Committee
Karl Zimmerer, Major Field Member
Richard Alley, Outside Unit & Field Member
Brian King, Program Head/Chair