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Author:

Nowotarski, Christopher

Title:

Simulating Supercell Thunderstorms in a Convective Boundary Layer: Effects on Storm and Boundary Layer Properties

Graduate Program:

Meteorology

Keywords:

Supercell thunderstorms
tornadoes
simulations
convective boundary layer
atmospheric dynamics

File:

Download cjn_dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Paul Markowski, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Paul Markowski, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Yvette Pamela Richardson, Committee Member
Hampton Nelson Shirer, Committee Member
Lyle Norman Long, Committee Member
George Bryan, Special Member

Author:

Miller, David Owen

Title:

Application of Image-processing Techniques for Determining Convective Boundary-layer Depth from Aerosol-lidar Measurements

Graduate Program:

Meteorology

Keywords:

convective boundary layer
entrainment zone
transition zone
image segmentation
lidar

File:

Download Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Timothy Joseph Kane, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Timothy Joseph Kane, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
George Young, Committee Member
Sue Ellen Haupt, Committee Member
Jack W Langelaan, Committee Member
William Henry Brune, Committee Member

Author:

Comer, Christina

Title:

Evolution of Monthly Mean Convective Boundary Layer Depths over the United States Detected from WSR-88D Radar Observations

Graduate Program:

Meteorology and Atmospheric Science (MS)

Keywords:

boundary layer
radar meteorology
convective boundary layer

File:

Download Comer_thesis_vf.pdf

Committee Members:

Paul Markowski, Program Head/Chair
David Jonathan Stensrud, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Yunji Zhang, Committee Member
Matthew Robert Kumjian, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Stouffer, Braedon

Title:

An Investigation of Convective Boundary Layer Depth and Entrainment Zone Properties Using Dual-Pol Radar Observations

Graduate Program:

Meteorology and Atmospheric Science (MS)

Keywords:

radar
boundary layer
entrainment
entrainment zone
convective boundary layer
dual-pol
differential reflectivity
zdr
parameterizations

File:

Download Braedon_Stouffer_Masters_Thesis_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Paul Markowski, Program Head/Chair
David Jonathan Stensrud, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Yunji Zhang, Committee Member
Matthew Robert Kumjian, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor