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Author:

Stefik, Jason Brian

Title:

A Decision Algorithm to Improve Data Collection in Stochastic Environments

Graduate Program:

Meteorology

Keywords:

optimized decision making
self-organizing maps
dynamic programming
resource allocation
field experiments

File:

Download Jason_Stefik_Thesis_Submit.pdf

Committee Members:

Johannes Verlinde, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Johannes Verlinde, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Arthur A Small Iii, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Johnson, Nathaniel Charles

Title:

The Spatial and Temporal Variability of Atmospheric Teleconnection Patterns: A Continuum Perspective

Graduate Program:

Meteorology

Keywords:

Pacific/North American pattern
North Atlantic Oscillation
continuum perspective
self-organizing maps
teleconnection patterns
linear unidimensional scaling

File:

Download Nat_Johnson_dissertation_revised.pdf

Committee Members:

Johannes Verlinde, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Johannes Verlinde, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Eugene Edmund Clothiaux, Committee Member
Steven B Feldstein, Committee Member
Jerry Y Harrington, Committee Member
David Pollard, Committee Member
Hampton Nelson Shirer, Committee Member

Author:

Anderson-Frey, Alexandra Kate

Title:

Statistical Examination of Tornado Report and Warning Near-Storm Environments

Graduate Program:

Meteorology

Keywords:

tornado
quasi-linear convective system
supercell
convection
forecasting
self-organizing maps
kernel density estimation
near-storm environment

File:

Download Anderson-Frey_-_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Yvette Pamela Richardson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Yvette Pamela Richardson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Paul Markowski, Committee Member
David Jonathan Stensrud, Committee Member
Andrew Mark Carleton, Outside Member