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  • Analysis of Surface Heat Flux Anomalies to Understand Recent Northeast Pacific Marine Heatwave Events

    Creator:
    Yi-Wei, Chen
    Abstract:
    Several large-scale marine heatwave events occurred during the last 10 years in the North Pacific. A particular extreme marine heatwave in the North Pacific called the blob created an unprecedented high peak of sea surface temperature (SST) during 2013/14. MHW events had significant impacts on downstream weather and precipitation patterns...
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    Masters Thesis
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    value of 1004 𝐽 ∗ 𝑘𝑔3, ∗ 𝐾3,; 𝐿% is the latent heat of evaporation, 2.5 ∗ 10! 𝐽 ∗ 𝑘𝑔3,; 𝐶

  • The Occurrence of Coastal Sea Ice Leads and their Impact on the Beaufort Gyre

    Creator:
    Lewis, Benjamin J.
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    Leads are long fractures wide enough for a ship to travel through the ice pack. Sea ice acts as a barrier between the ocean and the atmosphere, whereas leads allow the transfer of heat and moisture between the two. Leads play a role for marine mammals and are hunting grounds...
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    Masters Thesis
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    OF Benjamin J. Lewis for the degree of Master of Science in Ocean, Earth, and Atmospheric

  • Evolution of Turbulence, Heat Content, and Freshwater Lenses in the Diurnal Warm Layer

    Creator:
    Moulin, Aurélie J.
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    Thorough understanding of the mechanisms controlling the temperature structure in the surface mixed layer of the ocean and, in particular, accurate values of sea surface temperature are critical for properly parameterizing air-sea heat exchange and quantifying the amount of heat redistributed below the surface. It is however difficult to obtain...
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    Dissertation
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    AN ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF Aurélie J. Moulin for

  • Vertical Structure of the Lower Troposphere in a Changing Arctic

    Creator:
    Watkins, Daniel M.
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    The Arctic climate system is changing dramatically as a response to rising atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations. Key indicators of Arctic change include thinning and retreating of Arctic pack ice, thawing permafrost, greening tundra, and rising surface temperatures. The structure of the atmospheric boundary layer influences and is influenced by processes...
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    Dissertation
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    many interesting tangential discussions. To Eric Skyllingstad, Simon de Szoeke, and Justin Wettstein

  • Marine Low Clouds : Radiation, Turbulence, and Forecasting

    Creator:
    Verlinden, Kathryn L.
    Abstract:
    High-resolution ship-based observations of a nearly uniform stratocumulus deck in the southeast Pacific during 17 days of the 2008 VOCALS regional experiment elucidate radiation and turbulence in the marine boundary layer (MBL). A new method for prescribing observations-based cloud properties to the Rapid Radiative Transfer Model is presented and applied...
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    Dissertation

  • Analyzing the present and future Pacific-North American teleconnection using global and regional climate models

    Creator:
    Allan, Andrea M.
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    In this thesis I present the results of a comprehensive assessment of the Pacific-North American (PNA) teleconnection pattern in general circulation models (GCMs) and a regional climate model (RCM). The PNA teleconnection pattern is a quasi-stationary wave field over the North Pacific and North America that has long been recognized...
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    Dissertation
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    committee, Nick Pisias, Julia Jones, and Eric Skyllingstad for continuously supporting me throughout the

  • Semidiurnal Atmospheric Tide Driven Superinertial Oscillation on the Texas-Louisiana Shelf

    Creator:
    Hsu, Fucent Hsuan Wei
    Abstract:
    Basin-scale superinertial oceanic tides have been observed globally to resonate with the continental shelf (e.g., the Patagonian Shelf) with a clear theoretical framework. However, the response of the shelf to atmospheric tides – another basin-scale forcing – has not been discussed. This study explores this response using a prominent S2...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Robert Hetland to this work, the inteletcual discussion with my committe members (Eric Skyllingstad

  • Linking dynamics of the near-surface flow to deeper boundary layer forcing in the nocturnal boundary layer

    Creator:
    Smoot, Alexander R.
    Abstract:
    Weak-wind flow in the nocturnal boundary is one of the most poorly understood problems in the field of meteorology. The understanding of weak-wind flows is essential for the improvement of regulatory dispersion models which are currently rendered invalid under weak-wind conditions and stable stratification. Recently there have been increased efforts...
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    Masters Thesis
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    completing my thesis research. I also owe my degree to Dr. Eric Skyllingstad, Dr. Simon de Szoeke, and Dr

  • An Experimental Investigation of Interstitial Air Movement in Seasonal Snow

    Creator:
    Drake, Stephen A.
    Abstract:
    Atmospheric pressure changes do not stop at the permeable snow surface but rather propagate into it. These pressure changes range from high-amplitude, low-frequency events caused by seasonal cycles and synoptic weather systems to small-amplitude, high-frequency events caused by topographic features and turbulence. The effect of pressure changes on interstitial air...
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    Dissertation
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    committee members: Dr. Jennifer Hutchings, Dr. John Selker and Dr. Eric Skyllingstad. For his