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Creator:: Thum, Nicolai
Abstract:: This thesis examines the mechanisms that couple the monthly-averaged atmospheric boundary layer (ABL) to open-ocean sea surface temperature (SST) perturbations on scales of 50-500 km. The observed positive correlation between surface wind speed anomalies and SST anomalies is successfully simulated using the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model. In numerical...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Boundary Layer Coupling to Midlatitude Mesoscale Sea Surface Temperature Anomalies Abstract approved

Creator:: Nakamura, Reina
Abstract:: Atmospheric boundary layers become stably stratified at night over land when the surface becomes colder than the air layer above. In stable nocturnal boundary layers (SNBL), turbulence becomes weak and intermittent, terrain-induced phenomena such as drainage currents or gravity-waves emerge and the surface heterogeneity is enhanced. Because of their complexity...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: turbulent bursts in the neutral atmospheric boundary layer. The VITA method is not optimal for our goal of

Creator:: Heinsch, Faith Ann
Abstract:: Simple models of transpiration, e.g., the Penman-Monteith equation, treat atmospheric conditions as driving variables. In fact, transpiration modifies temperature and humidity throughout the convective boundary layer, creating feedbacks that stabilize the water use of vegetation. This thesis concentrates on the new empirical relationships proposed by Monteith (1995), for developing simple...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: the Atmospheric Boundary Layer: Progress in Modeling Feedback Mechanisms. Abstract approved: Simple

Creator:: Moore, Erin M.
Abstract:: This study concentrates on analysis of LongEZ aircraft data taken offshore of the Atlantic Coast of the United States. Due to the land structure of the region, it was possible to isolate the effect of narrow land on air as it flows offshore. The narrow land (Outer Banks) separates inland...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: internal boundary layer (IBL) over land grows deeper and the eddies presumably grow larger. Larger eddies

Creator:: Frech, Michael C.
Abstract:: A two-scale approach for the turbulent mixing of momentum in an unstable stratified boundary layer is proposed in an attempt to eliminate existing inconsistencies between parameterized mixing of heat and momentum. The parameterization of the large eddy stress is suitable for simple boundary layer models where computational efficiency is important....
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Formulation for the Atmospheric Boundary Layer Abstract approved: A two-scale approach for the turbulent

Creator:: McCandlish, Cole B.
Abstract:: Eight years (1980-87) of twice-daily high-resolution radiosonde data from a tropical mid-Pacific island station are analyzed to generate time series of the planetary boundary layer (PBL) top pressure, an ageostrophic parameter (related to the divergence), and a parameter of mean PBL specific humidity. Sample spectra of these time series are...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Relationship Between Ageostrophy and Dynamical Periodicities of the Tropical Pacific Boundary Layer Abstract

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