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  • Reducing Biogeochemical Models with an Automated Reduction Method

    Creator:
    Klee, Emily
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    Modeling elementary chemical reactions in ocean fluid dynamics simulations requires significant computing resources, which can be diminished with model reduction techniques. Submesoscale ocean turbulence and biogeochemical reactions in the ocean occur on approximately the same time scale, 105 seconds. This similarity in time scales indicates a strong coupling between these...
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    AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Emily Frances Klee for the

  • Pre-clinical Investigation of MARS CT for use in Bone Quality Assessment

    Creator:
    Leary, Celeste I.
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    Bone strength and fracture resistivity are related to a variety of factors encompassed in what is referred to as bone quality. However, bone quality is not a well-defined concept; therefore individual fracture risk cannot be predicted accurately, and osteoporosis treatment monitoring remains di cult. Clinically available imaging modalities use bone...
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    Emily Shroyer for being willing to be on my Masters defence committee. You made putting my committee

  • Detection of Physical and Biological Fronts in the Northern California Current System and the Drivers Behind Their Seasonal to Interannual Variability

    Creator:
    Jamil, Aliya L.
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    Oceanic fronts mark the boundary between two water masses and are often sites of complex bio-physical processes and multi-trophic level interactions, making them particularly important features in marine ecosystems. As global climate change induces multi-scale shifts in the driving physical mechanisms of fronts, spatiotemporal tracking of frontal variability can aid...
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    attention to detail. Thank you to my committee members, Emily Shroyer and Virginia Weis, for their

  • Modeling Arctic melt ponds using a resolved ice model with GCM forcing

    Creator:
    Collins, Lee E.
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    The albedo of Arctic sea ice depends greatly on the formation of melt ponds. These ponds form in depressions on the ice as surface snow melts during the summer months, and their location is determined mainly by the initial snow topography. Using a high resolution sea ice model forced with...
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    : ____________________________________________________________________ Karen M. Shell Eric D. Skyllingstad The albedo of Arctic sea ice depends greatly on the

  • On the nearshore impact of wave energy converter arrays

    Creator:
    O'Dea, Annika Magnuson
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    Radiation stresses, defined as the excess flow of momentum due to the presence of waves (Longuet-Higgins, 1964), are the main drivers behind the cross-shore and longshore forcing that results in wave setup, set-down, and longshore currents (e.g. Svendsen, 2006). Longshore currents entrain and transport sediment and therefore play an important...
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    , Peter Ruggiero, Tuba Özkan-Haller, and Emily Shroyer for their feedback. Finally, I would like to

  • Depth-dependence of surf zone eddies : a study at Duck, NC

    Creator:
    Aiken, Rebecca A.
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    Surf zone eddies (f < 0.01 Hz) are important in nearshore mixing, shoreline erosion, the distribution of pollutants, and ecological processes, such as offshore transport of larvae. Surf zone eddies have traditionally been treated as two-dimensional features with horizontal length scales larger than the local water depth. Studies by Lippmann...
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    and magnitude of the peak alongshore current increase to 1m and 1.25 m/s, respectively. Under these

  • The Fully-Coupled One-Dimensional Arctic Surface Energy Budget: Climatology and Projections

    Creator:
    Kula, Michael R.
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    Arctic sea ice concentration and volume have declined due to greenhouse gas radiative forcing and an overall positive climate feedback. At the same time, there have been noteworthy weather and climate circulation anomalies both within the Arctic and extending through the midlatitudes and even into the tropics, leading some studies...
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    Masters Thesis
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    ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The Author expresses sincere appreciation to Justin J. Wettstein, Emily Shroyer, and Jennifer

  • Transboundary Water Institutions in Developing Countries : A Case Study in Afghanistan

    Creator:
    Malyar, Idrees
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    This study addresses the questions: 1) What kind of transboundary water management institution is needed for Afghanistan; and 2) what expertise is required for the institution and which stakeholders should be involved? The establishment of a transboundary water resources management institution/unit is an essential step for Afghanistan in order to...
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    thank-you to Dr. Emily Shroyer for serving as my graduate representative. Without the insightful

  • Efficacy of Reusing NanoDot OSL Dosimeters Using Optical Bleaching

    Creator:
    Graeper, Gavin
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    Use of optically stimulated luminescence detectors (OSLDs) is rapidly increasing in the area of in vivo dosimetry. OSLDs are relatively new to the market compared to their main competitor, thermoluminescent detectors (TLDs). Currently, not all characteristics of OSLDs have been fully investigated. Landauer’s nanoDot OSLDs were used in conjunction with...
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    Section 5.7). The electron released can be from any of the K, L, M, or N shells. If the electron is

  • How Can the Assessment of the Effectiveness of RBOs Affect Their Institutional Arrangement?

    Creator:
    Chemayeva, Nataliya
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    Basin-wide approach in managing water resources is believed to be the most effective way in addressing upstream and downstream flows. However, this poses certain challenges as water basins tend to be transboundary and include a plethora of stakeholders and their interests. In order to avoid conflictive and rival behavior riparian...
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    Committee members, Dr. Aaron Wolf, Dr. Jan Breitling, and Dr. Emily Shroyer who were eager to join me in